PARIS | A Weekend In Paris

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STAY

Airbnb near Bastille

EAT

Baguettes

Croissants

Cafe creme

Crepes

A glass of rosé

Macaroons

PRO TIPS

Citymapper App

Paris visite card

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ROUTE OVERVIEW

The Louvre

Notre Dame

Arc De Triumph

Shopping on Champs Elysee's

Eiffel Tower

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In order not to offend anyone I feel like I should preface this post by stating the obvious, you can't see and experience all of Paris in a weekend, you can only try. That is what we did, we crammed as much into a weekend as humanly possible, and to be honest it still satisfied my Paris dream. So if you only have time to fit it into a weekend, do it! It's worth it. 

Without further ado, here are my tips on how to see Paris in a weekend! 

DAY 1: Arrive in Paris

At the airport be sure to get yourself a Paris Visité card. It will save you some money and make your life so much easier. You should note, its a little tiny sliver of paper like a really skinny concert ticket, so don't lose it! It was very hard to keep up with! 

Now, the first order of business upon arriving is figuring out how to get from the airport to the city. We flew into Paris-Orly,(not CDG) so we opted to take the ORLY bus to the RER line. Let me just tell you, don't expect air condition and do expect it to be stinky. It was a really crowded bus but the people at the tourist booth selling the Paris Visité cards helped us get tickets and pointed us in the right direction. It was an adventure. So be sure to travel light or spend a little extra and take a taxi. 

Once we arrived we made our way to our super cute Airbnb, in Bastille, and were greeted by our sweetest host. I would recommend Julie's apartment for sure! 

We then ventured to the main area of bastille and ate dinner and explored before calling it a night.

DAY 2: See all the sights

You have a weekend so you better get up early and make the most of it. Thats what we did. The Louvre opens at 9am (closed on Tuesdays, also from october-march the first Sunday of every month the museum is free...its normally 15-17 euro) so get up before that and find a nice cafe near the louvre and enjoy a croissant and cafe creme. We learned that if you book your tickets in advance its saves you a good bit of time not waiting in line so we did that real quick at our cafe before we headed to the museum.

PRO TIP: Don't stop for anyone outside!  I read about scammers but be careful people are good. Even though I was prepared a nice lady just outside the entrance tricked me into listening to her, luckily I escaped before I was pick-pocketed or scammed in anyway (Shout out to Laura for not falling for it!)

After the Louvre, we headed towards Notre Dame by walking along the river (its only 2km). It was a beautiful day and we wanted to take it all in. We got to see our first glimpse of the Eiffel Tower and the cute victorian buildings, worth it! Use google maps to help with all the directions! We got hungry along the way and stopped along the way at a great little cafe, for real the street food in Paris really is amazing!