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3 Days in Paris 3 Days in Paris Contact us | turipo.com | [email protected] 3 Days in Paris Travel plan to Paris. Our summer vacaon in Paris, What you can skip and what you can’t miss in 3 days in Paris, the best things to do in Paris: the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Notre-Dame de Paris, the Lan Quarter, the Palace of Versailles and more top attractions in Paris for your travel to france, Francei trip planning. Contact us | turipo.com | [email protected] Day 1 - Paris Contact us | turipo.com | [email protected] Day 1 - Paris Duration ~ 1 Hour 1. Champs-Élysées Duration ~ 1 Hour 6 Parvis Notre-Dame - Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris, France 75006 Paris, France Duration ~ 1 Hour Telephone: +33 1 42 34 56 10 Telephone: +33 1 42 34 20 00 Champs-Élysées, Paris, France Website: www.notredamedeparis.fr Website: www.senat.fr Rating: 4.7 Rating: 4.6 one of the most famous avenues in the world known for its Beauful gardens that house the Luxembourg Palace and upscale specialty shops, cafes and cinemas. WIKIPEDIA second largest public park in Paris. Notre-Dame de Paris; meaning "Our Lady of Paris"), referred to WIKIPEDIA simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. The cathedral WIKIPEDIA The Avenue des Champs-Élysées.ny de ʃɑ̃z‿e.li.ze] is an avenue was consecrated to the Virgin Mary and considered to be one Le Jardin du Luxembourg, or the Luxembourg Garden, located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, 1.9 kilometres long and 70 of the finest examples of French Gothic more.. in the 6th arrondissement of Paris 6th arrondissement]] of metres wide, running between the Place de la Concorde and Paris, was created beginning in 1612 by Marie de' Medici, the the Place Charles de Gaulle, where the Arc de Triomphe is widow of King Henry IV of France, for a new residence she located. It is known for its theatres, cafés, and luxury more.. 4. Latin Quarter constructed, the Luxembourg Palace. The garden today is owned more.. Duration ~ 2 Hours 2. Palais Garnier Latin Quarter, 75005 Paris, France Duration ~ 1 Hour Opéra Garnier, 8 Rue Scribe, 75009 Paris, France 13:00 Lunch WIKIPEDIA WIKIPEDIA The Palais Garnier is a 1,979-seat opera house, which was built The Lan Quarter of Paris is an area in the 5th and the 6th from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera. It was called the Salle arrondissements of Paris. It is situated on the le bank of the des Capucines, because of its locaon on the Boulevard des Seine, around the Sorbonne. Known for its student life, lively Capucines in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, but soon became atmosphere and bistros, the Lan Quarter is the home to a known as the Palais Garnier, in recognition of its more.. number of higher education establishments besides more.. 3. Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris 5. Luxembourg Gardens Contact us | turipo.com | [email protected] Day 1 - Paris 6. Rodin Museum WIKIPEDIA Duration ~ 1 Hour The Trocadéro, pronounced [trɔ.ka.de.ʁo], site of the Palais de Chaillot, [pa.lɛ də ʃa.jo], is an area of Paris, France, in the 16th 79 Rue de Varenne, 75007 Paris, France arrondissement, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. The hill of the Trocadéro is the hill of Chaillot, a former village. Monday: Closed Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 5:45 PM Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 5:45 PM Thursday: 10:00 AM – 5:45 PM Friday: 10:00 AM – 5:45 PM Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:45 PM Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:45 PM Telephone: +33 1 44 18 61 10 Website: www.musee-rodin.fr Rating: 4.4 WIKIPEDIA The Rodin Museum is an art museum located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that contains the largest collecon of sculptor Auguste Rodin's works outside Paris. Opened in 1929, the museum is administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In 2012, the museum re-opened aer a three-year, $9 million more.. 7. Trocadéro Duration ~ 1 Hour 112 Avenue Kléber, 75116 Paris, France Rating: 4.3 Contact us | turipo.com | [email protected] Day 2 - Palace of Versailles Contact us | turipo.com | [email protected] Day 2 - Palace of Versailles limits of Paris. It is part of the Paris Metropolitan Area in the Tuesday: 9:00 PM – 1:00 AM 1. Palace of Versailles Île-de-France region, located in the department Hauts-de- Wednesday: 9:00 PM – 1:00 AM Seine spread across the commune of Courbevoie, as well as Thursday: 9:00 PM – 1:00 AM Duration ~ 3 Hours parts of Puteaux and Nanterre. La Défense is Europe's more.. Friday: 9:00 PM – 1:00 AM Place d'Armes, 78000 Versailles, France Saturday: 9:00 PM – 1:00 AM Sunday: 9:00 PM – 1:00 AM Monday: Closed 3. Sacré-Cœur Telephone: +33 1 53 09 82 82 Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM Website: www.moulinrouge.fr Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM Duration ~ 1 Hour Rating: 4.3 Thursday: 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM 35 Rue du Chevalier de la Barre, 75018 Paris, France Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM WIKIPEDIA Saturday: 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM Moulin Rouge is a cabaret in Paris, France. The original house, Sunday: 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM Monday: 6:00 AM – 10:30 PM Tuesday: 6:00 AM – 10:30 PM which burned down in 1915, was co-founded in 1889 by Telephone: +33 1 30 83 78 00 Wednesday: 6:00 AM – 10:30 PM Charles Zidler and Joseph Oller, who also owned the Paris Website: www.chateauversailles.fr Thursday: 6:00 AM – 10:30 PM Olympia. Close to Montmartre in the Paris district of Pigalle on Rating: 4.5 Friday: 6:00 AM – 10:30 PM Boulevard de Clichy in the 18th arrondissement, it is marked Saturday: 6:00 AM – 10:30 PM more.. WIKIPEDIA Sunday: 6:00 AM – 10:30 PM The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal château Telephone: +33 1 53 41 89 00 in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. It is now Website: www.sacre-coeur-montmartre.com open as a museum and is a very popular tourist aracon. Rating: 4.7 When the château was built, the community of Versailles was a small village dating from the 11th century. more.. WIKIPEDIA Sacré Cœur is French for Sacred Heart. It may refer to: 2. La Défense Duration ~ 1 Hour 4. Moulin Rouge La Défense, France Duration ~ 1 Hour 82 Boulevard de Clichy, 75018 Paris, France WIKIPEDIA La Défenseis a major business district just west of the city Monday: 9:00 PM – 1:00 AM Contact us | turipo.com | [email protected] Day 3 - The Louvre and Eiffel Tower Contact us | turipo.com | [email protected] Day 3 - The Louvre and Eiffel Tower Tuesday: Closed of the finest examples of French Gothic more.. 1. Louvre Museum Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM Thursday: 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM Duration ~ 3 Hours Friday: 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM 4. Eiffel Tower Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France Saturday: 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM Sunday: 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM Duration ~ 1 Hour Monday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Telephone: +33 1 44 78 12 33 Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, Tuesday: Closed Website: www.centrepompidou.fr France Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Rating: 4.2 Thursday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Monday: 9:00 AM – 12:45 AM Friday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM WIKIPEDIA Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 12:45 AM Saturday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Centre Georges Pompidou, a vast public library; the Musée Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 12:45 AM Sunday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Naonal d'Art Moderne, which is the largest museum for Thursday: 9:00 AM – 12:45 AM Telephone: +33 1 40 20 50 50 modern art in Europe; and IRCAM, a centre for music and Friday: 9:00 AM – 12:45 AM Website: www.louvre.fr acousc research. Because of its locaon, the Centre is known Saturday: 9:00 AM – 12:45 AM Rating: 4.7 locally as Beaubourg. It is named aer Georges Pompidou, the Sunday: 9:00 AM – 12:45 AM more.. Telephone: +33 892 70 12 39 WIKIPEDIA Website: www.toureiffel.paris The Louvre, or the Louvre Museum, is the world's largest art Rating: 4.6 museum and a historic monument in Paris, France. A central 3. Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris landmark of the city, it is located on the Right Bank of the WIKIPEDIA Duration ~ 1 Hour Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement. Approximately 38,000 The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lace tower on the Champ objects from prehistory to the 21st century are exhibited 6 Parvis Notre-Dame - Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris, France de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave more.. Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Telephone: +33 1 42 34 56 10 Constructed from 1887 to 1889 as the entrance to the 1889 Website: www.notredamedeparis.fr Rating: 4.7 World's Fair, it was inially cricised by some of France's 2. The Centre Pompidou more.. WIKIPEDIA Duration ~ 1 Hour Notre-Dame de Paris; meaning "Our Lady of Paris"), referred to Place Georges-Pompidou, 75004 Paris, France simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité in the 4th arrondissement of Paris.
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