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Paris in three days

The short list, ordered so each day holds together and nothing is crossed twice.

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Notre-Dame de Paris
Photograph: P e z i / CC BY-SA 3.0

Day 1

Starts from Central Paris (Châtelet) · 6h at the sights, 44m travelling · 3.7 km

Areas: Île de la Cité, 1st arrondissement

  1. Notre-Dame de Paris — The Gothic cathedral on the Île de la Cité, reopened after the 2019 fire (1h)
  2. Sainte-Chapelle — Fifteen windows of thirteenth-century glass in a single upper room (45m)
  3. Louvre — The largest art museum on earth, in a palace, behind a glass pyramid (3h 30m)
  4. Tuileries Garden — The formal garden between the Louvre and the Concorde (45m)

Day 2

Starts from Central Paris (Châtelet) · 6h 30m at the sights, 50m travelling · 6.6 km

Areas: 1st arrondissement, 7th arrondissement, Champ-de-Mars

  1. Place de la Concorde — The largest square in Paris, with an Egyptian obelisk at its centre (30m)
  2. Musée d'Orsay — Impressionism in a converted railway station, under the great clock (2h 30m)
  3. Musée Rodin — The Thinker and the Gates of Hell in a mansion with a sculpture garden (1h 30m)
  4. Eiffel Tower — Gustave Eiffel's 330-metre iron tower, the one unmistakable thing on the skyline (2h)

Day 3

Starts from Central Paris (Châtelet) · 4h 30m at the sights, 1h 12m travelling · 17 km

Areas: 16th arrondissement, Montmartre, Beaubourg, Le Marais

  1. Place du Trocadéro — The terrace that frames the Eiffel Tower across the river (30m)
  2. Sacré-Cœur, Paris — The white basilica on the butte, and the best free view in the city (1h)
  3. Place du Tertre — The small square behind Sacré-Cœur, full of portrait painters (30m)
  4. Centre Pompidou — Modern art behind the inside-out pipes of Rogers and Piano (2h)
  5. Place des Vosges — The oldest planned square in Paris, arcaded in red brick (30m)