PARIS and ROME

Old Sep 5th, 2015, 08:21 PM
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PARIS and ROME

Hello again everyone,

I am going to Paris and Rome in the first and second week of October.
So basically, about 4 nights in each city.

In Paris, I will be staying in a hotel which is approximately 10mins walk to the Eiffel tower and about 15mins to the train station. I would like to see these following attractions if possible during my stay. However, I need your help to plan my itinerary in order to save time and money as well.
-eiffel tower
-the louvre
-notre dame cathedral
-arc de triomphe
-musee d'orsay
-sainte-chapelle
-monmartre
-pantheon
-holy chapel
-montparnasse tower
-luxembourg gardens
-place de la concorde
-alexander bridge
-hotel des invalides
-river cruise
-champs-elysees (any other recommendations? I am not too familiar with everything)

In Rome, I will be staying in a hotel which is just 10mins walk from the Vatican and also close to Metro.
-Vatican museum
-sistine chapel
-Colosseum
-trevi fountain
-arch of constantine
-st peter's basilica
-castel sant'angelo
-the pantheon
-piazza venezia
-palatine hill and museum
-galleria borghese
-spanish steps
-piazza di spagna and navona...
I am also planning to purchase the Roma pass. I don't know if that's a good idea or not.

My budget is $100 each day. This will include food, transportation, attractions and souvenirs. I don't mind walking a lot. I just need help to put these in order for me in order to save time and money for my trip.Also which attractions should I pre-book in order to save time queuing.

This is going to be my first trip ever so I wanted to make sure that everything's gonna be okay.
Thank you everyone.
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Old Sep 5th, 2015, 08:23 PM
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My budget is about 150Euro per day..
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Old Sep 5th, 2015, 11:39 PM
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http://www.rome.info/itineraries/

http://www.reidsitaly.com/destinatio...e_itin_3D.html
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/rome/705671

http://www.wikihow.com/Spend-Three-Days-in-Rome

https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-rea...r-time-in-rome
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Old Sep 6th, 2015, 01:14 AM
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If you spend four nights in Rome, you'll have three full days.

On one day, you could visit St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican Museums (where the Sistine Chapel is), and Castel Sant'Angelo. You can easily walk between them.

On another day, you could visit Piazza Navona, the Pantheon,Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps, and the Borghese Gallery, roughly in that order, or the reverse order. Piazza di Spagna is at the foot of the Spanish Steps. This is a nice walk.

On the third day, you could visit the Colosseum, Arch of Constantine, Palatine Hill (where the small museum is), and Piazza Venezia. They are all a short distance from each other.

The little museum on the Palatine Hill is free with the entrance to the Palatine Hill/Roman Forum site, which is on the same ticket as the Colosseum. I encourage you to include the Roman Forum in your visit. You didn't mention the Capitoline Museums, above the Roman Forum. I wondered if you had meant this rather than the museum on the Palatine Hill. It's is a fantastic museum complex, with a great collection of ancient sculpture. It's not free, but it's one of my favorite museums in Rome.

The Borghese Gallery requires advance reservation by phone, and you have to arrive half an hour before the time you've reserved. You will enter with a group of no more than 200 people at the specified time, and everyone must leave before the end of the two-hour time period to allow the gallery to be emptied so a new group can enter. Because of the rigid hours, it might be best to start there with an early morning visit, and do my suggested walk in the reverse order.
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Old Sep 6th, 2015, 01:17 AM
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The Colosseum/Palatine Hill/Roman Forum (considered a single entry), the Borghese Gallery, and Castel Sant'Angelo are all covered by the Roma Pass. You will get two of the entries free with the pass, and the third (and any other covered museums you visit) will get you the discounted rate. The Capitoline Museums is also covered. If you visit the three sites you mentioned and also use public transportation a fair amount on the same three days, the Roma Pass would probably save you money.
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Strongly suggest that you get a detailed street map of each city, as well as a Metro map of Paris - showing the location of major sights. No matter how much people here can tell you if you don;t understand the geography of the city and the location of the major sights you will still be confused.

Also If I were you I would try to get hotels in more central locations - in both cases it appears that you are quite far from the action. And having to trek to public transit and then travel for 30 minutes - versus walk for just 5 or 10 to get to at least some of the sights - can make all of the difference in how much you enjoy a city.

Also have never found that any of these city passes actually pay for themselves.
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