So ... I hear you're planning a trip to Paris, yeah! So what are you gonna do when
you get there? Hey everybody, I'm Antoinette and welcome back to my
channel! Today we're talking about planning our perfect Paris itinerary. I'm
also going to share with you some of my personal itinerary for when I planned my
epic solo adventure to Paris. So without further ado ,let's get right into it! On
day one, I highly recommend just taking it easy. Whether it's your first and only
day in Paris or the start of a subsequent couple of days, I highly
suggest getting a lay of the land by taking some type of tour. This can be a
bus tour, a bike tour, a walking tour, a food tour, just some kind of tour so you
can understand and take in all of the sights. Which tour is best, exactly, if
you need to narrow it down? I highly recommend doing a bike tour followed by
one hour Seine river cruise. That's what I did on my vacation to Paris and in about
three to four hours we took a tour of the entire city, hit up major sights like
the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe. We even got to see the place where Marie
Antoinette was beheaded. Not only do you get history, but you get to understand
how the streets are laid out, as well as where each monument is or each place is
in relation to another, as well as get great tips from a local guide. You also
get to meet a couple of different people on your trip. For instance, I met a fellow
solo traveler who was travelling all the way from Australia on my evening bike
tour. And yes, did you get that? You can take a bike tour during the day or in
the evening. If you take your bike tour in the evening you get to have the cool
experience of seeing the Eiffel Tower light up at night. It's magnificent! I
didn't know the Eiffel Tower lit up from about 9:00 p.m. or whenever the sun goes
down to 1:00 a.m. in the morning every hour. You definitely wanna have your camera
ready, take video, it is romantic. Look, I went by myself but it was still pretty
romantic. The one hour Seine river cruise is great because you get to check out
Paris from a completely different perspective. You get to boat by all of
the monuments, like Notre-Dame de Paris as well as
underneath famous bridges like Pont Neuf and Pont Alexandre III. On
day two, I would recommend visiting Sacre Couer, which is the highest point in
Paris to take in the amazing and breathtaking views. Also go up to visit
the Eiffel Tower if you have time. You can actually go inside and
go to different levels within the tower. There's also a Palais Garnier, which is a
beautiful and exquisitely decorated building. Just take your camera and start
taking photos because that opera house is amazing - you can also catch a show. On
my tour, in a small group, I went with a private chef to tour the markets in
Paris as well as pick up food so that we can do a hands-on cooking lesson. It was
a three-course meal including an appetizer, entree, as well as a dessert all handmade
by us, by the students under the tutelage of a French chef. Taking the market tour
and cooking class was in fact the highlight of my entire trip! I still have
the recipes because guess what? Not only do you get to get hands-on and chop, dice,
slice, you know, sautee everything by hand; but you also get to take the recipes
home so you can try to recreate them for your friends and family. I thought that
was a really cool touch, it's an awesome and very unique souvenir, and it was the
most fun I had during my entire stay. For your third day in Paris, go to the Musée
du Louvre. The museum used to be a fortress, turned palace, and now it's a
world-famous museum with over 30,000 pieces of art. You of course, get to see
the Mona Lisa, the Winged Victory of Samothrace, the Venus de Milo, as well as
The Scribe for all of you art history buffs. There's also the Musée D'Orsay,
which is also a very popular museum. In the evening, check out the Paris pastry
scene - it is a fire! From homemade chocolates and truffles to cakes, pies, I
mean ice cream ... you name it, Paris has it and it is exquisite.
I don't like pastries; but in Paris, for some reason, I don't know,
they were like tic tacs. I just kept eating them. They were small and light
and fluffy and flavorful, not too strong, not too subtle, they were perfect.
Definitely check out the pastries in Paris on this day. My personal tip, I
spent all day at the Musée de Louvre and I wrote a blog about spending eight
hours there. You need a plan so check that out before you visit and afterwards
I strolled on to get some Berthillon ice cream. If you have four days in Paris I
recommend still checking out more museums as well as a visit to the
cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris. You can also do some great shopping at Champs-Élysées
as well as check out the Arc de Triomphe and just take a stroll along the Seine
River and stop at a Parisian café and just sit and enjoy the beauty on day 4. I
checked out the Musée de l'Orangerie to see impressionist like Claude Monet's
water lilies - stretched across the wall - it was amazing, followed by a walk and a
stroll in the Jardin des Tuileries, the Tuileries garden. After the Tuileries
garden I walked my happy tail all the way up Champs-Élysées - and you need money if
you're gonna go shopping on the Champs-Élysées. There is a bunch of
high-end designers there but even if you're not there to buy, window shopping
at the beautiful window displays is totally a legit option. I stopped by Ladurée.
The flagship store is on the Champs Elysées and picked up some beautiful
macaroons to snack on on my way to the Arc de Triomphe, where I walked up the
winding stairs. And again, if you're gonna walk up the stairs make sure that you
fully commit to walking up the stairs. There's no turning back; but you are so
rewarded when you get there because the views of Champs Elysées as well as the
Eiffel Tower are breathtaking and so worth the burn. You know, no pain, no gain.
So if you're gonna spend more than four days in Paris, I highly recommend a
couple of day trips. So here's a few ideas for day number 5. You can take a
day trip to the Loire Valley to see some châteaux. You can also go to the lavender
fields as as different sites about a couple of
hours away from Paris, like the Champagne region, and if you have a little time in
the evening check out a show in Paris. Whether it's a play or a performance at
Stade de France, there's a lot of great, lively, artistic activity at some of the
smaller play houses so try to get tickets to one of those. If you're lucky,
you can maybe combine all of these into one awesome trip. My day five started off
with a private coach; it's a bus that held about ten people. I was picked
up from the steps of my hotel and we traveled to the city of Reims, France to
see the amazing, the awe-inspiring, Cathédrale Notre Dame de Reims. I was so
excited y'all this is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the Cathédrale Notre
Dame de Reims is actually where the French kings were coronated from the
beginning of time it seems, from like 1010 or 1012 for the next couple of
centuries. It is magnificent and wait, one minute, hold on ... you know I took an art
history class you know. Hmmm ... nerding out! On page 505 ... I took an art history
class and came across this beautiful picture of the Cathedral and I
thought it was just the most exquisite thing I've seen in the entire book.
I had to see ... I had to see this Cathedral. It is just so ... the architecture is
amazing, the history is so rich, and I really ... I had to go and so I was thankful
because I had the opportunity to do that when I visited Paris on a day trip to
the Notre-Dame Cathédrale de Reims. After that, our private coach took us to
the Champagne Valley of France where we got to go on a private tour, a private
cellar tour, as well as a champagne tasting at Moët & Chandon. It was
really cool and it was really private and we got to do a little bit of
shopping at their exclusive shop afterwards. After that we had a delicious
lunch and then we jumped right back in our private bus to go to a smaller
champagne cellar, Dauby Celler, in the Champagne region.
If you didn't know, it's champagne because it comes from the Champagne
region of France. Anything else is not champagne, it is sparkling wine and we
got to see the process from start to finish as well as taste, buy, and bring
with us beautiful samples of champagne; and learn
more about the role chalk plays in champagne making. That evening I went to
my first football, or as they say, "soccer" in America, my for a soccer game at Stade
de France against England and I had a blast there! I know soccer is not that
big of a deal in America, but overseas it is the business and I had a fantastic
time, check it out. [crowd cheering]
As a side note, if you want more information on the specific tours that I
took then definitely check out my link down below where I listed my exact tours
with the tour company I use, as well as the prices and the availability of each
of them. On your last day, day 6 of Paris, you can catch anything that you
might have missed or may not have gotten to in the other five days. You can also
do more eating because there's a lot to eat in France. You can do more
sightseeing. I recommend doing more strolling around town,
checking out ... just different shops and cafés, bookstores, more museums. There's a
ton of stuff to do. My last day in Paris, day six, I took a day trip about an hour [away].
I took the RER-C train to the Château de Versailles, or the Palace of Versailles.
It was magnificent! Let me tell you, I mean they spared no expense when they
built Versailles! I mean there was no inch un-decorated. It was kind of crowded
of course but I used my Paris Museum Pass, which got me entrance to not only
the palace of Versailles and Marie Antoinette's petite and grande trianons on
but also the gardens, the Arc de Triomphe, the Musée de Louvre, the Musée
L'Orangerie, as well as the other museums and monuments I visited in Paris. If you
want more information on that pass, if you're gonna see four or more museums, it totally
makes sense. I've got my link down below, check it out, and I also did a video on
it; but, Versailles was amazing! It was so amazing, in fact, that I got lost. Like,
legit, I got lost in Versailles and I kinda was salty about it for a little
bit but then again I had a quick reality check.
I could either be at work ... see this is work ... or I could be lost in the
palace of versaille. Boom! Like, hey it's not so bad, you know, life is not so bad
if you're lost in the gardens of Versailles. Later that evening I went to
the Moulin Rouge because how can you go to Paris and not check
a cabaret or a can-can performance. Like, let's be honest everybody, you gotta go
to a cabaret in Paris at the Moulin Rouge. I purchased a pass that allowed me
entrance to the show as well as a three-course meal with champagne. I was
seated with another solo traveler from India so we totally connected as well
as an older couple who was in Paris for the 6th time in their life and they were
just living it up. That show was quite this spectacle! Like
I can't even, I mean ... it's not just a dance performance; but you have a bunch
of ... it's like a variety show. There's even a pony at one point in time, I don't know!
Just sit back and enjoy your final day in Paris. So I hope this itinerary gave
you a couple ideas for planning your own trip to Paris as well as coordinating
and putting together your own personal itinerary whether you're gonna be in the
city for one, two, three, four, five, or six days as well as some day trip ideas if
you want to make it slightly outside the city. So tell me this: what sounded most
appealing to you? Like what are some things that you want to do when you get
to Paris that you've either dreamed of doing or you look forward to doing? Share
with us all below and also do you have any tips from your recent trip to Paris
or from a prior trip to Paris? Any other ideas put them down in the comments
below if you wrote a blog about it share your link so that we can all get a
couple of new ideas and have the best trip ever to Paris, France.
For reference, you can check out my blog FrolicAndCourage.com where I've written
blogs about spending eight hours in the Louvre as well as the Paris Museum pass
and you get to see my itinerary each of the six days that I was there ... and don't
forget to check out my videos on the Paris Museum Pass and Cheap Paris Public
Transportation options. If you're gonna go from the airport to the city I tell
you how to do it, how much it costs to ride the Metro, as well as some
money-saving tips to getting around the city. So now that you know more about how
to plan the perfect itinerary in Paris as well as some ideas
on how to put together your own trip with activities and sights and sounds
and fun, it's time for you to have the courage to book your tickets, put
together your itinerary, and then go and have a great time in Paris! I'll catch
y'all later in the next video, bye!
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Also, y'all, you can't go to Paris without a cool shirt. How in the world does one
shirt capture my vacation to Paris all so well? Check this out. Paris! Look, we have
shopping and wine and cheese and the bike ride ... and checking out cathedrals and
monuments. The Eiffel Tower, the Arc, un chat, a cat! A croissant, cafe au lait,
baguettes, macaroons, car rides, bridges, [squeels], yeah! Okay. That
was weird. I admit ... that was a little weird, but Paris
excites me. Sorry ... wait, not sorry, bye!
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