France · City breaks
Paris for two
Bookshops, bridges and nowhere you need to be.
- Length
- 3 days
- Best for
- A romantic first trip together
- When to go
- Spring or September
Where you'll go
Le Marais
Galleries, small shops and quiet courtyards.
Musée d'Orsay
Impressionist art inside an old railway station.
Montmartre
The hilltop village and the Sacré-Cœur.
The plan
- Day 1
The Marais and the Seine
Explore the Marais, then walk along the river as the lights come on.
- Day 2
Left Bank day
See the Musée d'Orsay, rest in the Luxembourg Gardens, and browse the bookshops.
- Day 3
Up to Montmartre
Climb the hill in the morning before it gets busy, and share a slow final lunch.
Good to know: Pick one big museum for the trip. The best of Paris happens in between.
Don't tell them yet.
Turn this trip into a surprise, and reveal it with a letter they can open.
