i,e How long it takes to see all the below attractions
1. Eiffel tower
2. Arc de Triomphe
3. Notre-Dame Cathedral
4. Basilique du Sacre-Coeur
5. Louvre Myseum
6. Musee D'Orsay
7. Centre Pompidou
8. Champs-Elysees
9. Saint Chapelle
10. Catacombs
So that I can even see Disney land and Versailles ?
I am planning for a 4 day visit.
Thanks in advance Just skip Disney. You can get on a roller coaster about anywhere. But there is only one Paris.
1. Eiffel tower: Just to go up to it? 30 minutes. If you plan on going up? 2 to 3 hours.
2. Arc de Triomphe: Just to go up to it? 30 minutes. If you plan on going up? 2 hours.
3. Notre-Dame Cathedral: Just to go up to it? 30 minutes. If you plan on going in and seeing it? 2 hours.
4. Basilique du Sacre-Coeur: 1 hour.
5. Louvre Myseum: 1 full day.
6. Musee D'Orsay: Half day to 3/4s of a day.
7. Centre Pompidou: Half day.
8. Champs-Elysees: 2 hours.
9. Saint Chapelle: 2 hours to a half day.
10. Catacombs: 4 hours.
11. Versailles: One full day.
You will also have to take in to account travel from place to place. The subway system is pretty good and that would be your best bet. But it will still take time. I'd allow at least an hour between each place set aside for travel. Paris is a very large city. Everything is big. It takes quite a time to get anywhere.
If you do nothing but the places on your list, you could do them in 2-3 days.
Disney would add another day (at least), and Versailles another day.
So, I would say at least 5 days to do the lot. To just look at the places doesn't take too long, but as an example, you could spend the rest of your life in the Louvre and not see it all.....skip Disney 1. Depends if you decide to go up it - it's a long queue.
2. Pretty short. Look at it then walk back down the Champs Elysee. You could climb it and get a view.
3. Beatiful, could do a tour for hour or so, or just spend time outside admiring the building and garden.
4. Breathtaking - hour, walk around Montmartre while you're there.
5. You could spend days here, so I suggest you go at 9am and decide what area you want to see before you go (eg. internet) and maybe reserve half a day. I've already spent 3 days there and I'm still not finished!
6. Couple of hours, it's not huge. Definitely worth the visit if you like the impressionists.
7. Again, hour or two. Depends how much you like modern art. Don't go straight after seeing the masters at the Louvre/Musee D'Orsay!! The area around it is very cool though - lots of bars!
8. Shopping street. Maybe have a coffee, but it's too commercial and touristique in my opinion!
9. BEAUTIFUL! Worth seeing! Go for hour, not too big. It's near Notre Dame, so maybe on the same day.
10. Haven't been yet, sorry.
Enjoy!! 1. if you get there early in the morning 2 hours. After 11am then you may wait in line for 1 to 2 hours
2. 1 hour
3. 1 to 2 hours depending on the line. like the Eiffel tower the sooner you get there the better.
4. 1 hour
5. 1+ day
6 1 day
7 2-3 hours
8 . combined it with the Arc de Triomphe. 2 hours
9 . 1 hour
10 2 hours
Versailles 1 day with travel Like most people who never saw Paris you think you can visit anyone of those in less than half a day. Choose two per day. little longer than a week or two, you can get a bus tour pass and see a lot of things in two days but not everything. 4 days isn't enough to see ALL the things on ur list.
w/ all the crowds, thousands of other tourists, lines and travel, it would be near impossible to c it all in a few days. paris is a huge city and it would take about 30 mins to get from place to place. u could spend a week at the louvre alone. notre dame, eiffel tower, ark de triomphe could all be seen in 1 or 2 days, but versailles would take about 2 days. if i were u, i would skip disneyland, the catacombs, and the centre georges pompidou. there are way better things to see in paris than those. (also it would take about 2 hours to get to disneyland and to get inside
also, if u just wanna look at some of the stuff and not go inside, (such as the eiffel tower), u could c all the stuff in 4 days(maybe), but u'll rlly b missing out. I think some of the others have given you some good estimates, so i'll give you a couple of recommendations.
St. Chapelle has small concerts in the evenings, classical music. The acoustics in that room are magical and the setting sun illuminates those beautiful stained glass windows. (Depends on time of year. I think they only do it in the Summer?) It's a nice thing to do after a full day of walking around. During the day there are sometimes long lines to get through security into the courtyard where the chapel resides, because it shares an entrance with the courthouse.
Go up the Tour Eiffel at night. It's open late (midnight, I think). Less crowded and more lovely than you can imagine. Last time I was there I didn't wait 15 minutes for the elevator. Can be cold and windy up there!
Skip EuroDisney. I've never been but have heard it's not much different than Disneyland in the US. It's a full day, 25% of your time budget, to visit a place that looks like Orange County.
A walk down the Champs Elysee isn't what it used to be. The homogonization of global retail has pretty much killed the once fashionable shopping street. The Rue Rivoli and Faubourg St.-Honore (sp?) are much more interesting for a shopping stroll. But that could consume the better part of a day.
Like the others have said, Versaille is a full day commitment. Unless you are really into Louis Quatorze, you might just let it pass. Set it aside for a future visit. After all, once is not enough for Paris. I would trade off Versaille for more time in the Louvre and the Orsay. But I'm a heavy art fan. The Louvre is one day minimum. Be there at least 30 minutes before open or you will be in line an hour plus. Unless you are really into modern art, I'd skip the Pompidous. The neighborhood is cool, though.
I've not seen the catacombs in more than a dozen visits. I'll bet it's interesting. If you have kids, they would like it.
And here's what you are missing: The Garnier Opera. The Invalides. Two magnificent pieces of architecture. And the tomb of l'empereur.
I've been up the Arc de Troimphe a couple of times and thought it was well worth the visit. Montemarte is pretty.
Hit Notre Dame in the early AM. It is so nice in there when it is peaceful, before the tour buses arrive.
Taxis are quick but expensive. It depends how much you can afford. Otherwise you'll be on the Metro with the rest of us riff-raff. The Metro's pretty efficient but it does take time, especially late in the evening when the trains don't run as often. Make sure your hotel is close ot a convenient stop. But then you don't know Paris until you've met a rude taxi driver. It's a trade-off.
Enjoy the trip. It is a beautiful city. |
