May Day weekend in Paris

Hello, I%26#39;m plan to visit Paris (first visit there) the last week of April until May 4 and realized that it coincides with their labor day weekend. I%26#39;ve read that major museums and most restaurants will be closed on May 1, will the rest of the weekend be sort of normal or will a lot of things be closed throughout? I had been thinking of taking side trips to Giverny, Chartres or Versailles, anyone know how things would be in those areas regarding places being open? Thanks

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I will be there the same weekend. I%26#39;d like to know this info too! Can anyone help us out???

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We will be in Paris the exact same week, April 28th-May 4th. From other forums I have gathered that most museums will be closed on the 1st. Because it is a 3 day holiday weekend, Paris will be very crowded. My plan is to get to the big sites early in the week, and do neighborhood walks, gardens, day trip outside of Paris over the 3 day weekend. Someone who visited Versailles over that weekend last year said that the lines were unbelievably long and that they considered it a waste of their time and money. We may have to skip Versailles, since I can%26#39;t fit it in earlier in the week. I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has been in Paris over the labor day holiday weekend in the past.

I believe the catherdral in Chartres will be open on the 1st, however the tower may be closed. Also, the gentleman (Malcolm Miller) who does wonderful tours of the cathedral will be doing his tours but only at noon. also considered going to Vaux-le-Vicomte that weekend. Anyone know how crowded that may be?

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I have done research on May 1st opening and found most of the monuments and museums will close. The ones that will opens are the churches: Notre Dame the church (the towers will close), Saint Chappelle and Sacré Coeur. I think that Museum of Rodin will open but that is to be verified.

Galeries Lafayette%26#39;s Friday fashion show will not be on also. We emailed them to book and they told us it%26#39;s close. Booked us in the next Friday (which is a bank holiday too but with more opening).

We are going to land on the 29th of April, and after doing some research about May Day weekend, we decided that we%26#39;ll take it easy on May 1st, just wandering around the parks and relax. The weekend is said to be super crowded with visitors and Parisians so we%26#39;ll take off to Amsterdam on Saturday May 2 and come back the week later.

This is a travel blogs of some ladies who visited Paris on the exact dates, a few years ago. I don%26#39;t know them but found in their blogs some helpful information. Hope you will too.

…stmargaretsbay.ca/holidays/loire/loire.html

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