Paris has plenty of indoor places worth a visit on a rainy day:
- Museums: Musée d'Orsay, Galerie Dior, Musée Rodin, Musée de l'Orangerie. Or sit in a café with a hot chocolate at Carette, Café de Flore, Café de la Paix or Les Deux Magots.
- Wander the covered passages such as Passage des Panoramas and Galerie Vivienne, lined with boutiques, antique shops and tea rooms.
- Churches: Sainte-Chapelle, Sacré-Cœur, La Madeleine and Notre-Dame. Or the Opéra Garnier with its grand staircase and painted ceiling.
- Shopping at Galeries Lafayette, La Samaritaine and Le Bon Marché.
- See Paris and the Eiffel Tower from the 56th-floor observation deck of Tour Montparnasse, usually quieter than other viewpoints. Or visit the Bibliothèque nationale (François-Mitterrand) and the Shakespeare & Company bookshop.