Visiting Paris - tips and photos

Photos from our vacation in Paris are up! It was a great trip and it looks like 10 days (well, 8 since first and last one were spent travelling) is more than enough to enjoy most of the city’s best.

Several tips for your visit:

• Norwegian airlines offer cheap and solid flights, at least from Poland
• Late June is excellent time to visit Paris - the weather is good and the city is not as crowded as in July/August
• To avoid waiting in lines at Orsay Museum or Louvre (and several others too) make a good use of Paris Museum Pass
• Visit Disneyland, you’ll have a perfect time (check out my photos). Make sure to schedule a full day for this. Buy your ticket at least a day earlier in Disney store on Champs Elysees and get to the Disneyland right when they open. Attack best and most crowded rides first (Big Thunder Mountain, Indiana Jones, Space Mountain), before lines start to build up. Read more tips in this excellent guide.
• Montmartre is the most charming part of Paris. With it’s architecture, narrow streets and hundreds of coffee shops and restaurants it’s as close to the Paris dream as it gets. Get your hotel there. My recommended location is anywhere in the area between Place Blanche and Sacre Coeur. Check Booking.com for good hotel offers. I stayed in Comfort Hotel Place du Tertre and Hotel Du Moulin and recommend them both. Good prices, perfect location.
• Climbing stairs at Eiffel Tower is not as hard as it may seem. It only takes several minutes to reach the first level, where you can rest as much as you want, and similar time to get to the second. From there you have to take the elevator to the top.
• Gardens in Paris are usually closed at 20:00 (8PM). When you hear someone blowing the whistle it usually means that they’re closing and you should be heading to the nearest exit. Yeah, I learned this lesson the hard way