Curated European Journeys
Paris in 3 Days: The Perfect Long Weekend
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Three days in Paris is enough if you pick the right three days. This guide skips the bus-tour version of the city and gives you the morning-coffee-in-the-Marais, lunch-in-a-bistro-that-locals-actually-book, walking-the-Seine-at-dusk version. Built for couples and pairs of friends.
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The plan
Arrive, walk the Marais, dinner at a bistro
Land at CDG, RER B or taxi into central Paris. Drop bags in the Marais. Light lunch at Café Charlot. Afternoon walking — Place des Vosges, Picasso Museum if you have the energy. Aperol at a sidewalk table. Dinner at a small bistro you booked a week ago.
- Place des Vosges
- Picasso Museum
- Marché des Enfants Rouges
Louvre morning, Tuileries, Latin Quarter dinner
Louvre first thing (book the 9am slot). Three hours max. Lunch in the Palais Royal arcades. Walk the Tuileries to the Orangerie for Monet's Water Lilies. Late afternoon coffee in Saint-Germain. Dinner in the Latin Quarter, then a walk along the Seine.
- Louvre — Mona Lisa, Winged Victory, Liberty Leading the People
- Musée de l'Orangerie
- Sunset on the Seine
Montmartre + a long lunch, fly home
Montmartre before the day-trippers arrive (8:30am). Sacré-Cœur, walk down through the vineyard. Long lunch at Le Bistrot des Dames or somewhere in the 18th. Last walk through the 9th. Cab to CDG by 4pm.
- Sacré-Cœur at sunrise
- Vineyard side of Montmartre
- Final long Parisian lunch
Recommended experiences
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$1,200–$1,800 per person for 4 nights including a comfortable 4-star hotel in the Marais, two bistro dinners, museum tickets, and one cooking class or food walk. Lean luxury pushes $2,500. Budget-conscious in a guesthouse with bakeries-and-bistros lands closer to $850.
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