if you haven't noticed, i love google products. like whoa. so obviously when trying to get a handle on where we want to go / what we want to see in paris i used google maps to plot some ideas. these are just ideas, not a list of 'must see' places...i don't want to have a full itinerary for the vacation but if we happen to be wandering in a specific area i'd like to know what it is we're staring at some of the time. and since we'll have an ipad with us, it's a really handy way to get to know your surroundings without toting a bunch of travel books or paper maps.
i had a mental list of key attractions in my brain but went to a few main travel sites to make sure i wasn't missing anything. i usually use fodors for planning but found some of the new features on the frommer's website to be a bit more conducive to what i was trying to accomplish.
for starters, i took their suggestions on itineraries if you were in paris for 1, 2 or 3 days (we'll be there for 6 so will hopefully be able to stretch out the top attractions into a more relaxed schedule). i actually found the one day suggested itinerary in the public google maps section listed as "EUR: France: Paris: Frommer's Day 1", so thanks to the person who did that legwork for me:
View EUR: France: Paris: Frommer's Day 1 in a larger map
but had to create day 2 & 3 myself:
View EUR: France: Paris: Frommer's Day 2 in a larger map
View EUR: France: Paris: Frommer's Day 3 in a larger map
up next...walking tours mapped...
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