Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide © 2026 | In this one-hour celebration of the “City of Light” we cruise the Seine, marvel at the stained-glass glory of Sainte-Chapelle, dance on the riverbanks, and groove to cool jazz in a medieval cellar. We eat unforgettably French, enjoy perhaps Europe’s finest art in the Louvre, admire the palace of palaces at Versailles, climb the Eiffel Tower, and embrace that fabled _joie de vivre_ in its hometown.
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00:00 Introduction
01:58 Eiffel Tower
03:56 Seine River cruise
05:11 Latin Quarter
05:50 Notre-Dame Cathedral
07:08 Sainte-Chapelle
08:25 Ile St. Louis
10:37 Shopping Rue Cler
14:26 Métro tips
14:51 Marais neighborhood
17:23 Department stores
17:52 Bistro lunch
21:21 French Revolution and city planning
23:16 Garnier opera house
23:39 Hotel des Invalides
25:11 Arc d’Triomphe and Champs-Elysées
26:51 Louvre Museum
32:08 Gardens, parks, cafe culture
35:56 Orsay Gallery
38:47 Montmartre neighborhood
40:14 Palace of Versailles
43:45 Dining tips
46:26 Parisian nightlife
47:44 Rick’s picks: Cluny Museum
49:08 Rodin Museum
50:29 Orangerie
51:55 More sights and evening tour
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