7-day October First trip to Paris itinerary. Suggestions, Comments welcome.

For Wednesday and Thursday, which is better?

Wednesday, October 23, 2024:
Metros #4 and #1 to Palais Royal-Musee du Louvre. Spend 3-4 hours in the Louvre. Then walk to the Royal Palace. Then walk to Concorde metro station thru Tuileries Gardens. Take metro #12 to Abbesses. Take bus #40 or Funiculaire to Sacre-Coeur. Walk around Montrmartre district (Place du Tertre). Back to the hotel by metro #12.

Thursday, October 24, 2024:
Orsay Museum in the morning. Take metro to Opera. Then walk to Galeries Lafayette. Back to hotel.

It's only a 4 min walk from the Abbesses metro station to the Funicular base.

Loved the gardens of the Rodin Museum!

Make sure you have prepurchased tickets to the Eiffel Tower and Sainte-Chapelle.

Download the G7 taxi app as back up to public transport; if you get lost, tired, or just feel like it! It's user friendly like the uber app. So convenient when the official, professional Paris taxi arrives when you really need it.

Most of your Wednesday and Thursday afternoon options don't require reservations, so you might want to decide based on the weather those days.

While at the Opera house, consider taking their evening tour. It was at 5:00 and was wonderful.

On your arrival day (if you are coming from the US) I'd not pre-book that Seine River cruise. I'd wait to see what the weather is doing and if you are feeling up to being out and around later in the evening if you are coming from the US. You could also work in a river cruise on your Monday or Tuesday itineraries. If you want to walk around some on your arrival afternoon the Montparnasse Cemetery is very near your hotel and quite interesting with a number of famous folks buried there.

You didn't ask but near your hotel I've eaten at Le Select which was recommended on a blog by an RS guide, Vero.

https://francewithvero.com/blog/le-select/

I've also eaten at Cafe Odessa at the corner from your hotel. I think the food was good but started with a Saint-Germain Spritz and was slightly addled by the time the food came, lol.

https://odessa.paris/

La Coupole is cool for happy hour - Josephine Baker hung out here.

Thank you all.
Pam, no, I am not planning to pre-book anything for my day of arrival. The hotel says they can give us a room just to freshen up when we arrive, but we will get our designated room only at 3 pm. I am sure we will be tired after a long flight from the USA. So, nothing set in stone for Sunday. But we want to do the cruise some evening. We shall see.
Regarding restaurants, we are both vegetarians. So, need to look for places with Vegetarian options.

If you like music, you can buy concert tickets for Sainte Chapelle.

You have put together a very nice itinerary, with sites logically organized according to their proximity to each other.

I hope you enjoy your trip !

"Regarding restaurants, we are both vegetarians. So, need to look for places with Vegetarian options."

All restaurants post their menus outside so you can have a look before committing.

I am vegan but sometimes eat vegetarian if nothing else is available. Although there are some vegan dishes on the Le Select Menu I'm pretty sure I had the omelet which was very good.

https://www.leselectmontparnasse.fr/en/

No idea what I had at Odessa, lol. (insert eye-roll emoji here!)

https://odessa.paris/

There are also a number of creperies on the next street over from your hotel. The serve the traditional Breton crepes.

Changed my trip dates to avoid Paris school holidays (Oct 19-Nov 3)
https://www.toureiffel.paris/fr/bien-preparer-votre-visite/affluence
During certain periods, attendance may increase due to school holidays in Europe . During these periods, visitors may encounter queues (at entrances to the gardens, at checkouts, or at elevators) which may be longer. Here are the main school holiday periods in 2024.

April 6 to May 12, 2024
July 6 to September 1, 2024
October 19 to November 3, 2024