I hate to sound like such a tourist but me and all of my friends who will be coming to Paris in July are all hoping that we will be able to ride through the tunnel where Princess Di met her fate. We all loved her so much and feel it would be a closure for us. We will be staying close to the Arc de Triomphe. We have a 1/2 day tour of Paris on a tour bus and was wondering if this might be a tunnel that would be used frequently to get from one location to another. Just have no idea where it is.
Thanks
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This is just an ugly underground tunnel to avoid passing on top of Alma Square, not very touristic. DO NOT try and enter it as a pedestrian or you may get run over.
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Cruiseineurope,hi.I was in Paris for the first time and asked my French friend to go to the Pont d%26#39;Alma tunnel.He did, taking me tthru her last route but not telling me till we were halfway into it.I was so busy worrying as he was tearing down the roads on the bike.Maybe he was re-enacting the chasing photographers?;((
It is quite a busy tunnet but I am afraid I can%26#39;t tell you its precise location-am not good with maps.Ask at the hotel.Enjoy Paris-I certailny did!
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Instead of going to that sad spot, why not visit the Princess Diana Memorial Garden in the Marais?
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Cruis ~%26gt; Watched a shocking exposé about that situation. She didn%26#39;t necessarily meet her fate in the tunnel. It took something like an hour or more for the ambulance to make it to the hospital 3 miles away. The kind Parisian man that helped her was told to keep his mouth shut. There is a lot of controversy with what happened.
There is apparently a flame identical to the Liberty flame above the place in which the accident occured.
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To the best of my knowledge, there are no regular Paris tour buses which include the Alma Tunnel where Di %26amp; Dodi died. It is simply an express tunnel for through-traffic and there is no pedestrian access (thank heaven...or there would be a severe strain on the Paris EMS and morgue facilities and assorted bits of tourists splattered all over the wall) . The %26#39;..un-official..%26#39; Princess Di memorial is now located on the Place de l%26#39; Alma (at the Right Bank end of Pont de l%26#39;Alma) where the replica of the Torch of the Statue of Liberty was moved (it used to be located out on the bridge...but after the accident it became a %26#39;shrine%26#39; and people kept leaving flowers and candles, that kept falling off of the bridge onto traffic below...not something most Parisian motorists approved of). If you want to see the entrance to the tunnel, you can walk out onto the bridge and look over the edge (try not to become a cause of a traffic jam by leaning too far over).
rue Aubriot
There is also a--- Le JARDIN CLOS de la PRINCESSE de GALLES (Princess Diana Memorial Garden) 21 rue des Blancs Manteaux (btwn: rue Aubriot %26amp; rue des Archives), 75004, Metro: Hotel de Ville %26amp; Rambuteau—Open: SAT %26amp; SUN ONLY 1:30-5:30 PM----Enter through doors near non-descript buildings—garden owned and operated by Mairie de Paris.
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Crusineurope, I stumbled across the torch above the tunnel at Place d%26#39;Alma, and it was very moving to see. People have written tributes to Diana and Dodi in all different languages along the wall above the tunnel. I would recommend going to see that, rather than trying to drive through the tunnel. You can see the entrance from there.
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I really appreciate all the feed back but still don%26#39;t know where this tunnel is. When people write about certain streets --go left, go right, I still don%26#39;t know where to go. We will be staying by the Arc de Triomphe. Is it close to that?
Thanks again for taking the time.
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%26gt;%26gt;%26gt; but still don%26#39;t know where this tunnel is. When people write about certain streets --go left, go right, I still don%26#39;t know where to go%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;
The solution to your problem is about as simple as they come---go out and pick up a good Paris street map (it%26#39;s not as if you%26#39;re not going to need it once you%26#39;re there) This will help you to find places that you hear or read about in your research and planning. For general research, planning and touring purposes, the STREETWISE PARIS compact folding map is quite good...and readily available at almost any mega-bookstore.
STREETWISE MAPS--
http://www.streetwisemaps.com/index.html
For quick and easy internet references, one of the most useful %26#39;..tools..%26#39; that you can add to your Favorites List is the PAGES JAUNES (Paris Yellow Pages) mapping site. Refer to quickly and conveniently ifor local street maps of addresses and places that you come across, as well as the many other useful features of the site. As an example, enter Place de l%26#39;Alma, Paris into this site and get a local street map...and zoom out of the local map in stages to find it%26#39;s relative location within the city, as well as nearest, Metro station, etc in the process
PAGES JAUNES--
http://www.pagesjaunes.fr/pj.cgi?lang=en
Other internet mapping sites you can check out and add to your favorites list as they suit are--
VIA MICHELIN--
viamichelin.co.uk/viamichelin/…MaHomePage.htm
MAPPY--
http://www.mappy.co.uk/
MAPORAMA
http://www.maporama.com/share/
HOT MAPS--
hot-maps.de/europe/france/paris/homeen.html
PLANFAX--
http://www.1bis.com/1bis/default.asp
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I really think that wanting to %26quot;ride through the tunnel where Princess Di met her fate%26quot; is a very morbid thing to want to do whilst on holiday. As for wanting %26quot;closure%26quot; did any of you and your friends actually know her?
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Another ~%26gt; That%26#39;s a good point. When you said that I hope that people don%26#39;t end up making some morbid tour out of the whole thing. It%26#39;s very sad and terribly unfortunate.
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