Considering 14 days is quite a long time in Paris (although nowhere close to long enough), we decided it's better we have a rough idea of what we want to do during this time. While I do believe it's exciting to not plan everything out and let the city surprise you, I think it's essential to do a bit of homework before you leave. So while we made a rough itinerary for our trip, we were open to the idea of throwing away something that's planned if we discover something else to do on any particular day.
It's important that you orient yourself to a city before you decide to explore it. And that's just what we did (there's more on that over here). Besides helping you getting around easily, it's also important you do this before creating your itinerary because it helps you club visits to places that are close to each other. Most museums or monuments are also closed on particular days, so it's also important to get as much information before you set down an itinerary. [A brief list is at the bottom of this post, along with links to most places.] We discovered that buying the Museum Pass for 6 days (the Pass is also available for 2 and 4 days) is a great option because of two primary reasons - it's much more economical and it also helps you beat long queues. Invariably, there's one long line to the ticket counter and another one that you get into to enter. With the Museum Pass, you will only need to stand in line for entry. If you're planning on visiting quite a few museums and monuments, I strongly recommend the Museum Pass, which gives you access to over 60 museums and monuments multiple times. The only hitch with the Pass is that you need to use it for consecutive days following your first use. So to make best use of the Museum Pass, we had to club as many museums together on our itinerary.
Open the booklet to find a listing of places you can use it along with a short description.
Over the next few posts, I'm going to try and recap some of the big highlights of the trip. Of course, I will never be able to capture the magic that was Paris but hopefully, while trying to do so, I might just be able to re-live some of those moments.
FOR TRAVELERS:
1. Museum Pass: Vital if you plan on visiting major museums and monuments/landmarks.
2. Holidays (it's best to also check on the site directly for additional information and other National holidays when they might be shut):
- Musée du Louvre: Free first Sunday of the month, open every day except Tuesdays
- Musée de l’Orangerie: Open every day except Tuesdays
- Musée d’Orsay: Open every day except Mondays (open late until 9.45 pm on Thursdays)
- Musée Rodin: Under renovation until April 2012
- Musée Cluny: Free first Sunday of the month, open every day except Tuesdays
- Catacombes de Paris: Open every day except Mondays
- Musée Marmottan: Open every day except Mondays
- Centre Pompidou: Open every day except Tuesdays
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