Gay Pride Parade Route

Do any of the locals know the route for this years Pride Parade on 25th June. We will be there that weekend and wondered whether it will affect L%26#39;open bus tour routes. I know that it is centered around the Marais, but does it affect much of the rest of the city?

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According to the poster it begins at 1:30 at Montparnasse and ends up at the Bastille for a dance party from 5pm to 9pm.

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Thanks phread, my itinerary has us doing Eiffel Tower as soon as it opens then the Grand Tour on L%26#39;open Bus, then the rest of the afternoon in Monmartre before going on to our concert at Parc Des Princes. So I take it none of that would be affected too much! Just didn%26#39;t want to have my itinerary affected too much as we%26#39;re only there for 2 whole days and 2 half days!

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You would not notice any change IF you take the subway. Don%26#39;t even think of taking a bus or a taxi, as the whole city surface traffic is impacted.

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The whole city%26#39;s streets affected, Denys?? Oh drat!! I arrive that day and was hoping to take the Open Bus Tour.

I found this English web page, with map (click on the pic near bottom of page)

marche.inter-lgbt.org/article.php3…

When comparing to the map of routes on the L%26#39;Open Tour site I see they use the same streets for their orange route (near stops 31 %26amp; 32)and the blue route (near stops 70 %26amp; 71).

Les Cars Rouges doesn%26#39;t use these streets but if all the streets are busy the bus tours are going to be slow.

Any ideas what we should do? Go early? Do something else? (We%26#39;ll be horribly jet lagged, too!)

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Helking, I%26#39;ve emailed L%26#39;Open Tours to ask what the arrangements will be on the 25th. If I receive an answer I%26#39;ll post. (They may never comprehend my French!)

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Cheers CKandK, that would be really helpful. I think the only part of my plan it%26#39;s likely to affect is the bus tour, if that%26#39;s the case I may have to swap things around between days....and I%26#39;ve spent so long getting my itinerary just perfect!

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Paris is usually suffering of lots of traffic jams. When there is a public demonstration that monopolizes a large part of the main axis then there is some effects!

The gay pride goes this way :

Montparnasse

Boulevard Saint-Michel

A 1/3 of Boulevard Saint Germain

Bastille.

The traffic around those places will be likely really difficult. On the westerner sites (TourEiffel, Champs Elysees, Invalides) the impact would be less important but you can expect some more trafic jams than usually.

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Thanks Denys, I was planning on doing the 2 hour Grand Tour route on L%26#39;open bus, probably from around 10.30 in the morning.

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Hey Helking! I got a reply to my email from L%26#39;Open tour. It was as follows:

%26lt;%26lt;Our buses operate this day, but the lines can be changed, and if there are many disruptions some can be closed.%26gt;%26gt;

So it sounds to me as though they will be playing it by ear somewhat according to how it pans out on the day. We are due to arrive in Paris very early in the morning so I%26#39;m thinking we might try to do the main grand tour (green) route first thing to see the really big sites and then abandon it if traffic starts to spoil the tour in favour of a Seine cruise or, even the dreaded Eiffel Tower queues.

I wonder if you would be able to see the parade from the Eiffel Tower?? Perhaps the Samaritaine roof would be better. Any ideas Denys? (Oh, yes, I realise you would only be seeing it in the distance - that%26#39;s all I meant - not a clear view of each float).

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Thanks CkandK, I am going to do the same as you and do the Grand Tour route very early the first bus starts running at 9.30am. I think you have more chance of seeing the parade from Samaritaine than Eiffel Tower, not sure!