I visited Paris the first time in October 2018. I celebrated my birthday there. And as a conclusion the city is really beautiful.
What should you do?
You are able to do so many things in Paris. One of the best things what you can do, just walking around in the city. You'll find amazing little tratitional shops.
Just try to don't get too much in the typical touristic ways. But some of the sightseeings are really worth it to show up. So here are some:
1. the Louvre is very interesting. I would recommend you to go there in late evening times on Friday or Wednesday. Because there are normally not so many people and it's really relaxed to go there. Because otherwise, you won't have space for yourselves to look everything up just for yourself. Don't go to Mona Lisa at first because there are always a lot of people. Look at the other beautiful art works. There are so much more impressive arts.
2. In the nighttime to the Eiffel Tower is a really beautiful experience, you'll never forget the beautiful lights. For me as photographer, is this view amazing you have such beautiful things to photograph. If stay up very long and want to be alone with the Eiffel Tower, you can wait until about 2 am then are the most people gone and you have the best view above the city from the viewing platform.
3. Visit market in Versailles is really traditional, there are many little stands. I can just recommend you this. You can buy everything, especially food. The market in Versailles is about 5 minutes on foot away from the famous castle. But plan your time that you still have some Time to visit the market. The castle is about 30 minutes with train from Paris central station. There are also some busses which drive to there.
When should I go there ?
I think Paris is beautiful any time, but I can say that Paris in October was really beautiful. We almost had all the time good weather. And It was warm. It's a good idea to go there not in the main holiday time (summer time), it's really hot and there are too many people. It's also enough to visit the city at first for like 3-4 days.
The underground system is a little bit difficult at first but after some time, it's understandable.
Special Tips:
1. Use a 10 times ticket for underground (it's quite cheap if you stay there for about 3-4 days)
2. Use Skyscanner for a flight to Paris. https://www.skyscanner.de
3. go to Tour Montparnasse to have the view about the city (very beautiful in evening time)
4. Don't eat in little restaurants, just drink something. These are very expensive. Eat at the bar and not on a table, it's often more cheap!
