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WEEK
1
Arrive Paris
TRANSPORTATION Paris CDG Airport --> RER train
to Paris Gare du Nord Station--> Taxi or Metro --> Hotel
At Gare Du Nord
Buy a Carnette of 10 mentro/bus
tickets & Museum
pass for next 3 days.
Paris
Metro Map
Paris
City Map
Drop Bags at Hotel, then go for Stroll of Hotel Neighborhood
SIGHT SEEING:
Watch
out for these sights being
closed.
Monday:
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Versailles
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Part of Louver
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Rodin
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d'Orsay
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Giverny
Tuesday:
LODGINGS: My favorite Hotel areas are
1. rue Cler near
Eiffel Tower 7th arr. or 2.
Marais
Neighborhood in the 4th arr. They put you in walkable proximity
to significant clusters of sights. Where you choose to sleep may influence
how you arrange your sight seeing days.
I've arranged this itinerary as
if you planned to stay in rue Cler.
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Paris
SIGHT SEEING:
Paris Sight Seeing
Map
--Start with Side walk Cafe for breakfast
--Pick up 2-5 day Musee Pass if you plan to see
2 or more sights a day. With Pass you will By Pass Long Lines
at Ticket Booths. Also pick up Metro/bus
tickets.
--Stroll to Place de la Concorde from Hotel area,
then into Tulleries Garden. Ccontinue walking to
Louver -- by passing Ticket
Booth and quickly enter the Musee Pass Entrance near rue de Rivoli
entrance. Metro
Louver:
Free for youths under 18 &1st Sun, Closed TUE. Wed-Mon 9-6,
Wed to 9:45. Check for 90 min. English tour--daily except Sun.
--Walk to Place Concord & Stroll
the
Champs
Elysee to
Arch d
Triumph. Metro or Taxi back to Hotel. (Aren't you glad you
are now in condition!)
Places to Dine in Rue Cler
area
--After Dinner Stroll along Seine. Arrange for
Seine Boat
ride. Check out the
Eiffel
Tower Lights (not on Musee Pass)
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Paris
TRANSPORTATION: Use
Metro or
Walk.
SIGHT SEEING:
--Metro to St. Michele
--Walk to
Notre Dame
free, Daily 8-18:45 Tower & Treasury covered by Pass.
--Take a break at
Hotel Dieu
Garden -- on N. side of
Sq..
--Walk to
Ste
Chapelle on West end of "Ile St. Louis. Best Stain Glass I"ve ever
seen! Daily 9:30-6 shorter off season
--Explore
Latin
Quarter -- be on "Theft
Alert"
--Metro to
Rodin Musee (covered
by Pass). Have Picnic in Garden or purchase food from their stand.
Enjoy Musee Inside & Out. Tue-Sun 9:30-17:45 CLOSED
MON
--OR Choose 1 or 2 of the
Following
--Walk or Metro to
Orsay
Museum on left if Seine. Tue-Sat 9-18 CLOSED MON. Youth & Sr discounts
on Sun.
--Metro to Rambutau - stop near Picasso and
Pompidou
--Picasso
Museum Wed-Mon 9:30-18:00 covered by
Pass
--Pompidou
Center Wed-Mon 11-22:00. Best Cafe on Mezzanine. Could Do
Dinner
Here
--After Dinner do Boat Cruise
Shopping
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Paris
TRANSPORTATION
Metro/Walk
--> Invailds
RER
--> Versailles Rive Guache Station (NOT Versailles CH) --> 10 min Walk
to Palace. Purchase 45 min
RER
ride
SIGHT SEEING:
Versailles
Takes
most of Day - 6-7 hr. - CLOSED MON.
Tue-Sun.
9:00-18:30 17:30 off season.
Bring a Picnic Lunch - food here is pricey and so
so!
--Use Musee Pass Entrance -B-2- & SAVE ON LINE
TIME!
--If arriving at 9 am see Palace and then the gardens
see
map
--IF Arriving after 11 am -- walk through Palace
& CROWDS to outside. Purchase a ticket for garden "Hop on Hop Off"
mini Train. Go to
"le
Hamlet" Eat your Picnic in Romantic Royal Gardens away from
Crowds
MEANDER
gardens back to Palace. SIGHT SEE
PALACE
AFTER 3 PM when crowds Start
Thinning.
--Meander Gardens. SUN. Fountains are some times
turned on 11-12 &
15:30-17:00
--See
Palace
if you haven't.
--Dine
near Hotel
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Paris
TRANSPORTATION: Use
Metro or
Walk.
Finish Paris Sight Seeing today
Sights NOT Covered by Musee
Pass
--
Sacre Coer
best when crowds thin--after 2:30-3 pm approach
via Anviers metro--this is the
safest one
Explore
Montmartre
below Sacre Coer
Père-Lachaise
Cemetery
Open -8-6
Metro line #3 to the Pere laChaise station
Eiffel
Tower- Is fun to hang
out around day and night as well as go up
in. Go early, by 8:45, or late
in day after 18-20:00 to avoid massive crowds &
lines. Week ends are
worst. Pilier Nord (the North
pillar) has the biggest elevator and therefore, the fastest moving
line. It takes 2 elevators to
get to the top (transfer at level 2), which means two lines and very long
waits if you don't go early or late!
Prices
not covered by Musee Pass
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Paris to
Beaune
Burgandy Wine Country
Start Early today TRANSPORTATION: Paris
--> Beaune, about 2 + hr.
* Use France Railpass
Day 1
Beaune
Map
SIGHT SEEING:
--Markets
are Thur. & Sat AM
--Hotel
Dieu Hospice 9-18:00 Apr-Nov 9-11:30 &14:-17:00 shoulder
(32F)
--Collegiale
Notre
Dame
--Musee
du Vin daily 9:30-1800 closed Tue (25F ticket good for other
sights)
--Marche
aux Vins --Wine Tasting in town
daily 9-12,
14:30-17:00--18:30
Beaune is known for
Award Winning yet reasonable
Restaurants.
ENJOY!
LODGINGS:
--Beaune
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Beaune
ExploreVineyards in Beaune
--Walk to Parc de la Bouzaise on edge of town & into
vineyards
--Or Bike or Drive to
near by Pommard - So. of Beaune. Park car near Restaurante
(French Pub) --eat here (2 wine tasting places across from Restaurante) stroll
thru quiet Pommard to
Vineyards (about their
wines)
If you have a car you may want to Drive 14 miles to :
La Rochepot
It has a very romantic
Castle
Hours * Admission fees
more good wine tasting along the way Cave de Montrachet
is good
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