How much time should a person spend on vacation in France, Paris coming from Canada?

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patrickd9

You could stay anywhere from 1 day to 1 full month in Paris and have a great time, always seeing something different and interesting every day.

It all depends on your budget, your available vacation time, and whether you wanted to visit any other places while you're in France or in Europe for that matter.

However, you will KICK yourself afterwards if you don't spend a bare minimum of 4 days in Paris. That's because you should at least go to the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame De Paris cathedral, La Sainte Chapelle (the stained glass in this small church near Notre Dame is INCREDIBLE on a sunny day), the Basilique du SacrÃ© Coeur & the Montmartre district (watch the movie AmÃ©lie beforehand), the Invalides, the Arc de Triomphe, walk along the Champs-ElysÃ©es boulevard, at least sample the Louvre and the Orsay museums, see the outside of the modern art museum Beaubourg / Centre George Pompidou on a weekend (when street performers ply their trade).

See internet site below to get an idea where a lot of the monuments and museums are located, and to get a small inkling of how much there really is to see. This doesn't EVEN cover the beautiful gardens, the ornate boulevards, the interesting side streets, the cafÃ©s, restaurants and quaint small specialty shops (NO WAL-MARTS!), and oh...the wine shops, cheese shops, pastry shops and chocolate shops......Now I'm hungry!

angelhimm

I think a week is plenty of time to spend in Paris. You can see alot of tourist attractions during that time. Paris is a very expensive city to visit

Nic

patrickd9 is heartily seconded.

le_ffrench

I would also say a week, but think it depends on what your interests are. Visiting specific museums or sections of the Louvre can be quite time consuming.

The other issue is that you will have from 6 to 10 timezone difference between France and Canada and may need more than a day to fully recover from it and be able to enjoy Paris!

alex1x2x3

If only Paris, 5 days on the spot are enough to see most of the places. Paris is a great place to be discovered by foot (small streets, parks, museums, boutiques, ...). My favorites are Quartier Latin and Jardin du Luxembourg. Have fun and beware of pickpockets !

BelleVie

a week its enough more than that is expensive.

ignaciogc

one week is enough to see the mains of Paris, but a second one will let you see a lot more (la Defense), thereÂ´s no rush, go to the Buddha Bar, eat at Champs Elysees, latin quarter, Montmartre...

nadyadidyk

4 hours

Irene

Two weeks! It can take a whole day to visit the Louvre. There is such a huge concentration of culture, history and monuments to learn about and visit. You will want to go back....after one week!

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