Bus tours along the Seine reach the
Museums
The bus stops are covered and placed in
convenient locations near the Seine River
You can also visit museums by the Canal
barges that make tours along the Seine.
In the evening these boats make
dinner
cruises
and sightseeing trips on the Seine.
Petit Palace, art
museum without
entrance fee
Saint  Severin
Paris Museums; The Louvre. Musee d Orsay, Orangerei, Petit Palace
Museums in the center of Paris can be reached by walking, tour bus,  or by the boat tours
on the Seine.  The museum pass purchased ahead of your visit to the museums will
allow you quicker access and, if you will do several museums, can be a good value.
The Louvre Art Museum is home to the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo.  The entrance
fee is 9 Euros.  Hours are 9 am to 6 pm with evening hours on Wednesday and
Friday.   Closed Tuesdays  
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.
Notre Dame Cathedral has no
entrance fee except for the tower climb
The Paris Museums the Louvre, the Musee d Orsay, The
Orangerei, and the Petit Palace (Petit Palace, free, closed
Monday)  display paintings and sculpture.  The Musee d
Orsay (closed Monday)  and the Orangerei (Closed
Tuesdays) have extensive impressionist collections.  
These museums are within walking distance of one
another along the River Seine and the Champs Elysees.

In the same area along the Seine, you will find Notre
Dame, open for visits without entrance fee and St
Chapelle, famed for its stained glass windows. (daily 8
Euros)
Paris Museums like the Louvre. the Musee d Orsay, the Orangerei, and the Petit
Palace make Paris a Great City for walking.  Several museums are located along the
Seine.
Paris Museums like
the Louvre. the
Musee d Orsay, the
Orangerei, and the
Petit Palace  make
Paris a Great City
for  walking; these
museums are
located along the
Seine.
Paris Museums
include a museum of
history within the Arc
de Triomphe.  
Within walking
distance visit the
Louvre. the Musee d
Orsay, the Orangerei,
and the Petit Palace.
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A Paris Vacation offers some free museums in the city of Paris.  Boat tours on the Seine and bus tours reach
the museums.  Trains serve the outlying museums.  
Paris offers lots of sightseeing, shopping and museums in the center along the Seine.  The tourist buses and
boats make sightseeing loops through the city with stops at important sites, gardens and museums.   
When To Go To Paris:  March, April, May, and June or September and October  are good
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culinary vacation.  The weather in Paris is temperate from
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Weather is good in September October, great months to visit.
Showers could come in any month but will be of short duration.  Snow is rare
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