3 Days in Paris: A Complete Itinerary

Drafted the way Waiz drafts every trip — tell the AI wizard the where, when, and who, and it builds a plan like this one in seconds. This is what that first draft looks like for three days in Paris.

Day by day

1. 01

   Day 1 · The classics

   3 STOPS

   Land running — the icons are worth doing on day one, before the legs get tired.

   • 10:00Eiffel Tower & Trocadéro. Trocadéro's terrace gives the best first look at the tower — go up later, once you've seen it from below.
   • 14:00Seine riverside walk. From the tower toward the Musée d'Orsay — bridges, booksellers, and the best free view in the city.
   • Dinner in Saint-Germain. Bistro tables, a short list, and a carafe of house wine. Book ahead for Friday and Saturday nights.

   Getting around. Trocadéro to the tower is about 10 minutes on foot. The riverside walk on to the Musée d'Orsay takes about 40 minutes, and Saint-Germain is 15 minutes further.

2. 02

   Day 2 · Art & the old city

   3 STOPS

   Book the Louvre ahead — everything else this day can be improvised.

   • 9:00The Louvre. Pick three wings and commit — trying to see everything is how you see nothing. Timed entry saves the line.
   • 14:00Île de la Cité. Notre-Dame, reopened and free to enter, and Sainte-Chapelle's stained glass, a short walk apart on the river's island.
   • 19:00Sunset at Sacré-Cœur. Climb Montmartre before dinner — the steps below the basilica are the whole city laid out at your feet.

   Getting around. The Louvre to Sainte-Chapelle is about 15 minutes on foot. For Sacré-Cœur, take metro line 4 from Cité to Barbès–Rochechouart, change to line 2 for one stop to Anvers, then climb the steps.

3. 03

   Day 3 · Local Paris & departure

   3 STOPS

   Slow morning, one more thing, home.

   • Market morning. A neighborhood market over a museum today: Marché Bastille on a Thursday or Sunday, Rue Mouffetard's food shops otherwise, coffee in hand.
   • Musée d'Orsay or Luxembourg Gardens. Impressionists under a train-station roof, or a slow lap of Paris's most elegant park — either earns the trip.
   • Last stop before the airport. One more pastry, one more bridge — leave the suitcase at the hotel until the last possible minute.

   Getting around. From Rue Mouffetard, the Luxembourg Gardens are about 20 minutes on foot. From Marché Bastille, take metro line 1 to Concorde and walk across the river to the Musée d'Orsay.