| Make reference to France travel and the | | | | 300m high containing about 75 stories. |
| name Paris comes up right away. Paris is | | | | The highest structure in Paris, the |
| known to the rest of the world for its | | | | Eiffel tower is the second highest |
| grandiose landmark the Eiffel tower. | | | | structure in the entirety of France. |
| Built in between 1887 to 1889 the Eiffel | | | | The authorities of France in charge of |
| tower is one of the most recognizable | | | | maintaining the tower present the |
| monuments in France, a symbol that | | | | services of a website that can attest to |
| attracts people from the world over to | | | | be a blessing for travellers from other |
| Paris. Located beside the Seine river, | | | | countries. The website gives accurate |
| which is considered to be the lifeline | | | | rates for sightseeing and also gives the |
| of the city of Paris, the Eiffel tower | | | | background of the construction of the |
| was intended and built by an engineer | | | | tower. There are distinct rates for |
| called Gustave Eiffel, after whom, the | | | | adults and children as well as exclusive |
| tower has been named. | | | | concessions that are available for the |
| The tower built a century after the | | | | disabled. |
| French revolution, in order to celebrate | | | | Since the connoisseurs of France travel |
| the centenary of the period marking | | | | are diverse so are the rates for the |
| occasion, sums up to most Frenchmen, and | | | | elevators that vary as one rises up the |
| the ideals of the French Revolution | | | | tower with the standard rates for adults |
| liberty, equality and fraternity. | | | | at the 1st story being 42 euros while |
| History of France states that the tower | | | | the 2nd floor can be assessed at a rate |
| was inaugurated on the 31st of march | | | | of 77 euro for an adult. The top level |
| 1889 and opened to the public on May, | | | | of this visual delight of France travel |
| 6th of the same year. However, it is the | | | | can be reached by the elevator at a rate |
| Eiffel tower that symbolizes Paris as a | | | | of 110 euro. The tower is fully equipped |
| tourist destination nowadays, the | | | | with facilities that can help the |
| construction of the tower had met with a | | | | disabled access to its height and share |
| stiff resistance from the intellectuals | | | | the beauty of the city of Paris. Lifts |
| as well as the regular Frenchman during | | | | and turnstiles are easily available that |
| its beginnings. | | | | can help people with reduced mobile |
| A number of Frenchmen questioned the | | | | abilities to access the tower. The top |
| judgment of the people who had thought | | | | level is however not accessible to |
| of the idea of the tower in the creation | | | | people with disabilities as in case of |
| period, calling it an eyesore and a | | | | emergency evacuations it might be |
| misuse of public finances and wealth. | | | | difficult for these people to exit from |
| One of these protestors, the renowned | | | | the tower safely. For a summary of the |
| writer Guy de Maupassant is thought to | | | | visit to the Eiffel tower make sure to |
| have eaten at one specific restaurant | | | | stopover Altitude 95, the restaurant |
| everyday as, he claimed, it was the only | | | | located on the first level of the Eiffel |
| restaurant in Paris that spared him the | | | | tower. Needless to say that France |
| torture of viewing the tower! The tower, | | | | travel remains incomplete without this |
| a milestone of France travel was the | | | | historical beauty. So heres wishing you |
| tallest structure in the world at the | | | | a visit that just soars with fun! |
| time of its construction and measures | | | | |