Is it too much to see Notre Dame (we don%26#39;t spend a lot of time in churches, maybe an hour), then walk to the Tullerie Gardens, come out at the Place de la Concorde. Then wander up the Champs Elysee to the Arch de Triomphe.
We only have about 6 hours to do this, with a stop along the way for a quick lunch. Is it too much to do in 6 hours?
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you can do this. It is lovely. Ot take batobus down the sein for each stop.
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you can do this. It is lovely. Ot take batobus down the sein for each stop.
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It depends on your physical status. I know I can do that %26quot;walk%26quot; in less than 6 hours.
Something that surprised us when we walked through the Tuileries garden and a good stretch of the Champs Elysee was that there was no pavement, just dirt and sand. It was very dusty, especially when the wind blew. That was in August; maybe it is more pleasant in other months.
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There are a couple of restaurants in the trees in he Tuilerie Gardens......
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I think it%26#39;s fine, as long as the weather cooperates and you enjoy lots of walking (the best way to see a city).
Even if it does rain, in Paris it%26#39;s mostly periodic rain/showers, so one can just slip into a shop or a café for a bit.
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As much as Notre Dame is iconic to see, nearby St. Chapelle is more impressive to visit. It is a jewel box of a church with it%26#39;s many stained glass windows.
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this is a fine time frame (not a lot of time for sitting and sipping though) and gives you a little time to enter and view Notre Dame and walk around it -- the back of the church may be the loveliest part -- and get an ice cream at the Berthillon window -- and then walk down the Seine
definitely walk and don%26#39;t ride down in the ditch on the boats --
if you run short you can head back to your bus connection after the Place de la Concorde
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The previous poster has a point. I%26#39;d see Notre Dame, then walk to Sainte Chappele, then take the bus or metro (Line 1 from Chatelet) to the Louvre Palais Royal stop (NOT Louvre Rivoli) and walk from the Louvre to the Arc de Triomphe.
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I OTOH would most definitely walk from the Sainte Chapelle to the Louvre, checking out the Conciergerie, Pont Neuf, Place Dauphine, Square du Vert Galant, Institut de France and Pont des Arts en route. This means walking along the left bank from the Pont Neuf. I don%26#39;t see the point of using train/bus option here as it%26#39;s only a 10 minute walk if you walk it by the shortest route.
Then, not missing the Cour Carrée, IMO the most interesting part of the Louvre architecturally, I would walk to the Place de la Concorde and then take the métro to the Arc de Triomphe. Walking the length of the Champs-Élysées is IMO a waste of time — architecturally uninspiring and just one over-priced tourist trap after another. If you have time to walk it I would suggest instead walking along the river, checking out the Pont Alexandre III and the Palais Bourbon along the way, then from place de l%26#39;Alma up avenue Georges V to the C-E.
BTW, I agree the Sainte Chapelle is not to be missed but the lines can be long...
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Agree on most points here.
We started at Notre Dame(although we went up the towers)then caught Batobus hop on/off boat. This stops at the Louvre. Good view of Notre Dame from the river as you leave the quay.Expensive if only using this once though.
Walked from Louvre,through Jardin De Tuileries( yes it is very dusty and gritty underfoot, wish I had worn trainers not open sandals),over Place De La Concorde, up Champs Elysees( very busy multi lane road, expensive cafes 6 euros for a coffee,not like the original pretty avenue of days gone by), up to Arc de T.
We then caught the metro to Eiffel T.
I would like to have seen Saint Chapelle church with its beautiful windows, but we only had a day, and spent 3 hours in the Louvre, plus climbed to top of Arc de T.
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