How many days in Paris?

One day covers the essentials that lie close together.

Musée du Louvre · Mètre étalon · Pendule de Foucault · Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris · Ruines de la Bastille · Cimetière du Père-Lachaise

A second day lets you go beyond the very centre.

Musée d'Orsay · Place de la Concorde · Opéra Garnier · Palais de l'Élysée · Champs Élysées

Three days are comfortable — enough for museums and places further out.

Bois de Boulogne · Grande Arche de la Défense

An account lets you save the plan, change it and tick things off as you go.

We measured walking times to the main sights from different parts of the city. From the area below you reach them in 26 min on average, 40 min at the furthest, and 2 of them are within walking distance.

• Musée du Louvre (313 m)
• Musée d'Orsay (452 m)
• Mètre étalon (1395 m)

For comparison: from the worst-placed area it is 56 min on average to the same places.

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Eiffel Tower

Open: 09:30-23:45; Jun 21-Sep 02: 09:00-00:45; Jul 14,Jul 15 off

Louvre Museum

Open: Mo,Th,Sa-Su 09:00-18:00; Tu off; We,Fr 09:00-21:00; Jan 01,May 01,Dec 25 off

Open: Tu-Su 09:30-18:00; Th 09:30-21:45

Notre-Dame de Paris

Open: Mo,Tu,We,Fr 07:50-19:00; Th 07:50-22:00; Sa,Su 08:15-19:30

avenue des Champs-Élysées

Open: Apr 02-Jan 31: Mo-Su 10:00-22:30; Apr 01,Sep 30: Mo-Su 10:00-23:00; Oct 01,Dec 31: Mo-Su 10:00-22:30; Jan 01,May 01,May 08,Jul 14,Nov 11,Dec 25: off

Bastille

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Open: Mo-Fr 08:00-17:30; Sa 08:30-17:30; Su 09:00-17:30

Élysée Palace

Foucault pendulum

Open: closed

Palais Garnier

Open: 10:00-17:00

place de la Concorde

Open: Mo-Su 10:00-18:00; Apr 1-Sep 30: Mo-Su 10:00-18:30; Jan 1,May 1,Dec 25: off

National Assembly

Sacré-Cœur

Open: 06:00-22:30

Sainte Chapelle

Open: Jan-Mar 09:00-17:00; Apr-Sep 09:00-19:00; Oct-Dec 09:00-17:00

Les Invalides

Open: 24/7

University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

Open: Tu-Th 10:00-18:00; Fr 10:00-21:00; Sa-Su 10:00-18:00

Bourbon Restoration in France

Luxembourg Palace

Grande Arche

Open: Jan 02-Mar 31,Oct 01-Dec 31 10:00-19:00; Apr 01-Sep 30 10:00-23:00

Open: Tu-Th, Sa-Su 09:30-20:00; Fr 09:30-22:30

Open: open "check website https://www.senat.fr/visite/jardin/horaires.html"; (sunset-00:30)-(sunrise-00:15) closed; Mar01-Sep30 (sunset-00:30)-07:30 closed

bois de Boulogne

Petit Palais

Open: Tu-Su 10:00-18:00