Air fare tickets to Paris

If you’re planning a trip to one of the world’s greatest cities, simply use the box on the right to find cheap air fare tickets or discount airlines to Paris.

If you want to know a little more about this romantic city before booking your cheap air fare tickets, check out the following handy facts:

Ten handy facts about Paris

1. The famous Notre Dame de Paris was built on the site of a Roman temple to the god Jupiter.
2. The Eiffel Tower was originally built as a temporary structure – it was only supposed to stand for twenty years.
3. The first human air flight took off in Paris. In 1783 the Marquis d’Arlandes and Pilatre deRozier flew for 20 minutes in a hot air balloon built by the Montgolfier brothers.
4. Paris became the capital of France in 987 A.D.
5. The Museum d’Orsey used to be a railway station.
6. The Louvre houses 35,000 works of art.
7. Paris gets its name from it's original settlers, the Gaelic Parisii tribe.
8. The Parisian park, the Bois de Boulogne is two and a half times bigger than Central Park in new York and more than three times bigger than London’s Hyde Park.
9. The Left Bank of the Seine is called the Latin Quarter because Latin was spoken at the universities sited on this side of the river during the middle ages.
10. There were only seven prisoners in the Bastille when it was stormed, marking the start of the French Revolution of 1789.