Paris in 22 hours...help
 

Hi All,

My flight (from the US) lands at 9am in Paris and I have to leave the next morning. I have come up with an itinerary, but wanted to know if this is feasible and if you have any tips.

Get to hotel, leave bags, get a quick bite to eat. The hotel provides a shuttle bus from CDG via an Air France bus.

My plan is just to see the highlights, nothing more.

Hotel: Royal Elysees
Plan:
1:00 Louvre,
4:00: take metro or walk to Notre Dame, See if there’s time for a Sienne River cruise (; 7:00 Eiffel Tower/dinner

Then collapse!

Thanks!

Hi P,

If I had only 22 hr in Paris, I would skip the Louvre (I hate the glass pyramid, anyway).

You could use the Batobus for a hop on/off tour (www.batobus.com) and just see the city.

((I))

Check into hotel
Walk to the Arc de Triomphe (enjoy the traffic circling the monument)
Walk down the Champs, thru Place de la Concorde and into Jardin de Tuileries
(plenty of photo ops)
Walk up to the Louvre for view of famous courtyard with Pei pyramid and Arc de Carrousel
Cross over the Pont du Carrousel to the Rive Gauche, and into Saint Germain
Meander St Germain going toward the Latin Quarter/St Michel
Cross to Ile de la Cite at the Petit Pont and view Notre Dame, circle around to see the flying buttresses architecture and pretty garden in back.
Have a nice dinner somewhere on one of the Iles or nearby
Go to the Seine cruise dock at the tip of Ile de la Cite and take a cruise on the Seine, and enjoy views on the Tour Eiffel (good photo ops if you can stand on the outside deck)
Return to your hotel (metro if you like, or take a taxi)
Sweet dreams of returning to Paris...!

You should have no problem fitting in a quick tour of the Louvre followed by a quick run by Notre Dame, the Tour Eiffel, and a river cruise (that lasts about an hour - take the Vedettes de Paris). It's a bit of a hike between Notre Dame and the Tour Eiffel, though, so you may want to take a taxi for that part to maximize your time.

The Batobus is a shuttle boat making stops at various points. A ticket is good all day, last run at 10 pm. So this a nice way of cruising the Seine as well as getting from one place to another.

Taxis are very handy for saving time while doing a little passive sightseeing. If one is called for you, the meter will be started when the driver heads in your direction.

If you do not take the Batobus from the Eiffel Tower, there are always taxis there.

Thank you all so much. This was very helpful.

Thanks.

The Louvre is huge, and you have only 3 hours there. To make efficient use of your time, decide ahead of time which sections you want to visit. Otherwise you could easily find yourself missing out on paintings or scuptures you really wanted to see.