Boulevards, a river, and galleries that would each be another city's main event. Best treated as a bench, a bakery and whatever you walk into next.
Free things to do
Free
Walk along the Seine
The riverside road has been a park since 2016 — start at Pont Alexandre III and walk down to Île de la Cité with the traffic somewhere above you.
Free
Enter Notre-Dame cathedral
Free to enter since it reopened in December 2024. Book a free time slot on notre-dame-de-paris.fr a day or two ahead, or come at opening — the towers are the ticketed part.
Free
Explore Montmartre
Climb from Abbesses rather than queueing for the funicular. Sacré-Cœur costs nothing to walk into; the streets behind it are quiet before ten.
Where to stay
from $55
St Christopher's Paris - Canal
Dorm bed · per night
from $43
Generator Paris
Dorm bed · per night · Generator Paris is a design hotel-hostel located in the 10th Arrondissement just steps from the Canal St.
from $156
MEININGER Paris Porte de Vincennes
Private room · per night
from $160
Caulaincourt Montmartre by Hiphophostels
Private room · per night
Trips that take it in
Europe · 16 days · loop · 4 nights in Paris
The Western Loop
London → Paris → Amsterdam → Berlin → Bruges → London