Pleasant Riverside Walk Along the Seine, Paris

The walk along the Seine is Paris distilled — riverside quays past Notre-Dame, the Louvre and a dozen bridges, the city's whole skyline laid out along the water.

Paris · Walk · about 1 hr 15 min · 3 miles · Pleasantness: Very High

Why this route is pleasant

• Follows the Seine through the historic heart of Paris
• Lower quays are car-free riverside promenades
• Passes the city's great monuments one after another
• Plane trees, bouquinistes and bridges the whole way
• Ends beneath the Eiffel Tower

What you'll see

• Notre-Dame and the Île de la Cité
• The Louvre and the Pont des Arts
• The green bookstalls along the parapets
• The Eiffel Tower from the Pont de Bir-Hakeim

Best time to go

Late afternoon into the blue hour, when the monuments begin to light up.

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