Itinéraire: Tour de France
This itinerary served well for a group who had limited time in Paris but who wanted to see as much as they could. We arrived on a Saturday, so some activities are day related, and need to be checked out on line. Our days were very full. We worked on the assumption that we would do as much cost free sight seeing as possible and bought bread, ham, cheese, fruit from local supermarkets for our lunches. We bought metro tickets the first 2 days (as only 2 journeys by metro on the first day and Versailles is a 5 zoner). The other days, we used our 5 day Paris Visite card.
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Morning |
Afternoon |
Evening |
Saturday. |
Arrival at Charles de Gaulle airport and transfer to accommodation. |
Metro to La Grande Arche de La Defense. Lunch at Quatre Temps Shopping centre.
Metro to L’Arc de Triomphe and walk down Champs Elysees to Place de la Concorde
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Mass at Notre Dame at 6.30pm – see cathedral in twilight and sunset. |
Sunday |
Versailles all day. Les Grandes Eaux Musicales. (Fountains play to music of Louis XIV’s court). Check for dates on Versailles website as this only operates in Summer.
Walk through to Le Hameau of Marie Antoinette and her park and garden. See Le Petit Trianon and le Grand Trianon. Attend grand finale of fountains at 6.00pm. |
Monday |
Rue de Rivoli, Place Vendome, the Ritz, l’Opera, Galeries Lafayette and lunch in les Jardins des Tuileries |
Le Louvre |
Le Louvre |
Tuesday |
Musée d’Orsay for 19th century art works and impressionist painters. |
Walk along River Seine, lunch in park, track down 13 Quai Voltaire (smallest house in Paris), see Pont Alexandre III and Les Invalides, along to Eiffel Tower |
Eiffel Tower . Night walk around the area of Palais de Chaillot.
Visit to tourist shops near Tour Eiffel. |
Wednesday |
In the steps of Amelie. Metro to Montmarte, Place Pigalle, Moulin Rouge, Le Chat Noir and up to Sacre Coeur. Visit to tourist shops on way. |
Lunch in park of Sacre Coeur. Walk through Montmartre. Les Marais. Beaubourg . Les Halles. |
Bateau Mouche from Notre Dame for trip on Seine. Night walk along the Seine on the Île de la Cite. |
Thursday |
La Conciergerie – visit. Hotel de Ville and Pont Neuf. Notre Dame and Les Bouquinistes. |
Lunch at back of Notre Dame. Le quartier Latin and Le musee de Cluny, the middle ages museum built on a Roman villa – remains still visible. |
Walk through Quartier Latin, Boulevard St Michel, St Julien le Pauvre |
Friday |
Over to Denfert Rochereau and the Catacombes. |
Last minute souvenir hunting: quality stuff in Le Louvre and tourist stuff in Rue de Rivoli |
Check out and to airport. |
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