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Paris, France
✈️ DAY 1 — FRIDAY JUNE 12
Arrival + Eiffel Tower Night
✈️ Arrival (ORY → Paris)
* 13:40 land
* 14:30–15:30 immigration + luggage
* 15:30–16:30 transfer to Marais (RER + metro ~50 min OR taxi ~40 min)
* 16:30–17:30 check-in + reset
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🌿 17:30–19:00 — Soft Marais walk (no rush)
Walk directly from your hotel:
* Place des Vosges
* Rue des Rosiers
* Hôtel de Ville
☕ Optional cafés:
* Café Charlot
* Boot Café
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🗼 19:30–22:30 — Eiffel Tower experience
🚇 Travel: ~30–40 min
Route:
* Trocadéro (start view)
* Walk down Avenue de Camoëns (hidden photo spot)
* Cross Pont d’Iéna
* Champ de Mars
* Watch Eiffel sparkle (on the hour)
🍽 Dinner nearby:
* Carette (easy, no stress)
* Girafe (book in advance if you want sit-down dinner)
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Paris, France
🖼️ DAY 2 — SATURDAY JUNE 13
Louvre + Orangerie + Seine Flow
Base: The People Paris Marais
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☕ 08:30–10:30 — Slow morning in Le Marais
* Easy breakfast near hostel
* Café options: Café Charlot / Boot Café / Fragments
* Optional walk: Place des Vosges loop
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🚶 10:30–11:15 — Walk to Louvre
* Walk via Hôtel de Ville and Seine (15–25 min)
* Arrive early and relax before entry
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🏛️ 11:30–14:00 — Louvre Museum
Louvre Museum
* Timed entry (BOOKED)
* Focus: Mona Lisa, Winged Victory, Apollo Gallery, Egyptian section
* Don’t try to see everything — just highlights
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🌿 14:00–15:00 — Tuileries Garden break
* Walk and rest in the gardens
* Light snack / coffee if needed
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🎨 15:15–16:30 — Musée de l’Orangerie
Musée de l’Orangerie
* Monet Water Lilies rooms
* Calm, slow viewing experience
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🌉 16:30–18:00 — Seine walk (no plan time)
* Pont Royal
* Pont des Arts
* Île de la Cité edges
* Optional slow return toward Marais
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☕ 18:00–19:30 — Saint-Germain café stop
* Café de Flore OR Les Deux Magots
* Or any terrace café nearby
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🍽️ 19:30–21:30 — Dinner (book if possible)
* Semilla (modern French)
* Bistro Paul Bert (classic Paris bistro)
* Freddy’s (casual wine bar option)
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Paris, France
🌿 DAY 3 — SUNDAY JUNE 14
Notre-Dame + Latin Quarter + Gardens Day
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🚶 09:00–10:30 — Île de la Cité
Walk:
* Notre-Dame (interior if no queue)
* Sainte-Chapelle (optional but beautiful)
* Pont Neuf
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📚 10:30–12:00 — Latin Quarter
* Sorbonne area streets
* Rue de la Huchette
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📖 12:00–13:00 — Shakespeare & Company
Slow browsing + reading time
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🍽 13:00–14:30 — Lunch nearby
* Chez Julien OR Latin Quarter cafés
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🌳 14:30–17:30 — Luxembourg Gardens
This is your long reset block:
* Sit under trees
* Journal / read
* Walk slowly
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☕ Nearby café (optional)
* Café Médicis
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🍽 Dinner:
* Chez Janou (best choice, book ahead)
* Polidor (historic, casual)
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Paris, France
👑 👑 DAY 4 — MONDAY JUNE 15
Versailles Full Day
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🚇 07:45–09:00 — Travel
Marais → Versailles (RER C ~60 min)
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🏰 09:00–12:30 — Palace of Versailles
🎫 Reservation REQUIRED
Route:
* Hall of Mirrors (early)
* Royal Apartments
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🌿 12:30–15:30 — Gardens (core experience)
* Grand Canal
* Fountains
* Slow walking (don’t rush)
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🍽 Lunch:
* La Petite Venise (best option, book if possible)
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🚇 16:00–17:00 — Return to Paris
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🌙 18:00–21:00 — Easy Marais evening
* Walk near hotel
* Simple dinner
* Early night
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Paris, France
🎨 🎨 DAY 5 — TUESDAY JUNE 16
Montmartre + Soft Departure Day
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🚇 08:00–09:00 — Travel to Montmartre
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⛪ 09:00–11:00 — Montmartre loop
Route:
* Sacré-Cœur
* Place du Tertre (early only)
* Rue de l’Abreuvoir
* La Maison Rose
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☕ 11:00–12:30 — Café stop
* Hardware Société OR Café des Deux Moulins
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🌿 12:30–13:30 — Final Paris walk
Choose ONE:
* Marais loop (Place des Vosges again)
OR
* Seine riverside walk (Île Saint-Louis)
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✈️ 13:45–14:00 — Leave for airport
* Flight 16:45 ORY