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How
to get the most out of a week in Paris
So you're travelling independently, planning your own trip to Paris,
and wonder how best to pass the time while you're there?
About-France.com takes the difficulty out of deciding what visitor
attractions to see, and when to do so, with this suggested programme
for visitors spending a Week in Paris.
We presume that like most
week visitors, you are arriving and departing on a Saturday; but if
this is not the case, just adapt the days in function of your own
holiday period. Take care with museum opening days. Details of this can
be found on the Paris
tourist attractions page.
Visit the Paris hotel guide
for tips on where to stay in the French capital city.
Day
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Morning
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Afternoon
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Sunday
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Lazy
morning: get your bearings, wander round the central area, enjoy a cup
of coffee at a sidewalk café
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Visit
the Louvre;
entrance is free of charge on the first Sunday of each month. You may
need more than an afternoon to visit this very rich museum
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Monday
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Take
a hop-on hop-off bus tour
of the city, and get a guided tour of the city.
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Northern
Paris: Visit the Marché aux
Puces (world's largest flea market) at Porte de St Ouen;
then visit Montmartre,
the old artists quarter; visit the Sacré Coeur
basilica, and enjoy the views over the rooftops. Wander down and see
the Pigalle
quarter, Paris's famous night-life area. Return to your hotel by metro,
taking in at least part of the overhead
metro line no. 2 (metro aérien) that passes through Pigalle
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Tuesday
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Western
Paris: north of the Seine. Visit the Arc de
Triomphe, wander down the Champs
Elysées and enjoy a drink in a café. Admire the jardins
des Tuileries.
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Western
Paris, south of the Seine. Visit the Eiffel
tower and, if you then have time, visit the Musée
d'Orsay nearby (see the great Impressionists collection),
which is open on Tuesdays.
(If you want to visit more museums & monuments, take the Paris
Museum Pass or the Paris
Pass
for
Tuesday and Wednesday). With the pass, you'll avoid having to stand in
lines or queues for each museum - and the queues can be long for the
best museums. |
Wednesday
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Eastern
central Paris; Visit the Musée
Carnavalet, the museum of Paris, and discover the old
quarters of the Marais.
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Central
Paris; After lunch, see Notre Dame
cathedral, go up the tower. Then either visit the Latin
quarter close by, or wander along the banks of the Seine
(upstream) and visit the Jardin de
Plantes botanical gardens
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Thursday
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Day
out: take a day out and visit either the Royal château at Versailles,
or the older royal château at Fontainebleau.
Either trip can be organised as a (click for details) day trip excursion from Paris
(all inclusive guided trip) or for those who prefer to visit at their
own pace can be done independently by taking the RER "C" suburban
express train for Versailles, or a suburban train from Gare de Lyon for
Fontainebleau (and bus from train station to the château).
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Friday
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Take
in another museum: either the Pompidou
Center, or the Army Museum at Les
Invalides, or the Paris
Sewer Museum underground experience
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For
your last afternoon, take a boat trip
on the Seine ("Bateau Mouche"). Many trips depart from the
Pont Neuf,
which is the bridge in the photo at the top of this page. Finally,
leave time for some shopping
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Saturday
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Bid
farewell to Paris.
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If
you plan to visit other parts of France or Europe by car, check out car hire options in
France.
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