Paris Attractions?!?! what are some really good attractions besides the eiffel tower?

Question

What are some really good attractions in Paris besides the eiffel tower?

also... where can i get discount coupons for these attractions in Paris?

Answer 1

If you are into art at all, get a museum pass!  You won't have to wait on lines, you can get it for 2 or 4 or 6 consecutive days, it's good for over 70 museums and monuments, and just the Louvre and D'Orsay museums will exhaust you.

Answer 2

strip clubs and other underground bars,

Answer 3

Paris is just jam packed with attractions.  The Eiffel tower is just the tip of iceberg.  You could spend a week there and still have more to see.  Enjoy your week end, I assure you you will have lots of stuff to do.

Go for a bus tour and or a river tour.  Keep in mind that a good museum there will take all or most of the day.  So if you want to devote one of your days for a museum pick either the louvre, the musee d'orsay or centre georges pompidou.  See mont martre, the jardin du luxembourg, notre dame, the arc de triomphe and go for cafe au lait in a side walk cafe.  

Answer 4

Oh you have so my attractions to go to. The Palace at Versaille, the Musee D'orsay, the Louvre which is connected to the Champs Elysees which will lead you to the L'Arc de Triomphe.  When I went, we walked from the Louvre up to the L'Arc de Triomphe. The Champs Elysees has all of the famous stores...Louis Vuitton, Chanel, etc etc. We took pictures.  We went to the Moulin Rouge, didn't go in but again took pictures and then walked up to Monmarte where Van Gough and all of the famous artists lived. Up there is Sacre Couer, a beautiful church and there's a court yard there where all of the painters sell their artwork. You could also take a Seine River cruise at night to see the lights. Can't forget Notre Dame Cathedral.

The cafes and food is an attraction in itself. By just going to different ones around town and sampling food.  I had creme brulee and I can't kind anything that matches. It's the best.  You'll have a blast and the people are so friendly.  Hope that helps.  Enjoy your trip!  

Answer 5

There is so much you can do! You can go to www.frommers.com, has a list of all attractions with a brief description to see what you might like to see. I went in May and the following were my top favorites:

Sacre Coure (a huge cathedral on a hilltop which gives an amazing view of the city)

Arc du Triomphe (if you climb to the top, again you get another amazing view of the city)

Jurden du Tuillieries (a huge park with sculptures and fountains, people are drinking wine or coffee, or having ice cream)

Champs Elysee (a huge street full of shops & outside cafes/restaurants)

Seine Cruise at night (amazing, you get tour of the city, it is spectacular)

Musee D'Orsay (inside building architecturally beautiful and the art incredible)

Louvre (very big, not organized but alot of incredible art including the Mona Lisa)

L'Orangerie (amazing paintngs including Monet's Waterlilies)

Buy the 2 day musuem pass it will save you money and you bypass the lineups. You can purchase online (google paris musuem pass)

I hope you have fun!

Answer 6

A few unusual things to do:

Pere lachaise, the cemetry...it's really beautiful and huge....Jim Morrison (Doors) is buried there...some of the headstones are incredible...I could have spent much more time there...the metro stop is right across the street.

Another wacky thing is the sewer museum...we were so mad since we got there right as they closed...grrr....google it...

Answer 7

Notre Dame Cathedral

Louvre ( Mona Lisa, or 'La Gioconde', Venus de Milo, the Three Graces, Egyptian Collection)

The Jardin des Tuileries

Place de la Concorde

Champs-Élysées

Arc de Triomphe

Opéra

Place de la Madeleine

Les Invalides

Monmartre

Sacré Coeur

Moulin Rouge

Quartier Latin

the Panthéon

The Left Bank, or Rive Gauche

the Sorbonne

teh Bois de Boulogne

teh Catacombs

Museums:

A;part from the Louvre, you might be interested in the Rodin Museum, the Orangerie, the Musée de l'Homme, the Musée de Cluny (for medieval tapestries), the Musée du Jeu de Paume (collection of Impressionist art) and the Georges Pompidou National Center for Art and Culture.

I do not know much about discount coupons.  However, museum admission may still be free on Sunday.  On Mondays, many, if not all the museums are closed, so you should investigate on the matter and plan your itinerary accordingly.  If you invest in a guide book such as 'Let's Go to Europe', information about museums and other attractions is listed.

For hotels, some moderately-priced ones near the centre of the city are:

Concorde Lafayette, place Porte des Ternes, near Arc de Triomphe

Concorde Ste-Lazare, 108 rue St-Lazare, near Opéra

Claridge Bellman, 37 rue François 1er

Lotti, 7 rue de Castiglione, near Tuileries

Napoléon, 40 avenue de Friedland, near Arc de Triomphe

Commodore, 12 boulevard Haussmann, near Arc de Triomphe

I have no guarauntees about the hotels.  You would have to look up the hotels on your own and make sure they were priced within your expectations.  The old residences of the Sorbonne University were made into hostels.  You might be interested in investigating the possibility as well.

Answer 8

Louvre

Answer 9

the louvre definetly, google "tourist attractions in paris"