What are some of the best activities/things to do in Paris, France? (Unique!!)?

Question

I am going with my boyfriend who has never been to France before. I have been to Paris a few times, but still haven't seen everything.

Looking forward to your recommendations! If you can provide links and specific names, that'd be great.

Answer 1

Pere LaChaise cemetery - not to make a pilgrimage to celeb graves, but because it is as beautiful a place as there is in Paris . . . and quite romantic w/ a wine & cheese picnic, I should imagine.

Answer 2

I liked everything about Versailles (a short trip outside of Paris).  The train ride, palace, and especially the gardens.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2205537_visit-ga...

Answer 3

Check this out

http://wikitravel.org/en/Paris

Answer 4

1) Have dinner with an icon of the Hippie era.

Jim Haynes is one of the founders of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and founder of the London Traverse Theatre Company. He started Suck, the sexual freedom newspaper, in Amsterdam in 1969 and taught Media Studies and Sexual Politics at the University of Paris 8.

He throws a dinner party every Sunday night. The crowd will include college professors, artists, the occasional rock star of famous actor. Give him a phone call or send him an email and you'll be invited. Details are on his website at: http://www.jim-haynes.com/index.htm

2) Go Rollerskating

Every Friday night except when there is rain, the City of Paris and the Paris Rollerskating Association organize a skate thru the streets of Paris from about 10 PM till 1 AM. Participants simply gather at the Place D'Italie and then skate a route selected by the orgainizers. it changes every Friday night but they do try to include at least a few well know tourist sights along the way

3) Become a member of the least exclusive club in the world

The Café Metropole Club meets every Thursday after noon. membership is very exclusive...you have to show up. details can be found here: http://www.metropoleparis.com/aclub.html the people who show up are a coolection of expatriates and tourists. A good place to meet some nice people and get some good advice about current events.

4) Go to the big plaza in front of the Centre Pompidou and on most sunny afternoons you'll find all sorts of street entertainers (you probably already know this) .

Among these will almost always be some guys doing big involved audience participation comedy bits. When they call for volunteers (and they always do)  STAND UP.

The fact that you probably don't speak French will be NO problem. They deal with non-French speakers all the time. These guys tend to be very good and very funny. You'll have a great time. Really...trust me on this one.