It would help if you mentioned how long you were staying and what particularly interests you. A list of "sights in Paris" would fill a book. In fact, it has filled several.
If you like lists, you might go to your local bookstore and find Top Ten Paris. It is part of the Eye Witness Guides and there is also Eye Witness Paris. Both are excellent although the Top Ten would serve your purpose since it is full of lists. They usually take ten areas and then divide each into ten sights so they cover much more than ten tourist sights.
Some of my favorites are:
(1) Notre Dame de Paris (cathedral)
(2) Tuileries Gardens
(3) Cluny Museum (Musee de Moyen Age) and garden
(4) Musee d'Orsay (the Impressionists are all there)
(5) Louvre (you can spend weeks in it but there are favorites
(a) Mona Lisa (la Giocanda)
(b) Winged Victory of Samothrace
(c) Venus di Milo
(d) for me Houdon's busts of Washington and Franklin
(e) for me again, the 14th century collection
(f) thousands of other exhibits
(6) Ste. Chapelle (stunning stained glass)
(7) Place des Vosges (most beautiful square in Paris)
(8) Luxembourg Gardens
(9) Musee Rodin (fantastic sculptures, park and tea garden)
(10) Musee Picasso (his collection and the fabulous old mansion)
That's my Top Ten. Hopefully a few others will add theirs. You should go to your local bookstore and check a few guidebooks to give you an idea where to start.
Also, when you arrive, purchase "Paris Pratique par Arrondissement" which is a marvelous 5 x 7-inch booklet that has a complete map of every street and alley in Paris, an index of all these streets, a complete map of Metro, RER and bus and emergency phone numbers. You can't get lost if you have this booklet and it fits in your jacket pocket or purse.
(1) Notre Dame de Paris (2)
It would help if you
It would help if you mentioned how long you were staying and what particularly interests you. A list of "sights in Paris" would fill a book. In fact, it has filled several.
If you like lists, you might go to your local bookstore and find Top Ten Paris. It is part of the Eye Witness Guides and there is also Eye Witness Paris. Both are excellent although the Top Ten would serve your purpose since it is full of lists. They usually take ten areas and then divide each into ten sights so they cover much more than ten tourist sights.
Some of my favorites are:
(1) Notre Dame de Paris (cathedral)
(2) Tuileries Gardens
(3) Cluny Museum (Musee de Moyen Age) and garden
(4) Musee d'Orsay (the Impressionists are all there)
(5) Louvre (you can spend weeks in it but there are favorites
(a) Mona Lisa (la Giocanda)
(b) Winged Victory of Samothrace
(c) Venus di Milo
(d) for me Houdon's busts of Washington and Franklin
(e) for me again, the 14th century collection
(f) thousands of other exhibits
(6) Ste. Chapelle (stunning stained glass)
(7) Place des Vosges (most beautiful square in Paris)
(8) Luxembourg Gardens
(9) Musee Rodin (fantastic sculptures, park and tea garden)
(10) Musee Picasso (his collection and the fabulous old mansion)
That's my Top Ten. Hopefully a few others will add theirs. You should go to your local bookstore and check a few guidebooks to give you an idea where to start.
Also, when you arrive, purchase "Paris Pratique par Arrondissement" which is a marvelous 5 x 7-inch booklet that has a complete map of every street and alley in Paris, an index of all these streets, a complete map of Metro, RER and bus and emergency phone numbers. You can't get lost if you have this booklet and it fits in your jacket pocket or purse.
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