Lines to enter the Catacombs of Paris can stretch to three hours long, but tour company’s guests never need to wait before descending into one of world’s most memorable settings, The Paris Guy reports
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Paris welcomed a record-setting 40-plus million visitors last year, according to the famed city’s Convention and Visitors Bureau. While that can make for long waits at some of the top tourist attractions, The Paris Guy‘s industry-leading guides help travelers skip the lines at one of the most popular of all.
The Catacombs of Paris house the remains of more than six million former Paris residents. Renovated at the end of the eighteenth century in response to the City of Lights’ then-overwhelmed cemeteries, the former limestone mines became an enormous ossuary that is now one of the best-known destinations for tourists.
That leaves some waiting for as long as three hours to visit the world’s largest group grave. A quick visit to theparisguy.com is all that it takes, however, to skip the lines and enjoy a tour of the Catacombs led by an experienced, passionate, highly informed local guide.
The Paris Guy’s parent company, Inc. 5000 member The Roman Guy, is one of Italy’s largest tour operators and has won Trip Advisor Certificates of Excellence four years in a row. Thanks to a shared commitment to excellence, The Paris Guy is perfectly equipped to guide visitors on an unforgettable trip through the legendary Catacombs of Paris.
“There are few sights anywhere more impressive or memorable than the Catacombs of Paris,” said a representative of The Paris Guy. “Even simply the story regarding how and why they were created is fascinating. There is truly no substitute for descending into the Catacombs in person, though, as many of our guests will attest. Unfortunately, many visitors to Paris end up turning around in disappointment after discovering that they will have to wait hours to enter. That is never an issue with The Paris Guy, as we skip the lines and descend directly from the fabled ‘Gates of Hell.’ No visit to Paris is complete without seeing the Catacombs, and there is no better way to do it than with The Paris Guy.”
Paris has been continuously inhabited for at least 2,300 years, and it has been one of the world’s most populous and prominent cities for much of that time. For centuries, the remains of deceased Parisians were buried in long-established cemeteries within the city’s boundaries. That practice was outlawed in 1780 after the collapse of an underground chamber in one of many overflowing cemeteries made it clear that a new solution had to be developed.
Starting around 1782, authorities began clearing, reinforcing, and enlarging limestone mines and tunnels underneath Paris that had been constructed hundreds of years earlier. Over the course of the next decade, more than six million sets of human remains were exhumed from the city’s cemeteries and transplanted to the newly refurbished Catacombs of Paris.
With carefully stacked ancient human bones and skulls in many cases lending support to walls and ceilings, the Catacombs of Paris makes for one of the world’s most distinctive and unforgettable tourist attractions. More information about the best way to skip the lines and see the Catacombs is available at The Paris Guy site.
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