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| Cheese or dessert?? With only a 3 day-trip this is the eternal question. One thing is sure you can’t do everything… Choose or give up… So to enlighten you I have prepared this short programme, packed & exhausting, which will allow you to discover the principal “High Spots” of the capital. | If you are with children don’t hesitate to add extra ideas from the section “Paris with children” and slow the pace down. Lastly a good tourist guide is essential for your stay (I can lend you a copy of "Time Out Paris" if necessary). |
Day 1 : Louvre / Musée d'Orsay, Tuileries, Concorde, Champs-Elysées, Tour Eiffel. |
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Take the bus 95 & get off at the Louvre - Visit the Louvre. (See my advice in the section "Paris with the children"). If you prefer the Impressionists cross over the River Seine by the Pont Royal Bridge & visit the Musée d’Orsay just opposite - Go through the Jardin des Tuileries and then the Place de la Concorde (The National Assembly is on your left & the Madeleine Church on your right) - Walk up the Champs-Elysées to the place Clemenceau. Whatever you do don’t miss the expositions in the Grand-Palais. They are usually of superb quality (Wharol, Picasso etc) and the palace itself is wonderful. (www.grandpalais.fr) - Continue up the Champs–Elysées to no. 75 and stop at "Ladurée" for lunch or a snack. Their macaroons are famous, so is the price! (www.laduree.fr) |
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walking up to the l’Arc de Triomphe. You will
see the Disney Store (at no 44), Sephora (no 70), Vuitton (no 101),
Mercedes (no 118) & Peugeot (no 136). - Take the underground (Métro) line 6 at the "Charles de Gaulle Etoile" station and get off at "Trocadero". Then visit the Eiffel Tower (see my suggestions in "Paris with the children") - Take the RER line C at the station "Champs de Mars Tour Eiffel" and get off at "Musée d’Orsay". Walk along the embankment towards Saint Michel & the Académie Francaise. - Eat dinner on a river boat the "Calife" (see my "Unusual Paris" suggestions) - Take the bus no. 95 at the bus stop "Pont du Carousel Quai Voltaire". It will bring you back to the apartment. |
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Day 2 : Saint-Germain, Luxembourg, Sorbonne, Quartier Latin, Notre-Dame, ile de la Cité and St Louis, Bastille, Marais, Hôtel de Ville and Beaubourg |
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the underground Line 4 & get off at "Saint
Germain des Prés". You will find yourself in the
heart of the artistic and literary part of Paris. (libraries,
publishing houses & the Café Flore) - Now to return to "Saint-Michel" you have 2 choices either take the Boulevard St Germain, rue (street) de Bucci and rue St André des Arts (full of small cute boutiques) or the longer way via rue Bonaparte, Eglise St Suplice, rue de L’Odeon, rue de Médicis. Visit the Luxembourg Gardens, rue Soufflot, rue de la Sorbonne and finally Boulevard Saint–Michel - Go through the "Latin Quarter" (why not eat lunch but be careful as it is full of tourist traps!) cross the River and visit Notre-Dame. - Take the rue du Cloître de Notre Dame, the Saint-Louis bridge, and the rue Saint-Louis en l’Ile. Short stop highly recommended at Berthillon no 29. The best ice-cream in Paris (www.berthillon.fr) |
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Take the Boulevard Henri IV, cross the Place de la Bastille then
Boulevard Beaumarchais et Place des Vosges. You are now
in the heart of the "Marais" • Now take rue des Francs Bourgeois, rue Pavée, rue des Rosiers (Jewish quarter), rue Sainte Croix de la Bretonnerie (Gay quarter), rue des Archives, Hôtel de Ville, rue du Renard • If you are hungry I advise you to eat at the "Curious Spaghetti Bar" (see the section "My favourite restaurants") • Cross the esplanade in front of "Beaubourg" (Centre Pompidou) and take the rue Rambuteau • You are two steps away from an adorable restaurant “Le Cochon à l’Oreille” see "My favourite restaurants" section) • Take the Metro line 4. It will bring you back to the apartment where you will fall asleep in 30 seconds!! |
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Day 3 : Palais Royal, Opéra, Grands Magasins, Grands Boulevards, Passages, Montmartre |
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Take the bus 95 and get off at the "Palais Royal
Comédie Francaise" stop - Go through the Palais Royal - Make a detour through Galerie Vivienne then take the rue des Petits Champs - Have a quick look in the passage Choiseul on your right - Avenue de l’Opéra, rue Auber, rue Scribe - Visit the department stores "Galeries Lafayette & Printemps" on boulevard Haussmann - Continue on the boulevard Haussmann direction metro "Richelieu Drouot". At the corner of the streets Drouot & Rossini is the famous Auction House "Drouot". Don’t hesitate to go in it’s free and you will be immediately immersed into the atmosphere… |
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Take the boulevard Montmartre, make a detour
at no 11 through the “Passage des Panoramas” and
almost opposite by the passage “Joufffroy”.
You will find the wax museum Grévin. (see my suggestion
in “Paris with the children”). - Continue along the boulevard Poissonniere, boulevard Bonne Nouvelle & take the street on the left "rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis". According to your tastes & your budget, I suggest you lunch either at "Julien" no 16 or "Chez Jeannette" no 47 (see "My restaurants") - Take the line 4 at the station "Chateau d’Eau" change at "Barbès Rochechouart" and get off at "Anvers". Direct access up to the "Sacré Coeur" and "la Place des Tertre" or get off at Blanche for the Moulin Rouge, rue Lepic and rue des Abbesses - Spend the afternoon wandering around "Montmartre" - Come back on foot to the apartment (rue Lamarck, rue de Mont Cenis, rue du Poteau, avenue de la Porte Montmartre). |
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