I'm trying to stick to my "ask mastodon rather than chatgpt" habit: does anyone have recommendations for interesting places to visit in Paris?

[xinit@mastodon.coffee]

@olynch
Find a patisserie and focus an afternoon on finding it, and buying something you'd never buy at home. La Pâtisserie Cyril Lignac and Pâtisserie Pain de Sucre have featured in my past trips. Not specifically because they were special or popular - any pâtisserie will do, especially if it's nowhere near a tourist site.

Pick a museum and go there. Any one. Don't see it all, and don't worry about it.

Catacombs.

Find Jim Morrison.

@jalefkowit

[rk@mastodon.well.com]

@cynblogger @olynch

Rightly don’t avoid the touristy places, but I would tend to avoid the restaurants near the touristy places. Just a couple of streets away the food will often be better and almost always less expensive.

[quixoticgeek@social.v.st]

@olynch museum de arts et mesiers. I cannot recommend this museum highly enough. Forget the Louvre, this is the one Paris museum to visit.

[jarjan@mederland.nl]

@olynch
Smoke a joint with Jim Morrison

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A8re_Lachaise_Cemetery

[kralcttam@mastodon.social]

@olynch Musee d'Orsay if you like Impressionism, and who doesn't?

[cynblogger@sfba.social]

@olynch
P.S.
if you haven’t already booked your accommodations, you can save a LOT of money by finding an apartment where you can cook a bit. Restaurant food is VERY expensive, but groceries are not. I saved enough $$ this way to pay for (adventurous) taxi rides.

[ccferrie@mastodon.ie]

@olynch the Institute du Monde Arabe is an incredible building with some amazing exhibitions

[viccie30@hachyderm.io]

@skewray @olynch Or buy your tickets online in advance, even better

[bentnib@types.pl]

@olynch @cxandru last time I went there the automata room was excellent

[afewbugs@social.coop]

@olynch the Marie Curie museum! https://musee.curie.fr/

[afewbugs@social.coop]

@celesteh @olynch and that's gone on my list for next time I go to Paris, thank you

[michcampbell@fediscience.org]

@olynch it's such a great city. You could fill a weekend just walking around soaking it in and stopping at appropriate intervals for wine and cheese.

Of the big museums I've only been to the Musee d'Orsay, their impressionist collection is wonderful.

I had an outstanding meal here - tiny bistro, family feels, incredibly good food.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/rJUSh1n5NkDzfeyp6

[amdg2@diaspodon.fr]

@olynch my favorite Muzeum is Orsay, all about impressionism, I highly recommend it! Otherwise I don't really know anything off the beaten paths.

[juliette@mastodon.green]

@olynch super touristic, but for me, nothing ever beats sitting at the top of the steps at Montmartre in front of the Sacré-Cœur to watch the sunset.

[colmdonoghue@mastodon.ie]

@kralcttam @olynch was gonna suggest this,
Also the museum building itself is cool

My other recommendation is the statue of Liberty at Pont du Grenelle

[peterludemann@mathstodon.xyz]

@mattiem @olynch Then you'd probably like https://www.citedelarchitecture.fr/en/article/french-monuments-museum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_national_des_Monuments_Fran%C3%A7ais

[benjamin@piaille.fr]

@olynch If you search for unusual places
You have la mouzaïa
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartier_de_la_Mouza%C3%AFa
Or la butte bergeyre close to butte Chaumont parc.

[denofearth@mas.to]

@kralcttam @olynch
It's also architecturally beautiful in its own right being a converted train station, and the Café de l'Horloge is a delight.

[chiasm@venera.social]

@olynch I have very fond memories of the Picasso museum there! But yeah, just wandering around with the map and looking at all the buildings is a heck of a way to spend time in Paris. Stop at a random cafe and watch the old men playing bocce ball or whatever it was in the courtyard behind ...

[godber@az.social]

@olynch Musée d'Orsay