Traveladvice Paris, 3 day vacation, 360 VR Video

Paris is the capital and largest city in France with over 2.2 million people. It is the top tourist destination of the world, having many UNESCO sites, as well as many other diverse tourist sights.

Paris is today one of the world’s leading business and cultural centres and its influences in politics, education, entertainment, media, science, and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the world’s major global cities. It is one of the most highly livable cities in the world, with a unique and romantic charm.

DAY 1

• Start with a traditional delicious French breakfast and then head over to the Eiffel Tower. Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the1889 World’s Fair, it has become both a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest structure in Paris and the most visited paid monument in the world; 7.1 million people ascended it in 2011.  The symbol of the city and one of the best known monument in the world, stands tall at 324 meters for over 100 years. Make sure to go up in the tower, as the panorama over the city is magnificent. Take the lift up tot he top of the toer.
• Close to the Eiffel Tower, take a walk in the Parc du Champ de Mars, visit the Chaillot Palace and admire the Ecole Militaire. The Chaillot Palace is a beautiful building found on the other side of Seine from Eiffel Tower, with beautiful gardens and fountains, as well as some interesting museums inside. Known as the Palais du Trocadero, it was a large concert hall with two wings and two towers. An architecturally-unusual building, it contained elements of both Moorish and Byzantine architecture. An aquarium was situated below the building.Today, the Palais de Chaillot houses a number of different museums. In the south wing, there are two – the Musée de la Marine (Naval Museum) and the Musée de l’Homme (The Museum of Man). Visit one of these museums.
• After lunch, make your way to the Montmartre Area of Paris. Montmartre neighborhood is located to the north and features a more romantic part of Paris, with plenty of museums, art galleries and shops. As a designated historic area, little development is allowed in Montmartre so, thankfully, it has retained much of its character and village-like charm. Just walk around the neighborhood and admire the beautiful sights.
• Guarding over this area is the Sacre-Coeur Basilica, one of the most beautiful churches in France. A popular landmark, the basilica is located at the summit of thebutte Montmartre, the highest point in the city. Sacré-Cœur is a double monument, political and cultural, both a national penance for the supposed excesses of the Second Empire and socialist Paris Commune of 1871 crowning its most rebellious neighborhood, and an embodiment of conservative moral order, publicly dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which was an increasingly popular vision of a loving and sympathetic Christ.

DAY 2

• After breakfast, go to the center of Paris, Ile de la Cite, one of the two islands of Seine inside Paris and surely the most famous, housing some of the best landmarks in the city. The Notre-Dame Cathedral is one of the treasures of Paris. Close to the cathedral, you can also visit the Conciergerie, Hotel Dieu, as well as the little island of Louis, with traditional architecture. Stroll on the narrox streets of these two islands and admire the beautiful architecture.
• Next, visit the Notre-Dame Cathedral, a masterpiece of gothic architecture, built over 800 years ago, the cathedral is considered 0 km of France. Notre Dame de Paris is often reputed to be one of the most prominent examples of Gothic architecture in both France and in Europe as a whole, and thenaturalism of its sculptures and stained glass are in contrast with earlier Romanesque architecture. The first period of construction from 1163 into 1240s coincided with the musical experiments of the Notre Dame school. The Notre-Dame tower visit is a trip through all of the upper parts of the western façade, dating from the 13^th century, where visitors can contemplate the gargoyles and chimera built by Viollet-le-Duc in the 19^th century and the 17^th century Emmanuel Bell. Go up to the towers of the cathedral for an astonishing view over the city.
• After you visit the Notre-Dame Cathedral, walk along the banks of Seine, until you reach the Orsay Museum. After lunch, visit the museum. It is housed in the former Gare d’Orsay, an impressive Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. The museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1915, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography. It houses the largest collection of impressionist and post-impressionist masterpieces in the world, by such painters such as Monet,  Manet,  Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Sisley, Gauguin and Van Gogh.
• After the visit at the museum, continue your walk along the Seine, heading back towards the Eiffel Tower. On your way, admire the Hotel des Invalides The complex contains museumsand monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the building’s original purpose. The buildings house the Musée de l’Armée, the military museum of the Army of France, the Musée des Plans-Reliefs, and the Musée d’Histoire Contemporaine, as well as the burial site for some of France’s war heroes, notably Napoleon Bonaparte.
• After you have an early dinner, take a charming cruise on the Seine river, admiring the sights in the evening light. Discover Paris from another angle and fill your eyes and heart with a Paris Sightseeing Cruise. It departs from the foot of the Eiffel Tower and follows the river past famous monuments like the Invalides, the Musée d’Orsay, Notre Dame, and comes back down river past the Town Hall, the Louvre, Place de la Concorde, docking back at the Eiffel Tower.

DAY 3

• Start your day with a fancy breakfast in one of the many restaurants along Champs Elysees. Maybe the most famous boulevard in the world, stretching in center Paris from Place de la Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe. The street has wide sidewalks and many fashion shops, making it one of the most expensive and exclusivist streets in the world.
• After breakfast, start your visit of the Louvre Museum, which will surely take the whole morning. is one of the world’s largestmuseums, and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, France, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement (district). Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st  century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres. With more than 8 million visitors each year, the Louvre is the world’s most visited museum. The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) which began as a fortress built in the late 12th century.
• Have lunch in one of the restaurants close to the Louvre and then start walking the Champs Elysees Boulevard, admiring the beautiful buildings and luxurious shops along the street. There are plenty of landmarks along this exclusive boulevard, some of them extremely interesting, like the Grand Palais, Petit Palais, Palais Elysees or Palais Royal.
• At the end of Champs Elysees, visit another symbol of Paris. The Arc de Triomphe Paris, the most monumental of all triumphal arches, was built between 1806 and 1836. Even though there were many modifications from the original plans, reflecting political changes and power struggles, the Arch still retains the essence of the original concept which was a powerful, unified ensemble. You can visit the arch and view the surrounding area from the top, but the sight is still beautiful from the ground.
• Take the metro to the Luxembourg Palace, where you can take a quick visit of the palace and the surrounding charming garden.

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