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Live Paris in 7 days

Arrondissement by arrondissement, plus Versailles

  1. 1

    Notre-Dame and the parvis

    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

  2. 2

    Sainte-Chapelle

    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

  3. 3

    Île Saint-Louis

    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

    €€

  4. 4

    Shakespeare and Company

    Latin Quarter

    The bookshop that housed writers for free in exchange for work.

    ✅ Read upstairs in the reading room

    🚫 Do not photograph inside

    Free

Phrase of the day

Bonjour

Hello — say it before every single request

Keep in mind

  • · Always greet before you ask; skipping it reads as rude
  • · Standing at the counter is cheaper than a table
  • · Sunday closes many small shops

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Before you go

  • · Pace: Slow, local
  • · Best time: Any season
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