The Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is without a doubt one of the wonders of the modern world, and most representative of Paris, the most visit of the world and one of the most wonderfull of the world.
Is very dificult to imagine Paris without the Eiffel tower, or the eiffel tower without Paris.
Since its construction had to save an important popular discord, the discord of a town, the parisian, and of a city.
The Tower was designed by Gustav Eiffel and the height of the Eiffel tower in 1989 was 312 metis, although with the later facilities of radio antennas the height of the Eiffel tower is 324 metres, being the highest point of Paris.

History

History of the Eiffel tower began with the organization of the commemoration of the centenary of the French revolution. Between many of the projected presented, it appeared the one whose first studies dated from 1884 and were guaranteed by the famous engineer Gustav Eiffel, and project consisted of the construction of an immense metalic structure in tower form that would be seen from an enormus distance.
The project, far from enamoring to the Parisians, had an enormous social rejection, in spite of as finalyy the Tower of Eiffel would be raised and inagurated th 31 of August of 1889, after three years of works and controvorsies. Everything could finish in 1990 in spite of impressive of the work in 1900, but 1900 arrived and everything seemed to indicate that the Eiffel Tower would be demolished and finally, would be the French Navy that would finish saving the life of the Eiffel Tower, since after tests of the army with communications equipment it reached the conclusionthat the Eiffel Tower was place privileged for the instalation of the antennas and radio equipment and it would stop the project of "ejecution"

Going Up

If something is necesary to do when it is going away to visit Paris is without a doubt to raise the Eiffel Tower, although exist diferent modalities from ascent from tje Eiffel Tower, since three plants and two different forms exist to access: the elevator, the most comfortable,either to raise walking, without doubt the sport fotm and heals, and economic to rais the Eiffel tower.
If we raised so single foot we will be able to raise upto the second plant, although most probable it is than unless we have an excellent physical form. we remain in first stage, where the Vista of Paris is really impressive.
Prices to raise the Eiffel tower oscillate according to which we choose.
The tariffs exposed here are the valid ones for year 2007:
Elevator
First Plant
less than 12 years: euros 2,30
more than 12 years: euros 4,50
Second Plant
less than 12 years: euros 4,30
more than 12 years: euros 7,80
Top
less than 12 years: euros 6,30
more than 12 years: euros 11,50

Stairs
First and Second Plant
less than 25 years: euros 3,10
more than 25 years: euros 4,00

In addition to these prices exist discounts for groups less than 10 peoples, as well as special tariffs to people with reduced mobility and its companions.

Going to the Eiffel Tower

To aproach The eiffel Tower is quite simple, since Paris has an excellent network of public transport. The following plane is taken from the official page of the Eiffel Tower and indicates where the Tower is located and the differents shutdowns from metro,, bus, RER and Batobus.

METRO: Bir-Hakeim, Trocadéro, Ecole Militaire
RER: Línea C – Station Champs de Mars-Tour Eiffel
BUS: 22,30,32,42,63,69,72,80,82,87
BATOBUS: Scale Eiffel Tower, "port of the Bourdonnais".
PARKING for AUTOMÓVILES: Place Joffre

The Eiffel Tower Restaurante

It is possible in anyone of the two restaurants of the Eiffel Tower; Altitude 95 and Jules verne. Altitude 95, located in the first plant of the Eiffel Tower, its name to the 95 meters to the first plant. The restaurante has capacity for two hundred people, and have fantastic views to the Siene and Trocadero, and by a side it has fantastic views to the seine and Trocadero. The Jules Verne is one of the best restaurants of Paris.