Why travel to Paris in off-season
No it’s not a pity to visit Paris in off-season and you can even manage to make your friends who travelled to France in high-season, jealous.
- Let’s be honest, during low-season, there are less tourists in the city and you need to admit it’s a real asset for those who decided to visit during that time. Less tourists means less time spent waiting in the lines, easier access to monuments and museums, a clearer picture of La Jaconde at the Louvre Museum (less flashes around it), friendly Parisians because they feel less “invaded” (yes some of them feel this way)…
- You are in better conditions to get good prices/rates because hotels need to be filled-in and their low-season is exactly during that time.
- You feel less like a local than a tourist because you get to do what Parisians do.
- You go on vacations while all your friends and families are working and you have to admit…it feels good!
- Winter time in Paris is less cold than many places in the world. As a comparative, the average winter temperature is 7°C (about 45°F), and it’s less rainy than what people are used to say.
- Paris is one of these great cities where, even if the weather isn’t so nice, the monuments and facades look amazing. The grey colour of the sky gives to the city, a historical aspect even deeper than what it actually is. It makes you feel “special” in a special city.
- Some French food is only available during winter time. Take oysters for example, there is a phrase saying that you can only eat oysters on months ending with “er”, so September, October, November, December and no January or February etc. What a pity not to eat these huge delicious seafood trays.
- Winter sales happen on January; right after you spent all your money on Christmas’s gifts. It stays about 5 weeks, depending on the French department you are in. You wouldn’t want to miss the Galeries Lafayette facades, it’s a national event every year.
- Christmas markets (Marchés de Noel) are so cut. You will find them in various cities in France, some are expected, like the one in Strasbourg, and some are more intimate and still very attractive.
Thank you to canchito81 for his amazing shot.
- Let’s be honest, during low-season, there are less tourists in the city and you need to admit it’s a real asset for those who decided to visit during that time. Less tourists means less time spent waiting in the lines, easier access to monuments and museums, a clearer picture of La Jaconde at the Louvre Museum (less flashes around it), friendly Parisians because they feel less “invaded” (yes some of them feel this way)…
- You are in better conditions to get good prices/rates because hotels need to be filled-in and their low-season is exactly during that time.
- You feel less like a local than a tourist because you get to do what Parisians do.
- You go on vacations while all your friends and families are working and you have to admit…it feels good!
- Winter time in Paris is less cold than many places in the world. As a comparative, the average winter temperature is 7°C (about 45°F), and it’s less rainy than what people are used to say.
- Paris is one of these great cities where, even if the weather isn’t so nice, the monuments and facades look amazing. The grey colour of the sky gives to the city, a historical aspect even deeper than what it actually is. It makes you feel “special” in a special city.
- Some French food is only available during winter time. Take oysters for example, there is a phrase saying that you can only eat oysters on months ending with “er”, so September, October, November, December and no January or February etc. What a pity not to eat these huge delicious seafood trays.
- Winter sales happen on January; right after you spent all your money on Christmas’s gifts. It stays about 5 weeks, depending on the French department you are in. You wouldn’t want to miss the Galeries Lafayette facades, it’s a national event every year.
- Christmas markets (Marchés de Noel) are so cut. You will find them in various cities in France, some are expected, like the one in Strasbourg, and some are more intimate and still very attractive.
Thank you to canchito81 for his amazing shot.
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