hello, im planning a trip to europe on february. We are going to be 5 days in Paris. Do you think this is too much? And we want to go also to Pere Lachaise Cementery...Where can we put it?

Day 1
start at 8 and go to Notre Dame. After that walk around ille de la cite and ile saint louis. (we want to see, pont neuf, concergerie, st chapelle, flowers market, and centre pompidou-from oustide, we wont go in)
after that have lunch.
in the afternoon we wanted to follow a walking tour i found in one of my spanish guides through the marais. it says it takes 4 hours plus stops. we would like to see here, place de la bastille, july column, place des vosges, victor hugo´s house, hotel de rohan and the musee du carnavalet ( i dont know if this last thing fits in)

DAY 2
start at 9 with the louvre, maybe spend there 5 hours and in the afternoon the 8th arrondissement.
there we want to see arc of thriomph, champs elysee, la madeleine and pont alexandre.



DAY 3
start at 8 and go to the montmartre cementery. after that follow a 5 hours waling tour of montmartre and in teh afternoon go to the 7th arrondissement. there we would like to see les invalides, maybe a bit of orsay musseum, borbon palace and finish our day with the tour eiffel

DAY 4
start at the montparnasse cementery taking advantage that it opens at 8. then head to the latin quartier (we have another walking tour that lasts 3 hours plus stops). we will be stoping ant the cluny museum.

so thats it. what do you think? is it too much running around? we would also like to see pere lachaise cementery but we cant fit it in. what can we do?

thank you all!

ah, the 5th day is versailles that ive heard takes all day .
the order of the days is not this one, that we will do according to climate and according to some other things, but we just arranged things for one day or other day according to the number of touristy things each arrondissement has.

Hi V,

Nice plan.

It's easier to walk from the Arc to the Louvre, as it is all downhill.

5 hrs in the Louvre and only a bit of Musee d'Orsay?

With only 5 days, are you sure that you want to go to Versailles - in Feb?

Nice itinerary. I agree with Ira regarding the time spent at the Louvre and the d'Orsay. We picked our 5 top pieces in the Louvre that were a must see for us. Then if we wanted to spend more time we could or if we were ready to go we left seeing the pieces important to us.

Musee d'Orsay was so enjoyable as it was much smaller and didn't take a full day to enjoy. I highly recommend spending more time at the d'Orsay.

Also, when we were there during the month of January Versailles was closed due to winter weather. I don't know about February but you may want to check.

And 5 days is not too much for Paris. You will leave wanting more.

Very busy schedule, but if you are motivated, you can do (most of) it.

Holy smoke! You are packing it all in!

I've been to Paris 3 times & can tell you there are many ways to see the city. Pack it in or take your time, you will still feel there is something you missed.

My advice in seeing the City of Lights would be to make sure you have a priority list & understand you may not see everything. That goes for each day as well as what you want to see in the museums & the cemetaries. There are maps for all of them. One of the things the French do so well is everything in moderation & it will be to your advantage to do the same while you are there.

Also, I wouldn't shortchange the Musee d'Orsay. It was amazing & pretty easy to see. Versailles is amazing, and definantly takes all day but more beautiful in the summer.

Have a great trip!

thank you!. i didnt realized i posted this twice... thanks for your advice, we will try to cut it a little so that its not so packed....but as i explained in the other post we are from argentina, it took us a really long time to save the money cuz argentinian peso is really devalued and we want to make the most of it... still we will try to make a priority list as said...
thank you!