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WEEK
2
London
Day trip to
Windsor
Castle &
Hampton
Court
& Gardens
today
TRANSPORTATION Train:from London Paddington
--> Windsor
Castle --> Clapham Junction -->Hampton Court
--> London Waterloo
Use BritRai London Plus
Pass DAY 4
Prefer to sign up for a Tour?
It takes about 30 min by train . to
Windsor
Castle
from Eaton River Train Station walk through royal village of Windsor
to the Castle.
see map
Castle takes about 2-3 hours.
Buy Lunch for Train ride via Clapham Junction to Hampton
Court Takes about 1:20 hr by train
Hampton Court
& Gardens
This medeival Castle is quite
a contract to Windsor Castle & the Gardens are spectacular!
Check for Evening Concert & other Events at
Hampton
Court.
Return to London 32 min to Waterloo.
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London to Paris to
Giverny
TRANSPORTATION Eurostar Chunnel
London Waterloo --> Paris Gare du Nord --> St
Lazaire station --> Vernon --> bus to Giverny
Depart London on 7:00-11:00 am train In Paris
Metro
or taxi to ST LAZARE station
Buy RT Point to point
ticket Paris <--> Vernon Catch train to
Vernon (Giverny
(Rouen bound train) takes about 1
hr.
AT VERNON station catch bus to
Giverny--runs 5/day--schedule meets most
trains. OR catch a taxie
(4km 2.5
miles-- if you want to walk)
Bikes are also available at bar opposite
station
LODGINGS: Giverny B&
B
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Giverny
SIGHT SEEING:
***Monet's
Garden
&
Home Closed Monday 9:30-6pm Ap-Oct
31 to avoid the crowds go at
9:00 or after 4 pm
--American
Impressionst Art Museum
--Church
--Enjoy wonderful countryside strolls
Return to Vernon if
yu have time
Return to Paris
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
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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