Places to see in Paris
Museums
- Le Louvre
9AM - 6 PM. Closed Tuesday. Open until 9:45 Wednesday and Friday - Musée d'Orsay
9:30AM - 6PM. Closed Mondays. Open until 9:45 on Thursdays - Les Invalides Military Museum
Closed the first Monday of the month. ? to 6 PM - Cluny Medieval Museum
Closed Tuesday - Musee Carnavalet
Museum of Paris history. 10-6, Closed Mondays.
Historic Places
- Versailles
Closed Mondays
At the Gare d’Austerlitz, catch the RER C (Yellow) train to Versailles Rive Gauche station. 5 minute walk to the palace. Trains run until around 11 PM. - Chateau Vaux le Vicomte
Candlelight tours Saturday night
Catch train at Gare de Lyons. Take a shuttle bus at the other end. - Notre Dame
Every day, 9:30 - 6 PM - Fontainebleau
9.30am – 5pm, Closed Tuesdays
Catch train at Gare de Lyons. Take a shuttle bus at the other end. - Chartres.
Trains from Montparnasse station. 1 hour each way.
Shopping
- Le Marché aux Puces de Saint-Ouen
Largest and oldest flea market. 7:30 AM - 6 PM (Frommer's Review) - Grand Magasin du Louvre
Art Nouveau Department Store - Now antiques gallery, adjacent to Louvre - Le marché aux puces de la Porte de Vanves
Restaurants
- Maxim's
Historic Art Noveau restaurant - La Fermette Marbeuf
Very Art Nouveau - Prunier
Art Deco Restaurant
Entertainment
- The Paris Opera (Tales of Hoffman is playing Oct 3)
Lists of Places to See