Sightseeing in Paris
 

Hi everyone, my husband and I will visit Paris next year-our first time visiting so we sure want to make good use of our time there.

We bought a Rick Steves guidebook recently so we are trying to make heads and tails of what are the coolest sights to see.

For sure we want to see the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame! Problem is we don't really know how to get there (and anywhere else too) from where we are staying. It is located in the 20th arrondisement from what I can decipher.

We want to see this Rue Cler market. It looks so nice! How to get there from our hotel?

Thanks so much!!

If your guidebook's any good it should have the maps and travel directions you need.

If not, go to www.pagesjaunes.fr and enter your hotel's details, you should get this map:
http://tinyurl.com/yu2upm

This shows that you're near the metro station Chateau de Vincennes, which is on line 1: that will take you through central Paris.

www.ratp.info is the website for the public transport authority for Paris: click on the Union Jack at the top of the page for the English language pages. To get to the Eiffel Tower, take line 1 and change either at Nation for line 6 (mostly overground so you get to see a lot of ordinary Paris, but the long way round), or change at Franklin D. Roosevelt for line 9 to Trocadero, where you get a great view of the Tower (especially if you want to see it lit up at night), and can walk over the bridge to it. For Notre Dame, get out at Chatelet and walk over the bridge to the Ile de la Cité.

Using the same methods, you'll see Rue Cler is between La Tour Maubourg and Ecole Militaire stations (line 8, change at Concorde).

Thank you so much PatrickLondon for the helpful step by step instructions on how to use that website. I will try but like I said in my other post I am all thumbs with those things. It sounds simple enough the way you present it though-thanks again.

If you can tell me further if there is any sightseeing opportunities in the 20th arrondisement besides the cemetery called Pere Lachaise? Cemeteries are not my interest really.

Don't say that until you've <i>seen</i> Pere Lachaise... there are many famous French people laid to rest there, as well as some British celebrities and at least one American of certain notoriety. I'll leave it to you to figure out who these are... ;)
Parisian cemeteries are beautifully maintained (although Montmartre's is a bit tumbly but I like it), and the headstone art and statues are very interesting. Nice shade trees and gravel paths...almost like a park.