I finally decided that I will go to paris rather then london. I am checking out the web for sights to visit. First I see the Eiffel Towers is a must. Besides that all I see is museums. My husband and me are not a art or museum type at all. Will I find Paris boring. Is there anything else besides art and museums.

Confused please help me.

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I will be there for 3 days in Febuary. Can you give me a good 3 day Itinerary.

only 3 days? I suggest taking the bateaux-mouche first. This very relaxing boat ride takes you up and down the river Seine, with introduction to many sites that you may want to visit.

Three days is not very much time but you could use the 3-day suggested itinerary from this very site. Here is the link: http://www.fodors.com/miniguides/mgr...;feature=30002

Message: I finally decided that I will go to paris rather then london. I am checking out the web for sights to visit. First I see the Eiffel Towers is a must. Besides that all I see is museums. My husband and me are not a art or museum type at all. Will I find Paris boring. Is there anything else besides art and museums.
Expensive coffee, good small tarts, and people-watching at outdoor tables on the North Bank just north of the city centre and on the South Bank on the great boulevards.

Window shopping or real shopping at La Samaritaine and other great department stores.

Window shopping and meals in the ethnic quarters of the north bank, including North African, Egyptian, Arabic, Senegalese, South Asian, Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Latin American. Some have evening music. If you ask, fellow diners may have enough English to advise you on what the menus mean, and how to avoid or to find hotly spiced dishes.

The set lunch of the day in a bar, cooked by the bartender s spouse, with a quarter litre carafe of wine. These may be excellent, and are cheap.

Obviously, and for two centuries, grand meals at 100 US dollars a head. I do not buy these, as I cannot afford them, and would sooner spend spare money to Oxfam in Asia.

Live music, including pop, classical, jazz, and north African. On reaching Paris I buy at any news agent the weekly events magazine Pariscope for 70 eurocents, out each Wednesday. I take pen and paper, settle with coffee, and pick my concerts and visits from the great choice. I do not pre-book, but just go. This needs a good street atlas. I use Michelin s Atlas-Guide, also on sale at news agents. At any kiosk of the RATP bus services they give away the free map of Paris buses, often a better choice than the metro. The same carnets and day or week passes work on busses as on metros: you buy them at any metro station ticket office.

If you like, church service in English on Sunday morning. Google will give you the web sites for the American Cathedral, the American church, the Church of Scotland, St George s Anglican church in the Catholic tradition, St Michael s Anglican church in the Protestant tradition, and St Joseph s Roman Catholic church. My choice is St George s at 10.30, because as you arrive they ask you whether you would like lunch, and if you say yes you get a good and cheap home-cooked lunch, with wine and conversation with British and Commonwealth residents in Paris. Their site is http://www.stgeorgesparis.com/.

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I'm jurt a little curious. Why did you finally decide to go to Paris if you don;t know what you want to do when you get there?

There are so many Paris trip reports on the forum and so many things to do. I recently read the trip report of Etienne_dOhio and he had wonderful ideas for things to do - not including museums. Check out Etienne's trip report by putting his name in the search box above. And check the Paris superthread. Paris is a beautiful city with endless things to interest. Whether Paris or London, you will be less confused if you first decide why you want to go to one or the other.

To echo the last few posts, I think you first need to decide what you want from this vacation, and then decide which city is most likely to provide it. From what you have told us so far, you may be disappointed in both Paris and London.

I am sorry to say that if you have looked at websites and all you see is the Eiffel Tower (there is only one of them) and museums, you are looking at the wrong websites. Go splurge on a good guidebook like Eyewitness. If you read that and still think you'll be bored, stay home, send me the money, and I'll go for you.

If you take a Bateaux Mouche trip dress VERY warmly. My only other suggestion is, for a few hours one day, close the guidebook and just go wander. You may be surprised!

Ind9jo - tell us what kind of things you like to do when you go to other cities, even in the U.S. (or in your country, if not the US)...

Do you like indoor activities or outdoors more? Shopping? Movies or theater? Wine bars or pubs? "Doing" things rather than "seeing" things?

If we knew more about what you DO like, it might be easier to suggest similar kinds of things in Paris for you to try.

Well, anyway, here are a few more ideas:

Things to do in Paris that aren't museums:

These were lifted / paraphrased from "www.thingstodo-paris.com"
<b>Sainte Chapelle</b>
Sainte Chapelle was consecrated in 1248 and built to house what was reputedly Jesus' crown of thorns and other relics purchased by King Louis IX earlier in the 13th century. The gem-like chapel is illuminated by a veritable curtain of 13th-century stained glass (the oldest and finest in Paris) (so obviously best visited on a sunny day)
<b>Galeries Lafayette</b>
(tel 01 42 82 34 56, metro Auber or Chauss&egrave;e d'Antin, 40 blvd Haussmann, 9e). This vast store, in two adjacent buildings linked by a pedestrian bridge over rue de Mogador, features over 75,000 brand-name items, and has a wide selection of fashion and accessories. There's a fine view from the rooftop restaurant. It opens 9.30am to 7pm, Monday to Saturday (to 9pm on Thursday).
<b>March&eacute; aux Puces de Saint Ouen</b> (&quot;Flea Market&quot; - HUGE)
(metro Porte de Clignancourt, rue des Rosiers, ave Michelet, rue Voltaire, rue Paul Bert &amp; rue Jean-Henri Fabre, 18e). This vast flea market has 2000-odd stalls grouped into nine market areas, each with its own speciality (antiques, cheap clothing etc). It opens 7.30am to 7pm on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. (go past the cheap goods hawkers to get to the &quot;real&quot; flea market area).
<b>Caf&eacute; de la Danse</b>
(tel 01 47 00 57 59, 5 passage Louis-Philippe, 11e, metro Bastille). An auditorium with 300 to 500 seats, Caf&eacute; de la Danse is just a few metres from 23 rue de Lappe. Almost every day at 7.30pm or 8.30pm it plays host to rock and world-music concerts, dance performances, musical theatre and poetry readings. Tickets are available from Fnac.
Other ideas:
Go to the top of the <b>Arc de Triomphe</b>, watch the traffic 'jam' below and see all 12 streets come together at the 'star' (Etoile)...
Take a <b>&quot;hop on, hop off bus tour</b> from Les Cars Rouge, or Parisvision, or Cityrama...Browse for postcards or souvenirs at the <b>Bouquinistes</b> (&quot;booksellers&quot stalls along the Seine, across from the islands.