I'll only be in Paris for one day...?

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Rillifane

Obviously you can't see everything in a day or even in a month and what constitutes a must see is purely a matter of your personal decision. Further, its going to be difficult to reconcile the desire to see lots of tourist sights with wandering around Christimas markets.

A fairly standard list of "must see" toursit destinations would include:

Notre Dame
La Sainte Chapelle
Pont Alexandre III (the most beautiful bridge in the world)
Conciergerie
Louvre Museum
Palais Royal
Musee d'Orsay
Invalides (tomb of Napoleon)
Sacre Coeur and Montmartre
Tuileries gardens
Eiffel Tower
Arc de Triomphe
Pantheon
Cluny Museum (art of the middle ages)
Place des Vosges (oldest square in Paris)
Centre Pompidou (Museum of Modern Art)
MusÃ©e du quai Branly (non-european art and culture)
Place de la Concorde
Forum des Halles
Jardin du Luxembourg
Opera Garnier (the old opera house)
Grand Palais and Petit Palais
Orangerie
Jeu de Paum
L'Ã©glise de la Madeleine
Le Palais Bourbon

As for Christimas Markets there are many. some are in the following locations.

Les Halles

Marche de la Cour de Rome in front of the Saint Lazare train station.

Saint-Germains-des-Pres

Montparnasse (near the shopping centre in Maine Montparnasse.)

Place Saint-Sulpice

Belinda D

Use the Metro to travel between tourist sites around Paris.
See these places:

Arc de Triomphe
Champs-Ã‰lysÃ©es
Eiffel Tower
Notre Dame de Paris
Sainte-Chapelle

Nikki

In one day in Paris I did Arch D' Triumph, Hotel des Invalides (and snuck into the Napoleon tomb area for free by the back door), Notre Dame, the Lovre (I can write a book, how to do the Lovre in 2 hours or less), the Eiffel Tower, and a Cabernet Show. Then we did a club for late night. You can do as much as you can run - we jogged the streets of Paris and saw everything (the second day - we had two - we went to Versailles). I don't know about festivals/markets, but I'm sure there will be plenty.

sotires

Obviously referring to a major capital city, not a backwater in Bush country.
The convention is, when referring to capital cities, you don't need to say what country (or state) it's in.

Just getting in a jibe at the cowboy who posted an answer a couple of posts above.

I wouldn't actually go up the Eiffel Tower - the line would take too big a chunk out of the short time you have. But certainly look at it from the bottom, and walk around the whole Champs de Mars and Trocadero area. Then make your way to the Arc de Triomphe and Champs Elysees. Take a metro to the Sacre Coeur. Then a metro to Notre Dame. From there you can walk down Saint Michel, the Boulevard St Germain and make your way to the chrismas market at St Sulpice.
If you manage all that in one day, you'll go away feeling it's worth coming again to see all the other things on the list.

melanie b

the EIffel Tower for sure. (Bir Hakiem on the metro)
and if you are looking to meet people it is a great place to go.
I went there 4 times while i was there for a month and i met boys each time.
It never fails.
By far night is the best time to go.

During the day the Garnier Opera House is a great place to visit, it is absolutely stunning and has a perfume factory and great shopping all around it.

angel123

i beleive there are christmas markets in paris in december and also ice skating outside one of the hotels i think its near the champs elysee.
a boat trip along the river seine is good fun especially if done once it gets dark, paris is beautiful at night.

hope you have a good time

Been there

Man, you can get all kinds of answer here. Do a search for the place and limit it to what you like.

cassie

deffenitly see the eiffel tower. if you are leaving later than 10 go see it then because that is when they turn on the lights. go up it and eat at one of the resturaunts. also the opra house and the notra dome is fun you might want to take a tour of the river. and make sure you have enough time to shop!!

Ash

Eiffle tower...I always wanted to see that...

Jules CÃ©sar

To be careful, the airport Roissy Charles de Gaulle is at one hour from Paris. The Airport Orly, at 30 minutes.
For your move in Paris,
If there is sun, I recommend you to use the "veli'b" (rent bike by town hall of Paris, it's not expensive), otherwise, use the subway.

I propose you a idea of way here
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A- The Famous "Tour Eiffel". If there is a lot of people to move up, don't worry, you can see Paris in heigh more late in the day. The garden near the Tour Eiffel is "le Champ de Mars"

B- "Les Invalides", museum of army, it's not necessary to stop it

On the way to C, you can see the Senat and his garden (le jardin du Luxembourg). Cross it because it's very nice garden.

C- You are front "le PanthÃ©on" Here, there are the graves of the famousest Frenchs (Victor Hugo, Pierre et Marie Curie, Louis Braille, Jean Moulin, AndrÃ© Malraux, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire...)

D- La Sorbonne, the famous university of Paris (you can note it's not the only university of Paris)

E- The Cathedral "Notre-Dame". You will remark that you are on the isle

F - The Town hall.

On the way to G, You walk "rue Rivoli", one of the more expansive and luxurious street of Paris.

G- The pyramid, it's a "musÃ©e du Louvre". The garden is "les jardins des Tuileries". In the museum, you will can see the famousest painting of France (in my point of view) : "La Joconde" of Leonard de Vinci.

H- Place VendÃ´me, if you buy or supply a jewel at $US 20,000 ;)

On the way to I, you walk on "Avenue des Champs ElysÃ©es", the famousest street of France.

I- l'Arc de Triomphe. There is the grave of the unknow soldier

J- Here are "les grands magasins parisiens" (the bigs shops of Paris). You can buy all but particuraly clothes. it's very nice for the children during Christmas

K- Here is "Place Pigalle". You can see it "le Moulin rouge". Before, the prostitutes were here, but they go away.

L- The Monument is "la basilique du SacrÃ©-Coeur" It build on the "butte Montmartre". You can see all Paris in high (At the Tour Eiffel, I say you that you will can see Paris in high).

M- All people who visit "SacrÃ©-Coeur" go here. You can drink, eat buy a picture. Be careful, the prices are very expansives

the iffle tower

ali-babaa

in one day, i did the eiffel tower (didnt't climb in though coz i was on my own!), the louvre, jardin de tuileries, champs elysÃ©es, and went up to montmartre to see the sacre coeur, moulin rouge and some places that were in the film Amelie. I was working as an au pair and only had 5 hours off......so i think it is do-able! Paris is beautiful...make sure that you leave enough time for just strolling by the seine and listening to the french accordion music on the bridges.
Have a good trip!

ShannonW

Eat at the Hi-You Barbecue Emporium. On Tuesday you get free beans.

(Wait a minute...are you talking about Paris, Tennessee, or Paris France?)

I would go to the Eiffle tower. (There are time consuming lines though) Also have a picnic at a park. Go shopping. Eat again. It was pretty fun for me.

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