Walking Paris in the Spring:   Paris may be the ultimate walkable city but once you leave your
hotel keep a rain coat handy; light rain could sweep in at any minute and sweep out again just as quickly. No
problem. With hundreds of coffee shops and restaurants and dozens of museums to duck into while the
showers pass, Paris is a walker's city in any weather.
The boats that cruise the seine have covered seating and open air spaces for photographing the bridges
and buildings along the way. Buses stop at covered stations where plaques and maps give good information
making it easy to navigate the city and visit many of the historic sites while keeping out of the mist of a Paris
spring.
Best Bargain: The Batobus boat cruise on the Seine that lets you get on and
off at eight docks near sites of historic importance: Notre Dame, Jardin des
Plantes, Hotel de Ville, Musee du Louvre, Petit Palace, Eiffel Tower, Musee d'
Orsay, Institut de France.
Canal barges make dinner cruise and sightseeing trips on the Seine.
Another Left Bank hotel the
Observatoir Luxembourg is
located in the Latin Quarter handy
to all the sites, restaurants music,
and museums.
Just across from the Luxembourg
Gardens, the hotel is handy to the
Luxembourg Metro Station.
PARIS for Walking
Paris is a walker's city even in the rain. With hotel lobbies, coffee shops, restaurants,
churches, and dozens of museums to take in, you hardly notice a spring shower.
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