Paris City of LoveIt is one of the places that receives the most visits from tourists during this season in Europe. And although it is a relatively expensive city to stay in it for a long time, it is also true that it offers several sites for free visits that if we know it makes us happy not only the day but also our pockets.
If you are in Paris right now or it is a nearby destination for a getaway that you have planned, read this article very carefully. In it we present you several things you can do around the French capital for free or at a very low cost.
Numerous museums with free tickets
These are the museums and collections that you can see in the French capital for free every day of the year:
- Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris.
- Maison de Balzac (free collections outside of temporary exhibition periods).
- Musée Bourdelle (partially free collections during exhibition season).
- Musée Carnavalet - Histoire de Paris.
- Musee Cernuschi.
- Musée Cognacq-Jay (partially free collections during exhibition season).
- Petit Palais, Museum of Beaux Arts of the City of Paris.
- Maison of Victor Hugo.
- Museum of Vie Romantique.
- Musée national de la Légion d'honneur et des ordres de chevalerie.
- Musée - Librairie du Compagnonnage.
- Curie Museum (Institut du radium).
- Nouveau musée du perfume Fragonard.
- Museum of the Prefecture of Police.
- Sands of Lutèce.
- Atelier Brancusi - Musée national d'art moderne - Center Pompidou.
- Le Plateau - Center d'art contemporain.
- Musée Zadkine (free collections outside of temporary exhibition periods).
- Memorial of the Shoah.
- Musée d'Ennery (free admission by reservation on Saturday).
- Musée national de l'Air et de l'Espace.
Parks, churches and cathedrals
Paris is a beautiful city wherever you look and what stands out a lot in your visit is the spectacular nature of its cathedrals, the beauty of its churches and the nature of its large parks.
Parks
El Tuileries garden, Jardin du Luxembourg and Jardin des Plantes you can find them in the city center. The parks of Parc des Buttes Chaumont, Belleville Park, Parc Andre Citroën and Parc de la Villette, in the periphery are also free and free entry.
If you go in low season, you can also visit the Gardens of Versailles for free.
Churches and cathedrals
The large Notre Dame Cathedral, In the Ile de la Cité, and the viewpoint Sacre Coeur, in Montmartre, they are free to enter and there are always tourists in them.
As you walk through its streets you will find countless churches that will attract your attention for their beauty. Most of these, if not all, are free to enter.
Streets and monuments
If you want to sit down for a coffee with a bohemian touch in a 100% Parisian atmosphere, you should stop at the Place du tertre, in the heart of Montmatre. There you will find stalls of all kinds, from paintings to cartoons. It is not surprising that the same painters stop you to paint for a "modest" price that you can always bargain.
You can see from below and totally free the Arc de Triomphe, Pantheon o the towers of Notre Dame Cathedral, but you can also go up to all of them for free if you go on the first Sunday of each month. That day the entrance is free!
The Eiffel Tower costs 9 euros… But it would be unforgivable to visit Paris for the first time and not go up, don't you think?
El Père-Lachaise Cemetery It is also a fairly common visit ... In it you can find the graves of people like Oscar Wilde or Jim Morrison. Its entrance is totally free but they will also sell you (if you want) when you enter a small map that indicates the most important and interesting graves.
Paris is undoubtedly one of the cities "promised" by almost all the travelers I know and there are few people who do not have it as a reference to visit on their wish list. If you are one of the first, we hope that this article will facilitate that much desired trip and be of great help to you. C'est fini ...