Day
Morning
1- Versailles Palace
Transport : Versailles is equipped with 3 train stations, the closest one to the "Chateau" being "Versailles Rive Gauche" on the R.E.R. C Direction "Versailles Rive Gauche". To enjoy your day leave Paris early to be there at the opening time.
The "Sun-King" Palace is one of the most visited monuments in France. After the visit of the royal appartments a stroll in the Jardins à la Française of the terrace is a must. Return to Paris by "Versailles Rive Gauche" line R.E.R. C all trains are going to Paris: get off at "Champs de Mars-Tour Eiffel".
For lunch you can enjoy the panoramic view of the 1st floor restaurant of the Eiffel Tower for a very reasonable price.
Afternoon
2- Eiffel Tower
Métro: "Champs de Mars Tour Eiffel" R.E.R. line C or "Bir Hakeim" line 6.
Inaugurated in 1889 to celebrate the cetennial of the Revolution, it wasordered after a contest to engineer Gustave Eiffel for the Universal Exhibition of 1900. "Madame Eiffel" is 317m high and has 3 floors you can visit thanks to three elevators which machinery can be visited, sending you back to a Jules Verne's world.
3- Invalides
Métro/train : "Invalides" line R.E.R. C. Direction "Pont de Rungis/Aéroport d'Orly/Massy Palaiseau" "Dourdan" "St Martin d'Etampes"
Louis the XIV ordered the Hotel des Invalides to take care of his wounded soldiers who had no other means of surviving than begging or stealing. This was the second major architectural project of his reign after Versailles. On July 14 th 1789 the revolutionnaries got hold of 23 000 fire weapons stocked in the basement, with the help of the veterans, before marching towards la Bastille. Under the golden coupole lies Napoleon ashes. The Army museum, in the main building, grew out of the reunion of the Artillery Museum (opened in 1797) and the Army Historical Museum (opened in 1897).
4- Musée d'Orsay
Métro: "Orsay" R.E.R. line C same Direction as before one stop further .
This former railway-station is now dedicated to the late XIX th and early XX th century art. This very prolific period is illustrated through the exhibition of painting, sculpture, graphic and decorative arts as well as architecture, urbanization and the birth of movie-film.