#CityOfLove #CityOfLight #Paris #ParisJeTaime #GoodFrance
The one city which always have been pending in my bucketList - Paris.
Finally the day had come to see the dream coming true when i was about to land in the #CityOfLove
Day 1:
It was a long flight , approx 9 hours from bangalore to paris but a comfortable one. Thanks to the #onTimeArrival #YummyFood #BetterInfortainment provided by the #AirFrance.
We landed around 8 am and it took approx 40 minutes to finish the immigration and baggage collection.
Because of the unfortunate terrorist attacks in france, the immigration officers are more cautious and alert.
They may ask you all the details- including hotel stay, reason of visit, places to see for tourist visa, so be prepare with all documents and calmly answer all queries.
There is a free WIFI at paris airport, we just quickly check emails and made sure we instagram first post from Paris ;)
The taxis are quite costly in Paris, it charges around 52 Euros from airport to our hotel in the Bois Colombes.
There is a metro service too, but we prefered to share Taxi because of luggage and multiple transfer in case of the metro.
Paris metro is divided in different zone, the city comes under in Zone 1 where as Airport is in zone 5.
We choose hotel outside the main city, which comes under the zone 3. This is very important to know, as you need to buy metro ticket/pass as per the zone.
It was month of june and paris was going through the heat wave, which is very rare.
We were surprised to see no AC or fan in our hotel room :( , so make sure you check before you book the hotel.
After having a quick rest, we decided to go to the iconic Eiffel Tower.
We took metro from Bois Colombes to Saint Lazare and then transfer to line number 9 till Trocadero station. It cost us 2.7 Euros for the single journey. You can see the wide angle of the amazing view of Eiffel Tower as soon as you come out of the Metro Station. Even though it was burning hot, but still the view of this landmark was framed in our hearts.
To avoid waiting in long queue, You need to book the online tickets in advance to visit the second or top level of Eiffel tower. This time , we just wanted to take some good pictures from below :)
But the sad part was , we didn't get online tickets for the next day as its full. This is a useful tip to book the tickets for the Eiffel Tower in well advance.
As in summertime the days are quite long, so we had enough time left to pay a visit to Notre Dam Cathedral. The entry to the cathedral is free of cost, but because of the long queue we decided to come back next day.
Day 2:
We decided to go to the Louvre museum on second day. We already booked the tickets for the Louvre Museum online using TripAdvisor and it cost 15Euros per person. We needed to collect the tickets from CityVision office, which is just 2 minutes walk from the Louvre. It will be on the way if you have taken the Metro till Pyramid station.
After collecting the tickets for the Louvre, the lady offered us the tickets for the City Tour which also included the Eiffel Tower. As the Louvre tickets are open and can be use on any day/any time, we were happy to go for the City Tour in AC bus. It was little expensive, as it cost 60 Euros per person but we didn't wanted to miss the chance to go to the second level of Eiffel Tower.
i would not suggest this city tour as you can't get down and see the city up close, instead i would prefer the hop-in city tour buses. The good thing was about reaching to the Eiffel Tower's second level :)
The view of the city from the top is amazing. We spend around 1 hour to capture the city and the Eiffel tower's close view.
After finishing the visit to the top, we went for the River Cruise which is next to the harbour port in river Seine. We already bought the tickets from CityVison, which cost us 15 euros per person. I would suggest to take the cruise in Night time to really feel the cool breeze with breathtaking view of the Eiffel Tower.
The day ends well with lot of good photos and tired legs as you need to walk a lot in the city :D
Day 3:
The day started with a same metro journey to the Pyramid station to reach near to the Louvre Museum. This time we bought the one day pass for zone 1/3, which allows you to travel unlimited metro transfer with cost of just 10 euros.
Even though we had online tickets, it took 40 minutes to get inside. The good thing about the museum is its all Air conditioned and WIFI enabled :D
The museum was over crowded with hundreds of tourist pouring in and most of them searching for the famous Mona-Lisa painting which also include us. As a modern day tradition, everyone was posing for a selfie in front of her.
Apart from the famous paintings, the museum is filled with lot of sculptures, antiques and artifacts from all over the world. This makes this museum the most costliest of all.
You may need minimum 3-4 hours to cover the whole museum which is spread in many floors and section.
After finishing the museum we decided to take rest, so we took a metro back to the hotel. I didn't wanted to miss the night view of the Eiffel tower, so we head back to the tower again in the night.
Luckily the heat wave took a day off and the weather in paris become like a hill station, the one its famous for. The amazing view of Eiffel Tower drenched with colorful light and cold breeze made our day, this was the best moment of the trip for sure. We spent hours in the garden near the tower and take hundreds of photos :D
Day 4:
For the last day in the city, we decided to explore areas outside the city too. We found one park -Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, so we decided to spend some time to get close to the nature. The park is quite big and filled with water lakes, waterfall and small bridge. It's a very good place to spend the evening and take the good photos.
After spending half day in park, we went to the famous Notre Dam again. This time we waited in queue for the 30 minutes, although the queue was quite big but it moves very quickly. The entry to cathedral is free of cost, unless you want to go to the top tower which need ticket. You need to dress appropriately to go inside the cathedral. The view from inside is fascinating too, you can offer a candle for the prayer by paying 2 euros.
The last stop for our day was Sainte Chapelle, its near to Cathedral. We booked ticket online, which cost 10 euros. The view inside the chapelle is very beautiful, it's filled big colorful windows filtering the light. You may finish in 30 minutes, as nothing much to see inside apart from those windows on first floor.
There are plenty of museum and other attractions in the city which are worth of visiting, but we had to fill our platter with above options only as we go to the beach cities e.e. Nice & Antibes for the next four days.
I wish you visit paris soon and have an amazing time to fall in love with its beauty.
Au revoir <3 p="">
Finally the day had come to see the dream coming true when i was about to land in the #CityOfLove
Day 1:
It was a long flight , approx 9 hours from bangalore to paris but a comfortable one. Thanks to the #onTimeArrival #YummyFood #BetterInfortainment provided by the #AirFrance.
We landed around 8 am and it took approx 40 minutes to finish the immigration and baggage collection.
Because of the unfortunate terrorist attacks in france, the immigration officers are more cautious and alert.
They may ask you all the details- including hotel stay, reason of visit, places to see for tourist visa, so be prepare with all documents and calmly answer all queries.
There is a free WIFI at paris airport, we just quickly check emails and made sure we instagram first post from Paris ;)
The taxis are quite costly in Paris, it charges around 52 Euros from airport to our hotel in the Bois Colombes.
There is a metro service too, but we prefered to share Taxi because of luggage and multiple transfer in case of the metro.
Paris metro is divided in different zone, the city comes under in Zone 1 where as Airport is in zone 5.
We choose hotel outside the main city, which comes under the zone 3. This is very important to know, as you need to buy metro ticket/pass as per the zone.
It was month of june and paris was going through the heat wave, which is very rare.
We were surprised to see no AC or fan in our hotel room :( , so make sure you check before you book the hotel.
After having a quick rest, we decided to go to the iconic Eiffel Tower.
We took metro from Bois Colombes to Saint Lazare and then transfer to line number 9 till Trocadero station. It cost us 2.7 Euros for the single journey. You can see the wide angle of the amazing view of Eiffel Tower as soon as you come out of the Metro Station. Even though it was burning hot, but still the view of this landmark was framed in our hearts.
To avoid waiting in long queue, You need to book the online tickets in advance to visit the second or top level of Eiffel tower. This time , we just wanted to take some good pictures from below :)
But the sad part was , we didn't get online tickets for the next day as its full. This is a useful tip to book the tickets for the Eiffel Tower in well advance.
As in summertime the days are quite long, so we had enough time left to pay a visit to Notre Dam Cathedral. The entry to the cathedral is free of cost, but because of the long queue we decided to come back next day.
Day 2:
We decided to go to the Louvre museum on second day. We already booked the tickets for the Louvre Museum online using TripAdvisor and it cost 15Euros per person. We needed to collect the tickets from CityVision office, which is just 2 minutes walk from the Louvre. It will be on the way if you have taken the Metro till Pyramid station.
After collecting the tickets for the Louvre, the lady offered us the tickets for the City Tour which also included the Eiffel Tower. As the Louvre tickets are open and can be use on any day/any time, we were happy to go for the City Tour in AC bus. It was little expensive, as it cost 60 Euros per person but we didn't wanted to miss the chance to go to the second level of Eiffel Tower.
i would not suggest this city tour as you can't get down and see the city up close, instead i would prefer the hop-in city tour buses. The good thing was about reaching to the Eiffel Tower's second level :)
The view of the city from the top is amazing. We spend around 1 hour to capture the city and the Eiffel tower's close view.
After finishing the visit to the top, we went for the River Cruise which is next to the harbour port in river Seine. We already bought the tickets from CityVison, which cost us 15 euros per person. I would suggest to take the cruise in Night time to really feel the cool breeze with breathtaking view of the Eiffel Tower.
The day ends well with lot of good photos and tired legs as you need to walk a lot in the city :D
Day 3:
The day started with a same metro journey to the Pyramid station to reach near to the Louvre Museum. This time we bought the one day pass for zone 1/3, which allows you to travel unlimited metro transfer with cost of just 10 euros.
Even though we had online tickets, it took 40 minutes to get inside. The good thing about the museum is its all Air conditioned and WIFI enabled :D
The museum was over crowded with hundreds of tourist pouring in and most of them searching for the famous Mona-Lisa painting which also include us. As a modern day tradition, everyone was posing for a selfie in front of her.
Apart from the famous paintings, the museum is filled with lot of sculptures, antiques and artifacts from all over the world. This makes this museum the most costliest of all.
You may need minimum 3-4 hours to cover the whole museum which is spread in many floors and section.
After finishing the museum we decided to take rest, so we took a metro back to the hotel. I didn't wanted to miss the night view of the Eiffel tower, so we head back to the tower again in the night.
Luckily the heat wave took a day off and the weather in paris become like a hill station, the one its famous for. The amazing view of Eiffel Tower drenched with colorful light and cold breeze made our day, this was the best moment of the trip for sure. We spent hours in the garden near the tower and take hundreds of photos :D
Day 4:
For the last day in the city, we decided to explore areas outside the city too. We found one park -Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, so we decided to spend some time to get close to the nature. The park is quite big and filled with water lakes, waterfall and small bridge. It's a very good place to spend the evening and take the good photos.
After spending half day in park, we went to the famous Notre Dam again. This time we waited in queue for the 30 minutes, although the queue was quite big but it moves very quickly. The entry to cathedral is free of cost, unless you want to go to the top tower which need ticket. You need to dress appropriately to go inside the cathedral. The view from inside is fascinating too, you can offer a candle for the prayer by paying 2 euros.
The last stop for our day was Sainte Chapelle, its near to Cathedral. We booked ticket online, which cost 10 euros. The view inside the chapelle is very beautiful, it's filled big colorful windows filtering the light. You may finish in 30 minutes, as nothing much to see inside apart from those windows on first floor.
There are plenty of museum and other attractions in the city which are worth of visiting, but we had to fill our platter with above options only as we go to the beach cities e.e. Nice & Antibes for the next four days.
I wish you visit paris soon and have an amazing time to fall in love with its beauty.
Au revoir <3 p="">
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