I was here to catch the men's football gold medal match between France and Spain during the Olympic…read moresummer games. It was very convenient to get here via the Métro 9 line where I got off at Porte de Saint-Cloud. From the station, it was just a short walk over to the stadium. The process of getting in was a very well streamlined process. Please note that while I was able to bring in a bottle of water, I had to throw away the cap. Finding my seat was very easy as there were signs posted everywhere. The place was rocking when France equalized at 3-3. Unfortunately, the host team eventually lost to Spain in extra time. This was a proper stadium to catch a football match!

We had a young person who is a huge soccer/futball fan and because we were not able to make a game…read moreduring our trip, we took them to tour the stadium instead. The tour is excellent, they allow you to self pace through many areas of the stadium; including some locker rooms, luxury suites, and even the field itself. Our little soccer fan absolutely loved the tour and we recommend it.

Purchased tickets back in July for a match on Sunday 8/25 since I will be in Paris for that weekend…read moreand 2 weeks from now the team changed the date to Friday 8/23. This team doesn't provide refunds even though they were the ones that changed the date and the only option is to sell through their Ticketplace site. The option to RESELL my tickets is not available. There is zero communication about it and no help whatsoever. I am infuriating and disappointed at this. Coming from an international well known European team. If you are traveling from abroad please be very careful in getting tickets for these bunch of THIEVES. Enjoy my hard earned money you freeloaders.

The best sports event I've been to! One of our best experiences in France!! The downside is that I…read moresat next to someone smoking the entire time.

Wow, what a museum. There's is so much to see. I would love to return one day because I didn't have…read moreall the time to take everything in. I was there for a good 3+hours. There are sections where the painting takes up the entire wall. Not a mural, but a full painting with an entire scene and details for days. Look up, and you'll see more art. Some art pieces are so large, you can only properly view it from afar. The ceilings are also beautiful. It's all so impressive. I opted for a timed ticket entry booking for 9am and didn't wait in line for very long. I'd say about 30minutes before it got moving. I was in the earlier crowd, close to the pyramid and can see the security area. Security was swift, but I packed lightly. Of course after using the bathroom and grabbing my audio guide I bee-lined right for the Mona Lisa, knowing it was the most popular painting there. I was able to get right up to the barrier pretty peacefully within 5 minutes of waiting. I heard someone say "well this is quite pleasant" lol. I was surprised too! So definitely get there early because when I returned to this spot later, closer to noon, boy was it packed with tourists groups and people rushing in to try for a good view. I definitely noticed that keeping calm also keeps everyone else around you calm, so don't go running because that might trigger everyone else to run and that's how chaos ensues. Don't push. You've got time, just wait your turn. My friends opted to go on a third party tour and I don't think they were able to get up to the barrier, but they prioritized the in-person guided experience more than anything, so just keep this in mind if you're deciding whether to opt to go on your own or with a group. Everything had English captions which was helpful. Underground, where the exit is, there are tons of shops. The museum's souvenir shop is quite nice, with cute collaborations. We passed by tons of other cute shops like Pop Mart and Le Petit Souk where I grabbed some cute postcards, and my friend grabbed some flats from VIVAIA. It's a whole mall down there called Carrousel du Louvre. Keep this in mind if you somehow still have energy for it after walking a million steps at the museum lol.

Ok. I am going to be a little negative here. I know The Louvre is the most popular museum in the…read moreworld. So why am I giving a 3? I visited it last week and purchased my advance reservation ticket weeks before for last Thursday at 9 am. Taking the Metro there was easy and I arrived in the center by the glass pyramid at about 8:40 am. By then there were several hundred people already standing in the 9 am line. By 9 am there were several hundred more people behind me. I estimated about 1500 people were in my 9 am line. As we started to move towards security there were people already in the 9:30 am line and even some in the 10 am line. The crowds here are for real. It was almost 9:30 am by the time I got past security and inside ready to start, First problem. There are just too many people admitted every day. I found it distracting to look and admire all of the works of art in there. It's like going to a college football game. The Louvre reminded me of the second most popular museum which is The Vatican Museums in Rome. I've been there too. Second problem. Even some if the docents agreed with me that their map is confusing, I know that because I got lost a few times and asked them for directions, One of them told me that it's better to ask a docent for directions than try to figure where you are using the map! By the way you get your map in your language right after you pass security. This place is big. It's very easy to miss things you might want to see if you aren't careful. Now, I have a tip for improvement. When I visited The Vatican Museums a couple of years ago, I took a guided tour which made the visit pleasurable and less stressful, I failed to do that here. My mistake. If I had I might have a better perspective of this place. The guides don't get lost and also point out things that I might have missed. This is a great museum with high quality art and history inside. It's silly that hundreds of people will jostle to get Mona Lisa's picture but you will too like I did. Ditto on the Venus de Milo and Winged Victory. Don't forget afterward to visit the exterior of the Louvre including the nearby Gardens.

Great stadium all around...a new-ish facility with a fresh coat of paint. It's the main French…read morerugby stadium ( we saw Australia beat US just now in Olympic rugby just now). Also I've been fascinated with seeing this stadium ever since someone gave me as a gift the Gods of the Stadium calendar (mostly naked calendar of French national rugby team, who play here). 5 star staff: unlike the angry almost actively hostile staff at a soccer match in Marseille, Parisians bucked the stereotype and were amazingly friendly and helpful. One usher even sat with us and gave play by play commentary ( he just hopped up to do his volunteer thing when someone looked lost). Merci Jean-Louis! 4 star location: the stadium itself is reasonably new and has been shined up for the Olympics. As a giant stadium before and after the Olympics, logistics were already figured out and easy. Signage was also great, in five languages.

This is a proper track and field arena. Having made the pilgrimage to the Olympics, I was ever…read morehopeful that this would meet the lofty expectations I had set forth in my mind. The Stade blew even those away. With its beautiful purple track, you can feel the excitement in the stadium with every passing moment.

Not bad for soccer in teams of five (foot a cinq). You have to go by TER (a regional train leaving…read morefrom Gare Saint-Lazare) or by car. The fields are outdoors but with full fencing and netting to keep the ball from going out of the field. It's an older club so the bathrooms are not brand new but they are not bad - I have not tried the showers. You need to bring your own lock for the lockers. There is also a bar for some after-match drinks. It costs 90 euros to get a field for 1 hour. I like having the field indoors for winter games but it could be nice in the spring and summer playing outside given the heat that will probably impact an indoor place like Le Five. I would chose Le Five over this place because it is newer and indoors but this place does have that "good old boy" club feel. But in terms of experience - it's pretty similar. However, I think getting a reservation is more difficult here - probably it is next to La Defense and because Le Five and the other club north of Paris are both in the Ghetto...

This is a pretty new indoor soccer facility for playing soccer with teams of 5. It's not bad - a…read morelittle bit in the ghetto though... The facility is nice with lots of fields - fairly well insulated against the cold (who knows for when it will be hot...) and it costs 100 EUR/hour to rent one. The locker rooms and showers are clean with lockers where you can put your own lock. No water pressure though... It was really in the middle of nowhere before but now it is only 7 minutes walking from the Metro Front Populaire - but bring directions because without them you will never find the place - it is in the middle of a bleak industrial zone.