Siteseeing in paris

PeteMc

Pwilky wrote: »

A bit 'off-the-wall' this, but take a walk up to the top of the Arc de Triomphe and watch the ensuing traffic chaos at it's notorious roundabout!
Hardly culture I know, but an unforgettable experience!

Even better, hire a car and join in with it all

mandragora_2

Watch out for people trying to rip you off at the toursit spots - one scam is for someone to walk past you, 'Wow!' they find and amazing 'gold' ring and 'does it beolng to the beautiful lady?' (ie you, the naive tourist), No? She must accept it anyway; if you enter into conversation with them it transpires that they are very hungry, haven't eaten for day, maybe, while they couldn't accept a thing for the solid gold ring, perhaps a few euros for dinner wouldn't go astray. Needless to say, the ring isn't gold, and you've been scammed.

magpiecottage

If you can, get hold of a book called Paupers' Paris by Miles Turner.

The latest edition I can find is rather long in the tooth (1997) but we found (an earlier edition) invaluable when we went in 1994.

oatybiscuit

Thank u all for the advice, comments and tips. I will go through all the suggestions and post my consolidated plan here soon. Thanks