We arrived at Musée d'Orsay without a pre bought ticket…read more The line wasn't that long so we decided to stay. We were inching along, and then suddenly the line moved really fast, they were letting people enter faster. We spent over 10 minutes and we were in. This museum is smaller than the Louvre, and has many floors and seems harder to navigate, so I just let my son take the lead and I followed. We took our time admiring the paintings: Monet, Lautrec, Van Gogh, Degas....some people are going with the flow, but some took too much time posing with the paintings, maybe thinking it's their personal studio .... We really like this museum. The time we went, there is a special exhibit dedicated to Renoir.

Stunning. One of the most beautiful museums I've been to in the world. It is an absolutely must see…read moreif you're in Paris. The space itself pulls you in, and it's easy to spend hours here without realizing it. I got lost in the beauty of the paintings here many times. Although the Louvre Museum is #1 and the most iconic, Musée d'Orsay is absolutely worth seeing and holds its own. It's in my opinion the #2 must see museum in Paris. Le Restaurant du Musée d'Orsay inside is also worth a stop on it's own, beautiful setting with high quality desserts and coffee.

Lovely little museum of Monet's art. We stopped by after visiting Monet's house & gardens. We…read moreenjoyed reading about his life and works and seeing his paintings. We spent around 30min-45min.

Free entry to the museum was all we needed to hear! After a wonderful few hours at Monet's…read moregardens, we saw the sign welcoming visitors so we went inside 3 rooms of widely spaced artworks & this exhibition was covering comparisons of Monet and Rothko. Never would have thought to compare the two but it worked! Lots of benches to sit & gaze at the masters & contemplate their works We were fans!

FANTASTIC Museum. It would of received 5-stars, but they never answer multiple emails I sent and…read morethe track was closed, totally contradicting what the website said. My kid, who loves Ford vs Ferrari spend an hour looking at the cars and memorabilia. I was so excited for him. We also got great gifts from the gift shop.

American Tourist here…read more I'm a big car guy so when I planned my trip to Paris I made sure there was time to visit Le Mans. We rented a car and drove from Paris to Le Mans which is ~120 miles, I thought it would take 2 hours or so but it actually took 4 hours! You are basically taking a small 2 lane highway throughout the entire trip so you are probably averaging ~50mphs. About every 5-10 minutes the highway puts you through a small town where you slow to a crawl through the roundabouts. So yah, factor in 8 hours of driving round trip. On to the museum, it's much smaller and less impressive than I thought. There is a decent mix of old and new race cars but a lot of the famous models like Aston Martin DBR1 and Jaguar D types were missing. I was at the Indy museum recently and they pretty much have every single Indy 500 winning racecar there so the Le Mans museum was disappointing. I think even at a leisurely pace you can get through the museum in an hour pretty easily.

American Tourist here…read more I'm a big car guy so when I planned my trip to Paris I made sure there was time to visit Le Mans. We rented a car and drove from Paris to Le Mans which is ~120 miles, I thought it would take 2 hours or so but it actually took 4 hours! You are basically taking a small 2 lane highway throughout the entire trip so you are probably averaging ~50mphs. About every 5-10 minutes the highway puts you through a small town where you slow to a crawl through the roundabouts. So yah, factor in 8 hours of driving round trip. On to the museum, it's much smaller and less impressive than I thought. There is a decent mix of old and new race cars but a lot of the famous models like Aston Martin DBR1 and Jaguar D types were missing. I was at the Indy museum recently and they pretty much have every single Indy 500 winning racecar there so the Le Mans museum was disappointing. I think even at a leisurely pace you can get through the museum in an hour pretty easily.

I came here not being a race fan and left being a race fan. Nice gift shop and very thorough…read moremuseum, plus for a few extra euro you can walk out around the race track. Nothing was going on race wise while I was there but there is still plenty to see. Nothing to eat on the grounds so be sure to pack something if you want something. I took a taxi from the train station but there might be busses that stop near the race track I am not sure. It's not far out of town so it's about 15 euro taxi ride from the gare Le Mans train station.

From the owner: Un travail de titan et de minutie Classé parmi les monuments historiques en 1983, la maison…read morePicassiette est une œuvre de longue haleine réalisée par Raymond Isidore de 1930 jusqu'en 1962. Surnommé Picassiette, il ramassait sans intention précise des morceaux de verre au cours de ses promenades et les entreposait dans son jardin. C'est alors que l'idée germa, et voici qu'il entreprit de faire de sa maison une gigantesque mosaïque. On la visite aujourd'hui pour l'ampleur du travail ainsi que pour son esthétique : la maison est constituée de multitudes de rosaces, dessins et fresques en mosaïques, tout de verre réalisés.

From the owner: L'amour du travail bien fait Nés au Moyen-age, toujours en activité, les Compagnons du tour de…read moreFrance ont leur musée à Tours. Leur histoire et leurs traditions sont évoquées par les grands chefs-d'oeuvre des charpentiers, tailleurs de pierre, couvreurs, maréchaux-ferrants, sabotiers, serruriers, confiseurs, cordonniers... A côté de ces chefs-d'oeuvres, des tableaux, des objets, des outils illustrent la vie des compagnons. Ces collections constituent un ensemble unique au monde. Pour les jeunes publics, des ateliers pédagogiques constituent une découverte du Compagnonnage et des métiers à travers les collections du musée puis sont suivis d'activités d'initiation aux techniques.

Going to Monet's garden at Giverny had been a "bucket list" item for me, and I was able to make the…read moretrip recently while visiting Paris! It was such a beautiful place and did not disappoint. The flowers in mid-April were beautiful to see, with huge peonies, lots of tulips, crocuses, wisteria on the Japanese bridge, and other spring blooms. This also seemed to be a good time to visit as it gets more packed during the summer. Tip: Rather than doing a bus tour, it was fairly easy to simply take the SCNF train to Vernon. From Vernon, there are regular shuttle buses directly to Monet's garden for 5 Euros each way (10 Euros round trip), so it is very straightforward. The train from Paris to Vernon leaves from Gare St. Lazare. Also, if you do go via train to Vernon to get to Giverny, there was an adorable cat cafe there for lunch: Cookie's Cat Cafe!

A great time! You don't need to be an expert in Claude Monet to enjoy it…read more We took a half day tour from Paris that included a guided walk around the gardens. On the way there on the bus, the guide introduced us to Monet and his life, career, and family. So, by the time we arrived at the gardens, we had a good understanding of what he was trying to accomplish. The gardens are lovely. Filled with a huge variety of flowers, all in different stages of blooming. The pond and the pathway around the pond is also filled with a variety of flowers. We were there in April, too soon for the water lilies to bloom. It's crowded, even for this time of year. Likely not as crowded as when the lilies bloom. The pink house is also interesting. A few bedrooms, the dining room, and the kitchen hen are among the rooms you will see. The gift shop was Monet's studio. It impressive in size and with the glass roof you can picture all the light he would have painted to. Definitely worth the trip out of Paris.