Paris In July: Got Any Suggestions?

BALLIN

Went a few Augusts ago.. Moulin Rouge. There is also a lot of shopping if you're into that type of thing.

ETA: River cruise. Honestly I was in Paris for 3 days and saw the Eiffel Tower on 10 separate occasions. Avoid that if you can.

Get a museum pass
Drink a lot of wine
River cruise
Day trip to Loire valley
Spend time in any of the numerous parks, snack, Drink, people watch
Hang out on the river banks
Sacre Coeur
Saint Chappelle
Paris by Mouth food tour
So many places to go

Aside from the Louvre, Notre Dame, etc:

Go to Versailles.
Drink a lot of wine.
Take a day trip by train. Brussels, Lyon, Mont St. Michel, Normandy or overnight to Munich (and back again overnight).

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Here is the pad we are renting. Right in Le Merais and very convenient to Metro 1.

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Be prepared for lines long as frick at the Catacombs. Don't do all of the touristy stuff if you only have five days. You'll spend too much time in line.

If you have to go up the Eiffel Tower, you don't need to pay the exorbitant fee to go all the way to the top. The views from halfway up are nearly as good.

If you have to go to the Louvre, forget about the Mona Lisa unless you want to fight your way through hundreds of Asian tourists.

If you have to go to Versailles... in July, just don't.

Drink tons of wine. Even the house wine at restaurants is good.

Take a bottle, or three, of wine over to the Eiffel Tower at night and chill out on the Champ de Mars whilst drinking said wine.

If people approach you and try to tie strings on your arms, or tell you that you dropped a ring, ignore them and walk the other way.

Don't drive. Take the metro or walk. We only stay in the 7e so most stuff is central, but the metro will take you within a couple of blocks of anywhere you want to go, and it's fairly cheap.

Wander the neighborhoods. Drink and eat where the locals drink and eat. Costs less and the food is better.

Check out Montmartre. So many awesome shops and artists there below Sacre Coeur.

Used to live in France. Paris is a huge city with lots to do. Is there anything in particular you're interested in doing? Museums, shopping, etc?

You can easily spend 5 days walking through the louvre and musee d'orsay.

But if you just want a tour of Paris, I'd suggest: the louvre, stopping at trocadero to see the Eiffel Tower, having a picnic on the champ de mars(field in front of the tower), strolling down the champs élysées to see the arc de triomphe and lots of ither things along the street, Versailles, Montmartre, Luxembourg gardens, river cruise at night, shopping in the Marais, notre dame, place de la Concorde(the coolest metro stop in Paris), picnic in Tuilerie gardens(close to the louvre and just off rue champs élysées, scare coure(in Montmartre)... That should be enough for 5 days

I love Paris. When local's find out you're from Nola they're awesome to you. I agree about the museum pass. Take the train to Versailles. Bring wine. Rent a golf cart and wander around. I had an absolute blast doing that. I did a lunch cruise thing that I wasn't sure about but it turned out to be great. The food was good and the wine flowed freely. I also did a bike tour the first day that was great for orientating myself around the first time I went. Don't dress like a tourist. Wrap the wine you bring back carefully. Eat ice cream at Berthillon and wander around the Ile de la Citi. I would absolutely not do the Moulin Rouge. It's full of tourists by the bus load. A woman gets in a tank full of water mostly naked with a giant snake. I'm not into no shoulder having creatures. But to each their own. Food is a whole other topic.

Bring an air conditioner.

Wear a gas mask.