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PARIS: LIGHT, ART AND THE SOUL OF EACH ARRONDISSEMENT

Seine light caresses stone facades. Café chairs spill onto sidewalks. Townhouses hide their courtyards. Paris breathes art, eternally, fully customizable.

≈ 10
Days
51
Km
10
Stops
📖 6 min read 🔄 Last updated: 2026-01-17

Wander the Marais and its mansions, climb to Montmartre, explore the Latin Quarter and its bookshops, discover Montparnasse. Paris neighborhood by neighborhood, each arrondissement tells a story.

Your day-by-day itinerary

1
Day

Paris 1er

louvre palace pyramid treasure

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Discover

1
Louvre Museum.
2
Tuileries Garden.
3
Place Vendôme.
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Activities

Palais Royal.
Comédie-Française.
Rivoli Arcades.
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Next stop
Distance: 1.5 km
Travel time: 3min
2
Day

Paris 4e

marais mansion secret courtyard

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Discover

1
Notre-Dame Cathedral (exterior).
2
Île de la Cité.
3
Sainte-Chapelle.
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Activities

Place des Vosges.
Centre Pompidou.
Musée d'Orsay.
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Next stop
Distance: 5.5 km
Travel time: 11min
3
Day

Paris 7e

tower eiffel seine glimmer

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Discover

1
Eiffel Tower.
2
Champ-de-Mars.
3
Invalides (Napoleon's tomb).
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Activities

Rodin Museum.
Quai Branly.
Place de la Concorde.
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Next stop
Distance: 2.2 km
Travel time: 4min
4
Day

Paris 8e

champs-elysees grand avenue sparkle

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Discover

1
Champs-Élysées.
2
Arc de Triomphe.
3
Grand Palais.
4
Petit Palais.
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Activities

Madeleine.
Cluny Museum.
Arènes de Lutèce.
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Next stop
Distance: 6.1 km
Travel time: 12min
5
Day

Paris 5e

pantheon student bookshop quarter

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Discover

1
Latin Quarter.
2
Panthéon.
3
Sorbonne.
4
Luxembourg Garden.
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Activities

Bookstores.
Boulevard Saint-Germain.
Odeon.
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Next stop
Distance: 1.2 km
Travel time: 2min
6
Day

Paris 6e

saint-germain cafe literary soul

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Discover

1
Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
2
Saint-Sulpice Church.
3
Historic cafés.
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Activities

Moulin Rouge.
Montmartre Cemetery.
Floral park.
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Next stop
Distance: 4.8 km
Travel time: 10min
7
Day

Paris 18e

montmartre basilica artistic height

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Discover

1
Sacred Heart.
2
Montmartre.
3
Tertre Square.
4
Vineyards.
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Activities

Coulée Verte.
Louis Vuitton Foundation.
Palais de Tokyo.
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Next stop
Distance: 8.7 km
Travel time: 17min
8
Day

Paris 12e

bastille artisan neighborhood pulse

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Discover

1
Vincennes Woods.
2
Vincennes Castle.
3
Bercy Village.
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Activities

Auteuil.
Saint-Martin Canal.
Buttes-Chaumont.
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Next stop
Distance: 11.1 km
Travel time: 22min
9
Day

Paris 16e

trocadero museum architectural grace

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Discover

1
Trocadéro.
2
Marmottan Museum.
3
Bois de Boulogne.
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Activities

Bagnolet.
Palais de Tokyo.
Auteuil.
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Next stop
Distance: 9.9 km
Travel time: 20min
10
Day

Paris 20e

belleville street art village spirit

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Discover

1
Père-Lachaise Cemetery.
2
Belleville Park.
3
Ménilmontant.
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Activities

Saint-Martin Canal.
Buttes-Chaumont.
Bagnolet.

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