The great thing about this city is that you can always find something new to discover! We ended up fitting about 3 days worth of sightseeing into 11 hours. It was glorious! If you plan to do a day trip, be sure to get lots of sleep and wear comfortable shoes because it will wear you out! Pancras station to catch the am train to Paris. Eurostar requires you to check-in at least 30 minutes prior to the train leaving you also need to account for time to go through securityβ¦so budget about 45 minutes or so.
We decide to use this time to take a nap. Quick tip: I purchased our Metro tickets in advance thru Rail Europe at the same time as our train tickets and this saved us so much time. The lines for tickets had about a 20 minute wait. It definitely helped us spend more time sightseeing than worrying about logistics. We hop on the Metro and head towards the Notre Dame stop.
As we exit the train station, we come upon Palais de Justice. This magnificent cathedral took years to complete β It has been thru many alterations since completion in order to keep it current with modern conveniences.
During this time, many of the treasures of the cathedral were either destroyed or plundered. The statues of biblical kings of Judah erroneously thought to be kings of France were beheaded.
For a time, Lady Liberty replaced the Virgin Mary on several altars. The cathedral came to be used as a warehouse for the storage of food source Wikipedia.
