Day 1: Arrival/Full Day in Paris

• Take Train from airport to Paris

  • REB Train from Charles de Gaulle Airport runs every 10-20 minutes

    • Price: €14.

  • Transfer to local metro

    • taking bags larger than 29.5 inches in any dimension are technically prohibited on the metro (although we saw a lot of people with large bags and it seems this is not really enforced).

  • Early check in to hotel

• Walk to Basilique du Sacre Coeur de Montmartre(we left around noon)

  • walk up from the back for fun views walking up the hill

  • If you are a fan of Summer I Turned Pretty TV show, you can walk up the street where Belly’s Paris apartment is located. We happened upon it by accident! The address is 23 Rue du Chevalier de la Barre.

  • Tickets for the Basilica are only sold on site and cannot be purchased online in advance.

  • Price: €8

• Walk around the Montmartre area

  • Really fun to walk around and see the artists painting

  • A lot of options for restaurants in the area

• Eat lunch on the steps in front of the Basilique du Sacre Coeur Montmartre

  • We grabbed a crepe to-go from a restaurant for lunch and took it the steps

  • There are amazing views of Paris

  • Walked down the steps in front of the Basilica

• Moulin Rouge-we walked past and took pictures

• Took the metro to The Trocadéro for views of the Eiffel Tower

• Walked across the river for a boat cruise (The river was flooded when we were there so the river cruises were not running, but they have river cruise companies along the river you can book day of, or you can book in advance.)

• Shopped at the Champs Elysees

  • there are lots of options for places to eat, but we opted for an easy dinner and grabbed a baguette sandwich from Paul for dinner

• Back to Eiffel Tower to watch it sparkle at night!

Day 2: Full Day in Paris

• Morning at Bastille Market (pastry for breakfast from the market)

• Notre Dame

  • 9:30 am Walk around inside Notre Dame before Mass

  • 10 am Mass

  • Book in Advance: Notre Dame Museum and Bell Tower Tickets

    • Link: Notre Dame Museum and Bell Tower Tickets

    • Price: €16

    • 424-step tower climb

    • Part of the Paris Museum Pass, but times must be reserved ahead of time!

• Parthenon (we didn’t go inside, we just walked by)

• Louvre museum and Louvre shops (part of Paris Museum Pass)

• Dinner

• Back to Eiffel Tower to watch it sparkle at night!

Day 3: Drive to Normandy

• Morning walk along the Seine (obviously grabbed a pastry to eat on the walk)

• Drive 2 hours to Rouen

• Possible stops on the drive:

  • Chateau La Rouche-Guyon

  • Chateau d’avers (Van Gogh)

  • Monet’s House

  • Bayeux Tapestry

• Rouen Cathedral (Monet painted)

• Walk through the gardens

• Dinner-Normandy Crepes

Day 4: D-Day Sites

• Drive 2 hours to American Normandy Cemetery

  • The cemetery has a great, free museum. We spent around 2 hours here

• Drive to Omaha Beach

• Point du Hoc (my favorite site we visited!)—these were cliffs they scaled on D-day

• Saint Marie Eglise

  • make sure to stop by the cathedral to see the paratroop hanging on the spire!

  • There is a museum you can visit here as well

• Utah Beach

  • We just walked along the beach, but there is another museum you can visit here

• *If we had another day we would have also visited the non-American D-Day sites.

• On a previous trip I did the D-Day museum in Caen, France and it was wonderful as well.

  • Book in Advance: Memorial Caen Normandy (you can book tickets day of as well)

    • Link: Memorial Caen Normandy

    • Price: €20.80 (discounts available for teachers, veterans, children, students, and seniors)

    • Allow around 4 hours for this museum

    • You can also book a guided D-Day Landing Beaches Tour through the museum’s website

      • Prices range from €150- €245

Day 5: Mont Saint Michel

• Book in Advance:

  • Link:

  • Price:

Day 6: Disneyland Paris

• Book in Advance: Park Tickets

  • Link:

  • Price: $111 (the pricing is dynamic and depends on whether you do a hopper or single park ticket)

• Disneyland Paris has its own stop on the metro and is super easy to get to

Day 8: Fly Home