Île de la Cité
Point zero of France — all road distances start at this square.
✅ Stand on the zero point marker
🚫 Do not queue for the interior without a booking
Free outside
Île de la Cité
A 13th-century royal chapel that is mostly stained glass.
✅ Come on a bright morning for the light
🚫 Do not skip the upper chapel
€ entry
Île Saint-Louis
A 17th-century island village that never modernised.
✅ Get an ice cream and walk the quays
🚫 Do not eat on a doorstep — residents live here
€€
Latin Quarter
The bookshop that housed writers for free in exchange for work.
✅ Read upstairs in the reading room
🚫 Do not photograph inside
Free
Bonjour
Hello — say it before every single request