Directions:

As one faces downstream (left, west), the south side of the Seine is called "La Rive Gauche" ("The Left Bank"), and the right side "La Rive Droit" ("The Right Bank").
Railway Stations:
Gare du Nord, serves London, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany; Place Napoléon III - N48 52.80 E02 21.31.
Gare de l'Est. serves Luxembourg, German, eastern France; Place du 11 Novembre 1918 - N48 52.60 E02 21.54.
Gare Austerlitz, serves local and southern France; 7, Blvd de l'Hopital - N48 50.53 E02 21.85.
Gare de Lyon, serves Lyon and other destinations in south France; Place Louis Armand - N48 50.72 E02 22.45.
Gare Montparnasse, serves Tours, Bordeaux, Rennes, Nantes, southern and southwestern France, Place Raoul Dautry - N48 50.45 E02 19.2.
Gare Saint-Lazare, serves Rouen and other destinations in western France, Rue Saint Lazare - N48 52.54 E02 19.52.

For sites in Paris, see maps 2a-g.