Paris, Paris. There’s nothing like the City of Love. You’ll definitely fall in love with its structures and corners. If you have the chance and the time in the world, you can walk for days on end around this lovely, lovely city, but you won’t find any end to its beauty and grandeur.
So, what if you only have a couple of hours (preferably at
least a day) and a few euros to spare? Let’s try to measure the City of Love by
metro (and other convenient transportation) based on what #RoverRecommends.
Your ticket to this French wonderland is called the Ticket
Mobilis. It’s a day ticket that currently costs starting from Eur. 7.30 only, but
will allow you unlimited number of journeys within selected zones of Paris on
all modes of transport. It is valid from 00:00 to 23:59. You can purchase it at
ticket offices in rail stations, on automatic ticket machines and in some shops.
1.
Let's say we start from Olympiades, the southern
end of line 14, from which we proceed to Bibliothèque François Mitterrand, then
change to RER C to Saint-Michel-Notre –Dame.
Our First Stop is at the Notre Dame Cathedral, where French
Gothic architecture adorned with gargoyles and chimeras would take you back to
scenes of the movie, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. Across the river is my
favorite secondhand bookshop (well, along with those literarily scattered about
the streets) in Paris, Shakespeare and Company.
[If you’re up for it, you can go tomb-raiding at
not-so-nearby Paris Cemetery where you can try looking for graves of famous
people like singers and musicians Frederic Chopin, Jim Morrison and Edith Piaf
as well as writers Marcel Proust, Oscar Wilde, and Honore De Balzac, and just
about the strangest and most fascinating tombs in the world. It’s an hour walk
from Notre Dame one way, so no matter how interesting the prospect is, you
might set aside your Lara Croft skills and fan mode for another time.]
2.
Again from Saint Michel, we take 27 towards Gare
Saint-Lazareand stop at ...
The Louvre Museum. Perhaps, the Museum of museums, where the
Mona Lisa awaits to half-smile at you. It’s a big place, so we might take a couple
of hours here.
[Actually, a few strides away is the Musee D’Orsay, another
very important museum and a less-frenzied alternative. But then, again, Louvre
would take time. So, another day then.]
3.
From Palais Royal Musée du Louvre, we take 1
towards La Defense and stop at Franklin D. Roosevelt to marvel at the...
The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, Champs-Élysées. The arch that pays tribute to the heroes of
the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars stands majestic at the centre of
the famous Parisian roundabout that we usually see in movies.
4.
From Rond-Point des Champs-Elysees take bus 42
towards Hôpital Européen
Georges Pompidou and stop by
the ...
The Eiffel Tower. On my very first time in Paris, I was
treated to one of the best surprises in my life when my French friend took us
along without saying anything only to be greeted by this beautiful iconic monument
as we alighted from the metro.
[From here to our last stop, a long ride awaits. And so, don’t
get mad at me if I told you that for now we have to skip Moulin Rouge, which is
along the way, just to be able to catch the sunset at our last destination.]
5.
From Monttessuy, we take Bus42 Gare du Nord to Concorde
- Cours la Reine, then change to Metro 12 Front Populaire towards Abbesses and
walk up to...
Montmartre. Where by
sunset we can enjoy a view of the City of Love as it transforms into...the city
of Lights. Here, we look back at our daytrip as we look down at the City that
has been enchanting everyone for centuries.
So should I book a Ticket Mobilis for two? // Unshod Rover for Oasis Holidays
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