Paris in August: 3-day itinerary and real cost
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August in Paris: about 26°C by day, 15°C at night, 8 days with some rain (climate normals).
Day 1: Around La Tour Eiffel
- 09:30 La Tour Eiffel · One of the world's great icons, right in front of you.
A symbol of Paris and one of the most famous landmarks in the world.
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€12–25 (stated) - 🚶 13 min on foot
- 10:51 Palais de Chaillot · A palace devoted to French architecture.
The City of Architecture and Heritage, accommodated in the Palais du Chaillot, is a museum and gallery of French architecture.
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€8 (stated) · check opening hours - 13:21 Lunch: Café de l'Homme
Get a fantastic view of the Eiffel Tower from this restaurant-tearoom opposite the Champ de Mars.
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€20–32 (estimate) - 🚶 13 min on foot
- 14:49 Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris · Around 10,000 works of modern art.
The east wing of the Palais de Tokyo holds the modern art collection of the city of Paris, dating roughly from World War I to date (the older part of the collection is at the Petit Palais in the 8th), including around 10,000 works.
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free - 19:30 Dinner: Chez Francis
View of the Eiffel Tower.
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€12 (stated)
Day 2: Around Musée du Louvre
- 09:30 Musée du Louvre · From ancient Egypt to Napoleonic France, under one roof.
Its exhibits come from such diverse origins as ancient Egypt, classical Greece and the Roman Empire, medieval Europe, and Napoleonic France, but controversially including many items that were looted from their places of origin.
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€12–16 (stated) · check opening hours - 🚶 6 min on foot
- 11:51 Le Palais Royal · Where Louis XIV lived before Versailles.
It eventually housed Louis XIV until the move to Versailles.
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price not known - 12:59 Lunch: Café Marly
Part of the Grand Louvre redevelopment.
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€18–33 (estimate) - 🚶 10 min on foot
- 14:24 Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois · Where the kings of France went to church.
This Gothic church functioned until the 19th century as the parish church of the kings of France.
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free · check opening hours - 19:30 Dinner: Chez Denise
Small, owner-operated bistro with traditional French country food in a nearly rustic setting.
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€10–25 (stated)
Day 3: Around Jardin des Tuileries
- 09:30 Jardin des Tuileries · Grand gardens, often crowned by a giant Ferris wheel.
The gardens are frequently home to a giant Ferris wheel and enclose the Musée de la Orangerie and the Jeu de Paume.
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free · check opening hours - 🚶 3 min on foot
- 11:48 L'Orangerie · Monet's immense Water Lilies, wrapped around you.
The collection joined the eight immense Water Lilies that Monet gave France in 1922 and which have been displayed since 1927 in two huge oval rooms purpose-built on the artist's instructions.
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€1–8 (stated) · check opening hours - 14:03 Lunch: Drouant
Anthony Clémot runs this French kitchen.
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€18–33 (estimate) - 🚶 15 min on foot
- 15:33 Élysée Palace · Where the President of France lives.
The official residence of the President of France since 1848.
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price not known - 19:30 Dinner: Buddha Bar
Famous in electronic lounge music circles for having commissioned a series of lounge and down tempo records which you can get at most larger record shops in France, as well as abroad.
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€9–18 (estimate)
Good to know
Paris is a relatively safe city. This does not stop it from being plagued by petty crime, especially pickpocketing, and muggings. Scams, of which there are many, are also prevalent, though the police are slowly cracking down on them. While not common, purse snatchings do happen. source
As a densely populated city with equally dense neighbourhoods, one would be remiss to generalise the safety of entire 'arrondissements' based on a few specific areas. Several arrondissements have their share of crime, however. source
Paris has the largest Jewish community in Europe and the 6th largest in the world. However, antisemitic acts increased in France in the early 2000s, culminating with the January 2015 Île-de-France attacks targeting a local kosher supermarket. source
Paris in other months
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