early moring walk along Seine to the Eiffel Tower

Hi T/A%26#39;s,

I will be in Paris in next week and would like to get to the Eiffel tower early before it opens at 9:30. Since we are early risers, I thought it would be nice to walk along the Seine to the Eiffel Tower. Is this a long walk? We are in our 40%26#39;s and leaving from the Pompadu/Marais area. Your thoughts?

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It is quite a long walk indeed (I%26#39;d say 45-60 min), but a beautiful one, with la Mairie de Paris, Notre-Dame, le Louvre, le pont des Invalides...

If you happen to feel tired, you%26#39;ll be able to take the metro for 1 or 2 stations along the way.

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Sounds lovely I plugged into Google Walking Directions and it says about 5.6KM.You can plug in your exact address and take a virtual walk.

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It is a very long walk, i would say more like 1h30 minutes ++

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Sounds like a great idea for a walk. We%26#39;re not early risers but we do like to walk. 5k is 3.1 miles so it%26#39;s about 3.5 miles. You could speed walk it in less than an hour but I think 1.5hours is a fair pace. I%26#39;m going to give it 2 hours and make a day of it.

Thanks for the idea!

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Thanks everyone for your input. I think we could handle 3.5 miles seeing the sights. Besides we could always take a taxi the rest of the way if it becomes to much.

We actually did this accidentally while we were in Rome. Due to jet lag we were up at 6am. Everything was closed and streets were quite but we walked a few miles and came upon the Colosium, Forum and many other landmarks before the crowds desended on them. It was very peaceful and memorable.

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Maybe you can leave around 3 1/2 hours earlier and take breaks every half an our.

If you do not rest, yoy may get exhausted and loose part of the rest of the day.

Please let us know how it went. DH and I are also in the early 40%26#39;s and will be in Paris in 16 days. We started to take walks everyday some days ago and I joined a Zumba class to get some physical strength.

Have a nice trip

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Like most cities, Paris arises late. We love to walk in the early morning and watch the city awaken and go about their daily chores. By all means walk it and find an early patisserie to buy a pain du chocolat and a coffee. We went an hour early to the ET and had a great time with couples from Turkey, India, Dubai, Japan, and Poland, all of whom were able to converse, good enough, about the ET. When we got to the top, on the first elevator up, we all exchanged cameras to get great photos of one another. We got there about 8:15 with a newspaper and a coffee, in early March when it was a bit chilly. We walked it and we are in our 60%26#39;s, but we are walkers everyday so were in fine fettle.

oprah44

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I am 61, and I%26#39;ve walked it many times from the Marais. A good stretch of the legs. It takes longer than you think, because there are so many beautiful distractions along the way. We usually climb to the 2nd observation deck, going to the top (in the elavator) in our opinion is not worth it. The 2nd deck is perfect.

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Just note that a walk %26#39;along the Seine%26#39; won%26#39;t necessarily be a peaceful one, since most of its length within Paris is a busy thoroughfare. The bridges do offer wonderful views in both directions.

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if you walk right by the river Seine you will not see much as the Seine and the quais along it are a full high story BELOW the street level. At street level the sidewalk right by the railing overlooking the river below can be narrow at times, especially in the oldest part of town. Have a look at Google maps and move the little guy around to see photos of the quais here and there.