The Latin Quarter, the oldest part of the city where the Parisii Gallic (hence the name of the city) people used to live and where the Romans settled, is a must visit. The area sits beneath the Île de la Cité, or the Island that houses Notre-Dame and the Ste-Chapelle.

In the Quarter you’ll find good eats, like Roger la Grenouille where Picasso ate.

There’s also plenty of museums like the Musée National du Moyen Âge - Thermes de Cluny (Medieval History Museum) which I cannot wait to visit next time.

You’ll also find beautiful churches like Église Saint-Sulpice.

Panthéon: 13 €

The Panthéon was commissioned as a church when Louis XV was dying but once he recovered, he stripped it of its religious references and decided that instead it was just going to be a Mausoleum for grands hommes de l’époque de la liberté Française (Great Men of the Age of French Liberty; the French and their Liberty). The building sports an amazing dome and is filled with beautiful statues.

Sorbonne Université: The Sorbonne, the most famous French University, was founded in 1257! The beautiful building though, dates to the 1800s. The University is the reason the area is called the Latin Quarter. Apparently, only Latin was spoken at the University until the late 18th Century.

I enjoyed a lovely cider & a smoke at the cafe near the entrance as students studied.