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Paris regrets:
I've been to Paris 4+ times, sometimes for weeks, but never got far beyond the city center, except to escape at top speed to Northern France. Here's what I regret:
1) Being cheap and solitary and not knowing it's possible to find really low cost pub crawls.
2) Not getting advice from someone who really knows French food. Not seeing the best from the best part of Paris, Montmartre.
3) Not learning how to cook healthy French Cuisine a bit. After all, the oldest woman in France hailed from France.
4) Not seeing the Palace of Versailles, Champagne wine regions or Normandy, which are apparently day trips from Paris.
Remedies: (only unanimous 5 star ratings...)
Paris Pub Crawl from $24.30!
Fine food on the coolest hill in Paris...
Montmartre Gourmet Food and Wine
Private Walking Food Tour in Montmartre
Eat All of Paris:
Ultimate and cheap food tour
Walking Food Tour
Paris Cooking Class with 3 Course Lunch
You HAVE TO cruise the Seine!
Paris in a Day, including River Cruise
The Louvre is so oversized and frantic, you need to see it with someone who knows it...
Skip-the-line Louvre Guided Tour
Get OUT OF Paris (You will want to anyway!)
1) Versailles Bike Tour
2) Monet's Gardens Half Day
3) Champagne Day Trip
4) Normandy Day Trip, with Cider
What's better about a group tour?
If you crave some social life on your vacation, a group tour may be the answer. Crazy as it sounds, many tourists are reticent to chat with you if you weren't on the same bus or in the same hotel/hostel. The other subtle benefit of a group tour is that, stripped of the fear of missing simple logistics, you literally have more peace to see more. At the same time, if you want to chat with locals or spend a few more minutes at a spectacular sight, a smaller group of fellow travellers is better.
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