Pick a destination card below — each one opens a full page of highlights, hours, prices, and what's nearby.
PRACTICAL GUIDE
Airport Transfers
Paris has two main airports, and they're not interchangeable.
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The Arc de Triomphe
Twelve avenues meet under one arch.
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Belleville
The hill where Paris's immigrants built the city's best street food.
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Best Boulangeries
The bakery on your corner is probably better than you think.
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Bois de Boulogne
A former royal hunting forest, bigger than Central Park.
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Canal Saint-Martin
A working canal that became Paris's favorite place to sit on the ground.
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The Catacombs
Six million Parisians, rearranged underground.
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Centre Pompidou
The museum that wears its plumbing on the outside.
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The Champs-Élysées
The world's most famous avenue, and Parisians' least favorite place to shop.
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Classic Bistros
Zinc counters, chalkboard menus, and food that hasn't needed to change.
DAY TRIP · SEINE-ET-MARNE
Disneyland Paris
A 40-minute train ride from Notre-Dame to Cinderella's castle.
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The Eiffel Tower
Iron lace against the sky.
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Flea Markets
Treasure hunting on the edges of the city, where Paris has shopped secondhand for a century.
DAY TRIP · EURE
Giverny
The garden Monet painted for the last 43 years of his life.
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Île Saint-Louis
Paris's quietest island, one bridge from Notre-Dame.
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Jardin des Plantes
A royal medicine garden that grew into a natural history campus.
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Luxembourg Gardens
Where Paris goes to sit still.
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The Latin Quarter
Eight centuries of students haven't left yet.
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Le Marais
Paris's oldest new neighborhood.
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Les Invalides
A veterans' hospital that became an emperor's tomb.
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The Louvre
A palace that swallowed an empire's art.
PARIS
Getting Around Paris
The city fits in your pocket, one ticket at a time.
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Montmartre & Sacré-Cœur
The village Paris never quite annexed.
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Musée d'Orsay
A train station built for the Impressionists.
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Musée de l'Orangerie
Two oval rooms, built to hold Monet's water at every hour of the day.
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Musée Picasso
One artist's work, filling a 17th-century mansion.
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Musée Rodin
The Thinker, sitting in a garden of roses.
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Notre-Dame Cathedral
Stone that survived its own fire.
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Palais Garnier
The opera house that inspired The Phantom of the Opera.
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The Panthéon
A church that became a shrine to genius instead.
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Parc des Buttes-Chaumont
A quarry turned into Paris's most dramatic park.
PRACTICAL GUIDE
Paris Food Markets
Every neighborhood has one, and they're where Paris actually shops.
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Paris on a Budget
A famously expensive city, if you don't know the workarounds.
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Paris with Kids
A walkable city with more playgrounds than it gets credit for.
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Père Lachaise Cemetery
A city of the dead that Parisians still visit for a walk.
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Sacré-Cœur Basilica
Built as an apology for a war Paris lost.
PRACTICAL GUIDE
Safety & Scams
Paris is a safe city with a handful of well-known tourist scams worth knowing.
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Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Where Paris argued philosophy over coffee.
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Sainte-Chapelle
A cage of stained glass, built to hold a crown of thorns.
PRACTICAL GUIDE
Seine River Cruises
The laziest, and arguably best, way to see a dozen landmarks in an hour.
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SIM Cards & WiFi
Getting connected in Paris is easier than most travelers expect.
PRACTICAL GUIDE
Tipping & Etiquette
You're not expected to tip the way you might at home — and a few small habits go a long way.
DAY TRIP · YVELINES
Versailles
The palace that moved a government to escape Paris.
PRACTICAL GUIDE
Where to Stay in Paris
The neighborhood matters more than the hotel.