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Day 1/August 24, 2009- Monday
1. Start in Paris%26#39;s chronological heart, on Île de la Cité. Climb up Notre-Dame%26#39;s tower for a panoramic city view (and helpful landmark orientation)
2. Then head over to neighboring Île St-Louis to wander the atmospheric streets and drink in the back view of the mighty cathedral. ( Stop for Berthillon ice cream.) %26amp; Lunch @ La Rose de France
3.Head back to Île de la Cité to see the stunning stained glass in Sainte-Chapelle. (for a Seine-level view of the city, go to place du Pont Neuf at the far end of the island to catch the Vedettes du Pont Neuf boat tour.)
4. Cross the Pont au Change to the Châtelet métro station to catch Line 1 to the Champs-Élysées; if you%26#39;d like to walk most of the broad avenue, get off at the Franklin-D.-Roosevelt stop.
• If not, get off at George V (near the top) or Charles de Gaulle Étoile (by the roundabout) and head to the Arc de Triomphe.
5. From the top of the arch there%26#39;s a great view of the %26quot;star%26quot; of avenues. If platinum-card shopping is on your list, head to avenue Montaigne, which branches off the Champs.
6. Hop back on the métro at the Charles de Gaulle Étoile station and take Line 6 to the Champs de Mars Tour Eiffel station to see one more monument (The Eiffel Tower).
NIGHT: Café de l%26#39;Industrie; (can be iffy) 16, rue Saint-Sabin, Paris 75011; Métro: Bréguet-Savin or Bastille
Day 2/August 25- Tuesday
1. Start the morning admiring the Impressionists in the Musée d%26#39;Orsay (closed on Monday); arrive early to avoid the crowds.
2. Lunch @ Le Divellec an execellent fish restaurant. then head west along the quais, passing the Assemblée Nationale (the French parliament), to the Pont Alexandre-III, an ornate Belle Époque bridge. Above you gleams the dome of the Église du Dôme in the Hôtel des Invalides; this is where Napoléon%26#39;s buried (in half-a-dozen coffins)
3. In the afternoon explore the Latin Quarter, using the Panthéon dome as a landmark. Take time to relax in the Jardin du Luxembourg or sip coffee in a neighborhood café.
• Or from place St-Sulpice you can take métro Line 4 a few stops into Montparnasse.
4. Afterwards, tour the Seine on the Bateaux Mouches; these boats depart regularly from place de l%26#39;Alma.
NIGHT: Bus Palladium; 6, rue Fontaine; METRO: Blanche (line 2), Pigalle (lines 2, 12), or Saint George (line 12)
Day 3/August 26-Wednesday
1. Get to the Louvre (closed on Tuesdays) early to avoid the crowds; in one morning you%26#39;ll only be able to see part of the museum -- it%26#39;s that big. Have a morning coffee in the Café Marly in the Museum.
2. From the Louvre, either visit the carrousel du Louvre’s underground shops or walk along the rue de Rivoli toward place de la Concorde. This end of the street is now filled with souvenir shops but avoid the overpriced cafes and turn right to rue Mondvi for a good lunch at Lescure, a little rustic bistro (7 rue Mondovi 01 42 60 18 91)
3. After lunch, wander along the ritzy rue St-Honoré west. Here you%26#39;ll find the French president%26#39;s home, the Palais de l%26#39;Élysée (closed to the public), and the Neoclassical Église de la Madeleine.
4. For good shopping and a look at Haussmann%26#39;s 19th-century Paris and the famous Opéra Garnier, join up with the Grand Boulevards.
5. Spend the late afternoon getting a sense of Paris%26#39;s village-like character by exploring Montmartre-- a funky, lively neighborhood that%26#39;ll clear away any remaining museum fatigue. Either walk (heading north along rue du Faubourg Montmartre to rue Notre-Dame de Lorette to rue Fontaine to place Blanche) or take the métro to the Pigalle or Blanche stop.
• On boulevard de Clinchy you%26#39;ll find the famous Moulin Rouge.
6. Continue up into Montmartre, via place des Abbesses. On this square are two Art Nouveau gems: the church of St-Jean de Montmartre, and the Art Nouveau Guimard entrance to the Abbesses métro station.
7. From here, walk through the winding, hilly streets to place du Tertre, and then on to Sacré-Coeur Basilica, where there%26#39;s a tremendous view of the city below, and settle into a bistro or café.
NIGHT: Le Bar du Plaza Athenee; 25 Ave Montaigne; and/or : The Ritz Bar; 38 Rue Cambon
Day 4/August 27- Thursday
1. Devote the morning to the Quartier Latin, wandering the cobblestone streets, rifling through the offerings of the bouquinistes (the open-air book vendors by the Seine), and peeking into bookstores and churches.
2. Visit the Musée National du Moyen-Age to see the unicorn tapestries, pay your respects to the great at the Panthéon, then loop back toward the Seine to see the dynamic facade of the Institut du Monde Arabe (also a good place to stop for tea) / LUNCH
3. Take the pont de la Tournelle to cut across the Île St-Louis to the Rive Droite and Marais neighborhood. Here you%26#39;ll find a cluster of terrific museums (the Picasso, the Carnavalet, and the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, in particular), evocative architecture, and a buzzing street scene. The elegant place des Vosges is a good place to relax. If modern art%26#39;s your thing, go farther west to the Centre Pompidou. **
NIGHT: Buddha Bar; 8, rue Boissy d’Anglas in, Paris;
and/or: Slow Club;130 rue de Rivoli, 1er; Métro: Châtelet or Louvre-Rivoli
Day 5/August 28- Friday
1. Take a vacation from your Paris vacation by heading out for a day trip to Versailles, built in bicep-flexing Baroque splendor. Don%26#39;t forget to explore its vast park in order to take in the intimate Petit Trianon and Hameau, which was Marie-Antoinette%26#39;s toy farm
Day 6/August 29- Saturday
1. On your sixth day take a vacation from your Paris vacation by heading out for a day trip to one of the following:
• Champagne -Reims Champagne( Wed or Thur w/Concerige 155E no lunch), Cityrama, Fri, Sat %26amp; Sun-depending on with of the 3 tours 106E-169E- lunch %26amp; Drinks- $169E only
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Yes i think you are crazy-at least the first day is packed.
Do Ste Chapelle just after ND, and then go to Ile St Louis, otherwise in the afternoon the lines at Ste Chapelle will be long. To go up twice on the frist day doen%26#39;t make much sense, tyou will exhausted, and the view from the arch is not as nice as the one from Notre Dame
You plan to go to the Latin quarter twice, it doesn%26#39;t make sense. Do it all in one visit : Musée de Cluny and Luxembourg.
Plus you go through the Ile St Louis again to reach the Marais.
Group everything on a map to make more sense
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Well, whose itinerary is this,,, as it is obviously out of some book?
Day one is too heavey to me.
Its too much for me to absorb,, but, on day 3,, visiting the Louvre,, I have a few ideas. First. Be sure to enter THROUGH the underground shopping mall, its much faster then the Pyramid entrance. You enter it off Rue Du Rivoli and go down the stairs/escalator and buy your entrance ticket from the machines. I do this each time and have never had to wait more then 10 minutes to get through security this way. When leaving the Louvre leave through the Pyramid entrance, walking through the Tuilleries Gardens to the Place du Concorde.
Day 4 seems to suggest you walk BY two or three museums,, theres no time to actually go IN them?? I would go in the Carnalevet at least( and if you choose to go in the Piccasso or Pompidou then theres a full afternoon minimally). Also, while in the Marais, consider the Holocaust ( Shoah) Museum. It is very moving.
I would not take the tour on day 6,, lots of money. Stay in Paris as you just spent the day before out of Paris at Versailles. At Versailles be sure to spend lots of time enjoying the grounds and Marie Antionettes Hamlet. The Palace is wonderful, but , as always will be crowded,, but the ground allow will have lots of room for you to relax and enjoy.
I am not a fan of these premade itinerarys. I thinks its best to sit down. List all the sites YOU want to see,, then , with a map , cluster them into convenient groups. Then , checking for closing days( usaully monday or tuesdays) just make it up yourself.
I do agree Versailles it a great daytrip.
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Great...thanks. I didn%26#39;t do it myself I also noticed that we%26#39;re in Montmarte twice as well. When we get there will it be easy to find out which metro line to take?
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The metro is easy as long as you have a map - your guide book should have one or google %26quot;paris metro map%26quot; and print one out (in color).
The Middlemarch Paris Mapguide is an excellent map of the city that I find great for getting around.
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the Picasso musee will be closed from the end of august.
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I personally don%26#39;t mind a really busy itinerary, but, on the other hand, your plans for Day One are really impossible because you don%26#39;t take jet lag into consideration at all. Maybe you need to play it by ear on Day One. Check out/walk thru the neighborhood in which you are staying and enjoy as much of that atmosphere as your energy allows. Maybe you%26#39;ll be running on nervous energy and be able to see a lot, but maybe not.
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I%26#39;d be curious to know where you found this itinerary - which is severely lacking in practicality and detail.
%26lt;%26lt;When we get there will it be easy to find out which metro line to take? %26gt;%26gt;
The metro is very easy to use, if you know where you%26#39;re going, the nearest stop to your destination, and how to get there from the metro stop.
Obviously, you%26#39;ll need a good street map.
For example, %26quot;Devote the morning to the Quartier Latin, wandering the cobblestone streets, rifling through the offerings of the bouquinistes (the open-air book vendors by the Seine), and peeking into bookstores and churches. %26quot;%26quot;
Which streets? Do you have any idea where the bouquinistes are located? What bookstores? Are you really going to go %26quot;peeking into churches%26quot;?
At the end of day one (if you manage to get all that in), I seriously doubt you%26#39;ll have the ambition to head out to the 11th to Cafe de l%26#39;Industrie, and once there, you may be disappointed.
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It seems to have come from
wanderlustandlipstick.com/wander-tales/…
which was itself cribbed from
…nytimes.com/fodors/…fdrs_feat_117_3.html
Or the other way around who knows?
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I wouldn%26#39;t do two boat tours, we did Vendettes du Pont Neuf and it was fine. On Wednesday, you might visit the Louvre at the end of the day (go late afternoon, it closes at 9:00 p.m., much less crowded and more enjoyable imo.) Give yourself some down time and flexibility to stray from the itinerary. Looks good, have fun.
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I agree with Joan, make your own itinerary. That way you see the things you want to do. Most of the museums and monuments have a website with hours and nearby metro stops. Any guidebook will have that too, but may not have updated closing days. I usually plan one major thing a day, although if it%26#39;s something you are just looking at from the outside it doesn%26#39;t take as long. I make a list of things I want to see and what days they are open, and then if we have extra time, we can decide where we want to go. Also note when things are open late. I don%26#39;t plan meals ahead of time as I%26#39;m usually travelling with my daughter and we just eat at someplace she likes the menu of.
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