On your first day, you could go to Montmartre first and see the Sacre Coeur. In the afternoon, that evening go to the Eiffel Tower. You’ll have some free time midday so you could walk around one of Paris’ other neighborhoods, visit a museum like Musee d’Orsay or the Rodin Museum, or take a Seine River Cruise (a nice low key thing to do on your first day). On day 2, start at Sainte Chapelle, then the Louvre, then Place de la Concorde, and walk up the Champs Elysees to the Arc. Again, you may have some free time, but you will be near your hotel, or you could metro to something else in Paris that looks interesting. This would also be a good day for Musee d’Orsay since it is near the Louvre and Place de la Concorde. Cheers, Julie

We are in a similar situation to SK. We are arriving from the US at 9:00 am and have 1 more full day.
Our hotel is in the 8th arrondissement.
We’re trying to make a plan that makes sense travel wise, and would love your help.
Things we’d like to see:
Eiffel Tower (sunset time if possible)
Louvre
Champs-Elysees
Arc de Triomphe (sunset time if possible)
Place de la Concorde
Saint Chapelle
Montmartre
Sacre-Coeur

Thank you so much for the valuable suggestions. Appreciate it. I do like your input on what we should do on all those days. Thanks so much 😊

Hello SK, nice to hear from you again! I think walking around Montmartre the afternoon and evening you arrive would be very nice and maybe making a dinner reservation here. We had a nice dinner at the restaurant in Hotel Rochechouart and they have a rooftop bar. We try to be in bed by 9 pm our first night in Europe and set our alarm for 6:30 to 7 am and this has worked well to get us adjusted the time very quickly (so keep that in mind when making a dinner reservation). On your full day, start with the Louvre and follow our walking tour. You could then go for a stroll up the Champs Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe. Then do your evening cruise. The next morning go for a stroll in the Latin Quarter. As for the Trocadero, you might be able to visit it just before the cruise (some cruises start near there…ours did). If it doesn’t, you could do the Louvre, metro to Arc de Triomphe, metro to Trocadero, and then metro to the cruise starting point, to do it all in one day. I hope this helps and let me know if you have any questions. Cheers, Julie

I was wondering if you would be able to give me a few suggestions. We are traveling to Paris end of June. We will be there, for 1 full day and 2 half days.
I would like to do the following :
Arc de triomphe go to the roof top.
Montmatre
Louvre (1-1.5 hours)
Eiffel (not planning to go inside)
But planning to do a 1 hour evening river cruise
Trocadero
If time allows visit Latin quarter.

Our hotel is in the 17arrondissement.

Do you suggest us doing all the above on our full day ? We are not sure of what we could do on our 1st (1/2 day) as we would be arriving from the US.
We are certainly open to walking around and exploring without a set schedule on both 1/2 days ( which include travel).

Thank you so much for your time and patience. Appreciate your valuable input.
As always HUGE fan of your blog 😊