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Visiting Paris for the First Time: Paris Travel Planner

Check the website before you go — the Catacombs are sometimes closed without warning or explanation. How to Visit the Catacombs of Paris. Make sure to stop by the nearby Place de la Contrescarpe, where artists for decades spent their time. There are good, inexpensive restaurants in the area too.

Montmartre Another artistic center of Paris, this is where artists and writers like Hemingway spent their time. The streets are quiet and beautiful to wander around. The church offers a super view of the city and is a great place to have lunch. This is where you can take in a show at the Moulin Rouge or just wander around and witness the interesting mix of tourists and locals awkwardly gazing into sex shops. It now houses Roman and medieval art, including many architectural fragments found during excavations around town. The museum also contains the adjoining rooms of a Roman bath, which the abbey was built over.

It is by far one of the most interesting history museums in the city and worth every euro of the admission fee! Be sure to take a peek at the old rotunda of the art library and the foot globes in the permanent collection. M 2pm-8pm , Tu-Sa 9am-8pm , Sun 1pm-7pm. The food is plentiful, and the wines are very generously poured and refilled.

Looking for a place to stay during your trip? Here are my favorite places to stay. Planning a trip here gives you a lot of options. But, no matter what, you need to see some of the on- and off-the-beaten-path attractions so you get away from the crowds. Experience some of the great food and nightlife the city has to offer away from the tourists too! I could have squeezed more stuff into this itinerary, but why rush things? When you are thinking about what to see in Paris you want to make sure have some free time to wander, shop, have a picnic and just relax. After all, Paris is best explored calmly and slowly.

Meader in the gardens and parks, take a long lunch, watch that band, sit by the Siene, and linger over that bottle of wine. Live your best life in Paris. And use this suggested itinerary and list of what to see and where to eat as your starting point! Get Your Guide Check out my detailed guide to planning a visit to Paris with suggested itineraries, places to stay, things to do, where to eat, and how to get around. Just click here to get the guide and continue planning today!

They are my two favorite search engines because they search websites and airlines around the globe so you always know no stone is left unturned. Book Your Accommodation You can book your hostel with Hostelworld. If you want to stay elsewhere, use Booking.

I use them all the time. My favorite companies that offer the best service and value are:. Looking for the best companies to save money with? Check out my resource page for the best companies to use when you travel! I list all the ones I use to save money when I travel — and I think will help you too! Matt, I enjoyed this immensely and wondered if you would do the same thing for Montreal some day. We always used to go there for the GP race, so our time was vastly consumed by that, but would love to return to just be a tourist. I could definitely write you one of these, being a Montrealer myself.

Matt, this is a great guide! I will be in Paris for 7 days in July, and I was wondering what you would recommend for those extra two days. The sewer tour seems interesting, I think i will check that out. So, yay…I will send them this list. Although they are probably going to cross off the sewer tour immediately…but whatever. Palace of Versailles is first on my list! I will definitely come back to this post to guide me on my planning. All in two weeks! Thanks for the post! I think it might be my favorite museum in the world due to all the impressionist and post impressionist art.

Since Paris is one of my favorite cities, I enjoyed this post very much but I am exhausted after reading it!

There is so much to do in Paris and never enough time. My favorite thing to do is just wander the different neighborhoods, of course, stopping at cafes for coffee in the morning and wine in the evening. Funny this is my first comment on your site Matt since you are the one that got me into this blog thing! Very useful for the first time traveller who wishes to cover all the classic landmarks. Although I noticed something: Great round up of Paris. The Catacombs were closed when I went the first time.

They are open now again so I will be going back this summer to try my luck! What, no Centre Pompidou on Museum Day? It seems like a lot of Impressionist stuff for one day. It really depends on what you want out of your trip. If you have two weeks 14 days , I would do about 4 or 5 days in Paris and then use the other days to travel around. I agree that you should spend a day at Versailles. That and Notre Dame were two of my favorite things I saw there. Hi Matt, I found your blog while researching for our first trip to France in September We will be traveling from South Africa to Switzerland for a wedding and then want to spend 14 days in France, see a little of Paris and then tour Provence.

Thanks so much for this great to-do list in Paris — we had no clue what to see or do, apart from the obvious! We are experienced campers, but have never been to Europe. What would you suggest? Are you driving from Switzerland? Or do you want a camper van just to go from Provance to Paris?

How long do you plan to spend in Provance? Can you email me and we can talk more? Hey Matt, This is amazing! Thanks so much for the info! Also — where would you suggest I stay — like area and if you know of — any cheaper backpackeresk haunts? Thank you so much! I have never been to France but I have heard that the French people are pretty rude to Americans, is there any truth to this rumor. I have been in France for 6 months now. I have never met a impolite French person. Thanks Matt, very timely. I have 10 days in Paris coming up, starting with Bastile Day and ending with the Tour de France final day.

Will have to check them out. Sewer tour is indeed an off-the-beaten track! Sadly I did not come across your blog before I ventured to Paris. Thanks for it Matt! Visited a few places of this list when I was there. Wanted to share this app that helped me out so good in Paris, you should check this out! And its really a cheap app too!!! That is a lot of places to see and activities to do on those days. I agree it would take more than 5 days to get to know Paris and even then only touch the surface of this beautiful city.

It is going to be a lot of energy to manage to see all that in five days. I wish everybody who tries this out lots of luck. I highly recommend taking the Seine river boat tour at night. If you have a few days and want to see more of France, a trip to Normandy is a must.

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Drive through beautiful country side, visit the Allied landing beaches, and end with a tour of Mont St. Michel, one of the most amazing sites in France. We will be visiting Paris for 5 days. We will be staying downtown paris. Which restaurants should we try????? Can you share some details about how Paris is during winters. Planning to go in the 1st week of december for a week….

Thank you so much Matt!!!! I strongly suggest that visitors plan to arrive at museums well before closing times, since they are known to close well before the posted closing. In theory, this is to ensure that everyone has adequate time to see the place. However, French staff are notorious for wanting to be off duty at the strike of closing time.

Thanks for all this info!

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How much would you budget to do all these amazing things? Taking money for food hotel and flights out. Hi Matt, It certainly looks like you are well traveled. My husband and I are taking our two teenage sons 16 to western Europe and will have 18 days of touring. Can you help out with suggestions on places to see, stay and how long in each place?

We are planning our honeymoon for November this year. Really enjoyed this Matt, you really do need at least 5 days in Paris, it is one of my favourite cities. We do Paris on a budget, and have been able to go there three times and still come home with cash in our pockets. If you can plan your trip ahead of time, go during Le Tour, when the cyclists come down the Champs des Elysees on the final leg of the race. It is the most amazing time: Bring a picnic lunch and eat in the Tuilleries, which is just on the other side of Place de la Concorde, the end of Champs des Elysees.

Visiting Paris for the First Time: Paris Travel Planner

The Tuileries have quite a collection of statues, and there are charming, quintessential Paris moments like watching children riding on ponies, ballet dancers doing exercises in the shade of the trees, and a number of chairs you can sit on by the fountain and just take it all in. Cheap and reliable transit in Paris: It costs a little more upfront, but it ends up being less expensive in the long run since there is no limit on use except some zones.

There are plenty of inexpensive cafes and sandwich-types of places to eat, too. We pop in here for ready-made foods like sandwiches, salads, and pieces of cheese. Lunch along the Seine, under the Eiffel, in the Luxembourg Gardens, anywhere that strikes your fancy. Children playing with toy sail boats in the lagoon, old men playing chess under the shade of the trees, flowers, free music, and just a very relaxing and serene time to take in the quieter daily life of Paris. Bring your lunch, and maybe an extra piece of bread for the birds.

The birds here will come right up to you, begging for food! Not only is the fallafel excellent, but the wait in line on the street is great people watching, too. Inexpensive, quick, and you can either sit inside a bit cramped , or take it to go which we usually do. I have found I can spent as much tme as I have up to three weeks in London and not tire of it. On the other hand, I find Paris which I love very much is like French food; you can only eat so much.

Three days or so is about all I can take in one visit. Multiple visits work better. They can build them faster than I can visit them. I also wanted to thank you for such an interesting list of things to do. We are only spending five days in Paris and by far the hardest thing to do is choosing exactly which parts of the city we will see. We want to find a balance between the sightseeing and just sitting back and taking in the beauty of the city.

Hi Matt, I will be using this when I travel to Paris next year, thank you! I initially thought of joining a group tour but have decided to go solo instead. Do you recommend good budget hotels in the Champs Elysees area? Hope you can help, thanks! Both of these airports are easily reachable by public transport from the city centre. From Paris Orly to central Paris you can take the bus see booking information here , which takes 15 — 20 minutes to get to central Paris. Charles de Gaulle CDG is a little further away. You have the option of taking the bus, which will be around minutes, or you can take the RER train from the airport which takes between 25 and 50 minutes to Gare du Nord, depending on if it is a fast or a slow service.

Another option, which might be more cost effective if you are travelling in a group, is to take a taxi. This will take you for fixed price from the airport to central Paris. You can book this service in advance here. You can use this to either come in to the city, or to leave, depending on your timetable and schedule.

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We can already warn you: You just take your receipts to the indicated window and they give you money…. They have a great time! There's even a cave, with fake stalactites. But overall good list of places to visit.

If you want to see the highlights of Paris in a day, but would prefer to do so as part of a guided tour, then we suggest you take a look at Take Walks. They focus on small group tours, led by experts, and they have a number of walking tours in Paris we can recommend. You might even be able to fit in a bit more sight-seeing, so check out our 2 day and 3 day Paris itineraries for some inspiration. Paris has no shortage of accommodation options across a wide variety of budgets. They also have everything, from apartments and hostels to high end hotels.

Here are some options we suggest, depending on your budget.

What to do in just one day

Our last suggested stop in Paris is the Tour Montparnasse, one of our favourite photography locations in Paris. We'd even. Book a Last minute tour to Paris and France for Tomorrow, This Weekend or this Take advantage of our last-minute, reduced-price deals to avoid burning that.

Hopefully this gives you some ideas for where to stay in Paris. More more accommodation ideas when you travel, take a look at our travel resources page , which has tips on finding the best deals on everything from car hire to flights. Often when we put together a city itinerary, we recommend a city pass. However, the minimum duration for both these passes is two days, which means that for just a day in Paris, you are unlikely to see much in the way of cost savings.

If you are in the city for a bit longer though, or find that the passes cover a lot of what you want to see, then they are definitely worth checking out. For our day in Paris, the pass we recommend is the Paris City Pass. However, if you are in town for longer than a day, it will likely be worth it. Pick up your Paris City Pass now here. We recommend and use La Fourchette , which is the most popular online restaurant booking website in France.

Check it out here to find reviews, sample menus and book a table. Electricity in Paris is of the v standard, with the 2 pin European style plug. Travellers from countries like the UK and the US will need an adapter like this.

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US travellers need to check their equipment supports the v standard — it will be written clearly on the power adapter. As a general rule, we have found that laptops, phone and camera chargers and other small electronics are universal, whilst larger devices like hair dryers and hair straighteners are not. Paris is part of the Eurozone, so the currency is the Euro. You can also pick up local SIM cards if you have an unlocked phone. For more options on getting online when travelling, check out our guide to getting online when travelling to help you figure out the best options.

We also have a guide to picking the best travel router , which can help you extend a weak WiFi network and share it across multiple devices. The water in the taps in Paris is safe to drink unless otherwise indicated. We usually recommend you travel with a re-usable water bottle like this to save on having to buy water bottles. Paris is a safe city in our experience, although it does have a reputation for being home to a number of scams. Most of these are easy to avoid once you know about them read up on some of the common scams in Paris here. We hope you find them useful! Is Paris on your travel list?

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