Paris for two — 4 unhurried days
Four Paris days built for a couple: the Louvre at opening before the queues, the Marais and Latin Quarter on foot, Sainte-Chapelle's stained glass and a slow hour by the Seine, and Montmartre for the last golden light. Every place is human-verified — hours, closures, ticketing — and the whole plan works offline on the street.
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Île de la Cité & Latin Quarter — an old-town day
Two Seine islands cradle Notre-Dame's rebuilt spire and Sainte-Chapelle's stained glass, while the steep, market-lined lanes of the Left Bank climb past the Panthéon's dome to Rue Mouffetard's crêpe stands and the Sorbonne's oldest bookshops.
- 08:0008:30BreakfastSuggested
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Historic siteCathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris60 minReopened in December 2024 after the 2019 fire and five years of restoration, the cathedral's stone and stained glass look brighter than they have in generations. Entry is free but requires a timed slot booked online or on-site the same day — arrive early or come Thursday evening, when it stays open until 10pm.
Step-freecathedrallandmarkgothic - 09:30~10 min walkroute
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Historic site45 minFifteen towering stained-glass windows depicting over a thousand biblical scenes wrap the upper chapel in jewel-toned light — best on a sunny morning. Book a timed slot in advance; the chapel sits inside the working Palais de Justice, so every visitor passes through airport-style security.
Cards OKStep-freestained glassgothic - 10:30~10 min walkroute
- 10:4512:15MuseumMusée de Cluny90 min
Home to the six 'Lady and the Unicorn' tapestries in a purpose-built rotunda, plus a Gallo-Roman frigidarium — one of the best-preserved Roman bath halls in France — built right into the medieval mansion. Closed Mondays; the ticket desk shuts at 17:30 though the galleries stay open to 18:15, and the museum stays open until 21:00 on the first and third Thursday of each month. Full price is €12 (free the first Sunday of the month and for under-18s). The frigidarium closes for a few weeks in July–August 2026 for an exhibition changeover — check ahead if that hall is your main draw.
Cards OKStep-freemuseummedievalclosed this day — verify before going - 12:15~10 min walkroute
- 12:3013:30LunchSuggested
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Historic site75 minVoltaire, Rousseau, Curie and Hugo rest in the crypt beneath Soufflot's neoclassical dome, reached via a steep spiral or monumental staircase that isn't wheelchair-friendly. The rooftop colonnade view is currently closed for restoration work, but the nave and crypt alone are worth the visit.
Cards OKmausoleumneoclassicalmonument - 14:45~10 min walkroute
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Historic siteArènes de Lutèce25 minParis's oldest structure — a 1st-century Roman amphitheatre that once seated 15,000 for gladiator fights — sits genuinely free and unfenced inside a quiet garden (Square Capitan), complete with a children's playground and pétanque pitches where locals play most afternoons. Gate hours shift with the season: as early as 08:00 on weekdays / 09:00 weekends, closing as early as 17:30 in winter and as late as 21:30 in high summer, so check the posted board if visiting at the edges of the day. There's no on-site signage explaining the history, so a quick read-up beforehand helps.
Step-freehistoricalancientroman - 15:25~5 min walkroute
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MosqueGrande Mosquée de Paris45 minNon-Muslim visitors can walk the marble Grand Patio and the gardens daily 9:00–18:00 (closed Fridays and Muslim holidays) for a small entry fee (€5, €3 reduced); cover shoulders and knees, and women should bring a headscarf. The mint-tea salon and hammam sit around the corner at 39 Rue Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire and run on their own separate hours: the tea room serves mint tea and pastries like baklawa daily until midnight, no booking needed. The hammam (10:00–21:00 daily, walk-in only, no reservations) is women-only most days — men only Tuesday afternoon and Sunday. 2026 is the mosque's centenary year (inaugurated July 1926), so expect occasional extra closures around anniversary events on top of the usual Friday/holiday closures.
mosqueislamic heritagetea room - 17:3018:45DinnerSuggested
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Paris's second-largest church, its mismatched twin towers looking out over a fountain-and-lion square. Free to enter, with three restored Delacroix murals — including Jacob Wrestling with the Angel — on view in the first chapel on the right. Far quieter than Notre-Dame, with a working gnomon (astronomical meridian line) set into the floor; step out during Sunday Mass times if you want the nave to yourself.
Paris's oldest standing church, parts dating to the 11th century, with a hushed Romanesque nave right on the square that gave the whole neighbourhood its name. Free to enter; the wheelchair-accessible side door (168bis Bd Saint-Germain) needs a call ahead to open.
The former apartment, studio and private garden of Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix, tucked off the tiny Place de Furstenberg just steps from the church square — a quiet contrast to the Louvre's crowds, with sketches, small paintings and personal effects from his final years. Closed Tuesdays; the studio and garden are reached by an outdoor staircase, so step-free access covers only the first-floor apartment (lift available).
The free pedestrian bridge Pont des Arts frames the Institut de France's domed palace across the Seine — a romantic river viewpoint open around the clock. The dome's interior can only be seen on a reserved, ticketed Saturday tour.
Paris's oldest planned square (1612) — a perfect quadrangle of pink-brick arcaded mansions wrapped around a garden of lindens, fountains, and an equestrian statue of Louis XIII. The arcades and perimeter are open around the clock; the central lawns close in the evening (20:30) and open a little later on weekends.
Eiffel Tower & Trocadéro — a sights day
The Eiffel Tower rises straight from the wide lawns of the Champ de Mars while, across the Seine, the Trocadéro's terrace and the Palais de Chaillot's twin curved wings frame the postcard view every visitor comes for.
- 08:0008:30BreakfastPick a spot nearby — not booked yet
- 08:3009:15
Park45 minA long green lawn running from the Eiffel Tower's feet to the École Militaire — Paris' go-to spot for a picnic with a tower view, especially in the early evening when locals spread out blankets. Unlike most Paris gardens it's never gated, so it stays open day and night.
Step-freeparkpicnicoutdoor - 09:15~15 min walkroute
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ViewpointPlace du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre30 minThe terrace between the Palais de Chaillot's two curved wings delivers the classic head-on Eiffel Tower photo, especially at sunset and after dark when the tower sparkles on the hour. The palace itself houses the Cité de l'Architecture and the Musée de la Marine; the esplanade and gardens below are free and open around the clock.
Step-freeviewpointlandmarkphoto spot - 10:00~20 min walkroute
- 10:2011:05MarketRue Cler45 min
A three-block pedestrian street lined with butchers, fishmongers, cheesemongers, greengrocers, bakeries and wine shops — the quintessential Paris market street to graze rather than sit down at. Busiest (and most photogenic) on Saturday mornings and Sunday until early afternoon, when Parisian families shop for the week's lunch; many stalls close or run reduced hours on Mondays. There's no entry fee — just wander, snack, and watch the neighbourhood at work.
marketfood marketstrolling - 11:05~10 min walkroute
- 12:0013:00LunchSuggested
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MuseumMusée de l'Armée – Hôtel des Invalides135 minOne ticket covers the full complex: the Army Museum's armour, artillery and World Wars galleries, the Charles de Gaulle Historial, and the gilded Dôme des Invalides, under which Napoleon Bonaparte's tomb sits in a monumental red quartzite sarcophagus. Open daily 10am–6pm (until 10pm on the first Friday of the month; Napoleon's tomb stays open until 7pm in July and August). On the first Monday of most months, only the Dôme, Saint-Louis Cathedral and the current temporary exhibition are open — the main Army Museum galleries close that day. The museum galleries are fully wheelchair accessible with lifts and loanable wheelchairs, but the Dôme itself has steps and is not accessible to wheelchair users.
Cards OKStep-freemuseumhistorical - 15:15~5 min walkroute
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MuseumMusée Rodin90 minAuguste Rodin's former mansion and sculpture garden hold The Thinker, The Gates of Hell and The Kiss among roses and clipped hedges. Closed Mondays; last entry is 45 minutes before closing. The garden alone, dotted with bronzes, is worth the ticket.
Step-freemuseumartgarden - 17:00Transit ~15–25 minroute
- 17:3018:45DinnerSuggested
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LandmarkTour Eiffel120 minParis' 330-metre iron icon rises straight from the Champ de Mars; ride the lift to the summit or climb the stairs to the 2nd floor for skyline views over the city. Tickets sell out same-day in high season — book online well ahead for a specific time slot. Floors 1 and 2 are wheelchair accessible by lift; the summit is not.
Cards OKStep-freelandmarkviewpoint
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The world's first modern department store (opened 1852), now a hushed luxury emporium — its adjoining gourmet food hall, La Grande Épicerie, is worth the browse even without a purchase.
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterworks (Monet, Van Gogh, Degas) inside a converted Belle Époque train station; closed Mondays, and timed-entry booking is now required in advance for everyone, with last entry an hour before closing.
Paris's oldest and largest formal garden, laid out for Catherine de' Medici in 1564 and redesigned by Le Nôtre in the 1660s — gravel allées, chestnut trees, round and octagonal ponds, and a vintage carousel and Ferris wheel near Place de la Concorde. Free entry, open daily from 7am; closing time shifts with the season (as late as 11pm in summer, 7:30pm in winter). Paved main paths are wheelchair-friendly; some side paths are loose gravel.
Sculptor Antoine Bourdelle's studio-museum, its permanent collection free to enter — bronze giants like Héraklès Archer fill the sculpture garden around the artist's original atelier. Closed Mondays; the on-site Rhodia café-restaurant is a good lunch stop on visit days. Wheelchairs can reach the studio and garden by lift, though the painting studio is stairs-only (a 360° virtual tour covers it instead).
The Musée Bourdelle's own restaurant, upstairs in sculptor Rhodia Bourdelle's former apartment, with a terrace overlooking the sculpture garden. The daily-changing menu nods to Bourdelle's south-western France roots and his Buenos Aires connections — ceviche and empanadas alongside French classics. Lunch service only (11:30–15:00, weekend brunch from 10:30); tables are limited, so book ahead.
Opéra & Grands Boulevards & nearby — a museum day
Charles Garnier's opulent opera house anchors a quarter of glass-roofed 19th-century shopping passages — Galerie Vivienne's mosaic floors, Passage des Panoramas' oldest gaslit arcade — and the domed, stained-glass tea room atop Galeries Lafayette. By day it's Haussmann-era grand boulevards and department-store window shopping; by evening, the opera crowd fills the surrounding brasseries.
- 08:0008:30BreakfastPick a spot nearby — not booked yet
- 08:3009:05Historic site35 min
Paris's oldest covered passage (built 1800), and the first public space in the city lit by gas, back in 1817. Wander past stamp and postcard dealers, engravers, and small restaurants tucked into its branching side-galleries (Feydeau, Montmartre, Saint-Marc). Free to enter and open long hours daily, but many of the individual shops close on Sundays.
arcadescovered arcadehistoric - 09:05~10 min walkroute
- 09:2009:45Historic site25 min
The most elegant of Paris's 19th-century covered passages, its mosaic-tiled floor and skylit glass roof dating to 1826, with Jean Paul Gaultier's boutique among the tenants since the 1980s revival. Free to walk through at any time during opening hours; quietest in the early morning before the passage's cafés and bookshops open.
arcadeshistoricheritage site - 09:45~5 min walkroute
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LandmarkJardin du Palais-Royal45 minA quiet arcaded garden one block north of the Louvre, framed by uniform 18th-century galleries and shopping arcades. In the entrance courtyard, Daniel Buren's 1986 Colonnes de Buren — 260 black-and-white striped columns of varying height — is one of the most photographed contemporary art installations in Paris. Free entry, open daily from 7am.
gardenart installationcolonnes de buren - 10:45~5 min walkroute
- 11:0012:30MuseumMusée des Arts Décoratifs90 min
One of the world's largest decorative-arts collections — over a million objects of furniture, fashion, glass, jewellery and graphic design — housed in the Louvre's own Marsan wing on Rue de Rivoli. Closed Mondays; Thursday evenings run late until 9pm. All galleries are elevator-accessible and wheelchairs are available free at the cloakroom on request.
Cards OKStep-freemuseumdecorative arts - 12:30~10 min walkroute
- 12:4513:45LunchSuggested
- 13:4515:45
MuseumMusée du Louvre120 minThe world's most-visited museum, home to the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo and I.M. Pei's glass pyramid entrance in the Cour Napoléon. Closed every Tuesday; book a timed-entry ticket online well ahead, especially in high season, to skip the queue at the pyramid.
Cards OKStep-freemuseumworld class art - 15:45~5 min walkroute
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MuseumBourse de Commerce – Collection Pinault90 minFrançois Pinault's contemporary art collection inside the domed 18th-century former grain exchange, its glass rotunda and circular fresco restored around rotating installations by artists like Urs Fischer and David Hammons. Closed Tuesdays; open until 9pm on Fridays, with a free late opening the first Saturday of each month. Fully wheelchair accessible with equipment (wheelchairs, folding stools) available at the welcome desks.
Cards OKStep-freemuseumcontemporary art - 17:4519:00DinnerSuggested
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The free pedestrian bridge Pont des Arts frames the Institut de France's domed palace across the Seine — a romantic river viewpoint open around the clock. The dome's interior can only be seen on a reserved, ticketed Saturday tour.
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterworks (Monet, Van Gogh, Degas) inside a converted Belle Époque train station; closed Mondays, and timed-entry booking is now required in advance for everyone, with last entry an hour before closing.
The flagship department store's Art Nouveau glass dome, unveiled in 1912, is worth the visit alone — and the open-air rooftop terrace on the 8th floor above it is completely free, no purchase or reservation needed, with a 360-degree view taking in the Eiffel Tower and Sacré-Cœur. Go an hour before sunset for the best light; the rooftop can close temporarily in rain or strong wind.
The former apartment, studio and private garden of Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix, tucked off the tiny Place de Furstenberg just steps from the church square — a quiet contrast to the Louvre's crowds, with sketches, small paintings and personal effects from his final years. Closed Tuesdays; the studio and garden are reached by an outdoor staircase, so step-free access covers only the first-floor apartment (lift available).
Paris's oldest standing church, parts dating to the 11th century, with a hushed Romanesque nave right on the square that gave the whole neighbourhood its name. Free to enter; the wheelchair-accessible side door (168bis Bd Saint-Germain) needs a call ahead to open.
Montmartre — a sights day
A hilltop artists' village of steep cobbled stairways and café terraces, crowned by the Sacré-Cœur's white domes and Paris's finest skyline view.
- 07:4008:00Check out of your stayUsually due by 10:00–12:00 — most stays hold your bags if you ask.
- 08:0008:30BreakfastSuggested
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Landmark20 minThe square at the foot of the Montmartre hill, framed by one of only two surviving original Hector Guimard Art Nouveau glass canopies on the whole Paris Métro network (Abbesses station) — instantly recognisable from countless postcards and from the film Amélie. A vintage carousel, a Wallace drinking fountain and café terraces make it an easy, free spot to pause on the way up or down the Butte. The square itself is flat and paved and reachable step-free from street level; the Métro platforms below are among the deepest in Paris and only reachable by the two lifts, not the spiral stairs.
Step-freephoto spotart nouveaulandmark - 08:50~5 min walkroute
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Landmark30 minMontmartre's old village square, ringed by around 140 licensed street artists sketching portraits and painting canvases at their easels, much as they have since the Belle Époque. Go early morning to see the artists set up before the tour groups and restaurant touts take over the square.
artists squarelandmarkpeople watching - 09:35~5 min walkroute
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ChurchBasilique du Sacré-Cœur45 minParis's second-most-visited landmark, its white travertine domes crowning the Butte de Montmartre with a free panorama over the whole city from the front steps. Entry to the basilica itself is free; climbing the 300 steps to the dome costs extra and keeps separate, shorter seasonal hours.
Step-freechurchviewpointlandmark - 10:35~5 min walkroute
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MuseumMusée de Montmartre90 minThe 17th-century manor house where Renoir and Utrillo once lived and painted, telling Montmartre's bohemian art history around a garden the Impressionists themselves painted. Open every day, unlike most Paris museums; steps at the main entrance mean only the garden and temporary galleries are reachable for wheelchair users (ask staff to open the side door).
Cards OKmuseumgardensart history - 12:20~5 min walkroute
- 12:3513:35LunchSuggested
- 13:3513:55LandmarkRue de l'Abreuvoir20 min
Widely considered Montmartre's prettiest lane: a cobbled slope of ivy-covered walls and old street lamps leading past La Maison Rose, with Sacré-Cœur's dome visible over the rooftops. The Clos Montmartre vineyard runs along the parallel Rue des Saules — its vines are visible over the fence but the plot itself is locked and only opens to visitors during the October grape-harvest festival or on Heritage Days, otherwise via a paid guided tour booked through the Musée de Montmartre. The cobbles and slope make this a walk best done in flat shoes; there's no step-free route.
cobblestonephoto spothistoric street - 13:55~10 min walkroute
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Museum90 minAn iron-and-glass 19th-century market hall at the foot of the Montmartre butte, now Paris's home for art brut (outsider art), naive art and pop-culture-themed exhibitions — a striking contrast to the neighbourhood's Impressionist-tourist image. Unusually for a Paris museum it opens every day of the year with no weekly closure; the ticket desk and café stop serving an hour before closing time, so arrive with that in mind. Step-free access and an accessible restroom are available, and disabled visitors get a reduced rate.
Cards OKStep-freemuseumart - 15:40~15 min walkroute
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Landmark20 minThe red windmill and can-can cabaret that has anchored Pigalle's nightlife since 1889 — most visitors just photograph the illuminated facade from the boulevard. The dinner-and-show inside is a separate, pricey, book-ahead affair (from around €100 per person; doors from 19:00, shows at 21:00 and 23:00).
Cards OKcabaretlandmarknightlife - 17:3018:45DinnerSuggested
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The flagship department store's Art Nouveau glass dome, unveiled in 1912, is worth the visit alone — and the open-air rooftop terrace on the 8th floor above it is completely free, no purchase or reservation needed, with a 360-degree view taking in the Eiffel Tower and Sacré-Cœur. Go an hour before sunset for the best light; the rooftop can close temporarily in rain or strong wind.
Charles Garnier's opulent 1875 opera house — climb the Grand Staircase, wander the mirrored Grand Foyer, and look up at Marc Chagall's 1964 ceiling mural above the auditorium's giant chandelier. The self-guided day visit covers all public areas but not performances; book the timed ticket online ahead. The auditorium is sometimes closed to visitors during rehearsals, so access isn't guaranteed even with a ticket, and last entry is an hour before closing.
An old-fashioned tea room tucked into the Passage Jouffroy, with a team of pastry chefs baking everything on-site — the thick, spoon-worthy hot chocolate and the seasonal fruit tarts are why regulars keep coming back, at prices well below the grander salons de thé near the Opéra. Weekend mornings bring a full brunch menu; arrive outside the lunchtime rush for a table.
A Belle Époque dining hall from 1896 — brass hooks, mirrors, and a soaring hall-of-mirrors ceiling — serving full French classics (leek vinaigrette, veal blanquette, egg mayonnaise) for a few euros a course. No reservations: expect a queue at the door most evenings and possibly a shared table once seated; the bill still gets scrawled straight onto the paper tablecloth. Open non-stop, 365 days a year.
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