A Summary of Paris: Itinerary

We rented an apartment on 78 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile via Paristay.com, so most of the stops we made were around the island of Saint-Louis. It was the perfect space for three people complete with a loft bed, a bathroom, a fully-equipped kitchen and a sofa bed in the living room. The neighborhood in itself is one of the most coveted in Paris because residents are on their own island on the Seine River, away from the hoopla of the city but right by most necessities and all kinds of luxury.

Thank you so much for traveling with me this past week!

Day 1

– Le St-Regis Brasserie, bistro filled with smokers on rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile off quai de Bourbon
РCath̩drale Notre-Dame de Paris, RER C to St-Michel Notre Dame
– Patrick Allain Fleuriste, beautiful flowers on 53 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile
– La Taverne Du Sergent Recreteur, bistro with a nice prix fixe on 41 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile

Day 2

– Boulangerie Saint-Louis, fresh bread every morning on 78 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile
– Cacao et Chocolat, hot chocolate on 63 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile
– Eglise St-Nicolas, rue de Pontoise
– Le Panthéon, #10 to Maubert Mutualité, €8
– La Paillote D’or, Vietnamese food with friendly service on 30 rue des Carmes
– Jardins et Palais du Luxembourg, RER B to Luxembourg
– Eglise St-Sulpice, church with Delacroix frescoes, #4 to St-Sulpice
– Le Prestige de l’Alimentation, Moroccan-owned grocery store with everything we needed on 67 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile
– Aux Anysetiers du Roy, bistro with English-speaking waiters on 61 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile

Day 3

– Musée du Louvre, #7 to Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre, €8.50, closed on Mondays
– Cafe Med, good duck confit, crepes and pasta lunch options on 77 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile
– Le Sarrasin et Le Froment Creperie, crepes to eat-in or take-away on 80 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile
– Eiffel Tower, RER C to Champs de Mars-Tour Eiffel, €11 to the top
– Le Tarbouche, Moroccan restaurant with as good tagines as their service on 81 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile

Day 4

– Musée d’Orsay, RER C to Musée d’Orsay, €7.50, closed on Tuesdays
– Jardin des Tuileries, via an underpass after crossing the Seine from Musée d’Orsay
РOb̩lisque on Place de la Concorde, right outside Jardin des Tuileries
– Champs Élysées, a tree-lined pathway all the way to the Rond Point with brand-name stores along the way
– Arc de Triomphe, #1, #2, #6 or RER A stop there, €8 to climb the top
РMarch̩ Franprix, small grocery store on 135 rue Saint-Antoine, #1 to St-Paul
– L’Epicerie, beautifully-packaged oils, jams, vinegars and mustards on 51 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile
– La Ferme Saint-Aubin, cheese, sausage and wine shop on 76 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile

Day 5

РSacr̩-Coeur Basilica, the highest point of Paris, #2 to Anvers and up the Montmartre hill
– Montparnasse Tower and Montparnasse Cemetery, #4 to Montparnasse
– Paris Chinatown, #7 to Porte de Choisy on avenue de Choisy and avenue d’Ivry
– Thai-Vien, affordable Vietnamese, Laotian and Thai food on 56 avenue de Choisy
– Place de la Bastille, #5 to Bastille
РLes Halles, historically a food market and now an ugly shopping complex, #4 to Ch̢telet-Les Halles
– Eglise St-Eustache, a church that looks abandoned inside, right by Forum des Halles
– Glacier Berthillon, home-made ice cream shop at €2 a scoop on 31 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile
– La Petite Scierie, foie gras shop on 60 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile

Day 6

РCh̢teau de Versailles, RER C to Versailles
– Le Domaines qui Montent, sells wine at the same price as the producers’ on 136 Volatire Boulevard, #9 to Voltaire
– Le Caveau de l’Ile, bistro with friendly staff on 36 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile

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We rented via ParisStay.com
Paris photos on Flickr
Versailles photos on Flickr
Day 5: Sacre-Coeur, Montmartre, Les Halles, Berthillon Ice Cream
Day 4: Musee d’Orsay, Jardin des Tuileries, Arc de Triomphe
Day 3: Louvre Museum, Eiffel Tower
Day 2: The Pantheon, Jardin du Lexembourg, Saint-Sulpice
Day 1: Arriving in Paris
Planning a trip to Paris