Paris
EUROPE · GOLDEN HOUR · LA VILLE LUMIÈRE
Every cliché is true and none of them prepare you — plan one museum a day and wander the rest.
The plan
Eiffel sparkle from Bir-Hakeim
On the hour after dark the tower glitters for five minutes — the bridge has the angle.
The Louvre, one wing only
Pick a wing, book the first slot, leave before fatigue. It's a lifetime museum.
Montmartre before 9am
Sacré-Cœur's steps and the village lanes before the crowds and caricaturists.
Picnic on the Seine
Cheese, baguette, wine on the quai — dinner at Paris prices: €15.
Le Marais into the night
Falafel on Rosiers, cocktail bars in old hôtels, the city's best wandering.
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