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1, 2 and 3 days in Paris: a computed itinerary
How many days in Paris? Wikidata's open snapshot records 46 notable attractions within 40 km of the center, and this itinerary spreads the 12 most famous over 3 days by pure geometry: Louvre Museum anchors day 1 with an article in 166 languages, and each following day starts at the most famous one left. The 3 blocks add up to 25.4 km in straight lines between stops.
Summary: how many days in Paris
| Day | Anchor (most famous of the block) | Stops | Combined path |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louvre Museum | 4 | 1.3 km |
| 2 | Palace of Versailles | 4 | 19.4 km |
| 3 | Centre Georges Pompidou | 4 | 4.6 km |
The page is cumulative: 1 day in Paris covers up to the Louvre Museum block; 2 days in Paris covers up to the Palace of Versailles block; 3 days in Paris covers up to the Centre Georges Pompidou block.
Day 1: Louvre Museum
4 stops, 1.3 km combined between them in a straight line.
| # | Attraction | Type | From previous (straight line) | From center | UNESCO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louvre Museum | Museum | starting point | 1.3 km | - |
| 2 | arc de triomphe du Carrousel | Monument | 0.2 km | 1.5 km | - |
| 3 | Musée d'Orsay | Museum | 0.5 km | 1.8 km | - |
| 4 | Beaux-Arts de Paris | Museum | 0.6 km | 1.2 km | - |
Day 2: Palace of Versailles
4 stops, 19.4 km combined between them in a straight line.
| # | Attraction | Type | From previous (straight line) | From center | UNESCO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palace of Versailles | Museum and World Heritage Site | starting point | 17.6 km | Yes |
| 2 | Grande Arche | Monument | 12.9 km | 9.4 km | - |
| 3 | Arc de Triomphe | Monument | 4.8 km | 4.5 km | - |
| 4 | Petit Palais | Museum | 1.7 km | 2.9 km | - |
Day 3: Centre Georges Pompidou
4 stops, 4.6 km combined between them in a straight line.
| # | Attraction | Type | From previous (straight line) | From center | UNESCO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Centre Georges Pompidou | Museum | starting point | 0.8 km | - |
| 2 | Musée des Arts et Métiers | Museum | 0.6 km | 1.5 km | - |
| 3 | Panthéon | Monument | 2.3 km | 0.8 km | - |
| 4 | Catacombs of Paris | Museum | 1.7 km | 2.5 km | - |
What the data says about Paris
The snapshot records 46 notable attractions within 40 km of the center of Paris (48.8534 N, 2.3488 E), in France: 37 recorded as museums, 9 as monuments and 1 carrying a UNESCO World Heritage designation. The most famous of the set is Louvre Museum, with a page in 166 Wikimedia project languages, followed by Musée d'Orsay (122). The itinerary takes the top 12 of that ranking; the longest day adds up to 19.4 km between stops and the shortest to 1.3 km. Paris has 2,138,551 inhabitants in the GeoNames register.
Arriving by air
The closest airport with scheduled service to the center of Paris, per the open OurAirports register, is Paris-Le Bourget International Airport (LBG), classed as a large airport, 13.7 km from the center in a straight line.
How this itinerary was computed
Assembly rule in Paris: the 46 attractions within the 40 km radius are ranked by documented notability on Wikidata (how many languages carry an article about the place) and grouped by a greedy algorithm: each day opens at the most famous one still outside the itinerary (Louvre Museum for day 1 in Paris) and picks up, one by one, the nearest to the last stop, up to 4 per day. The 9 tabled hops add up to 25.4 km, always in straight lines (haversine formula): street routes run longer. The best season to visit Paris is not here because it cannot be computed from these sources, and this site does not make up guidebook opinions.
Sources: Wikidata (CC0, snapshot of 2026-07-09) for attractions and notability; GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) for the center and population of Paris; OurAirports (public domain) for airports.
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