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ABOVE: Cheryl Imboden enjoys the view from a tiny
apartment balcony overlooking the Saint-Eustache church.
Plan your trip to Paris,
FranceBy Durant and Cheryl Imboden Paris
for Visitors is part of
Europe for Visitors, a Forbes and Washington Post "Best of the Web"
travel-planning site that has given unbiased advice to millions of
travelers from around the world since the 1990s. To begin planning a trip to Paris, click the
links below:
Browse our complete list of illustrated travel articles about Paris, France.
Our easy-to-read, step-by-step guide will help you pick
the right neighborhood and lodging, whether you're looking for a
hotel, a
vacation
apartment, or another type of accommodation.
Read our tips on using the
Métro (including
tickets and fares),
RER, buses,
trams,
taxis,
funiculars,
bike sharing, and
Batobus water buses in Paris, plus our advice on ground transportion from
Charles de Gaulle,
Orly, and
Beauvais airports. Also see our guides to
Seine river cruises,
Paris river cruise ports, and the new
Navigo Easy stored-value transit card.
Minimize
frustration, save money, and have more fun in Paris by avoiding the most
common traveler's goofs.
Learn about museums, monuments,
sightseeing buses,
Seine river
excursion
boats, cruising on the
Canal St-Martin, the
Île aux Cygnes in the Seine,
inexpensive
balloon
ascents, a dog cemetery with live cats, reaching
Versailles or
Giverny by train, and other
activities. (Two of our favorite spots are the newly renovated
Paris Sewers Museum and the free
Galeries Lafayette
roof terrace.)
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Walking is the best--and cheapest--way to explore Paris. But if you've
got limited time or mobility, or if you'd like to go farther afield,
Viator's sightseeing tours and day trips are worth
considering. (Airport and railroad-station transfers are also available.)
Click for details.
Beauvais (just over an hour from Paris) is more than the site
of
Paris Beauvais-Tillé Airport and a
hub for Ryanair. Beauvais is
also a pleasant city of 55,000 with
one of France's great cathedrals, and it's easy to reach by
train or
airport bus.
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