Top 20 things to do in Paris

Top 20 things to do in Paris

1. Musée du Louvre
2. Chateau de Versailles (about 45 minutes by RER)
3. Eiffel Tower
4. Notre Dame Cathedral
5. Arc de Triomphe and Avenue des Champs-Elysées.
6. Musée d'Orsay (Impressionist's heaven)
7. Basilique du Sacré-Coeur and Montmartre neighborhood
8. Centre Georges Pompidou and the "Beaubourg" Neighborhood (modern art is an acquired taste, but there are great masterpieces from Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse, and Miró).
9. St. Chapelle
10. Chateau de Fontainebleau (about 50 minutes from Paris)
11. Sorbonne University, Panthéon, the Latin Quarter, and Boulevard St-Germain.
12. Hôtel des Invalides (and Napoleon's tomb in the Dôme Church)
13. Musée de L'Orangerie (and the Jardin des Tuileries) - especially if you love Monet.
14. Palais-Royal and surrounding gardens.
15. Musée Marmottan-Claude Monet
16. Musée Rodin
17. Musée Picasso
18. Jardin des Plantes
19. Palais and Jardin du Luxembourg
20. Passages Verdeau, Jouffroy and Panoramas (2nd arrondissement).

Here are some other (quite similar) lists:

http://goparis.about.com/od/sightsattractions/tp/ParisTopTen.htm

http://www.ft.com/arts/travel/paris/highlights

http://www.scenic-france-touring-tips.com/Paris-icons.html

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061213063552AAqWYqu