I have given a list of places you can visit in Paris. I have kept the details one line so that it is useful to those who are on a tight timeline.
Even if you don’t have time to read all the details, please do read the security section below.
Places in and around Paris
Photoshoot locations are indicated with the 📷 icon.
- 📷 Eiffel Tower (the best view from metro Trocadero NOT Bir-Hakim. Best top view of Paris is from Montparnasse Tower, not from Eiffel Tower)
- 📷 Château de Versailles (it’s 45 mins from Paris. This is the only place in this list which is outside of Paris)
- Musée du Louvre – per-historic to 21st century art items; reserve one full day; more than 25 KM of aisle inside the museum; at least 20 mins waiting time at entry for security check
- Musée d’Orsay – art works dating from 1848 to 1914, the biggest collection of impressionist paintings (on 5th floor)
- Centre Pompidou (more contemporary)
- 📷 Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris (still under construction)
- Palais de la Cité (conciergerie)
- 📷 Arc de triomphe (best by late evening) & Champs Élysées (best by night)
- La Basilique du Sacré Cœur (best by evening), 📷 Moulin Rouge (best by night), Pigalle – be aware of pick pockets & scams
- 📷 Opéra national de Paris (Le Palais Garnier) – Building is beautiful. It is possible to visit the interior of the building without having to book show
- 📷 Pont Alexandre III
- Grand Palais and Le Petit Palais
- Invalides (Nepolean I ‘s resting place)
- 📷 La place Vendôme (luxurious place – lively only during the working hours)
- Panthéon
- Église de la Madeleine
- Montparnasse Tower (Panoramic view of Paris with Eiffel Tower. Best in the evening)
- Catacombes de Paris (this is the official one. Please don’t try unofficial Catacombes unless you have a proper map and experienced person guiding you otherwise you might never be able to come out.)
- Eglise de la Sorbonne
- Musée Picasso
- Père Lachaise cemetery (good during autumn)
- Musée Rondin (Contains sculptures of famous sculpture Rondin. The building and garden are beautiful. Best by early afternoon)
- Château de Vincennes
- Musée du Quai Branly (Beautiful & rare collection of (mostly tribal) art from Africa, South America, islands of Pacific Ocean, Asia)
- Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (kids might like)
- 📷 Disneyland (outside Paris)
- Philharmonie de Paris
River cruises in Seine
Boat ride in river Seine (Best way to see all the buildings along the river. Best during twilight – that way moments will be lit against a dark blue sky). Bateaux Mouches and Bateaux Parisiens are popular boat cruise services.
Walk and explore in Paris
- Walk along the river Seine
- A night time cycle ride will be good
- Boat parties
- Le Marais – oldest surviving part of Paris with some narrow lanes. 100’s of art galleries here. Rue Rosiers for fallafel – L’As du Fallafel is the best (closed on Fridays and Saturdays)
- Quartier latin
- Quartier Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Café de Flore listed in eat out section is here)
- Monmartre ? (Beautiful place. Has many artists workshop. This is where Basilique du Sacré Cœur is present which is listed above. Good to visit in the morning or during early evening)
- Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré + Palais de l’Élysée
- Champs Élysées (Can be visited along with ‘Arc de triomphe’ mentioned above. This is the only place in Paris where shops are open till 11:30PM. Safe)
- Cité internationale universitaire de Paris (Its a resident for student from more than 150 countries. Many country have their own building. Good place to see different types of European architecture.)
Lively Places in Paris
By lively I mean, where there are continuous array of cafés/bars/restaurants; where you can continuously hear the sound of people laughing and talking in the terrace of the bars.
Mostly these are lively places by late evening. If you go there during the day or very early in the evening you might be disappointed. Also summer evening are more lively than other seasons.
- Rue de Lappe – pubs, bars all along the street. Party area!
- Rue Oberkampf, Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud (eastern end of these streets)
- Rue des Lombards – many lively (jazz) music bars and restaurants
- Rue de Montorgueil – many lively bars in this street and in the neighboring streets
- Rue de Bucci – street full of bars and restaurants
- Part of Boulevard Poissonnière (near metro Grands Boulevards)
- Streets that are immediately surrounding Jardin du Palais Royal
- Rue des Rosiers – fallafel street (best ones are closed on Friday evening and Saturday – Sabbath)
- Part of Rue des Archives (near restaurant Le Ju’)
- Place Larue – small but good place in the heart of Latin Quarter – close to Pantheon
- Cour des Petites Écuries (small place – bars here shuts down early during the night)
- Rue Léon Frot – a part of this street is lively
- Canal Saint Martin – young people bring drinks and sit on both sides of the canal (only during the summer evening). The canal is long, most lively between Rue Léon Jouhaux and Rue de Lancry. Nearest metro station is Jacques Bonsergent on Line 5.
Travel Photoshoot
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