City break in Paris

Top Events in Paris

Paris never sleeps and neither does its bustling social calendar. Here are some of the highlights:

• Paris Fashion Week in Spring with the presentations of the collections from classic fashion houses like Chanel or Dior
• The Heures Heureuses - numerous restaurants across the city open their doors for a tasting tour
• The Festival des Jazz in Saint-Germain-des-Prés with countless national and international artists
• The legendary Fête de la Musique on 21. Juni - the bright, rhythmic start to the Summer
• The Tour de France final leg in July, which travels down the magnificent Champs-Élysées
• The European Night of Museums in May where many Parisian museums open their doors free of charge
• The Rock en Seine in August with a variety of concerts in Parc de Saint-Cloud

Sightseeing in Paris

If you want to have lots of flexibility while sightseeing around Paris and not waste money on endless individual transport tickets, it’s worth buying a PARIS VISITE tourist ticket. You can buy a ticket for 1, 2, 3 or 5 days either for zones 1-3 or zones 1-5 and then you’re free to use all forms of public transport in those zones.

There are also other practical tourist tickets and passes which are useful for sightseeing in the city, like the Paris Museum Pass. This gets you entry to over 50 monuments and museums including the Louvre, the Rodin Museum, Sainte-Chapelle and the Arc de Triomphe.

The Paris Passlib is just as useful. This bundle combines certain tourist tickets and passes and gives you everything you need to explore Paris including:

• Entry to the most significant museums and monuments
• Unlimited travel on public transport in zones 1-3
• Free city map and guide