Not every inch of Paris is as romantic as you think – in fact, the Catacombs are downright chilling. Prior to the creation of the Catacombs in the late 18th century, Parisians buried their dead ...

Into the 19th century those caverns and tunnels were mined for building stone ... and femurs in the Paris catacombs lies a chaos of bones. In the 18th and 19th centuries the city dug up millions ...

The Paris Catacombs are the City of Light's darkest tourist attraction: labyrinthine tunnels that house the remains of six million people, which were carted from overflowing cemeteries in the late ...

Another essential stop is the futuristic Centre Pompidou, a building ... Paris is perfect for specialty tours. You can spend a day exploring beneath the city, clambering through the Catacombs ...