Touring Paris on the river Seine

One of the best ways to see some of the sites of Paris when you have limited time is to take a boat tour on the river Seine.

This is not the boat upon which we floated on the river Seine, but I thought the name of the boat was really cool.

When we first set out on our river tour, the sun had broken through the clouds and the sun was shining, making for this picturesque shot of the Eiffel Tower.

All the boats have heated indoor seating with large windows from which to view everything. Some of them have outdoor areas, but be prepared; it can be pretty cold out there.

The “banks of the river Seine float along through central Paris and under many bridges and older looking buildings.

Paris, like London, loves its statues. Only here they put them on the bridges.

The river was “up” while we were there, which meant that the higher boats pretty much could not travel the river except between two bridges.

If you’re familiar with the series “Highlander” then you know some folks live in their boats or barges on the river. The building behind is some kind of museum.

This is the Pont des Arts, a pedestrian bridge where lovers put love locks on the rail. Visitors to the bridge attach personalized padlocks to its railing and throw the keys away in the Seine River. A few years back the city started removing them, but it has not stopped lovers or others.

Everyone probably remembers the horrible fire they had at the Notre Dame Cathedral. Scaffolding was erected and more coming in to keep the building from collapsing because of the fire.

The sun peeked through the clouds on our return down river, shining some light on the Notre Dame Cathedral. Too bad about the fire, but they plan to rebuild it so it looks the same.

I’m not sure what this building is for the government there, but it has the tri-color flag on it.

Tour boats and other barges line the banks of the river Seine, occupying much of the space along the shores.

Don’t ask me the name of this statue. If you know it, feel free to contact me and I’ll update this post. The same with any of the buildings I have not identified.

There are gangs in Paris, and they feel they are allowed to graffiti everywhere they feel they can, even on the walls alongside the river Seine.

This, then, has been our tour of the river Seine in Paris, France. In the previous post at this link about Paris, I talked about the food in the city.

We also took a tour of the Eiffel Tower at night, absolutely beautiful.

And then visited the Palace of Versailles.