Paris tips

[Danno]

Just the tip(s).

No recent thread so decided to start a new one.

I'm going to Paris in October. Arrive on a Tuesday morning, and have no itinerary until a wedding in the suburbs that starts Friday night. I've been before but not in 30 years, my GF went 2 years ago and saw the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre and Arc d'Triomphe.

Suggestions? Should we take a side trip or can we keep ourselves happy sightseeing and eating until the wedding?

[mcski]

Paris tips

My fave hands down is the catacombs. The labyrinth of millions of bones is mind boggling.

There is plenty of other stuff in Paris to keep you busy for three days. I don’t think I’d do any side trips

[BmillsSkier]

If the recent London thread is your guide, then the answer is to hop on the EuroStar to London.

There's so much good eating and sightseeing to be done in the city that our usual plan is just to pick a neighborhood and walk around it all day making only a plan to eat at a certain place or see a certain attraction nearby. The rest is all wandering around by foot. Start with rue Montorgueil going end to end and work your way out. Have fun, post pics.

[plugboots]

I’ve been wanting to do a cool expert led tour of the renovation of Notre Dane. Haven’t researched it, but it’s gotta exist.

[alias_rice]

Paris is probably my favorite city for just aimlessly wandering around. All of the normal touristy stuff is cool, but just walking the city was the best part for me. My wife and I would just take a random metro stop and then go and explore for a few hours. Great cafe's, good wine, cool old bookstores, etc.

[riser4]

Yes, but everything is so French.

[BmillsSkier]

That’s the best part of Paris, it’s unapologetically French.

Wake up and have a leisurely coffee at a cafe on the street. Walk around browsing shops and people watching. Eat a 2 hour lunch with at least one bottle of wine. Have sex after lunch. Smoke cigarettes (maybe) and drink more wine. Wander around more surrounded by beauty talking about anything. Eat dinner at 10pm with more wine. Sleep late.

The French have life dialed.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

April is the time to go as parisians are somewhat tolerant of tourists as opposed to summer when they're completely over it.

[Danno]

April is the time to go as parisians are somewhat tolerant of tourists as opposed to summer when they're completely over it.

What a great tip! Except

I'm going to Paris in October.

[Meadow Skipper]

Paris is probably my favorite city for just aimlessly wandering around. All of the normal touristy stuff is cool, but just walking the city was the best part for me. My wife and I would just take a random metro stop and then go and explore for a few hours. Great cafe's, good wine, cool old bookstores, etc.

That’s the best part of Paris, it’s unapologetically French.

Wake up and have a leisurely coffee at a cafe on the street. Walk around browsing shops and people watching. Eat a 2 hour lunch with at least one bottle of wine. Have sex after lunch. Smoke cigarettes (maybe) and drink more wine. Wander around more surrounded by beauty talking about anything. Eat dinner at 10pm with more wine. Sleep late.

The French have life dialed.

^These. Some of the tourist stops can be cool. The Louvre blew me away. Wander the Left Bank/Latin Quarter (Shakespeare and Co.), parks, Place de Concorde, etc. Read up a little on the history.

Oysters in a sidewalk café. So many wonderful places to eat and drink just scattered around. I can’t remember if you’re a whiskey/whisky fan, but I seriously loved The Golden Promise. Have a Vieux Carré - so good.

I even enjoyed the Père Lachaise cemetery.

Edit: by October Paris seem to have recovered from the tourist onslaught and seemed more relaxed.

[subtle plague]

Yes, but everything is so French.

But they have Disneyland.

[Buster Highmen]

Ile St. Louis and Ile de La Cite'

https://www.sainte-chapelle.fr/

[old goat]

St Chapelle church, try to see later in the day on a sunny day with the sun coming through the stained glass. It's less visited than a lot of the other tourist stuff because it's small and it's surrounded by the Ministry of Justice for some reason so you don't see it walking around.

[Stuntmonkey]

That’s the best part of Paris, it’s unapologetically French.

Wake up and have a leisurely coffee at a cafe on the street. Walk around browsing shops and people watching. Eat a 2 hour lunch with at least one bottle of wine. Have sex after lunch. Smoke cigarettes (maybe) and drink more wine. Wander around more surrounded by beauty talking about anything. Eat dinner at 10pm with more wine. Sleep late.

The French have life dialed.

This. I've been half a dozen times for leisure and another dozen times for work. All of these trips have involved the above. The work trips are fantastic because they don't start until like 10am and then at least once a week they take "lunch" at 330 and don't return because everyones half cut.

The touristy shit is pretty boring after the first church and the first museum full of old paintings you don't recognise. The real Paris is in the cafes, the food, the wine, the casual conversation and the people watching.

I've got dozens of restaurants to recommend, but not sure what arrondissement youre staying in?

[Danno]

I've got dozens of restaurants to recommend, but not sure what arrondissement youre staying in?

don't know that yet, I suppose that's one of the tips I am looking for!

We will have the GF's mom traveling with us so will probably be looking for a 2br airbnb somewhere.