Soon during the autumn I will visit Paris. Years ago I’ve visited Paris only superficially and climbed the Eiffel Tower and saw the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur, but of course there is much more to see which warrants a more thorough visit. I’ve been thinking what I wanted to see in Paris. That’s not easy, considering that there’s very much to see there according to the Wikipedia article of Paris. Wikitravel’s article on Paris is also a good read. I’m not sure if I can visit all this in a window of two or three days, but I’ve separated the following attractions in categories of high and lower priority:
High priority:
- Arc de Triomphe
- Château de Fontainebleau
- Château de Versailles
- Musée d’Orsay
- Musée du Louvre
- Notre Dame de Paris
- Panthéon
- Sainte-Chapelle
Normal priority:
- Basilique Saint-Denis
- Cabinet des Médailles
- Centre Georges Pompidou
- Conciergerie
- Église Saint-Eustache
- Musée Guimet
- Musée Cernuschi
- Musée de Cluny
- Musée Jacquemart-André
- Palais Garnier
- Palais-Royal
- Tour Montparnasse
Low priority:
I listed the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur and the Eiffel Tower under low priority because I’ve visited them before, but I might want to visit them again if time allows. Of course Versailles and Fontainebleau are not strictly in Paris itself, but they are close. This list is not definitive, please comment if you have any recommendations on what I should or should not see.