^sis, baka di mo kayanin ang day 4 mo. A visit to Versailles may take you more than half a day na. Suggest ko the following but it is still up to you to decide:
Day 2
- Louvre (do this first thing since madami tao pag Sundays even with a Paris Museum Pass, you still have to go through security. The entrance for pass holders is at the Richelieu entrance)
- Jardin des Tuileries
- Place de la Concorde
- Champs des Elysees
- Arc du Triomphe
- Trocadero
- Eiffel Tower
If you won't be staying long at the Louvre, you can do all of the above places I mentioned. From the Louvre, nandyan na sa labas yung Tuileries garden where you can have a picnic lunch. You can walk to Place de la Concorde from the garden. Then head on to Avenue des Champs Elysees. If you have a map of Paris, you'll see that from the Louvre to the Arc du Triomphe it's all a straight line. You can actually walk it if you're fit but a metro is very handy along the route.
Then from Arc du Triomphe if you're not tired yet you can walk (or take the metro) to Trocadero and the Eiffel tower. You can have your dinner at the tower. Or if pagod ka na and you don't want to be out too late. You can just hop on metro line 1 from Arc du Triomphe and it will take you all the way to the Chateau de Vincennes (terminal stop). By the way, daylight is until 8PM so you have lots of time to accomplish this IT.
Day 3
- If you want to climb the towers at Notre Dame, do this first before Sainte Chapelle as the lines here are humongous. If you do Notre Dame first, climb the towers first then visit the church after.
- Sainte Chapelle
- Conciergerie (same area as Sainte Chapelle)
- Back track to the Crypt Archaeolique (or you can do this after visiting Notre Dame since it's just in front of the church)
- You can do the river cruise after your Conciergerie and Sainte-Chapelle visit since the jetty is right by Pont Neuf.
- After your cruise, cross the Seine to visit my favorite bookstore, Shakespeare and Co. Must warn you though you have to be a book lover to appreciate the place otherwise, skip it. If you do decide to visit it and get to buy a book, ask the cashier to stamp the book for you with the "Shakespeare and Co" stamp. They don't automatically do this kasi.
- Pantheon
- Saint Sulpice
Day 4
- Versailles. You can easily spend the whole day here since it is a huge place. But if your time is limited visit the Chateau first then the gardens.
- Assuming you did the Arc du Triomphe, Champs Elysees, Trocadero and the Eiffel tower on day 2, you will have more free time for your shopping!
My favorite past time.
Your day 5 is just right. Relax mode ka na by this time.
It is always good to have a general IT of your visit but don't be afraid to improvise once you get there. Speaking from experience, hubby and I always end up doing something different from what we've planned which is totally okay. That is the beauty of DIY travel. Your own pace, your own time. Bahala na si Batman!
