I am arriving into Paris next Wednesday. I am staying near the Louvre and have 3 days. What are the sites to make sure and see? Also any restaurant suggestions? Any help is appreciated.
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Here are several categories of the major traditional sites.
You might pick from them since I do not know your interests.
I am including those somewhat central so you won%26#39;t be eating
up a lot of your 3 days travelling far afield.
MUSEUMS - Louvre, D%26#39;Orsay, Cluny, Rodin, Marmatton
CHURCHES - Notre Dame, St. Chappelle, Sacre Coeur
PARIS WALKS - Latin Quarter, Ile de la Cite
GARDENS - Tuilleries, Luxembourg
SHOPPING - Galerie Lafayette, Printemps, Sanmartine
Eiffel Tower, Arc d%26#39;Triompe, Invalides, Montmarte,
rue Mouffetard, Pere Lachese Cemetery.
Put any of these in the Search function of this forum
and you will get a lot of information.
Best Wishes
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Not knowing what you like it%26#39;s hard to say...the Le Open Tours hop-on, hop-off bus tour will take you around all the major sites which is a great way to see the sights. If I only had 3 days, I would go to the Effiel Tower, Cluny Museum, Musee d%26#39; Orsay, Sainte Chappele, Sacre Cour, the Paris Opera House, Galleries Lafayette (amazing building) and take a Siene River cruise. You could fit in more, but you%26#39;d lose the oppourtunity to sit in outdoor cafes and enjoy wonderfulness of Paris.
You%26#39;ll love it no matter what you pick....Enjoy!
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Just an opinion here...
Eiffel Tower (do this late at night to avoid lines)
Notre Dame (free - wander in around 5:45pm to hear the organ begin playing mass)
Montmartre which has Sacre Coeur Basilica and the Place de Tertres where the street artists are.
If you really want a whirlwind tour, you can do a lot; but you won%26#39;t have the time to do what%26#39;s best...soak it all in. I%26#39;ll give you an example; I just returned Saturday night from 2 1/2 days in Paris. My sister and brother-in-law were with us and this was their first trip. We wanted to show them all of the basic tourist sites so here%26#39;s what we did:
Arrived at hotel at 4pm - put down luggage, brushed hair and went straight to Notre Dame.
Left Notre Dame around 6:15pm and walked to Isle St. Louis for a 7pm dinner (did a few shops before dinner)
Day 2: Got up early, went to Trocadero for Eiffel Tower view - walked to Eiffel Tower just to look (no going up yet)
Left Eiffel Tower and went to St. Chappelle. Then went to Louvre for 3 hours. Afterwards, a bit more %26#39;exploring%26#39; then off to dinner. After dinner, guys went to Moulin Rouge, my sis and I hiked up to Sacre Coeur to see the city view at night.
Day 3: Early morning again - shopped at Monoprix for picnic lunch. Went to Pere Lachaise Cemetery for a little while. Had picnic lunch and then went to Montmartre - toured Basilica and had a quick turn around the artist district. Back to hotel to get dressed for the best thing we did...a cooking class in someone%26#39;s home - just the four of us, our teacher and her husband.
Have to tell you...this was A LOT in this small amount of time. But my sister just wanted to see it all. She%26#39;s planning to go back to just soak in the atmosphere when there%26#39;s more time.
If you do go to Sacre Coeur, make sure you walk down the outside stairs to the left of the Basilica and go inside the crypt. It%26#39;s free to get in...it looks like it costs 5 Euro, but that%26#39;s because the ticket window to go up in the dome is right there. The crypt is a well-kept secret. It has wonderful sculptures, and if the day is hot (ours was!) it was deliciously cool.
Send me an email and I%26#39;ll send you a copy of my notes: vickisfloyd@hotmail.com.
The other option? Just get to Paris - skip any kind of itinerary and see what looks interesting to you.
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