Help with Paris Itinerary

The 7 day Metro pass is called a Navigo Semaine Decouverte. It only begins Monday morning and ends Sunday night. You can get by on a single carnet for Saturday and Sunday, 10 tickets for about 13 euro. If you do get a Navigo, you might consider getting an all-zone type. That will cover round trip to Disneyland, Versailles, and get you to the airport if you are leaving that way. You'll need to 1" by 1.25" passport type photos with you to get the Navigo.
Get a Mueum Pass. That will cove the Louvre, Orsay, Versailles, St Chapelle, and others.
Metro is easy to get around on. There are several stations nearby in your neighborhood.

There are photo tours of Paris, here is one site
www.phototoursinparis.com

there are others, you can search on google

Regarding the photo thing she could check out enthusiast sites, for example Nikonians.com, or whatever brand she prefers. Nikonians has lots of pro and amateur members all over the world, I'm sure there is a Canon, etc equivalent.

Do you have Rick Steves Paris? If not, get one as soon as you can. It will answer many of your questions above, as well as having information you didn't even think to ask about but will find invaluable. A 4 day or 6 day Museum Pass may work well for you, if you're seeing enough covered things. Details about what is covered and how much the pass costs are here: http://en.parismuseumpass.com/

As for Disneyland Paris (or DLP as it's abbreviated online), I see nothing wrong with going for one day when you have seven days total. It's your trip, so if you wanted to spend all seven days in DLP and never go into Paris at all, that's your business (although I have a lot more trouble "accepting" that one, it's still not my business how you spend your time). Rick has a bit about DLP in his book, but if you want more details, I recommend looking at a specific Disney site, like:

AllEars http://allears.net/tp/dlp/disneylandparis.htm

MouseSavers http://www.mousesavers.com/other-disney-vacations/discounts-at-disneyland-resort-paris/

or DisBoards http://disboards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=77

Looks like you'll be close to at least two Metro stops. Ecole Militaire on line 8 will connect you north to Place de la Concorde, Madeleine, Opera Garnier, and many other sights. Segur on line 10 will take you east to St-Germain and the Latin Quarter. Easy connections to wherever you want to go.

Another advantage of the Museum Pass is letting you into museums you might not have planned to see but which might intrigue you, or where you might want to see just one or two things, or even just use the bathroom, without having to pay. It's a ticket to serendipity, not to be sneezed at in a city full of wonders.

There are 2 hop on off bus tours in Paris, (Les cars Rouge) is now called Big Bus Paris.

http://eng.bigbustours.com/paris/home.html It is les expensive, but has only 9 stopes.

The other, http://www.paris.opentour.com/en/Paris-bus-tour/bus-boat/ Has 100 stops over 4 lines. They

both have a boat option. One is cruise, the other has a pass for the length of either 2 or 3 days.

One thing to keep in mind, the bus takes longer to go from point A-B but you get to see the city.

The http://en.parismuseumpass.com/ for 6 days would be the most cost effective for your length of stay.

They can all be purchased at CDG outside the arrivals halls.

Last Sept., I was in Paris for 10 days with my 2 daughters and granddaughter. Have a great trip!!

Your daughter, assuming she is 25 or under, can get a ticket jeune day pass for Saturday which is about half the cost of a Mobilis day pass if she wants to use a lot of transport that day. She could get another for Sunday. Then you could both get Navigo Decouverte for Monday-Friday (they run Mon-Sun.

If I were your daughter, I would get a guidebook that details self guided Paris walks -- particularly some away from the central tourist sites -- she will have all the interesting photo ops she can imagine that way. Take a look at some of the walks we did in my photo journal www.janettravels.wordpress.com.

There are great photo ops everywhere. Take a look at St. Denis as a possible trip. Consider some of the great gardens e.g. Luxembourg, Tuilleries, Butte Chaumont, Monceau. I am sure it will be a wonderful trip.

Thanks to you wonderful travelers for all your advice. I have used The Travel Forum for 15 years now and have received invaluable
ideas during this time. LOL, my daughter is 49 years old and that puts me at 70 years young this year.
Are there other day trips we could take out of the city besides the ones mentioned thus far?
She has changed her mind on the Disney World idea.
I have not gotten Rick Steves' book on Paris yet. I love his books and do have many of them.

Again, thank you for all your responses.

vjmasters1: What wonderful father you are (young 70) and how heartwarming to hear that you will be traveling with your adult daughter ( young 49) to see Paris together - a trip of a lifetime. Have a great time. Please share your trip after you get back - would love to hear all about it.

There are many great day trips from Paris. Versailles, Chartres, Reims (champagne tours :) ) or any one of several chateaux that are reachable by train or car.

BTW - it was kinda cool to hear Mickey speak french - Donald - I am certain the French forbade it!

I think a four day museum pass will be more then enough,since the only sights you have listed that accept it are the Arc, the Towers of Notre Dame( church itself is free) and Orsay and Louvre.
Just watch which days you get it for and schedule sites ,because Monday and Tuesdays some museums close( so u just want to check for Louvre and Orsay )

I also can recommend the Cluny museum( the Lady and Unicorn tapestries are fascinating) and I would check what is on display at the Museum of Decoratif Arts,it's rifht by the Louvre so easy to combine .

Was in Paris last summer with my husband for 5 days, it's such a great city. Museum Pass is so worth it, so do get one for sure. We did Versailles, it was great, but it was really crowded, and you don't skip the line with the museum pass so that is the only place in Paris where we didn't walk right in - had to wait an hour and a half. Both Luxembourg and Tuleries gardens (sp?) are beautiful, and great for slowing the pace down if you get tired. I love bus tours, we did the Open Bus one, and I recommend doing them after a few days when your feet probably need a rest anyway, just switch lines to see all the different neighbourhoods in Paris. I was pleasantly surprised by Les Invalides, which is basically a war museum and where Napoleon's tomb is, but it was fascinating with great artifacts. Musee d'Orsay is beautiful just in and of itself, never mind the paintings! (but they are great too of course) You have to do the Louvre, but my dislike of crowds got the best of me and we didn't last long (it was also our last stop on a long day so I maybe should have had better timing for that). The best thing I can say is it is such a pleasure just walk around, the city is so well planned and sidewalk cafes everywhere, and Parisians really enjoy their lives it seems, very social and relaxed, eating and drinking wine very important. We had Rick Steve's Pocket Paris - I love the condensed versions of his books, easier to carry around.

lol, not a Father as I am the Mother traveling with my daughter to Paris! I have been traveling for the past 15 years as a solo traveler and am so happy that my daughter wants to travel with me this year!
It is so important for this trip to be really special for the both of us.

Another good day trip from Paris would be Monet's Garden at Giverny. Even in September there will be beautiful photo opportunities.

vj, some other sights that you daughter probably would appreciate are the Rodin, the Orangerie and St Chapelle which are also covered by the museum pass. Last year we weren't allowed to take pictures at the Orangerie but that might have changed again. I imagine though that even if photos aren't allowed that your daughter would appreciate them anyway!

Well no ticket jeune for her then LOL. Take a look at my photo journal under 'Day Trips from Paris' for ideas about some really photogenic areas outside Paris. www.janettravels.wordpress.com And she could also browse the posts and snapshots on 'Paris' to see if any of the areas appeal to her. There are literally dozens of great destinations outside Paris and I found places like Moret sur Loing and Crecy La Chapelle that are a bit off the beaten tourist path to be great fun for photography. Paris itself has so many interesting neighborhoods. Plenty for a photographer.