Tat

Just found interactive Paris Map which is letting me to see that from whee I'll live there is a path through all attractions !
My, My ! Eye opener !
http://www.aviewoncities.com/paris/parismap.htm

Hope someone else can benefit from this finding. Just bring cursor to a dot ...

Ziana

Using this Map can someone tell me how far is to walk from Bastille to let say
Notre Dame and d'Orse ?
Just want to see if I'll be able to walk instead of using a metro.
By looking at this Map it seems all in Paris concentrated so close and you can walk everywhere. Can you ?

jenifer

I like this map

http://www.paris.org/Maps/MM/

And it appears that Place de la Bastille and ND are approximately 1km apart.

Paris is a great city for walking! If you like to walk, you can get to most places by foot. I would not choose to walk to Montmartre, for example, but have walked from the Eiffel Tower to ND. A long walk, but fun!

StCirq

Ziana:

Paris is a small city. Except for Montmartre, almost all the areas tourists would be interested in visiting can be gotten to on foot.

I often walk all day long in Paris, covering probably at least 10 miles. It depends on how fond you are of walking, what kind of shoes you've got on, and the weather.

Public transportation is also excellent, so it's really up to you. BUt a jaunt from the Bastille to Notre Dame and then the d'Orsay would not be out of the question at all.

Ziana

Can you, please, look at the map and tell me if the main blue line is ... what ?

Thanks

StCirq

That's the river Seine.

Ziana

Thanks,
so if I am walking by river from Bastilia area I can reach all the attractions like ND and such ?
Must be beautifull walk, isn't it ?

And then I could take the boat back to hotel ?

StCirq

Ziana:

This map is a start, but I do hope it's not what you plan to use to navigate Paris.

You need a detailed map, or one of those Paris par Arrondissement books, to get around the city - something with the scale clearly marked so you understand the distances.

I don't know where your hotel is, so I can't comment whether you can take a boat back to it. The BatoBus makes only five stops, I believe.

Yes, you can certainly walk from La Bastille area to Notre Dame and then continue down the river stopping at all kinds of sites like the Conciergerie, Ste-CHapelle, the Musée d'Orsay, Place de la Concorde, etc. (you'd be hopping back and forth across the river). And yes, it's a beautiful walk!

Ziana

My Hotel right where La bastille on
17 rue de Prague.

Because we going to have children with us I figured we are going to need some transport near by. I would love it to be a boat ride. BatoBus was my choice too. I am off to check stops.
Thanks, StCirg

Ziana

BUMMEEEER !
It satrts on April,15th.

Are there other boat rides before April,15 ? I need it on April,3 !!!

8 Stops
to Explore Paris
Tour-Eiffel ~ Champs-Elysée
Musée d'Orsay ~ Louvre
St-Germain-des-Près
Hôtel-de-Ville ~ Notre-Dame
Jardin des Plantes

StCirq

Yes, there are "boat rides," but not ones that allow you to get on and off. You'll need to use the bus and métro system. Of course, you can take your family on a bâteau-mouche ride just for fun - the kids will love it! - but not to get around the city.