Paris at Night By Taxi

Taking a Paris vacation is an exciting and wonderful adventure!  Sometimes getting everything into a trip is hard.  One way that I’ve found to cover a lot of ground that isn’t wearyiing to either me or the kids is taking a night tour by taxi.  Paris is the absolutely best city to take advantage of this experience.  After the clamor of rush hours is done, and you’ve had some dinner you might want to consider taking a taxi and doing some evening exploring.

Whether you hire a taxi yourself or you have the Conierge at your hotel obtain one for you, make sure that you have a list of places to cover in advance.  Also make sure that the driver is able to speak a lanaguage that you know or understand.  It makes for a better time and you will learn more as you wander around.  Asking the driver for something that he might receommend in the evening hours is also a way to see something that you either forgot or didn’t know about.

Make sure that you set the time limit that you wanted to spend and get an estimate of the cost in advance.  Despite what they say, taxi drivers have the abiity to do things of this nature for a fixed fee.  If they absolutely refuse you can either move on to another one or negotiate for at least some idea of what it will cost.  They simply aren’t going to be as busy at night and your half hour or 1 hour tour is a great bonus on a day!

The sit back and enjoy the ride!  With kids this is a wonderful way to begin to settle down from a hectic day of walking on little legs.  If you’ve got questions, ask them!  I’ve learned more from local drivers at times than any book or tour guide.  You might find that this becomes one of your favorite experiences on your Paris travel adventure.  I know that it was for me -