Excellent info. Being a Francophone (Québec),I appreciate the fact the you make the effort to pronounce the locations properly. Some other U-Tubers are terrible at this, mostly Americans I guess 😊 (at 5.29) I agree there are much better locations to view the city than from the Eiffel Tower. Another very good location is from the top of Tour Montparnasse 👍
I just came back from a great trip ( Liverpool, Manchester, South of France and Paris ) . I will be back to Paris to celebrate my 55th birthday out there in 2025 . Paris deserves me and I deserve Paris as well .
Nice comments. A real Parisian here and even I got near mugged by the scammers in Montmartre last time I went there to buy fabric because that's the only reason to go to Montmartre when you live in Paris. Speaking of which, when you're at the foot of the Sacré Cœur steps, pop into Reine, a cloth seller (on your right when you're looking at the Sacré Cœur). Six floors of every imaginable fabric and an absolute time warp. About Saint Germain : it is a nice neighbourhood but all the flats between the Boulevard Saint Germain and the river were bought by Americans. There's only a slim chance you'll meet French locals there. You'll meet American locals. But they can be nice, too.
Reine is fabulous for fabric! I just love the mini mannequins - what fun designers they have working there. Saint Germain & Latin quarter are my fave neighborhoods to stay in but next time I may get an apartment in Popincourt
You needed a VPN set to France (maybe Europe nations) to register an account for the Île-de-France Mobilités app. Buying a ticket/pass and using the app afterwards does not require VPN.
It's truly to say as you done here, it's a quiet long distance or wonderful view walk possible that needs much more time as you like to plan in your schedule for travel program in Paris. Had an walk on map under rated in this volume cause from the museum d'orsay to the rodin museum it was finally more as double time needed and we had not really done sidesteps. What's even important and it's to notice, I was in hurry get inside in an museum or the arche de triumphe even more than half hour before closing time. They shut down even its an half hour earlier the official and this was stressful. 😢 You really need to take time for places like museums minimum an hour to be walk inside around or its not worth same day cause it's too short to find you in relaxed mood for this event. Since was in Paris at first time it's to me become the most wonderful city I ever was. London was before my favorite but the charme from Paris had take over.🎉🗼 You have an good and calm style in your presentation. I love this video much! Thanks for actualising this great spot for next travel!💯🙏
Great hints. I’ve been to Paris before, and am trying to figure out what to do, where to stay, etc. when I return next September. As a female solo traveler safety is a concern.
I'm working on a "where to stay in Paris" video that should go online within a couple of weeks 🤝 I have this written guide with 5 good areas and quite a few hotel recommendations: destinationwellknown.com/where-to-stay-paris/
If you want a bit of an authentic meal at low cost try any of the Bouillon Chartier resturants. I've been to three of them. They are so beautiful inside! So happy for you to be able to see the "new" Notre Dame!
We will be there next week!! Its me and my Dad ..our dream trip, we he a short trip, booked the eiffel tower and a cruise on the river. We would like to do a personal guided tour the next day but we don't know which ones are secure..any recommendations...garnier opera is a must
Ahh sorry to hear that. It truly is a bad situation... I can't believe the authorities are letting this happen and that it's getting worse and worse (from my own perspective, anyway).
@@destinationwellknown I was born "rue Durantin" and lived all my youth in the 9th arrondissement. Europe Schengen opening brought a lot of "opportunists" in Paris, given the amount of tourists. However, this is basically what the world has become nowadays. I really dislike that you always need to look out for trouble, but it is the unfortunate reality of today. The continuous flow of those trying to earn a quick buck at your expense.
In my visit there was a huge crowd on the roof of Gallerie Lafayette and on Monmartre it was the opposite. In any case try not to visit Paris on weekends as there are several times people everywhere.
Sad to hear that there are still very aggressive folks near the sacre coeur exit. A few years ago when I went there was a group of them blocking the exit and it was pretty heated trying to get past. Not sure why the Police doesn't do anything, but it personally makes me not want to go back to that monument.
Good video I just came across… could you by chance recommend a few hotels / locations? I’m lost trying to figure out where to stay… in London we stayed in Whitehall (great Scotland Yard hotel) location was great, could walk to almost everything… I don’t know what’s safe, good area etc in Paris… I’m lost…
Thanks! I’ve actually written a full guide on the best areas and hotels in Paris here: destinationwellknown.com/where-to-stay-paris/ Hope that helps you plan your Paris trip ✌️
A couple things: There are 2 main international airports in Paris, CDG in the North, the largest one, where most of the intercontinental flights land (but not all), and Orly, in the South, where there are plenty of European, North African and Caribbean flights. The best way, by far, to get to the core city from Orly (and back) is by using metro line 14. It's really great, fast, and comfortable. During rush hours, there are line M14 trains departing every 85 seconds, it's literally a "walk in" metro where the platform seats are useless because there's never more than a few seconds without a train getting ready to depart. This line is the busiest but also the fastest one. Though it will be exceeded by the new lines of the Grand Paris Express expansion soon, especially line 15, but they won't serve Orly except M18 which will link the airport to the "Brainiac plateau" (the Saclay plateau where many of the highest scientific education universities and campuses are regrouped) and to Versailles. My advice about line 14 : do not run down the stairs or escalator to catch the train. The next one will enter the station in a matter of seconds and depart shortly after. It would be like running to a revolving door to catch a specific slot despite it being a continuous flow. This is valid for pretty much the entire metro network, intervals are quite short and there's no point in running to catch a train, risking getting hurt and delaying the train when the next one is barely 2 minutes away. That's usually how you recognize tourists from Parisians in Orly airport's metro station. Only the tourists run to catch a train that comes every few dozen seconds. Locals don't rush and prefer to distribute along the train by walking on the platform to then board the train at their preferred location. From CDG, the RER B line is pretty efficient. The train you showed in the video is not a renovated one. There are many renovated trains running between the airport and core city, these have nicer interiors with luggage space. Really great new trains will soon replace the old ones on this line. They will be alternating single and double decker cars with massive windows in each train, greatly improving capacity and comfort. If visitors arrive or depart anywhere near the rush hours, the RER ends up being better and faster than other means. In a couple years there will also be CDG Express, akin to Heathrow Express in London, arriving at Gare de l'Est TGV station in Paris' core. And metro line 17 which will also also serve CDG airport. So, in a few years, visitors will have the choice between 3 different rail transportation between Paris and CDG airport, with different speeds and services. Tarte Tatin horrible? You must have had a bad restaurant serving badly conserved or prepared industrial Tatin, or simply a stale slice. Because it's one of the best things, caramelised apples and all. Often, tourist restaurants serve industrial Tatin pie, which is often not bad even if it's the lowest quality. Proper Tatin, made by a chef in a real kitchen, is heaven! Plus, it's loved across the board by pretty much all cultures. Unlike some French specialties which can be very difficult for visitors from certain cultures. Like stinking cheeses, snails, etc.
@@destinationwellknown Honestly, I can't name a specific place. But 90% of restaurants which cook authentic french food will have it. If they don't go for the iles flottantes or the "you can never miss with this one" the creme brulee............... Bon appetit PS. I looked up the hotel in the 6th where you stayed, I don't know when you stayed there, but they wanted 613 USD per night excluding breakfast :(
The best tip for visiting Paris. AVOID the overly touristic parts. Do you really need to,visit “Sacre Coeur” ? The so-called Latin Quarter? Eiffel Tower? (Which you can see from many parts of the city. etc. Well if you do don’t complain about overcrowding.
Hi Great video , visited Paris in September, in your video you filmed a bridge with Palm 🌴 trees, where exactly is this place ? Your right the scammers they are annoying, why dont the french police do something about them ?
Yes. I love Monmartre also, but I HATE the scammers. One time I was there, a lady from Houston and I stared daggers at them from a few steps above the carousel. I took to descending the other stairs near the incline to avoid the scammers because they are so unpleasant, even the cute girls with surveys on clipboards. The police should clamp down on them.
Bonjour! The problem with the tourists is that they address the Parisians directly in english, without making the slightest effort to speak a little french or at least asking "do you speak english", as though they were in a conquered land where everybody should speak or understand english. After all, they're in Paris, capital of France! And they always gather in the same places where all the scammers wait for them. But there are so many areas to discover in Paris, with no scammers! Or even in the surburbs!
@@destinationwellknown Not only at le Sacré Cœur; the same problem exists where tourists congregate. Try the parvis de la tour Eiffel. All those locations are populated with various vendors of all kinds which are unregistered unlicensed, most of the time illegal migrants. There are so many. Nothing is being done to remove them.
5 minutes for the initial security check and 5-10 minutes in the queue for the escalator. It really wasn't that bad - especially considering how this is one of the most famous monuments in the world.
@@BristolLeathered2010 Flying out of Bristol next spring to a little airport in SW France. so w eare spending 1 night in Bristol. Can you share the "must do" ?
@nicholasrv8834 go to St Nicks Market , do a boat ride on floating harbour , see SS Great Britain Ship , see some of Banksy's famous street art , do some shopping in Cabot Circus Shopping area in Broadmead .. and Eat somewhere nice
Please don't put love locks. Remember there's MILLIONS of visitors. Putting love locks is basically littering. Do it in a place that actually matters to your couple, not Paris.
Oui, ces cadenas avaient complètement détruit les grilles du pont à cause de leurs poids ! C'est laid et c'est dangereux ! Arrêtez avec cette mode idiote !
You got an old airport train. Sometimes they add older train cars to regulate traffic. Went to the airport back and forth last week on the way to the airport got that very old train that was really annoying, but on the way back got the newest train car and there is space for luggages. Still not the best train compared to the other lines but that's one of the busiest train lines if not the busiest in Europe and they have difficulties upgrading the train cars like putting double deckers because it's a massive architectural challenge. The tunnels are too small and it's technically very difficult.
You say people shouldn't be happy that it happens in their city but 1 it happens in all the highly touristic spots all around the world, 2 the locals aren't exposed to it since they don't live like tourists. The authorities do something about them, it has been existing for centuries, but with the number of tourists skyrocketing every year you can't eradicate them for good.
1) No it doesn’t? In what major Europea city do you have aggressive scammers who have been trying to intimidate people for +10 years in the same way. None that I’ve been to and travelling has literally been my job for the past 14 years.. 2) I know, but my point is that I would feel super ashamed if people who are visiting my city would experience stuff like this. It’s got nothing to do with the amount of tourists. It’s for something to do with the lack of will to stop the problem - in my opinion :)
@destinationwellknown It has everything to do with the number of tourists which leads me to the answer to your first question. You find them everywhere, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Turkey, Spain, even Switzerland, you name it. And that's just for Europe. Or how what happens somewhere doesn't depend on where you have travelled and what you have seen. You made a video about Paris you can check other videos about the scammers in the other cities. They haven't been there for 10+ years they have been there for centuries. You'll also find video about what the authorities do about them instead of making statements coming out of nowhere and for your information it used to be worse. Now only the tourists in some specific touristic spots have to deal with them. Before they were everywhere. Tens of millions of tourists travel every year in Paris and 90% of them are repeat visitors. The whole majority of them never had to deal with a scammer. Does it mean that scammers don't exist in Paris? Of course not.
@destinationwellknown I can't be ashamed or proud for what 50 million people will experienced in my city would it be positive or negative. You cross the street tomorrow you can be hit by a drunk driver who doesn't even have a licence and I don't see why I should be ashamed about that.
@@destinationwellknown It's a political issue (a very Western European one) I cannot and won't go into here. Police can arrest them countless times, they will be released right away (issue is at the Justice level, not the police one). I don't feel ashamed for the behaviors of people who are neither Parisian nor French ;) . I'm just angry. The anti-social behaviors, crime and insecurity we face in non touristy areas as part of our daily life is already upsetting, the bracelet scammers at Sacré Coeur is not something we keep thinking of :) ....Very good tips though !! I hope your channel get a deserved audience. Just a comment: Paris in the touristy parts can indeed be sleepy as few locals live or work there. But by 10 am you'd absolutely and obviously have to be at your desk. Peak hours in the metro are from 7:30 to 9am. I actually recommend tourists to avoir taking it during this time, as it's crowded. Shops open around 8:30/9 or 10 so later than in the UK, but the Parisians don't sleep in per se, you just don't see us, and we don't see you ;)
DO NOT use the metro, that's a fast way of transportation FOR THE LOCALS TO GO TO WORK! As a "visitor" how do you intend to visit a city from its dark underground tunnels? USE THE EXCELLENT BUS NETWORK!
@@destinationwellknown This is the good thing about making travel guides; it becomes obsolete as soon as published; you need to update the information all the time because it is perpetually changing.
The scammers are the same in Rome and other big cities in the world. As you said, you have been in Paris 5 times, skip the main tourist areas. Paris is nicer away from the tourists anyways.
@@destinationwellknown Leave him be. He is grumpy. I infer he is telling that it is a typical American vision of what Paris is. I am a Parisian born in Paris, raised in Paris, but I have worked everywhere in the world. Currently based in Texas. I understand what he means.
🇫🇷 Check out my video on the best things to do in Paris: ua-cam.com/video/MULrP0nEIM4/v-deo.html
I can't believe you discovered Palais Garnier so late. I visited it on my first trip to Paris and it is one of the 5 most stunning monuments of Paris.
I know - it's definitely on my must-see list in Paris from now on
Excellent info. Being a Francophone (Québec),I appreciate the fact the you make the effort to pronounce the locations properly. Some other U-Tubers are terrible at this, mostly Americans I guess 😊
(at 5.29) I agree there are much better locations to view the city than from the Eiffel Tower. Another very good location is from the top of Tour Montparnasse 👍
Thanks a lot 🙏 and thanks for sharing 🤝
I just came back from a great trip ( Liverpool, Manchester, South of France and Paris ) . I will be back to Paris to celebrate my 55th birthday out there in 2025 . Paris deserves me and I deserve Paris as well .
Excellent information. I've been in Paris many times. I completely agree with your suggestions. I can't wait to return again.
Thank you so much! Paris is lovely 🙌
Nice comments. A real Parisian here and even I got near mugged by the scammers in Montmartre last time I went there to buy fabric because that's the only reason to go to Montmartre when you live in Paris. Speaking of which, when you're at the foot of the Sacré Cœur steps, pop into Reine, a cloth seller (on your right when you're looking at the Sacré Cœur). Six floors of every imaginable fabric and an absolute time warp.
About Saint Germain : it is a nice neighbourhood but all the flats between the Boulevard Saint Germain and the river were bought by Americans. There's only a slim chance you'll meet French locals there. You'll meet American locals. But they can be nice, too.
Reine is fabulous for fabric! I just love the mini mannequins - what fun designers they have working there. Saint Germain & Latin quarter are my fave neighborhoods to stay in but next time I may get an apartment in Popincourt
I’m traveling to Paris next week for the first time and this video was very informative and helpful. Thank you!
That’s great to hear, thanks for the comment and have a great trip to Paris 🇫🇷
Fantastic video. Thanks!
Glad you liked it! 🙌
lovely - concise and clear - going in a few weeks - this helped a lot 🙌🏼
Thanks a lot, have a lovely trip to Paris 🙌
Excellent talking points!
Thanks!
You're really a nice guy, constantly smiling. I like you very much.
Hahaha thanks 😀🙏
Bread is also FREE everywhere in restaurants! Great video :)
Ahh yes true, thanks a lot 🙌🇫🇷
Plain water in a carafe and bread are free in any restaurant in France, not only Paris, by law!
@@ChristophePilut Love that!
You needed a VPN set to France (maybe Europe nations) to register an account for the Île-de-France Mobilités app. Buying a ticket/pass and using the app afterwards does not require VPN.
Aaaaaaah okay! Thank you! Weird that they have all the info in English for tourists to read when it’s not possible to use the app(s) without a VPN
As a local, this guide is 100% approved.
Thanks a lot 🙏🇫🇷
The French are almost invariably polite. Be polite and greet everyone with a Bonjour, and you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
Yeah, I totally agree 🤝
It's truly to say as you done here, it's a quiet long distance or wonderful view walk possible that needs much more time as you like to plan in your schedule for travel program in Paris. Had an walk on map under rated in this volume cause from the museum d'orsay to the rodin museum it was finally more as double time needed and we had not really done sidesteps.
What's even important and it's to notice, I was in hurry get inside in an museum or the arche de triumphe even more than half hour before closing time. They shut down even its an half hour earlier the official and this was stressful. 😢
You really need to take time for places like museums minimum an hour to be walk inside around or its not worth same day cause it's too short to find you in relaxed mood for this event.
Since was in Paris at first time it's to me become the most wonderful city I ever was. London was before my favorite but the charme from Paris had take over.🎉🗼
You have an good and calm style in your presentation. I love this video much! Thanks for actualising this great spot for next travel!💯🙏
Thanks a lot for your kind words and for sharing your Paris stories 🙏
THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT VIDEO
Cheers 🤝
Great hints. I’ve been to Paris before, and am trying to figure out what to do, where to stay, etc. when I return next September. As a female solo traveler safety is a concern.
I'm working on a "where to stay in Paris" video that should go online within a couple of weeks 🤝 I have this written guide with 5 good areas and quite a few hotel recommendations: destinationwellknown.com/where-to-stay-paris/
Going in 2 weeks. Very excited. Can you post your favorite places to eat?
If you want a bit of an authentic meal at low cost try any of the Bouillon Chartier resturants. I've been to three of them. They are so beautiful inside! So happy for you to be able to see the "new" Notre Dame!
We will be there next week!! Its me and my Dad ..our dream trip, we he a short trip, booked the eiffel tower and a cruise on the river. We would like to do a personal guided tour the next day but we don't know which ones are secure..any recommendations...garnier opera is a must
Have you seen my other Paris video where I share 18 cool things to do? I don’t know about a guide unfortunately ✌️Have a lovely trip to Paris 🙏🇫🇷
good and useful advice! thank you!
Thank you!
No1 . 100% agree . this also happened to me . i will never go to this place again .
Ahh sorry to hear that. It truly is a bad situation... I can't believe the authorities are letting this happen and that it's getting worse and worse (from my own perspective, anyway).
@@destinationwellknown I was born "rue Durantin" and lived all my youth in the 9th arrondissement. Europe Schengen opening brought a lot of "opportunists" in Paris, given the amount of tourists. However, this is basically what the world has become nowadays. I really dislike that you always need to look out for trouble, but it is the unfortunate reality of today.
The continuous flow of those trying to earn a quick buck at your expense.
In my visit there was a huge crowd on the roof of Gallerie Lafayette and on Monmartre it was the opposite. In any case try not to visit Paris on weekends as there are several times people everywhere.
Haha - I got lucky with massive crowds in both places 😎 pro-tip ^
Paris is the .let amazing g and beautiful city on Earth! ❤
Superbe vidéo culturelle du jour
Merci
Sad to hear that there are still very aggressive folks near the sacre coeur exit. A few years ago when I went there was a group of them blocking the exit and it was pretty heated trying to get past. Not sure why the Police doesn't do anything, but it personally makes me not want to go back to that monument.
It’s so bad… Yeah I agree, which is a shame because the church and whole area is beautiful
Good video I just came across… could you by chance recommend a few hotels / locations? I’m lost trying to figure out where to stay… in London we stayed in Whitehall (great Scotland Yard hotel) location was great, could walk to almost everything… I don’t know what’s safe, good area etc in Paris… I’m lost…
Thanks! I’ve actually written a full guide on the best areas and hotels in Paris here: destinationwellknown.com/where-to-stay-paris/
Hope that helps you plan your Paris trip ✌️
Rude service could also be a feature of Bratislava. Haha, for me the rudest service in Europe. Excellent video about Paris
Thank you! Hahaha, Bratislava 🤝 Budapest 😀
A couple things:
There are 2 main international airports in Paris, CDG in the North, the largest one, where most of the intercontinental flights land (but not all), and Orly, in the South, where there are plenty of European, North African and Caribbean flights.
The best way, by far, to get to the core city from Orly (and back) is by using metro line 14. It's really great, fast, and comfortable.
During rush hours, there are line M14 trains departing every 85 seconds, it's literally a "walk in" metro where the platform seats are useless because there's never more than a few seconds without a train getting ready to depart.
This line is the busiest but also the fastest one.
Though it will be exceeded by the new lines of the Grand Paris Express expansion soon, especially line 15, but they won't serve Orly except M18 which will link the airport to the "Brainiac plateau" (the Saclay plateau where many of the highest scientific education universities and campuses are regrouped) and to Versailles.
My advice about line 14 : do not run down the stairs or escalator to catch the train. The next one will enter the station in a matter of seconds and depart shortly after. It would be like running to a revolving door to catch a specific slot despite it being a continuous flow.
This is valid for pretty much the entire metro network, intervals are quite short and there's no point in running to catch a train, risking getting hurt and delaying the train when the next one is barely 2 minutes away.
That's usually how you recognize tourists from Parisians in Orly airport's metro station. Only the tourists run to catch a train that comes every few dozen seconds.
Locals don't rush and prefer to distribute along the train by walking on the platform to then board the train at their preferred location.
From CDG, the RER B line is pretty efficient. The train you showed in the video is not a renovated one.
There are many renovated trains running between the airport and core city, these have nicer interiors with luggage space.
Really great new trains will soon replace the old ones on this line.
They will be alternating single and double decker cars with massive windows in each train, greatly improving capacity and comfort.
If visitors arrive or depart anywhere near the rush hours, the RER ends up being better and faster than other means.
In a couple years there will also be CDG Express, akin to Heathrow Express in London, arriving at Gare de l'Est TGV station in Paris' core.
And metro line 17 which will also also serve CDG airport. So, in a few years, visitors will have the choice between 3 different rail transportation between Paris and CDG airport, with different speeds and services.
Tarte Tatin horrible? You must have had a bad restaurant serving badly conserved or prepared industrial Tatin, or simply a stale slice. Because it's one of the best things, caramelised apples and all.
Often, tourist restaurants serve industrial Tatin pie, which is often not bad even if it's the lowest quality.
Proper Tatin, made by a chef in a real kitchen, is heaven! Plus, it's loved across the board by pretty much all cultures. Unlike some French specialties which can be very difficult for visitors from certain cultures. Like stinking cheeses, snails, etc.
Or cerveaux, aka Brains. Yes the French eat the brains of cows. La vache qui pense! It’s not good, in my opinion. But …c’est la verite.
Great advice. First-Timers: This fellow knows the tourist experience in "Paname."
Thanks a lot 🙏🇫🇷
Tarte tatin is a French treasure. You must have been given a bad one. Please try it again.
I definitely did get a bad one 😬 Do you have any suggestions where to get the best one in Paris? 🙌
@@destinationwellknown Honestly, I can't name a specific place. But 90% of restaurants which cook authentic french food will have it. If they don't go for the iles flottantes or the "you can never miss with this one" the creme brulee............... Bon appetit
PS. I looked up the hotel in the 6th where you stayed, I don't know when you stayed there, but they wanted 613 USD per night excluding breakfast :(
Cheers! Oh yeah, it's not a cheap hotel... We paid around €367 per night Thursday-Sunday at the beginning of November.
Or maybe he didn't like it that's possible. I am French and I don't like the tarte tatin.
The best tip for visiting Paris. AVOID the overly touristic parts. Do you really need to,visit “Sacre Coeur” ? The so-called Latin Quarter? Eiffel Tower? (Which you can see from many parts of the city. etc. Well if you do don’t complain about overcrowding.
❤❤❤👌 I like the look of that pork chop. You should divulge where the eatery is. Thank you.
Hi Great video , visited Paris in September, in your video you filmed a bridge with Palm 🌴 trees, where exactly is this place ?
Your right the scammers they are annoying, why dont the french police do something about them ?
Thank you! It's Pont Louis-Philippe - the bridge that goes from Le Marais to Île Saint-Louis ✌🌴
Yeah, totally agree - it's weird...
Yes. I love Monmartre also, but I HATE the scammers. One time I was there, a lady from Houston and I stared daggers at them from a few steps above the carousel. I took to descending the other stairs near the incline to avoid the scammers because they are so unpleasant, even the cute girls with surveys on clipboards. The police should clamp down on them.
Excellent news about the ban on the ghastly "love locks"!!!
Bonjour! The problem with the tourists is that they address the Parisians directly in english, without making the slightest effort to speak a little french or at least asking "do you speak english", as though they were in a conquered land where everybody should speak or understand english. After all, they're in Paris, capital of France! And they always gather in the same places where all the scammers wait for them. But there are so many areas to discover in Paris, with no scammers! Or even in the surburbs!
Paris authorities know good and well what's going on at Sacre Coeur. That they don't make the hustlers knock it off is telling.
Exactly, it's ridiculous.
@@destinationwellknown Not only at le Sacré Cœur; the same problem exists where tourists congregate. Try the parvis de la tour Eiffel. All those locations are populated with various vendors of all kinds which are unregistered unlicensed, most of the time illegal migrants. There are so many. Nothing is being done to remove them.
How long did it take you to stand in line until you finally got in the Eiffel Tower? 🤔
5 minutes for the initial security check and 5-10 minutes in the queue for the escalator. It really wasn't that bad - especially considering how this is one of the most famous monuments in the world.
I would love to go to Paris one day, but with us living in Australia and me having terminal cancer I know it sadly won't happen in my life time
I'm so sorry. I also have cancer, but hope it's been caught early enough. In fact, I'm now at the Mayo Clinic getting proton-beam therapy.
@@AbsalomMcVey-i1f i wish you all the best and hope that you can ger well again. thinking of you
@@travelwithdebandnick Thank you and I'm praying for you. FYI, my wife is also a Deb.
Where is your home city ???
Come over to UK and see City of Bath and Bristol ..
I live in Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Bath have been on my to-see list for years actually 🤝
@destinationwellknown u will love it ... and my city is Bristol which I also love .. lots of History n Green Spaces
@@BristolLeathered2010 Flying out of Bristol next spring to a little airport in SW France. so w eare spending 1 night in Bristol. Can you share the "must do" ?
@nicholasrv8834 do a video of Bristol
@nicholasrv8834 go to St Nicks Market , do a boat ride on floating harbour , see SS Great Britain Ship , see some of Banksy's famous street art , do some shopping in Cabot Circus Shopping area in Broadmead .. and Eat somewhere nice
Please don't put love locks. Remember there's MILLIONS of visitors. Putting love locks is basically littering. Do it in a place that actually matters to your couple, not Paris.
Agree 👍
Oui, ces cadenas avaient complètement détruit les grilles du pont à cause de leurs poids !
C'est laid et c'est dangereux !
Arrêtez avec cette mode idiote !
The Government should do something. Instead ignore and deny nothing wrong .
Agree.
Is Paris still French city?
You got an old airport train. Sometimes they add older train cars to regulate traffic. Went to the airport back and forth last week on the way to the airport got that very old train that was really annoying, but on the way back got the newest train car and there is space for luggages. Still not the best train compared to the other lines but that's one of the busiest train lines if not the busiest in Europe and they have difficulties upgrading the train cars like putting double deckers because it's a massive architectural challenge. The tunnels are too small and it's technically very difficult.
You say people shouldn't be happy that it happens in their city but 1 it happens in all the highly touristic spots all around the world, 2 the locals aren't exposed to it since they don't live like tourists.
The authorities do something about them, it has been existing for centuries, but with the number of tourists skyrocketing every year you can't eradicate them for good.
1) No it doesn’t? In what major Europea city do you have aggressive scammers who have been trying to intimidate people for +10 years in the same way.
None that I’ve been to and travelling has literally been my job for the past 14 years..
2) I know, but my point is that I would feel super ashamed if people who are visiting my city would experience stuff like this.
It’s got nothing to do with the amount of tourists. It’s for something to do with the lack of will to stop the problem - in my opinion :)
@destinationwellknown It has everything to do with the number of tourists which leads me to the answer to your first question. You find them everywhere, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Turkey, Spain, even Switzerland, you name it. And that's just for Europe. Or how what happens somewhere doesn't depend on where you have travelled and what you have seen. You made a video about Paris you can check other videos about the scammers in the other cities. They haven't been there for 10+ years they have been there for centuries. You'll also find video about what the authorities do about them instead of making statements coming out of nowhere and for your information it used to be worse. Now only the tourists in some specific touristic spots have to deal with them. Before they were everywhere. Tens of millions of tourists travel every year in Paris and 90% of them are repeat visitors. The whole majority of them never had to deal with a scammer. Does it mean that scammers don't exist in Paris? Of course not.
@destinationwellknown I can't be ashamed or proud for what 50 million people will experienced in my city would it be positive or negative. You cross the street tomorrow you can be hit by a drunk driver who doesn't even have a licence and I don't see why I should be ashamed about that.
@@destinationwellknown It's a political issue (a very Western European one) I cannot and won't go into here. Police can arrest them countless times, they will be released right away (issue is at the Justice level, not the police one). I don't feel ashamed for the behaviors of people who are neither Parisian nor French ;) . I'm just angry. The anti-social behaviors, crime and insecurity we face in non touristy areas as part of our daily life is already upsetting, the bracelet scammers at Sacré Coeur is not something we keep thinking of :) ....Very good tips though !! I hope your channel get a deserved audience.
Just a comment: Paris in the touristy parts can indeed be sleepy as few locals live or work there. But by 10 am you'd absolutely and obviously have to be at your desk. Peak hours in the metro are from 7:30 to 9am. I actually recommend tourists to avoir taking it during this time, as it's crowded. Shops open around 8:30/9 or 10 so later than in the UK, but the Parisians don't sleep in per se, you just don't see us, and we don't see you ;)
DO NOT use the metro, that's a fast way of transportation FOR THE LOCALS TO GO TO WORK! As a "visitor" how do you intend to visit a city from its dark underground tunnels?
USE THE EXCELLENT BUS NETWORK!
This is tarte tatin erasure!
Tickets system transport will change beginning of 2025
Oh I see! How is it going to work from 2025?
@@destinationwellknown This is the good thing about making travel guides; it becomes obsolete as soon as published; you need to update the information all the time because it is perpetually changing.
What way will it Change in 2025?
Les Parisiens ne dorment pas le matin, ils travaillent 😅
Ils sont au boulot et n'ont pas le temps de faire du tourisme ! 😂
The scammers are the same in Rome and other big cities in the world. As you said, you have been in Paris 5 times, skip the main tourist areas. Paris is nicer away from the tourists anyways.
I went to see the architecture, not the people.
Visit Paris before the place fully becomes an African city ; ie, very soon.
We have been there 9 times and this is very true.
It is not only the Africans. Eastern Europeans are also actively making things worse.
Absolute nonsense also racist
No.1 -Don’t bother.
List complete.
A tour of the American clichés about Paris...
What do you mean?
@@destinationwellknown Leave him be. He is grumpy. I infer he is telling that it is a typical American vision of what Paris is.
I am a Parisian born in Paris, raised in Paris, but I have worked everywhere in the world. Currently based in Texas. I understand what he means.
The guy is clearly not American.
@p6x2 the original poster isn't even American. You can tell from his accent and he also says "for us Europeans"
@@allendever949 I didn't mean he is American.