Who writes these guides

Paris Travel Guide is an independent travel publication about a single city, its twenty arrondissements and the day trips around it. It is a small operation, not a staffed newsroom.

How figures are sourced

Prices, opening hours and transport times are traced to the organizations that set them: the museums and monuments themselves for tickets, time slots and closing days; the Centre des monuments nationaux for the national monuments; Île-de-France Mobilités and the RATP for metro, RER and bus fares; Paris Aéroport for CDG and Orly transfers; the City of Paris for parks, events and the tourist tax; and the venues themselves for hours and booking policies. Where a figure is a judgment rather than a fact, it is written as a judgment, with the reasoning attached.

How guides are reviewed

Every guide carries the month it was last checked. Seasonal guides, museum and monument ticket guides and anything with a timetable in it are revisited most often. Factual errors get fixed and the review date updated. If something is wrong, use the contact page.

What the site does not do

We earn nothing from any business named on this site. There are no affiliate links, no booking widgets, no sponsored articles and no paid placements. Venues do not see guides before publication, and no venue can pay to be included or to be described more kindly. The site does not take bookings, and it does not cover visas beyond the practical steps, insurance, or medical advice.

Four languages

Every guide is published in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. The translations carry the same figures and the same review month as the English original, and are corrected at the same time.

What a figure means

Treat every price, hour and journey time as a planning estimate. Paris changes more than it looks: a museum moves its late opening, a monument closes a gallery for works, a bistro shuts for the whole of August. Confirm anything time-critical with the operator before you rely on it.