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Overlooking the glorious, statue-filled Luxembourg Gardens, this traditional Left Bank hotel is a romantic setting for first-time visitors looking to walk to all the main sights.
You’ll find a bucket list of stuff within a twenty-minute stroll, including the Louvre and the Latin Quarter, and once you’ve had your fill of sightseeing, the hotel’s bar, quaint inner courtyard and gym, are perfect for letting off steam.
The classic French breakfast will set you for the day ahead, and a myriad of excellent restaurants are also a mere stone’s throw away, with the friendly staff happy to make recommendations.
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Paris, Ile-de-France, France[0.7 miles]
Paris’ official museum of the Middle Ages, set one of Paris’ oldest and finest medieval buildings. It’s home to the world-famous 15th-century La Dame a la Licorne (The Lady and the Unicorn) tapestry, and Paris’ oldest sculpture (1349 AD).
Best for ages: 13+ | £4
Paris, Ile-de-France, France[0.9 miles]
Originally an 18th-century church dedicated to Sainte Genevieve, now a grandiose mausoleum housing the tombs of France’s ‘great men and women’, including Voltaire, Hugo, and Marie Curie.
Best for ages: 18+ | £10
Paris, Ile-de-France, France[1.1 miles]
This vast Medieval palace was most famous as the ‘antechamber to the guillotine’ in the French Revolution. Three thousand prisoners were tried and convicted here, including France’s last queen Marie Antoinette.
Best for ages: 13+ | £10
Paris, Ile-de-France, France[1.3 miles]
The world’s most visited museum, a treasure trove of art from around the world. Admire the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and many, many more…
Best for ages: 16+ | £15
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Paris, Ile-de-France, France[1 miles]
Paris’ most exquisite Gothic monument was built by Louis IX in 1248 to house his collection of Passion relics, including Christ’s Crown of Thorns (now at Notre-Dame Cathedral). It has one of the most extensive 13th-century stained-glass collections anywhere in the world.
Best for ages: 18+ | Free
Paris, Ile-de-France, France[1.7 miles]
These eerie bone-lined passages, set in a former quarry 20m underground, contain the remains of several million Parisians. The residents – including many victims of the notorious guillotine – were buried here when existing cemeteries overflowed during the French Revolution.
Best for ages: 13+ | £23
Paris, Ile-de-France, France[2 miles]
The birthplace of the rum baba in the 18th century, the city’s oldest patisserie still wows with its gateaux (cake) today.
Best for ages: 4+ | Free
Paris, Ile-de-France, France[2.2 miles]
Founded in 1793 during the French Revolution, this impressive museum has four substantive galleries, with dinosaurs galore, all dedicated to preserving and educating about the natural world.
Best for ages: 4+ | £26
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Ile-de-France, France
Crammed with iconic buildings, world-class art and a culinary scene steeped in history, Paris is one of the world’s great capitals, overflowing with style, romance, and art de vivre.
