Read Paris as regions such as Louvre / Right Bank, Left Bank / Saint-Germain, Montmartre, not as a pin.
Seine walk-Louvre-Orsay is the spine.
Regions
- Louvre / Right Bank — Louvre / Right Bank is stop 1 in a Paris map. Give it a night, not a cameo.
- Left Bank / Saint-Germain — Left Bank / Saint-Germain is stop 2 in a Paris map. Give it a night, not a cameo.
- Montmartre — Montmartre is stop 3 in a Paris map. Give it a night, not a cameo.
- Marais — Marais is stop 4 in a Paris map. Give it a night, not a cameo.
- Versailles day — Versailles day is stop 5 in a Paris map. Give it a night, not a cameo.
- Seine islands — Seine islands is stop 6 in a Paris map. Give it a night, not a cameo.
Routes
- Seine walk-Louvre-Orsay — Seine walk-Louvre-Orsay — budget a day for the transfers, not a half-day fantasy.
- Montmartre-Sacre-Coeur — Montmartre-Sacre-Coeur — budget a day for the transfers, not a half-day fantasy.
- Versailles day — Versailles day — budget a day for the transfers, not a half-day fantasy.
- day trip Loire or Champagne — day trip Loire or Champagne — budget a day for the transfers, not a half-day fantasy.
Icons
- Louvre / Right Bank — Why Louvre / Right Bank photographs well, and why it closes in the afternoon.
- Left Bank / Saint-Germain — Why Left Bank / Saint-Germain photographs well, and why it closes in the afternoon.
- Montmartre — Why Montmartre photographs well, and why it closes in the afternoon.
- Marais — Why Marais photographs well, and why it closes in the afternoon.
- Versailles day — Why Versailles day photographs well, and why it closes in the afternoon.
Pairings
- Slow pair — Pair Louvre / Right Bank with Left Bank / Saint-Germain; drop a third stop before you add one.
- Weather pair — Do not force a wet coast and a dry highland into the same week.
- Honeymoon pair — Two city nights plus three quiet nights recover better than a trophy circuit.
Dropping the third city is usually a gain.
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