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.
In  a Paris Rain there are dozens of
museums and churches to duck into.
These  sites of historic importance
include the Notre Dame Cathedral,
Jardin des Plantes, The Hotel de
Ville, The Musee du Louvre, The Petit
Palace shown above, The Eiffel
Tower, the Musee d' Orsay, and the
Institut de France.
In the spring it is nice to be in a hotel like the
Observatoir Luxembourg.  It is located in the Latin
Quarter handy to all the sites, A good Left Bank
hotel for reaching the restaurants music, and
museums.
Just across from the Luxembourg Gardens, the
hotel is handy to the Luxembourg RER Station.
Paris Rain  for Walking, Paris is a Walker's City Even in a Spring Rain.
Paris Rain is still
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.
Many coffee shops make walking in a Paris Rain fun; you can take
shelter in into a coffee shop like this one, Le Metro with WiFi
In A Paris Rain you can duck
into a museum
shopping along the Seine with
Notre Dame close by in case it
rains.
Paris Rain is still for walking.   Paris is a city for walking and biking even in the rain.  The spring
showers are light and brief and with hotel lobbies, coffee shops, restaurants, churches, and dozens of
museums to duck into, you hardly notice a spring shower.
Paris is a walking city even when Spring showers pass
over.  Paris offers many museums, hotels and cafés to
duck into as the rain passes and this makes Paris a great
place for Walking.
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A Paris Vacation offers museums in the city of Paris, boat tours on the Seine, Bus tours, and trains that serve
the outlying regions.

Paris offers 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
times to go to Paris for walking the city, museum visits, biking outlying regions, and the
culinary vacation.  The weather in Paris is temperate from
March to May  (50-75 F) and
the city will not be too crowded.  July and August are high season and the time when many
Paris shops close for vacation.  Accommodations could be scarce in June July August.   
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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Paris Weather, Temperatures  
Jan.  43. °F - 34. °F  Feb. 45. °F-  34. °F March  51. °F - 38. °F   April  57. °F -  42. °F
May   64. °F-  49. °F  June  70. °F- 54. °F   July  75. °F- 58. °F August  75. °F - 57. °F   
Sept.  69. °F  - 52. °F   Oct.  59. °F -  46. °F  Nov. 49. °F - 39. °F Dec. 45. °F - 36. °F