Top 10 things to do in Paris

How many days do you have? When do you travel? What kinds of activities do you like? Museums? Churches? Walking with a guide? Walking without a guide, lol? Gardens?

Do you know where you'll be staying?

Everyone's "Top 10" will be different and I'd guess the answers you get from me and others will be so many cool things to do we could fill up a month!

At https://www.ricksteves.com/europe/france/paris, you can find Rick's prioritized list of mostly-indoor attractions, then further down under "Listen," you can download audio guides for walking routes.

Hi from Wisconsin,
I would find an excellent Boulangerie. Why do people move from the US to France? Butter (beurre) croissants, don't settle for any other form of croissant. Try La Maison d’Isabelle, 47 ter Boulevard Saint-Germaine. Not only excellent croissants but award winning Baguettes. Go there one of your first mornings (croissants are best before 11AM) and you will return every morning. Get one of these baguettes, find a good cheese, some butter, and your baguette and you will be in heaven.

D'Osay Museum. So much easier to enter than the Louvre. And many fewer people in the building. Nice restaurant up stairs.

Musee de l'Orangerie. Across the river from the D'Orsay. I would check out the line, if there is one, out side either of these two and choose the one with no line. Odds are the other will have no line (or short) when you go back. If you are not a fan of Monet then skip this one.

Musee Marmottan. A lovely walk either to it or while returning. On inner edge of the Bois de Boulogne which is a great park for a walk. This contains Monet's son's private collection of his father's works of art.

The Marais is the major portion of medieval Paris that remains after the city 'remodel' under Haussmann done between about 1853 and 1870 which eliminated the narrow streets so friendly to revolutionaries. And a solid boulangerie is in the Marias at 32 Rue Vieille du Temple. A long-black coffee and a beurre croissant is about 2Euro (generally, no English spoken). And next door to the boulangerie is a restaurant with limited space, Au Petit Fer a Cheval . You have to just walk into the bar and circle around the bar to get to the door in the back. Seating is beyond this door. This is real Paris. Order the special of the day.

That is five. The Eiffel Tower can be seen as you move around Paris. Wait lines up are just too long. Do you want to see Paris or wait in line? Notre Dame is not what it used to be and no tours. For as amazing as Saite Capelle is suppose to be, it is under renovations, there will be a line, and only half of the interior is visible which ruins the effect of the building's design. Don't spend your time waiting here.

wayne iNWI

Wayne i can't find any info on Ste Chapelle's reno. Can you elaborate? I will be there in April.
thanks

I just attended a concert in Sainte Chapelle and did not notice any remodeling or scaffolding.

Is this your first time to Paris? What time of year will you be visiting? Where will you be staying? What are your personal interests?

Here's a list of my 10 favourite things to do in the city of lights:

• Musée Jacquemart-André - not too crowded, beautiful collection and a great tearoom.
• Musée des Arts décoratifs and its satellite Musée Nissim de Camando - the latter is very moving for the history of its Sephardic Jewish owners and also has a great tearoom
• Le Bon Marché - great upscale department store with wonderful displays
• Père LaChaise - the most important cemetery in Paris with a number of famous residents, including Chopin and Jim Morrison.
• Musée Carnavalet - currently closed for renovation but apparently opening in Spring 2020 (although that can mean any number of things..)
• Musée de Cluny - recently refurbished and home to a number of the famous Lady and Unicorn tapestries
• Musée du Louvre - of course this is a given for many visitors but it hosts so many important treasures that I can't help to visti every time I go!
• Café de Flore or Les Deux Magots in St Germain des Près for lunch or coffee - iconic and still worth it for the people watching except in August when the town empties.
• Parc des Buttes Chaumont
• Fondation Cartier

Have a great time in Paris!

Galeries Lafayette Coupole
Jardin de Luxembourg
Musée Marmottan
Opéra Garnier
Bateaux Mouches
Butte Montmartre
Hevin chocolats
La Grande Épicerie de Paris
Jacquemart-André salon de thé
Trocadéro

Paris is my favorite place ever and I plan on sharing it with my two granddaughters, ages 15 and 13. We plan on hitting the high spots but is there anything any of you would suggest. We will be there the first of April and will spend a week there. I plan on taking the train to Chartres for a day trip and trip to Versailles. Do you have any other suggestions? Also, what day is best to schedule a timed visit to the Louvre? Thanks for suggetions.

Tell me what interests you (e.g. art, history, military, churches, classical music, theater, jazz, etc.) and when you will be in town? Everyone's top ten is a little different and there are special things at certain times of year that would make everyone's top ten.