Hi all,
I%26#39;ll be in France for five days in July and I need your help. This is a good itinerary? Off course nothing is write in stone, everything is changeable and if we (my wife and I) feel like to just sit in a coffee, we will :)
FIRST DAY - JULY 8th (Tuesday)
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Arriving at CDG 7:55AM. I plan to get a Museum Pass (4 days) and a Carte Orange (with or without Navigo Decouverte) Zones 1-5 - just to not have to worry about transportation anymore.
Than we%26#39;ll go to our hotel by RER in the Latin Quartier for a bag drop or early check-in. Some walk, maybe the Rue de Buci Market, and a lunch and people watching in Luxembourg. At 3PM, Bike About Tour, leaving from Notre Dame.
And nothing more.
SECOND DAY - JULY 9th (Wednesday)
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Notre-dame (including the Towers), Sainte Chapelle and lunch in Ile St-Louis.
In the afternoon metro right to the Arc de Triomphe and walk (slowly!) by Champs-Élysées to Louvre. Stay in Louvre until tired or 21:30PM (late close day!)
THIRD DAY - JULY 10th (Thursday)
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Pantheon and Catacombes in the morning. D%26#39;Orsay in the beginning of afternoon and Montmartre late afternon/evening (including dinner)
FOURTH DAY - JULY 11th (Friday)
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Versailles and Marais at evening
FIFTH DAY - JULY 12th (Saturday)
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Pere Lachaise, St Denis and Eiffel at evening (last thing in Paris).
I know, that last day is strange, but we really like to see both Pere and St. Denis...
Suggestions and ideas? :)
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I don%26#39;t think wanting to visit St Denis or Pere Lachaise is strange at all! They are both WONDERFUL places and I think that you and your wife will enjoy it emmensley!
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A Zone 1-5 Carte Orange may be more than you need, although I haven%26#39;t done the calculations.
Could someone say whether the Carte Orange will get a person to Versaille or St. Denis.
The one thing I would add to your schedule is to take a self-tour of the Opera Garnier. I think it is the most beautiful building in Paris. The ceiling of the theatre itself was painted by Marc Chagall. The building actually won a contest after it was built and is gorgeous inside and outside.
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I opted (for now) for zones 1-5 to include CDG (zone 5) and Versailles (zone 4). Buying two carnet of t+ and separated RER ticket to CDG and Versailles is really cheaper - some 10 euros. I admit I was thinking more in the tranquility than in the money
Opera Garnier seems interesting... but I do not now where to put ir in my itinerary, maybe in the third day, after D%26#39;Orsay?
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How about switching your third day (Thursday) and your fourth day (Friday) with each other. The D%26#39;Orsay is open late on Thursday. That way you could go to the Opera Garnier after the Catacombes (or after lunch). You take the Metro to the Opera stop. The Opera Garnier is open for self-tours from 10am-5pm (last admission is at 4:30pm) or you could do a guided tour in English at 2:30pm (also given at 11:30am). Plan to spend 1-1.5 hours there. From there you could go to the D%26#39;Orsay and not worry about it closing before you finished. From there you could go to Montmartre to see Sacre Coeur, Place de Tertre, etc. and have dinner.
You definitely don%26#39;t want to put your Marais visit on Saturday as many of the Jewish shops in the Marais district are closed on Saturday. Also Versailles would be a mad-house (crowded) on Saturday.
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It always puzzles me when no one mentions taking in a concert - like at the Olympia or Bercy. On the 9th July we are attending %26quot;Duffy%26quot; at the Olympia. Duffy? Yes I did not know either: http://www.iamduffy.com/ but apparently we will be hearing alot more of her soon.Booked online with tickets to be picked up at the Box Office. Although she is a sultry Welsh singer - the crowd will be French in what is arguably the most famous small concert hall on the planet. Of course there is Bercy, Opera and many other options. Taking in a concert - even at Sainte Chapelle or one of the free ones is sooo relaxing and lets you be part %26quot;hearing%26quot; culture not just looking at it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%26#39;Olympia
http://www.olympiahall.com/spectacles.asp
scroll to the bottom by date
http://www.bercy.fr/programme/concert/
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CanadianBoys--I have no idea why you wrote what you wrote on here. What does it have to do with this Itinerary? She doesn%26#39;t really have time in her schedule to take in a concert. Perhaps it is good to let anyone else who is going at that time about the concert--or concerts in general.
You can%26#39;t do everything when you go to Paris for 5 days. You can%26#39;t even see the main sites let alone go to a concert. Your advice is great though for people who continue to return to Paris and are looking for new things to see and do.
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Good grief Oregon...no time for a a recital at Sainte Chapelle?? 60-80 minutes of music even at 8pm is not exactly a burden in 5 days. THAT is why I wrote it! - offering the SAME impartial advice you don%26#39;t hesitate to provide day in and out here on TA (irrespective I have been to Paris 20 times - and seldom say a word).
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Our night time cruise on the Seine was one of my highlights- beautiful, relaxing and romantic. I%26#39;d go again next time we%26#39;re in Paris and every time!
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CanadianBoys: It was the way you wrote what you wrote: %26quot;It always troubles me when......%26quot; I can understand that if FabioBegetta was going to be in Paris for a month--then by saying it troubles you that nobody is suggesting that she see a concert (especially in Bercy which is charming but isn%26#39;t a place most people go on their first 5-day trip to Paris) makes sense to me.
If you had just said: how about a concert at Sainte Chapelle or: perhaps you could rearrangement your Wednesday schedule and see Sainte Chapelle last so you can attend a concert there.
It was your impatience with which you made your suggestion--on a entry of a fairly short itinerary which could perhaps handle a concert but it certainly isn%26#39;t a no brainer.
Again, I tried to convey that you suggestion was a good one. For me, it was the presentation which I found a little strange and the particular entry you chose to make your observation seemed perhaps minimally relevant.
I apologize for how I delivered my message. Carry on.
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St.Denis is off the metro line 13 which is always zones 1-2 of Paris. The only times you will need more is going from and to the airport and Versailles. From ratp.fr, the price of CO 1-5 is 32,10 but they are going up July 1. Yes, easier but a lot of money will be spent on transportation (and you have lots of walking in your itinerary) instead of wine, chocolates, pastries etc.
You will see a lot of the permanent residents of Paris (Pantheon, Catacombs, Pere Lachaise and St. Denis).
You could always detour to Opera on the way to the Louvre up Ave.de L%26#39;Opera and back down to Louvre.
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