Comments on: Travel Confessions: Paris without the Louvre

By: tracy mears

tracy mears — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:27:23 +0000

Skip the Louvre and just see the Musee Carnavalet instead; so much better. Free and fascinating. I hated the crowds of the Louvre and only went because my college-age son insisted. The place gave me a sinus infection.

By: MJ’s Travel Favorites 5-2-10 | Traveling with MJ

MJ’s Travel Favorites 5-2-10 | Traveling with MJ — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:46:27 +0000

[…] Euro Cheapo suggest a visit to Paris without a stop at the Louvre. While the Louvre was not my favorite museum in Paris, I’m not sure that I’d want to write it off all together. Although since I’ve been once, I’d happily pass on another visit. […]

By: anne

anne — Mon, 24 May 2010 17:20:43 +0000

I have been to Paris 3 times in the last year..I love it, I have good friends there too. Great to go and see the wonderful parcs.. truly amazing… or in the back streets off the tourist track.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Sun, 23 May 2010 20:17:32 +0000

Thanks for your thoughts. I am spending a week in Paris in September (my second trip) and have seen all the major biggies. This time I hope to spend time sitting, sipping, and seeing life on the streets. Some small museums are on my list as is Giverney. Last time I spent a few days in Normandy and on Mont St. Michel. Of course I am older this time around and may just take a tour bus to revisit – in passing – some of the highlights. I am staying in a small hotel near the Eiffel Tower – Hotel Muguet. Anyone been there?
On the other hand, after Paris I am headed for a first-time visit to Florence. I don’t know what I will do there. Some of this and some of that. How many angels can one see in one week?

By: Dan (#2)

Dan (#2) — Mon, 17 May 2010 19:05:26 +0000

Having spent a year of college in Rouen, I am inclined to go along with the approach to experience a country as the locals might. I would not skip the biggies, necessarily, but I wouldn’t give them 100% of my time, either. For example, you can go see the Eiffel tower, wander around at every angle while eating a ‘jambon beurre’ without waiting for 3 hours to go up and eat in the restaurant . . . Some years ago, we spent a week in a little hotel in St. Tropez (1/2 mile off the water, but close to anything we might want to see/experience, did a ferw day trips. e.g., to Grasse to tour the parfumerie, etc., then headed over to Aix, then took the Avignon tour (of the old Pope’s house :-), then up to Beaune to the Hospice, etc., . . . much more comfortable than fighting Paris, Nice, Cannes, etc. However, both my wife and I had already seen the main sights, so we had no regrets about missing tehm a second time — the best thing is to ENJOY yourself, whether you want to drive the countryside or be pampered . . . I do think you can be pampered in the US, but the French countryside and chateaux, etc. are a once in a lifetime experience!!

By: Eurotrip Tips

Eurotrip Tips — Thu, 13 May 2010 22:02:49 +0000

What makes you think that spending all your time inside a museum or other attractions is the greatest way to experience a city like locals? People are different everywhere – watching people of your own certainly isn’t as fun as watching foreigners in their own culture, their own ways.

Maybe it’s an individual question but I would much rather have a coffee in a Parisian bistro (mingle) than spend hours in the Louvre looking at Greek statues.

Your travel idea is not necessarly the same for everyone.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 13 May 2010 16:22:15 +0000

People watcing can be done anywhere in the world…seeing a unique attraction can’t…They are starred attractions for a reason. I can people watch at the mall, right now…not spend 1000’s and travel halfway across the world, watching people and missing world history that is a heart beat away.

This is by far one of the worst articles on travel I’ve read.

By: Eurotrip Tips

Eurotrip Tips — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:02:48 +0000

I think you can really say you visited a city when you’ve spent time strolling around – not when you spent all your time inside museums. Sure, art is interesting but visiting museums only because it’s a must-see can quickly get one arted-out with over information and not much histories to tell.

Lingering in a cafe is very underrated – people watching is one of the best activity when exploring a city.

By: Off the Beaten Track – other people’s views « Let's do something different

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:31:52 +0000

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By: Linda Newhouse

Linda Newhouse — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:57:49 +0000

I know what you’re saying; I don’t like to do the whole touristy thing when I travel. But for my first visit to a place, I do want to see the major attractions. Then I try to blend in with the locals. I avoid the lines. I don’t eat at McDonalds when in Venice, etc. I’m not religious, but I’m glad I saw the Vatican. Afterwards, we went and sat in a plaza and relaxed.