I am planning a trip to Paris and may be there over Easter time. How is the city affected by the holiday, i.e. is transport limited , are musuems and restaurants open or shut?
Is this low or high season and would that affect the hotel prices? Any info would be appreciated.
Thank you.
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I will be there over Easter as well. So far I know that museums are open and that Monday after Easter is a holiday as well.
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Would the museums be open on Monday? Thanks.
How long are you going for, I%26#39;m really interested in how the weather is this time of year as well.
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I was in Paris last year during Easter and the museums are open. I visited the Louvre and the Tour Eiffel on Easter Monday, which is the official holiday in France.
I hope this helps.
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About the weather... Easter was a couple of weeks earlier last year and the weather varied from cool to cold with some snow and freezing rain. I certainly needed a coat/gloves/scarf/umbrella.
Rob
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Dear Henry and Lily
Easter and tourists Paris are synonymous - or used to be, especially for Americans, but there are a lot fewer of them about and businesses are definitely feeling the pinch. This is probably the time to go - even the queues for the Eiffel Tower are much shorter than previous years. That said, the prices would still be mid-to-high season. The metro works more or less as normal as does public transport, but hailing a taxi on the street is ever hard in the city, especially at night, so best to ring for one in advance. Most of the museums are open on Good Friday and Easter Saturday and the Louvre will be open Sunday and Monday as well, but the Quai d%26#39;Orsay museum will be shut Monday. An awful lot of the restaurants shut on Sunday anyway and many will be shut on Monday as well, but you should find plenty open in the Latin Quarter (pretty naff tourist traps) or along the Boulevard Saint Germain and a side street off it called rue Saint Benôit. A good fallback is the Ile Saint Louis - the next island along from Notre Dame - plenty of very nice French restaurants will be open there....
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Thanks for the detailed reply, I%26#39;m just happy to be there and thanks to a current trip report called %26#39;Back from Paris%26#39;, I%26#39;m doubly inspired.
Just a bit worried about the %26#39;size%26#39; of the city and getting around, it has been likened to NY and we don%26#39;t have cities that big here in Oz.....bit intimidating. Hope we don%26#39;t get lost!!!!!
cheers.
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I saw on the Galeries Lafayette they would be open from 10:30 to 19:30 this Easter Sunday. Definitely will be heading there for a quick peak!
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70F yesterday, 55F today. Intermittent showers predicted these days, but didn%26#39;t show up today. You can watch weather.com for the 10-day forecast.
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