Grand Hôtel du Bel Air - News

During 2015 a certain world-famous Parisian department store is celebrating a century and a half of existence. To mark this significant 150th anniversary, Printemps has almost a full year of special events, great offers, fun and games to share with you. Furthermore, in July the Paris summer sales are at their height, providing further opportunities to celebrate the Printemps anniversary.

Paris is a bicycle capital! The Tour de France is a major sporting event which inspires both new and lapsed cyclists to take their wheels onto the streets. In fact, in Paris even tourism is two-wheeled and pedal-powered, as the Paris Bike Tour demonstrates.

As the spring gives way to summer there will be music in the air, and nowhere will this be more noticeable than in Paris, the city in which World Music Day began. Throughout the length and breadth of Paris the summer solstice will be marked by free musical performances and concerts, and you can be there to join in with the fun.

The new look first floor of the Eiffel Tower was recently unveiled to the public at an official opening. Among the guests were the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, and the great-great-granddaughter of Gustave Eiffel, the brilliant civil engineer and architect who built the monument.