Four days that pair one big museum or palace with one part of the city: the Louvre and the islands, Orsay and Saint-Germain, Montmartre and the Marais, then Versailles and a last evening on the Seine. Each day is a short metro ride and a lot of walking, with dinner booked.
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Checked October 10, 2026. That’s the day we last confirmed the hours, prices and closed days.
May, June and September have the best weather, around 68°F (20°C) by day. July and August can pass 86°F (30°C) and many small restaurants close for a few weeks. November to February is dark by 5:30 p.m. but the museum lines are short, and December has the lights.
The Marais (3rd and 4th) or Saint-Germain (6th) put everything in this plan within a walk or two metro stops. The 9th around rue des Martyrs is quieter and cheaper, with the best bakeries.
The metro runs every few minutes; a single ticket is about €2.55 on a Navigo Easy card or your phone. Walk anything under 25 minutes. The last trains leave around 1 a.m. on weeknights and about 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, so check the Bonjour RATP app for your line.
1st · 150 min
Open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., until 9 p.m. on Wednesday and Friday, closed Tuesday; book a timed slot online, which the museum recommends and which sells out in busy months. Give it two and a half hours: the Denon wing for the Italian paintings, then one more wing you choose.
€22 EEA, €32 otherwise
1st · 60 min
A croque-monsieur and a salad on the terrace at 2 place Colette, with the Palais-Royal arcades behind you if it rains.
Île de la Cité · 120 min
Sainte-Chapelle is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. from October to March and to 7 p.m. April to September; book the timed slot (€16 EEA, €22 otherwise). Notre-Dame is free and reopened in 2024; a free slot reserved on its site is wise from April to October.
€16 EEA, €22 otherwise
Île Saint-Louis · 45 min
Berthillon, at 31 rue Saint-Louis-en-l'Île, is open Wednesday to Sunday and closed Monday and Tuesday; get a cone of salted caramel. Then cross to the Left Bank by the pont de la Tournelle.
Marais · 120 min
Provençal cooking in the Marais; order the pastis, the ratatouille, and the chocolate mousse that arrives in a big bowl. Book a few days ahead.
7th · 150 min
Open 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., until 9:45 p.m. on Thursday, closed Monday; online tickets are €16. Go straight up to the Impressionists on the top floor, then work down; the clock window is the photo.
€16
6th · 75 min
A croque-monsieur and a glass of wine at the corner of boulevard Saint-Germain; you pay for the room. For less, buy a sandwich at the stalls on rue de Buci.
6th · 75 min
Free and open from sunrise to dusk. Take a green metal chair by the pond and walk past the Medici fountain on the way out.
7th · 90 min
Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., last entry 5:45 p.m.; one ticket covers the house and the garden with the Thinker and the Gates of Hell. Buy it online to skip the desk.
€14
16th · 60 min
The tower sparkles for five minutes on the hour after dark, with the last one at 11 p.m. in winter and later in summer. From November to February the 7 p.m. sparkle works, while in summer you wait for 10 p.m.; the view from across the Seine is free.
7th · 90 min
A market street with a few good tables on the sidewalk; order the steak-frites or the duck confit. It is a 20 minute walk from the Trocadéro; no need to book on a weeknight.
18th · 120 min
The basilica is free and opens at 6:30 a.m.; the dome climb is around €8 and closes in bad weather. Take the funicular up (a metro ticket works), then walk down past the vineyard and rue des Abbesses.
around €8 for the dome
9th · 60 min
The street runs downhill from Montmartre and is lined with bakeries. Get a baguette sandwich and a Paris-Brest, then sit on the steps of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette.
3rd · 120 min
The history of Paris in the mansions on rue de Sévigné, open Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Monday. The permanent collection is free; the Centre Pompidou has been closed since September 2025 and is due back in 2030.
3rd-4th · 90 min
Walk the arcades of the oldest planned square in Paris, then a falafel from L'As du Fallafel at 34 rue des Rosiers, around €10. It is closed on Saturday.
11th · 120 min
A wine bar in the 11th at 3 rue Basfroi with small plates; ask them to choose the wine. It opens in the late afternoon and is closed Monday, so arrive near opening on a weekend.
around €40
Versailles · 60 min
About 40 minutes from Saint-Michel-Notre-Dame, then a 10 minute walk to the gates. A single ticket covers the ride.
about €2.55
Versailles · 150 min
The palace opens at 9 a.m. and is closed Monday, and you must book a timed slot. The Passport costs €35 from April to October (€25 November to March), and the Hall of Mirrors is on the first loop.
€25 to €35
Versailles · 75 min
The gardens open early and close at 8:30 p.m. in summer, and are free except on musical fountain days, which run on set days from spring to autumn. Bike rental at the Grand Canal is easier than walking the whole park.
Versailles · 60 min
A restaurant on the canal inside the park, so you do not leave and come back; ask for the plat du jour. Book on a sunny weekend.
Versailles · 120 min
The Trianon estate opens at noon and is closed Monday; the ticket is €15 (€12 EEA). The hamlet is a walk past the Petit Trianon.
€12 to €15
Quays · 60 min
Along the Left Bank quays past the bouquinistes' green stalls, then cross the oldest standing bridge in Paris. Free, and best an hour before sunset.
6th · 90 min
The oldest café in Paris, on rue de l'Ancienne Comédie in the 6th; order the coq au vin. Book the day before.
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From Charles de Gaulle, the RER B reaches Gare du Nord in about 35 minutes. The airport fare is €14 on a Navigo Easy card or phone from January 2026. Taxis charge a flat €56 to the Right Bank and €65 to the Left Bank, and the Roissybus was withdrawn in early 2026. From Orly, metro line 14 runs to Châtelet in about 30 minutes.
About €100 to €150 a day per person with museums. A café lunch is €15 to €20, a bistro dinner €35 to €50 with wine, and the metro about €2.55 a ride.
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Barely. The four-day pass costs around €105 and covers the Louvre, Orsay, Sainte-Chapelle, Rodin and Versailles, which add up to about €120 at 2026 non-EEA prices. You still book a timed slot at the Louvre, Orsay and Versailles.
Day 1. The Louvre and Sainte-Chapelle are indoors, and the Palais-Royal arcades cover lunch; only Île Saint-Louis is outside. Day 2 also holds up, with Orsay and the Rodin house. Waystop can save a rain version of any day.
Only if you book weeks ahead, since dates sell out. The Trocadéro view at the 7 p.m. sparkle in winter is free and shows the tower itself, which you cannot see from the top.
The palace and gardens take a full day and about 15,000 steps. Skip the Trianon if you want to be back in Paris by 3 p.m.
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