How to spend Sunday in Paris

 
The most of the city’s shops are closed on this day — but that doesn’t mean that visitors can’t enjoy Paris to the fullest. Here are some ideas on what to do in Paris on lazy Sundays.
 

Go to the Marais. Most of the shops in this quarter (originally jewish) follow the tradition and stay open on Sunday. While the rest of Paris can feel sleepy, the Marais bustles on Sundays.

Take a day trip. There are several beautiful castles just outside Paris: Versailles, Vaux le Vicomte and Fontainebleau. Monet’s house and gardens at Giverny are also open during the spring, summer and fall. Sundays are good for exploring these monuments.
 

 
A good idea to spend Sunday could be also visiting a park. The most famous are The Luxembourg and Tuileries gardens, but there are also two woods outside the city: Vincennes in the east and Boulogne in the west. The Parc de Bagatelle, within the Bois de Boulogne, has beautiful rose gardens and a chateau of its own. You have a possibility to rent a boat by the lake in Vincennes.
 Take a benefit of parisian markets. Many food markets are open on Sunday mornings, and the flea markets on Paris’s outskirts, such as those at Saint-Ouen and Vanves, are also busy on the weekends.

Discovering Montmartre also gives us the opportunity to get to know parisian districts better. In Fall the famous Montmartre is not as crowded as in summer so you will find less tourist there which is an advantage.