D2

Tue 23 Jun

Montmartre + Champs-Élysées

🛏 Porte de Versailles Hotel, Paris 15e ⚡️ Medium draft

Landmarks today

Arc de Triomphe

Stand at Place Charles de Gaulle and you’re looking at the only roundabout in Paris where insurance won’t cover a collision: twelve avenues, one arch, and the street plan opening into a star. The real surprise is under the vault — a tomb added a century after the arch was built, with a flame rekindled every evening at 18:30. A monument ordered for victory now does most of its work for mourning.
Sacré-Cœur Basilica

Sacré-Cœur is a church that was built as an apology — for losing a war, and for what Parisians did to each other afterwards. The white stone you're looking at is self-cleaning: every time it rains, the basilica gets whiter.

Full schedule

Base: Porte de Versailles Hotel, Paris 15e Theme: Bohemian Paris + grand avenue Energy target: Medium

Morning

Metro to Montmartre / Cartier Montmartre
Wander cobbled streets — Place du Tertre (artists), Rue Lepic, Moulin de la Galette
Sacré-Cœur revisit (if not enough on Day 1) or skip

Midday

Lunch in Montmartre (bistro / crêperie)

Afternoon

Metro to Arc de Triomphe
Arc de Triomphe — optional climb for views
Champs-Élysées — stroll down towards Place de la Concorde
Window shopping / cafés

Evening

Light dinner near hotel
Rest — big Versailles day tomorrow

Notes

Louvre is closed on Tuesdays — moved to Day 4 (Thu 25 Jun)

Bookings to confirm

Arc de Triomphe ticket (if climbing) — at ticket-monuments.fr