What a week in Paris really costs

Prices collected 19 October 2026 for travel 3 Dec–10 Dec 2026 · one traveller · 7 nights · EUR

The flight to Paris is the cheapest part of the trip, and that is the whole point of this page. From Lisbon the fare quotes at €167 for under two hours in the air; from São Paulo the long haul medians at €189. Either way, the ticket is a minority of the week.

Paris spends like a capital at every line after the airport. Mid-range food runs €72 a day per person, and the sightseeing column is the one that surprises people: €76 a day is what the big monuments and one museum pass actually cost. A useful mental model is that Paris charges admission to its views. The towers, the arches and the cathedral towers all ticket up, where other cities give the postcard away.

Two habits bend the number without cutting the trip short. Lunch sets the day's food price in Paris far more than dinner does, because bakeries and café formules exist for exactly this. And the sightseeing figure falls sharply once you pick which paid view you actually want, rather than climbing all of them.

Flights

Round trip, one traveller, 3 Dec–10 Dec 2026. The median is what most searches see; a quote below it is a good buy, one far above it is worth re-dating.

Hotels

Nightly rates across 20 quotes for your dates, central locations included:

Per night, before city taxes. The cheapest quote is often a location you wouldn’t pick twice, so weight the median.

Food

Per person, per day, in Paris:

Grocery and café prices from the same source, so you can calibrate the tiers against what you actually buy:

Sightseeing and getting around

What the popularity rankings put at the top right now: Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Treasure, Arch of Triumph, Collège de France, École normale supérieure, Georges.

What a week adds up to

Excludes travel insurance, airport transfers, visas and checked bags on restricted fares.