Best Things to Do in Paris: A Licensed Guide's Honest Shortlist
By Hafid Assaoui · 2026-07-18
Not another top-50 list. A licensed Paris guide's honest shortlist of what's actually worth your time — museums, neighborhoods, views and day trips — and how to skip the queues.
Best Things to Do in Paris: A Licensed Guide's Honest Shortlist Search "things to do in Paris" and you'll drown in lists of fifty attractions ranked by nobody in particular. This isn't that. After years guiding visitors as a licensed Guide-Conférencier, here is the honest shortlist I'd give a friend arriving for the first time. The three you shouldn't leave without 1. The Louvre — but choose your battle. Don't try to "do the Louvre." Pick a th…