What's the best tourists attractions to cover in Paris with just 3 days?

Question

What's the best tourists attractions to cover in Paris with just 3 days?

Answer 1

One tip. Get the museum pass. It allows you to use separate entrances at the Louvre, Versailles, and Musee D'Orsay and is valid at dozens of museums. It can save you hours of waiting in line

Answer 2

Visitors can actually walk from one major tourist attraction to another instead of having to invest in some form of transportation. Walking is actually the recommended form of transportation for exploring Paris. Although Paris is not a very large city, it is a very culturally diverse city which makes it seem as though you are actually visiting several different cities in one. Each individual neighborhood has its own feel with some being sophisticated and others artsy but each one takes on a unique personality making a trip through a few city blocks seem like a journey through ages. In addition to the lively and diverse neighborhoods there are also dining options ranging from fine dining to street side cafes. Beyond all that Paris has a few tourist attractions that travelers should definitely plan on visiting whether it is their first trip to Paris or they have visited several times already.

No trip to Paris would be complete without a visit to the famed Louvre. In addition to being the home to the world famous Mona Lisa, the Louvre is also one of the largest and arguably one of the finest collections of art in the world.

Answer 3

The Eiffel Tower

The Louvre Museum & the smaller Impressionist museum (can't remember name because it changed since I've been there).

Rodin museum & sculpture garden,

Left Bank ...eat in cafe..walk

Catacombs of Paris (underground)

Cathedral of Notre Dame

Basilica de Sucre Coeur at MontMarte  (street artists too)

Walk to bridge past Notre Dame & see it from back at sunset

Walk to one of the other isles.

Modern museum (relatively new)

Artillary & military museum

Arche d' Triomphe & Champs Elysees (walk)

If you can squeeze out another day take day trip to Versailles

Bon Voyage!!!

Answer 4

If you're a Doors fan, Cimetière du Père-Lachaise is worth a visit to see the grave of Jim Morrison.

Also, walking is great, but do take advantage of the Paris subway system. It is very extensive, very safe and will save a lot of time. Buy the Paris-Visite pass which is only available to tourists. You get unlimited access to the transit system as well as a great map of the city and a discount booklet.

Answer 5

Well, on the first day of your first time in Paris head for Notre Dame on the Ile de la Cite, the island in the Seine where Paris began centuries before the birth of Christ.

By way of orientation, the Latin quarter is in the Left Bank which is south of the Seine and the Right Bank is to the north of the Seine. The Eiffel Tower, which can bee seen from many vantage points is to the west. So facing the Eiffel tower your left is south and your right is north.

In the plaza in front of Notre Dame you'll find the point zero marker from which all distances are measured in France. Notre Dame itself is a "working" church and the seat of the Archbishop of Paris. Entry is free to the church itself but the "treasury" and the bell tower have entrance charges. Skip them on this trip.  

Continue on past Notre Dame and at the tip of the Island you'll find the Memorial to the Deportees. Take a moment to visit. It’s a moving experience.

Cross over the Pont St. Louis to another small island, the Ile St. Louis. This has some gorgeous architecture and is the home of Berthillion, the iconic ice cream maker. Just walk up the center of the Island on the rue St. Louis en Ile to number 31. There will likely be a line but its worth a little wait. This may well be the best ice cream you ever eat.

Now cross the Pont Marie onto the Right Bank and turn to your right. Walk along the river to the rue St. Paul and then left to the rue des Franc bourgeois where you will see the Place des Vosges on your right. The Place des Vosges, the oldest square in Paris is one of the most beautiful squares in the world. For more information: http://www.aviewoncities.com/paris/place...

From the Place des Vosges walk west along the rue des Franc bourgeois. The Musée Carnavalet which occupies a superb 1548 palace and is devoted to the history of Paris will be on your right. You probably don't have time for it on this trip but the building exterior is worth a look. The area you are walking through is known as Le Marais, which means "marsh." It was the first area settled on the right bank and today has been extensively rehabbed. its also the center of the g*y community in Paris.

Continue on in the same direction and you'll come to the Centre Pompidou that houses the Museum of Modern Art. The big plaza in front is generally filled with street performers. Comics who do involved audience participation routines are a regular feature. Relax and check it out if you see one. Don't hesitate to join in. They are used to dealing with English speaking tourists and its all in good fun.

Now continue walking west along the pedestrian path that leads from the south end of the plaza crossing the blvd Sebasterpol and on to the Forum des Halles. This area used to be the main food market of Paris (that's now out in the suburbs). The replacement is this huge shopping mall. Its website (in English) is http://en.forumdeshalles.com/vue/form/fo...

Continue west along the rue Berger to the Place Quetin and turn south along the rue de Pont Neuf back towards the Seine. You'll cross the rue de Rivoli (a great shopping street) and as you continue on, the Tour St. Jacques, the only surviving part of a  church built in the 16th century.

Crossing the Pont Neuf (the "New" Bridge is actually the oldest bridge in Paris) you're back on the Ile de la Cite. Turn to your right and the medieval fortress called the Conciergerie is there. This building was used to house prisoners during the Revolution. It was here that Marie Antoinette was imprisoned before meeting her death on the guillotine. You can view her cell and the courtyard where prisoners waited to be taken to their deaths.

Continue on along the river to the small park at the end of the Island. This is where Jacques de Molay, Grand Master of the Knights Templar was burnt at the stake. It is said he proclaimed his innocence as the flames engulfed him and called upon the King and the Pope (who had connived in his arrest and torture) to join him before God for judgment. Eerily, both men died mysteriously within the year.

The little Tavern Henri IV which you will  see across from the park is a nice place to stop for a glass of wine and end your first day of sightseeing.

DAY TWO

Start the day at the Louvre. In a brief visit it is always difficult to say how much time should be spent here. This is a vast museum and to even spend a minute or two looking at each of the 35,000 objects would take a couple of months. You might want to do a bit of homework and check out the official museum website to figure out just what you want to see. http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home_fla... To be honest I find anything more than a few hours here to be exhausting. I'll assume you would agree in planning the rest of the day.

After the Louvre head towards the small Arc du Carousel at the west end of the Louvre grounds. This is one of three triumphal arches arranged in more or less a line with the Arc de Triomphe in the Middle and the modern Arc de la Defense at the other end.

Continue walking and you'll be in the Jardin des Tuileries, all that remains of what was once the site of a palace built in the 16th century by Catherine de' Medici, widow of King Henry II. (The palace burned down in 1871).

You'll exit the gardens at the Place de la Concorde. This is where the guillotine stood in revolutionary days and where the King and Queen along with hundreds of other Royalists were executed. Today there is an Egyptian obelisk on the spot.

To you right is the Jeu de Paume, a museum of contemporary art, (http://www.jeudepaume.org/site/frameset.... and to your left the Orangerie (http://www.musee-orangerie.fr/documents/... Either or both is worth a visit but you may already be museum weary today.

Crossing the Place de la Concorde you are at the beginning of the Champs Élysée. This stretch is surrounded by greenery and you'll find several little crepe and sandwich stands. Remember that people don't eat dinner until 8 or 9 so you may find a little snack is in order. A crepe with ham and cheese is quite sustaining (you order it by saying "crepe avec fromage et jambon s'il vous plait).  

At the intersection of the Avenue Winston Churchill you'll see the Grand ( http://www.rmn.fr/gngp-gb/index.html) and Petit (it houses the collection of the City of Paris)  Palais to your left.  The Palais de la decouverte is also here (http://www.palais-decouverte.fr/index.ph...

To the north along the Avenue de Marigny is the Élysée Palace which is the official residence of the President of France.

Continuing on along the Champs you'll be passing thru some of the most glitzy shopping in Paris. In truth, this is probably not the best place to buy but its certainly a great place to look.

At the end of the Champs is the Place Charles deGaulle (formerly the Place D'Etoile) in the middle of which is the Arc de Triomphe. Don’t try to cross the street but take the underground walkway that you'll see on your right. Under the Arc is the French tomb of the Unknown Soldier and an Eternal flame. There is also a tribute to the American troops who fought in France.

You can take an elevator to the top of the Arc and this is highly recommended as one of the best views in Paris.

You should now be exhausted and can grab the metro back to the left Bank concluding your second day’s sight seeing.

DAY Three

Take the Metro line 2 to the Anvers stop. Get out and look for signs directing you to the Montmartre Funicular. It will cost you one metro ticket each to ride it to the top where you will find Sacre Coeur, the national church of France in all its white onion domed splendor and what is arguably the best view of Paris.

You can spend a little time just wandering around Montmartre. Picasso and Utrillo, among others, used to frequent this area. The Lapin Agile, once just a local bar, was the haunt of many an artist  but the area is largely a tourist trap these days.

The Place de Tertre is where you will find one of the world's largest collections of really hideous art for sale.

Still the view and the church is worth the trip.

Walk down the stairs on either side of the Funicular and head back to the Anvers metro station. Turn right on the blvd there and walk to the Place Pigalle. This is the infamous "Pig Alley" as GI's in World War II called it. It is the haunt of some of the least attractive streetwalkers on Earth (but quite safe...at least during the day). Keep walking and in a few blocks you'll find the famous Moulin Rouge (it means Red Windmill). Its now an expensive tourist trap but the exterior is worth seeing given its history and association with the artist Toulouse Lautrec.

Continue down the street and turn left of the rue Batignolles. Get on the metro at the Place Clichy and take line 13 marked "Chatillon Montrouge" to the Miromesnil stop. Change to line 9 direction "Pont de Sevres" and take it to the Trocadero stop.

Exit the station and you will be at the Palais de Chaillot, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. This is the best view of the tower.

Walk down and cross the river and have a look. Its really not worth going up. There are usually long lines and the view is really not that good. Turning your back to it you will see a large park. This is the Parc Champ de Mars.

Walk thru the park to the Ave. de la Motte Picquet. which will cross your path at 90 degrees. You will see a peace memorial and across the street the Ecole Militaire.

Turn left and walk up the Ave. de la Motte Picquet to the corner where the Ave. de Tourville crosses. Turn right and continue a few blocks and you will see the Invalides on your left. This was built by Napoleon as a hospi