Walking routes in Paris

Paris is bigger than it walks. The centre is genuinely compact — the islands, the Latin Quarter and the Right Bank arcades are all within half an hour of each other on foot — while everything people picture as Paris beyond that is a metro ride. Both routes below stay inside the walkable half.

3h Budget

Île de la Cité and the Left Bank in three hours

Pont Neuf, Sainte-Chapelle and Notre-Dame, then up the hill to the Panthéon and the Luxembourg.

2.4 km on foot 6 stops 2h 57m total

6h Luxury

The Louvre, Vendôme and Garnier in six hours

Half a day in the museum, lunch under a glass arcade, then the jewellers' square and the opera house.

2.0 km on foot 6 stops 5h 42m total

Planning the rest of the trip

These routes cover the walking. The Paris guide has where to stay, what a day costs at each tier, and what to book before you go.