paris tourist traps to AVOID (and where to go instead) 🇫🇷

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The post offers practical, actionable advice for travelers by contrasting popular but often disappointing tourist spots with better, more authentic alternatives, directly addressing a common pain point for tourists.

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This photo post provides recommendations for avoiding tourist traps in Paris and suggests alternative locations. It highlights places like Rue Montorgueil instead of Champs-Élysées, Sainte-Chapelle instead of Notre-Dame, and Musée de l'Orangerie instead of the Mona Lisa, encouraging viewers to use the Yaay app to save these spots.

Structure

1Introduction to Paris tourist traps to avoid
2Champs-Élysées vs. Rue Montorgueil
3Notre-Dame vs. Sainte-Chapelle
4Mona Lisa vs. Musée de l'Orangerie
5Pink Mamma vs. Bouillon Pigalle
6Eiffel Tower summit vs. Tour Montparnasse
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These are the tourist traps to avoid and where to go instead- FULL LIST HERE: 📍 Tour Montparnasse, 15th 📍 Musée de l'Orangerie, Tuileries 📍 Bouillon Pigalle, Pigalle 📍 Rue Montorgueil, 2nd 📍 Sainte-Chapelle, Île de la Cité Have you been to any of these amazing Paris spots? #paristravel #parisfrance #parisguide #touristtrap #traveltok

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paris tourist traps to AVOID (and where to go instead) 🇫🇷 X Champs-Élysées same shops as every city ✓ Rue Montorgueil market street where Parisians actually shop X Notre-Dame it's done in 20 minutes ✓ Sainte-Chapelle breathtaking chapel 5 mins away with 1,100 stained glass windows X The Mona Lisa so small and crowded ✓ Musée de l'Orangerie Monet's Water Lilies wrapping all the way around you X Pink Mamma instagram prices ✓ Bouillon Pigalle better food, much cheaper X Eiffel Tower summit you can't see the eiffel tower ✓ Tour Montparnasse 360 views on an open rooftop Share this post to the free Yaay app to save these spots to your map Yaay: Save Places, Plan Trips Yaay Open