Paris in general > Reviews > Paris, the top ten do's and dont's

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Value for Money	Terrible
Sightseeing	Good
Shopping	Average
Nightlife	Average
Ease of getting around	Good

Advantages:	different cultures
Disadvantages:	overpriced rip off merchants

Recommend to potential buyers:

no

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Just come back from a long weekend in Paris, thought I would write a few do's and dont's

Do
Book a 3 or 5 day metro ticket. (£25 for 3 days approx) it may seem a lot but well worth it, no better way to get around

Don't
Buy a metro ticket if your disabled, wheelchair bound or unable to deal with stairs, lifts and escalators are non existent.

Do
Drink the wine, Is the cheaper option

Don't
buy Lager at £7 a pint in most places, you will just get ripped off. Sprite/Coke is £5 a pint too

Do
Visit the Louvre on a monday, its the quietest time and queues are only about ten minutes after the initial rush

Don't
Visit the Eiffel Tower at the weekend either, queues are about 2 hours on average unless you like the stairs

Do
take time to find a nice restaurant ahead of time.

Don't
Find one on spec, especially if its raining, most restaurants are either really cramped for space, or full of discusting french smokers. There seems to be loads and loads of Japanese and Italian restaurats that have no smoking sections where as the french ones all seem to be smoking.

Do
Make a plan of what to see, where to eat, and research the areas first, some guide books tell of an area with lots of restaurants, and when you arrive there are only 4 or 5 which do not seem to be french cuisine or over priced

Don't
Cross the road on green , especially without checking first, french drivers love to run red lights on pedestrian crossings