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Paris La Villette : City of Science

 
Opening times - every day except Monday from 10.00am to 6.00pm. The City of Science offers everything from volcanoes to space exploration.
 
Pre-paid ticket - provides entrance to all the major exhibitions in the Explora Galleries, the Argonaute Submarine, the Planetarium, the Aquarium, the Geode cinama and the Cinaxe Simulator. Visitors participate by observing, touching, operating and experimenting very much as they like.
 
The Argonaute Submarine - life beneath the ocean commentary via headphones on the crew's quarters, periscope, torpedo tubes, engine room and detection equipment.
 
Explora - lies at the heart of La Villette. It consists of three sections exploring science and technology as follows :
  • Space
  • The Ocean
  • The Environment
  • Motor Vehicles
  • Aeronautics
  • Energy
  • Mathematics
  • Sound
  • Expressions
  • Behaviour
  • Computers
  • Images
  • Rocks and Volcanoes
  • Stars and Galaxies
  • Light
  • Medicine
  • Biology and Health
 
The Geode Cinema - with a screen ten times normal size, this is an experience in itself.
 
The Cinaxe Simulator - a mobile projection room mounted on hydraulic lifts.
 
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A typical 3-day tour

 
Day 1:   Pick up from school and travel by executive coach and cross-channel ferry to your hotel in Paris for an evening meal.
 
Day 2:   Breakfast in hotel followed by full day visit to La Villette. Return to hotel for evening meal.
 
Day 3:   Breakfast in hotel and travel to Calais to include Hypermarket visit. Cross-channel ferry to UK and return to school.
 
Itineraries can be tailored to your requirements. Why not extend your stay to explore Disneyland Paris or Paris itself.
 
Combined Science/French/Geography tours are becoming more and more popular.
 
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