Has anyone ever been to paris? what should we go see?

Question

this summer we are going to paris. i was just wondering about some stuff we might want to see.

Answer 1

10 bucks someone who has never been there will say "Eiffel Tower"

Answer 2

no I won't go on a plane.

  Peggy

Answer 3

towers ..... its very expensvie there.. take ur food with you... 1 banana is for 1 dollar :-)

Answer 4

Im going in May :)

Answer 5

if u r with ur family u can go to places like Eiffel tower, notre dame, sacre coeur, la defense, l'arce de triomphe, china town, quartie latin, try a tour on the sein, jardin de luxomburge, the louvre, rue victor hugo, lafayette.And for sure EuroDisney

and for adults only, u can go to the moulin roug and the musee d'herotisme.

i hope u enjoy ur time, and hope i did help u .

Answer 6

effeil tower is always good but the lines can be long sometimes. there are alot of bus tour type things that are fun and help you learn stuff. after the bus thing can go wherever you want. the luve(spelling is wrong) is good for an entire day event if it is rainy or cold outside

Answer 7

Paris is a big city, an old city, and a city filled with political, cultural, artistic and literary history. You could stay there for years and not see  all the sights. (I've been visiting Paris pretty regularly for the last 35 years and I haven't seen everything yet.)

So your question is hard to answer because to completely answer it we'd have to write a book.

Luckily, a lot of people have done exactly that and any one of these guide books is pretty much as good as another.

I know this sounds silly but being a "good" tourist is hard work and you should spend almost as much time preparing as you do actually being there.

So get at least one of those books and read it.

And while you're at it, read some of the books written by people about their experiences in Paris. there are a lot of these type of books too. Hemingway's "A Moveable Feast" is a great one but even a funny book like Art Buchwald's "I'll always have Paris" is worth reading.

Make a list of what you want to see based on your personal interests and the amount of time you have. Of course, its fine to come back to this forum with more specific questions after you have had the time to do some research of your own.

There's also a lot to Paris that is beyond the tourist sights. Its the ambience and the attitude of Paris which need to be lived and felt.

You should spend some time just strolling around the city to appreciate its architecture and to get a feel for its medieval layout, the Belle Epoch improvements of Baron Hausman, and the modernizations seen in places like the Les Halles Forum and the new Opera in the Place Bastille.

You should take a little time to just sit in a cafe in the Latin Quarter or St. Germain de Pres  and people watch.

Enjoy some of the nightlife of Paris. Not the tourist ripoffs like the Moulin Rogue or the Lido but the vast number of fantastic music venues, from the jazz joints to discos.

Eat and be a bit courageous. Go to places that don't cater to tourists and don't have English menus. Just point to things on the menu or, better still, walk into a cafe at lunchtime and ask for the daily special which you'll almost always see displayed on a chalk board. don't worry if you don't know what it is. Try it! The worst that will happen is that you'll have a hilarious story to tell about how you got served a calve's head with cream sauce or something else too weird for you to eat.

Don't listen to the half wits who tell you Parisians are terrible people or adivse staying in a tight little tourist cocoon..

Strike up conversations with strangers, be open minded, put your map in your back pocket and just wander around, get lost, experiment, learn, take the time to really look at things.

Mainly, enjoy yourself.

Answer 8

If you like a challenge, take the Metro.

Answer 9

-The Louvre

-The Latin Quarter

-Napoleon's Tomb

-Pere LaChaise (final resting place of Oscar Wilde, Jim MOrrison and more..)

-La Tour D'argent

-Arc De Triomphe

-Notre Dame

And if you want to leave Paris for a day and stay in a French Chateau/Castle, go the Bagnols: http://www.bagnols.com/

Answer 10

It's always fun to see all the touristy spots, ex. eiffel tower, arc de triomphe, louvre,  but I recommend just walking around and exploring all the little shops as well. Have fun!