Suggestions for exploring Paris and its surroundings.
MUSEUMS
• Musée d’Orsay
• Musée de Jeu de Paume
• Musée Marmottan
• Musée Rodin
• Musée Delacroix
• Institut de Monde Arabe
PARKS
• Jardin du Palais Royal (1st)
• Jardin du Luxembourg (6th)
• Parc Monceau (17th)
• Parc des Buttes-Chaumont (19th)
SHOPPING DISTRICTS
• Marché Saint Paul, rue Saint Paul (4th). Antique, second-hand shops.
• Rue des Rosiers (4th). Once you find this ancient, winding street, just continue to wander. You’ll find shops and eating places.
• Rue de Buci, Rue de Jacob, Rue Bonaparte (6th). Chic market and shops. Wander down streets heading down to Seine.
• Ile St. Louis (4th). Galleries, restaurants, and the café St. Louis en Ile for croissants at breakfast or desserts.
• Musée d’Orsay
• Musée de Jeu de Paume
• Musée Marmottan
• Musée Rodin
• Musée Delacroix
• Institut de Monde Arabe
PARKS
• Jardin du Palais Royal (1st)
• Jardin du Luxembourg (6th)
• Parc Monceau (17th)
• Parc des Buttes-Chaumont (19th)
SHOPPING DISTRICTS
• Marché Saint Paul, rue Saint Paul (4th). Antique, second-hand shops.
• Rue des Rosiers (4th). Once you find this ancient, winding street, just continue to wander. You’ll find shops and eating places.
• Rue de Buci, Rue de Jacob, Rue Bonaparte (6th). Chic market and shops. Wander down streets heading down to Seine.
• Ile St. Louis (4th). Galleries, restaurants, and the café St. Louis en Ile for croissants at breakfast or desserts.
WALKING & TOURING
• Canal Saint Martin. Explore by foot, bike, or barge.
• Bateaux-Mouches. Take a boat trip on the Seine.
• Montmartre (18th). Climb the hills to Sacre Cœur.
• Latin Quarter (5th). Wander the streets and eat cheaply.
• Notre Dame (1st). Visit the cathedral and surrounding park.
• Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame, Centre Pompidou, Sacre Coeur and many others. Visit the high points of Paris.
• Palais du Louvre and Tuileries. Walk from Place de l’Ecole (1st) through the courtyards to the Louvre (IM PIE Pyramid), across the Jardin de Tuileries up the Champs Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe – if your legs can take it.
• Les Catacombs (14th). Tour this immense maze of ancient bones in tunnels dug under the city below Métro Denfert Rochereau.
OUTSIDE PARIS
• Château de Versailles (short train ride, then walk to château).
• Château Vaux-le-Vicomte (45 minutes by train, then take taxi from train station).
• Chateau de Chantilly (45 minutes by train, then take taxi from train station).
• Palais de Fontainbleau (45 minutes by train).
• Cathédrale de Chartres (1 hour by train).
• Canal Saint Martin. Explore by foot, bike, or barge.
• Bateaux-Mouches. Take a boat trip on the Seine.
• Montmartre (18th). Climb the hills to Sacre Cœur.
• Latin Quarter (5th). Wander the streets and eat cheaply.
• Notre Dame (1st). Visit the cathedral and surrounding park.
• Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame, Centre Pompidou, Sacre Coeur and many others. Visit the high points of Paris.
• Palais du Louvre and Tuileries. Walk from Place de l’Ecole (1st) through the courtyards to the Louvre (IM PIE Pyramid), across the Jardin de Tuileries up the Champs Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe – if your legs can take it.
• Les Catacombs (14th). Tour this immense maze of ancient bones in tunnels dug under the city below Métro Denfert Rochereau.
OUTSIDE PARIS
• Château de Versailles (short train ride, then walk to château).
• Château Vaux-le-Vicomte (45 minutes by train, then take taxi from train station).
• Chateau de Chantilly (45 minutes by train, then take taxi from train station).
• Palais de Fontainbleau (45 minutes by train).
• Cathédrale de Chartres (1 hour by train).
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