Day I –
Beauvais Airport is located 60-70 km north of Paris. The plane arrives there at 15:10. There is a shuttle bus at the airport that goes to Paris 20 minutes after each arrival flight to the Porte Maillot station, in the northern part of the city. The journey takes about 75 minutes.
At the Porte Maillot metro station, take metro no. 1 in the direction of Chateau de Vincennes and go to the Champs Elysees Clemenceau station. There, change to metro no. 13 and goes in the direction of Saint Denis Universite and gets off at Guy Moquet station.
So remember: Guy Moquet is the closest station to the hotel. The hotel is called the Ambassadeur and is located at 153 Rue Legendre.
There is nothing organized for Saturday evening. The Pigalle district, the center of nightlife, and Montmartre are close by, all of which we will visit in an organized manner on Monday during the day.
Day II –
A non-working day, excellent for visiting cultural sights, mostly on the left bank of the Seine.
First we take the metro to the Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower. At the Guy Moquet station, take metro 13 and go to the Champs Elysees Clemenceau station. There he changes to metro 1 and goes to the Franklin Roosevelt station (we ride only one station, it’s all on the Champs Elysees). There he changes to metro 9 and goes to the Trocadero station.
There is a nice place to take pictures. Then you cross the Pont d’Yenne bridge and pass under or next to the Eiffel Tower (Tour Eiffel). It goes along the fashionable Avenue Rapp, where there are beautiful examples of Art Nouveau buildings (Jules Lavirotte) to the Quai d’Orsay, then along the banks of the Seine to the Pont Alexandre III bridge.
On the right we have the Home of the Invalids from the 17th century, where are the graves of Napoleon and other generals, and on the left across the bridge is the Grand Palais, which should be seen closely, after which we return across the bridge and go east along the Rue de l’Universite and Boulevard Saint Germain, where a coffee break is recommended at the iconic cafes Les deux Magots and Cafe de Flore, which are close to each other. Soon after that, we reach the Latin Quarter, where the universities are located and where there are many restaurants (national, but also Greek, Turkish, etc…) with still affordable prices, so it’s convenient for lunch.
From there it is transferred to the river island of Ile de la Cite, on which is the church of Notre Dame. There is a queue to enter. After leaving the church, I recommend going from the island to the other side of the river to the district of La Marais, the only part of Paris that remained untouched by the great reconstruction of the second half of the 19th century, which shows what the “old” Paris was like. There is also the Pompidou cultural center, and I recommend the Jewish quarter around Rue des Rosiers, which we can visit together. The Louvre is also nearby. The program is tiring, during the day occasional breaks with coffee or beer are recommended, so who can stand it.
Day III –
Working day – right bank of the Seine. After breakfast, walk across the Place de Clichy past the Moulin Rouge to the Pigalle Square, then along the Rochechauart Boulevard to the Place Suzanne Valandon, from where you take the stairs to the Montmartre hill with the Sacre Coeur church. A tour of Montmartre and the Place Tertre, where the tradition of Parisian painters is still maintained. When we regroup, we go back the same way to Pigalle, then descend on foot to the Boulevard Haussmann (Osman), the most typical example of a Parisian boulevard.
There are two major old luxury department stores, Galeries Lafayette and Pritemps, which are not to be missed, and across the street is the Opéra Garnier. We continue on foot through Boulevard Haussmann, Rue de Miromesnil and Avenue de Marigny and we reach the Champs Elysees, near the Grand Palais and then slowly to the Arc de Triomphe, after which the collective tour ends, if anyone has even made it this far. Of course, shopping and occasional breaks with coffee or beer are recommended during the day.
Day IV –
The shuttle bus to Beauvais Airport leaves from the Porte Maillot station three hours before the departure of the plane, so at 12:40.
Relaxing with a coffee in a typical Parisian bistro is one of the possibilities to spend the morning, but alternatively, it is possible to get up early, take our things and we can arrive to tour the new Paris – Defense with the Grand Arc de Defense (new Arc de Triomphe) and other modern buildings , and the Porte Maillot station is located exactly on the line of the “old” and “new” Arc de Triomphe, so from Defense we can directly reach the station for the shuttle that goes to the airport.