Itinerary |
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Day 1: |
You have arrived at the airport and have checked into your lodging. Do not go to sleep! To combat jetlag, immediately set out to visit three major attractions of Paris: The Arch of Triumph, The Eiffel Tower, and stroll the Champs Elysées. While on the Champs Elysées purchase a museum pass at the Paris Tourist Bureau--this will save you money and allow you to skip waiting in long lines. |
Arc de Triomphe (Metro Stop--Charles de Gaulle-Etoile) Avenue des Champs Elysées (short walk from Arch) La Tour Eiffel (Metro stop--Trocacero or Bir Hakeim)
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Day 2: |
Louvre
Museum (Metro
stop--Palais Royal Musée du Louvre)
Tuilleries Gardens (Walk from Louvre) Place de La Concorde (Walk from garden) Hotel des Invalides / Napoleons Tomb (Metro Stop--Invalides) Gare Saint Lazare to buy ticket to Vernon / Rouen (Gare Saint Lazare) Possible Evening activity: Le Moulin Rouge
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Day 3: |
Gare
Saint Lazare. Train to Vernon / Bus to Giverny
Train to Rouen Train back to Paris
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Day 4: |
Musée
d’Orsay (Metro
Stop--Solferino)
Centre National d'Art et Culture Georges Pompidou (Metro Stop--Rambuteau) Musée Carnavalet (Metro Stop--St. Paul) Place des Vosges (Metro Stop--St. Paul) Possible Evening
Activity: Illumination Cruise on the Seine
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Day 5: |
Versailles
and Chateau de Versailles
Musée Picasso (Metro Stop--St. Paul)
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Day 6: |
Cathédral
de Notre-Dame (Metro
Stop--Cite)
Sainte-Chapelle (short walk from Notre-Dame) Musée de Cluny (short walk) Opéra Garnier (Opera) La Madeleine (Metro Stop--Madeleine)
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Day 7: |
Sainte-Sulpice
(Metro
Stop--St. Sulpice)
Palais du Luxembourg & Jardin du Luxembourg (Short walk from St. Sulpice) Montmartre (Metro Stop--Abbesses of Anvers then ride funiculaire) Cimetière du Pere Lachaise (Metro Stop--Pere La Chaise) |