Day-by-Day Great Trip Guides
Make Paris your "homebase" for a week and learn its charms, neighborhoods, and lifestyle. Following your Great Trip Guide, you will be surrounded by a mix of history, culture, style, cuisine and energy, with iconic art museums housed in grand buildings such as the Louvre, a former palace, and Musée d'Orsay, the elegant train station turned art museum, built to welcome wealthy visitors from around the world arriving for the 1900 Exposition Universelle.
But balance your time. Sit at an outdoor table at a cozy corner bistro with a coffee or carafe of wine, soaking up the atmosphere. Shop the vintage boutiques in the Marais neighborhood to uncover hidden treasures that will forever remind you of Parisian style. Watch artists at work in Place du Tertre in Montmartre. Ride out to the countryside on your choice of two day trips from Paris.
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If you wish to experience three of these marvelous day-long ventures beyond Paris, plan to stretch your trip by one day. Also recognize that some of these added gems will be so wonderful you will want to return to them another year for a longer stay.
Read and share the options below, then click on your top choice for your detailed itinerary and Day-by-Day Trip Plan.
You will have everything you need to fully envision your trip to Paris (with day trips) and to make all your needed trip bookings well before you take off, while you still will have prime options available.
Discover the unique charms of Paris, deeply rooted in its rich history, culture, and atmosphere. Paris is glorious.
Venture out on a day trip from Paris to Versailles by train to experience the wild extravagance of the royal lifestyle. Take a second day trip from Paris to Giverny, Monet's charming home and gardens.
Paris will be your "homebase" for a week. You will learn to know Its glories, charms, neighborhoods, and lifestyle. Then you will ride out to the countryside on two day trips from Paris. First will be a day trip to the stunning and opulent royal chateau playgrounds of the Loire Valley. Second, to Monet's idyllic home of 43 years, where he lived and created, surrounded by tranquil lily ponds and luxuriant gardens.
Immerse yourself in the unique charms of Paris, taking up temporary residence on the Left Bank, near the river, with its constant parade of boats and its lovely bridges, lit up a night. Venture out from the city on day trips to the chateaux of the Loire Valley and to see Mont-Saint-Michel, surrounded by the sea when the tides come in "at the speed of galloping horses."
Paris is to be experienced, then loved. Explore the city following this Day-by-Day plan, and making all of your arrangements here. Add two day trips... First a day trip to Giverny and second, a visit to the ethereal Mont-Saint-Michel, surrounded by the sea when the tides come in "at the speed of a galloping horse."
In Paris, imagine yourself living the lifestyle of the kings, strolling the corridors of Louvre Palace, viewing your private collection of masterpieces from antiquity to current times. Then take a day trip out to the even more splendid Versailles, with its gilded hall of mirrors and its pastoral hide-away designed for the amusement of the Austrian Marie Antoinette. On a second day trip, visit the glorious chateaux of the Loire Valley.
Experience the excitement of Paris, lively "city of lights," as you make Paris your home for a week. Balance visits to iconic museums and sights with strolls through the eclectic neighborhoods and lunching at an outside table, watching the fashionable parade of people. Leave the city for two day trips, visiting the decadently lavish Versailles for a day, and then the unique-in-all-the-world and unforgettable Mont-Saint-Michel.