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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can’t you get tighter flight times? Or spend a night or two there?[/quote]

I absolutely can get tighter times. That is not the question here. Have you done such a thing in Paris? If so, what are your lessons learned and what would you recommend to someone else who is considering it.

I just want to see Eiffel Tower from the ground, and ideally go into Notre Dame not necessarily the tower. Our main excursion is to see family in another country and do things there. It is likely our once in a lifetime trip. We are not the wealthy Richie Rich family of the DMV. Thought this might be a fun a try on our way home. [/quote]

If it's a once in a lifetime trip, would you have a reasonable option to spend at least one night in Paris?  The thing that would make me nervous about this is that CDG is a really big airport and as others have noted it takes time to get into the city.  If you decide to do it, then absolutely get timed tickets to Notre Dame and then you could hop on the batobus (IIRC there's a stop close to Notre Dame) and cruise down to Eiffel tower.  The RER B goes from the airport to close to Notre Dame.  When we went to Paris last year we got a taxi from the airport and the traffic was awful, we should have just taen the train.  Plenty of cafes and pattiseries in St. Germain or Latin Quarter (close-ish to Notre Dame).[/quote]

Thank you. I'm leaning against going to Paris at all. Getting through customs and back plus the Paris traffic are challenging enough, but now  with the added nonsense going on in the world (e.g., war in Iran), we have a greater chance of missing our flight with possible extra security, planes being re-routed, etc.

I was just trying to see if it was possible to snap a picture in front of the Eiffel Tower and maybe just walk around the main floor or the outside of Notre Dame then head back to the airport.

The cost to do an overnight in Paris probably would have put us even more over our budget. Weirdly, when I tried putting Paris in as a stop (versus layover), the website said there were no options anyway. Maybe if I gambled, which I don't, we could win the lottery and go another time.  :? [/quote]

I was just in Paris last fall.  Check now to see if you can book a timed ticket for Notre Dame. When I went, no time tickets were available, yet there was no one in the timed ticket line. So everyone was in the same line.

If it were my one and only trip, I'd just aim to see the Eiffel tower, and then any other extra time, I'd hit a bakery and get some croissants and baguettes.

I had to get from CDG to Orly in 4 hours. The train goes to the center (Chateau Halles) which pretty much has connections to all parts of Paris. I got out and walked along the Seine to check out Notre Dame. I went to a café and had a croissant, walked around Latin Quartier.

Then went back to Halles to catch the train to Orly.

In 8 hours, you could definitely see two attractions from the outside. But would not count on getting inside Notre Dame.

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I'm the PP - just double l checked and I had almost 7 hours from landing at CDG, to get to ORLY.
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