Hello everyone,
Would really appreciate any suggestions for our upcoming trip to Paris.
Itinerary
Tue
330pm - arrive Gare du Nord station (Can I buy a Navigo pass in this station? We are planning to get just zones 1-2 and then buy separate tickets for our Roissybus departure on Monday and Versailles. Sound right?)
- check in (Gare de L%26#39;est area for 3 days, Opera area for last 3 days)
530-6pm - Sacre-Coeur Basilica, Montmartre, Place du Tertre
Wed
8 am - breakfast (where should we get the Museum Pass?)
930-130pm - Musee d%26#39;Orsay
Lunch
330 onwards - Napoleon%26#39;s Tomb, Grand Palais, Petit Palais, Champs Elysees, ADT, Place dela Concorde(?)
Dinner in the area
Back to hotel
Thu
8am - breakfast
9-930 - leave for Versailles(tour Garden then Chateau then Domaine Marie Antoinette)
Lunch in the area
5pm - leave Versailles
6pm onwards - souvenir shopping in Galeries Lafayette (open till 9pm) and Au Printemps (open till 10pm). Any suggestions on where to purchase souvenirs for us and loved ones back home?
Late dinner or back to hotel
Fri
7am - check out and move to Opera area
8am - breakfast in area
10/11 am - Luxembourg Gardens, Pantheon exterior, Latin Quarter, Saint-Chapelle (allot 2 hours?)
Lunch
4pm - Place dela Concorde
5pm - 9/10pm - Louvre
Dinner in Saint Germain des Pres area
Sat
8am - breakfast
9am - Parc Monceau and Musee Nissim de Camondo
OR (if museum%26#39;d out already)
Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, Canal St- Martin
OR (if exhausted for previous days activities)
Rest
Lunch
1pm - Ile St. Louis area
4-730 pm - Notre Dame (mass at 630pm)
Dinner - Latin Quarter or Opera area
Back to hotel
Sun
8am- breakfast
930 am - Marais Sunday market, Places des Vosges, Place dela Bastillet
Lunch - Le Train Bleu, Gare de Lyon (around 130 pm)
5pm - Trocadero Gardens, Eiffel Tower, Seine River stroll
8pm - Seine river cruise
10- Seine river nighttime stroll ?
Back to hotel
Monday
Leave :(
Suggestions for inexpensive lunch and dinner eats? Thank you and looking forward to your suggestions and comments :)
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Just for starters...
530-6pm - Sacre-Coeur Basilica, Montmartre, Place du Tertre
A half-hour is not enough to wander around and see all four of these things/areas.
IMO Two hours would be a minimum.
Pjk
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Hi Pjk,
Sorry for the confusion. I actually meant that we want to be in that area already around 530 or 6pm and we are spending the rest of the evening (until 10 or 11pm) in the Montmartre area :)
What do you think about the rest of the itinerary?
Thanks!
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For dinner around St Germain, we had two dinners at La Boussole which is just a few blocks off the Blvd St. Germain at about Les Deux Magots...
http://www.la-boussole.com/
For this on Sat...
1pm - Ile St. Louis area
4-730 pm - Notre Dame (mass at 630pm)
Dinner - Latin Quarter or Opera area
Look at the Brasserie D%26#39;ile St Louis for a drink to replax; a cool beer if it is warm out or a vin chaud if it is not. From the Ile St. Louis walk farther up into the Marais and maybe stop at L%26#39;as de Falafel,
34, Rue des Rosiers, or, if there is a long line, Mi Va Mi across the street. And if you go to mass at Notre Dame, you could walk back to the Brasserie D%26#39;Ile St Louis. It%26#39;s close in case the weather is bad, or back into the Marais to Le Colimacon, 44, Rue Vieille du Temple, or Robert %26amp; Louise, 64, Rue Vieille du Temple in the next block. R %26amp; L specialize in grilled meat and has a grill right in the restaurant. Entrecote!
Pjk
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If you are anywhere near Church St. Germaine des Pres which is across the road from Deux Maggots etc. there is a restaurant or a couple of them on rue Benoit. This street is just behind Deux Maggots. There is a Cafe Benoit and another one I can%26#39;t remember the name of. Have eaten at both of them. Good onion soup.
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It would be best if you could get your Paris Museum Pass before you go to the Orsay - you want to avoid the line rather than get in one to get the pass.
You can get it at the airport if you are flying in.
www.parismuseumpass.com/en/pass_points.php…
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You can get the museum pass at the Gare du Nord or Gare de l%26#39;Est.
www.parismuseumpass.com/en/pass_points.php…
I agree with the prior poster. Get it before you go to the d%26#39;Orsay so you can avoid the line.
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Thank you everyone for the wonderful suggestions!
Would I need reservations in those restaurants for lunch?
Thanks Tren and Traveler for the museum pass tip. I will definitely get the museum pass at Gare de L%26#39;est since I am sure Gare du Nord would be busy :)
Did anyone find my itinerary too ambitious or is it pretty doable?
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