Day 14 of 18 · Paris

The island, the avenue, and a last Paris evening.

Sainte-Chapelle · Conciergerie · Notre-Dame (tentative) · the Champs · Saint-Germain

☼ 57°F / 46°FCloud, dark by ~17:15Wear: Warm layers, a scarf, something decent for the last Paris dinner.

School-holiday week in France · busier than a normal weekday

Keep the 09:00 Sainte-Chapelle and 11:00 Conciergerie reservations. Lunch, then leave a generous three-hour block for Notre-Dame if a free same-day slot is secured; the walk to the Arc and the evening avenue walk remains flexible. Laundry moved to Sunday evening before the early Eurostar.

Carry your passport Bring both passports for the booked sights; Sainte-Chapelle has airport-style security (it's inside the courthouse). No Louis Vuitton appointment today.

Today’s shape, roughly

Optional, before the day starts. A 1-hour gym session or a run (nearest option is on the Paris page), and an afternoon nap block is built into the schedule below, take it on the long days.

01Morning

Sainte-Chapelle · Conciergerie

09:00

Île de la Cité, Sainte-Chapelle at the booked 09:00 opening (1,113 panels of 13th-century stained glass). Leave time for courthouse security and the short walk to the separate 11:00 Conciergerie reservation.

Sainte-Chapelle timed-entry tickets (PDF)

11:00

The Conciergerie, right next door on the island: Marie-Antoinette's cell and the Revolutionary Tribunal history, the Gothic Salle des Gens d'Armes downstairs.

A separate mandatory timed reservation, distinct from Sainte-Chapelle's own 09:00 slot. Booked free via tickets.monuments-nationaux.fr under the Museum Pass “I already have a ticket” category, confirmed 20 Sep 2026. The ticket numbers are on the Drive voucher, one slip per person. This is a reserved viewing slot, not the admission ticket itself, so bring the Paris Museum Pass and present it at ticket control, same as Sainte-Chapelle and the Orangerie.

Conciergerie tickets, both 11:00

02Afternoon

Notre-Dame, tentative · Arc + Champs walk

12:40

Lunch at Le Comptoir du Relais, 9 Carrefour de l'Odéon (walk about 1.4 km / 20 minutes from Conciergerie). Leave around 13:35 for the cathedral, about 1.8 km / 25 minutes on foot. If the 11:00 visit runs long, choose a quicker lunch and shift the tentative Notre-Dame slot, never rush the booked visit.

14:00-17:00

Notre-Dame, tentative: aim for a FREE timed entry for two near 14:00, then allow up to three hours for the cathedral, security and the Seine/bouquinistes. Official slots release progressively on the same day only; no reservation is confirmed yet. Walk-up is the free fallback. If you finish early, move the avenue walk up and consider Galeries Lafayette's rooftop.

17:00

Métro to the Arc de Triomphe (allow about 30 minutes with station access), then walk down the Champs-Élysées toward Concorde. The Arc to Galeries Lafayette is roughly 3.7 km / 50 minutes on foot, so the full avenue plus rooftop is an early-finish option. Le Drugstore is an optional quick stop. Head toward dinner at 13 Rue du Bac with time to spare; use métro or taxi if the walk runs long.

The Navigo Semaine ran out yesterday (it covers Mon-Sun no matter when you buy it). Load a Navigo Jour day pass on each phone this morning in the Île-de-France Mobilités app (~€8.65 each) before this first ride of the day, it covers every Metro trip through tonight, including the last-night moves to Saint-Germain.

03Evening

19:05

Head to the booked 20:00 Les Antiquaires dinner at 13 Rue du Bac. Use métro or taxi if needed to arrive ahead of the 15-minute table grace period. Les Deux Magots is only an optional quick drink if you finish early.

Les Antiquaires confirmation email

The table

Lunch~$45

Le Comptoir du Relais (Saint-Germain)

Dr. Trace & Dr. Leti Yves Camdeborde's bistro, a Saint-Germain classic, lunch is walk-in and reasonable, confirmed direct on the hotel's own site. Little Breizh, the Latin Quarter crêperie with organic-buckwheat galettes, may be closed Mondays (not confirmed on an official source), so it's a maybe-another-day stop rather than today's plan, call ahead if you want to try it: +33 1 43 54 60 74.

Order: Boudin noir (Camdeborde's own signature, blood sausage done properly), coquelet rôti (roast young chicken), or the scallops roasted in seaweed butter if it's on. Menu turns over with the market, so treat these as what to look for, not a guarantee. A natural wine by the glass, their list leans small-producer.

map

Dinner~$95

Les Antiquaires, booked, table for 2 at 20:00

house pick booked A proper last Paris dinner in the neighborhood Dr. Leti loves, white tablecloths, the classics done right, a room full of Parisians. 13 Rue du Bac, 75007, about 10 minutes' walk from Les Deux Magots, phone +33 1 42 61 08 36. Their own booking widget (Zenchef) wouldn't load reliably when we tried it, so it was requested direct by email to lesantiquaires2@gmail.com on 18 Sep, in French. Confirmed the same evening, the restaurant put it into Zenchef and it replied: “Nous avons le plaisir de confirmer votre réservation du lundi 26 octobre 2026 à 20:00 (2 personnes)”, we are pleased to confirm your reservation. No deposit and no card taken.

Order: The soupe à l'oignon gratinée (their most-praised dish) and the lamb chops, called the house specialty, or the magret de canard. A Grand Marnier soufflé to finish, a red Bordeaux or Burgundy by the glass with the lamb.

The table is held for 15 minutes only. The confirmation says so plainly: after 20:15 it can be given to someone else. This is the last Paris dinner, so build the evening backwards from 20:00 and do not run the Deux Magots drink long.

mapLes Antiquaires confirmation email

Tickets and bookings

Item

Sainte-Chapelle, timed reservation (free w/ pass, must book slot)*

inbox, search “Sainte-Chapelle”
Courthouse-grade security: no glass containers at all, no sharp object however small (confiscated, not returned). Arrive exactly at 09:00, the process doesn't run early.

WhenBOOKED · 09:00

Est.free

Linkopen · details & tickets voucher

Statusbooked

Item

Conciergerie, timed reservation (free w/ pass, must book slot)*

inbox, search “Conciergerie”
Booked free on tickets.monuments-nationaux.fr, “I already have a ticket” / Museum Pass category, purchase date 20/09/2026, €0.00 each. The ticket numbers are on the Drive voucher. This is a reserved viewing slot, not an admission ticket, so carry the Paris Museum Pass and present it at ticket control, same structure as Sainte-Chapelle and the Orangerie. Separate from the 09:00 Sainte-Chapelle slot; the confirmation PDF has both people's slips.

WhenBOOKED · 11:00

Est.free

Linkopen · details & tickets voucher

Statusbooked

Item

Notre-Dame, free timed reservation (tentative)

The official reservation page says free slots are released progressively only on the same day, a few hours before entry. Aim for two around 14:00 after the booked 11:00 Conciergerie and lunch, with up to three hours reserved for this stop. No tickets are confirmed. Free walk-up is the fallback. Shoulders/stomach/thighs covered, hats off for men.

WhenOct 26 around 14:00 · pending

Est.$0

Linkopen · details & tickets

Statusto book

* free with the Museum Pass, no cancellation fee, nothing lost if plans change.

+ add this day to your calendar

Today's voucher: Sainte-Chapelle timed-entry tickets (PDF) (Google Drive). Other confirmations remain in the private trip Drive folder. Only travelers with access can open linked files; no ticket contents are embedded here.

Before you leave the door

Insider edge

Skip going up the Arc (€16 each) Galeries Lafayette's rooftop is free, higher, and looks at the Arc and the tower. If you're making the big purchase, do it at a smaller boutique in Saint-Germain (not the flagship, hours of queue) and make sure they hand you the tax-free form there. You validate it tomorrow at the PABLO kiosk in the Eurostar terminal at Gare du Nord, not at any airport.

Dr. Trace & Dr. Leti

Avoid this

Café de Flore, the Instagram one. Les Deux Magots right next door is the same thing with less theatre. Watch pockets hard in the Latin Quarter and on line 1.

Dr. Trace & Dr. Leti

Backup move

Rain, the covered passages (Galerie Vivienne, Passage des Panoramas) between the Palais-Royal and the Grands Boulevards, 19th-century arcades, shops, tea rooms.

House pick

Ideal window

Sainte-Chapelle is booked at 09:00; Conciergerie at 11:00. Notre-Dame around 14:00 is tentative pending same-day free release. The Galeries Lafayette roof near sunset is an optional early-finish detour. No LV appointment today.

House pick

If time, or if a deal lands

Option	Added	Note
Opéra Garnier, self-guided tour	+$30	the grand staircase, the Chagall ceiling; near Galeries Lafayette
A Marais wine tasting or food tour	+$90	Dr. Trace & Dr. Leti: “French wine tasting would be really cool”

What today runs

Estimates. Swap in the real figure as you go.

Sainte-Chapelle (on Museum Pass)	$0
Conciergerie (on Museum Pass)	$0
Lunch, Le Comptoir du Relais	$45
Dinner, Les Antiquaires	$95
Today, Paris	$140

Flights and the places to stay are on the costs page, not counted here.

How it went

Written after the day: what you did, what you loved, what you'd skip, the photographs, a voice note or two. It fills in here and in the album.