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PASSPORT · WEEKEND ITINERARY
Holder Identification
Surname
PARIS
Given Names
A Weekend, Anchored On One Michelin Dinner
Nationality
FRA · ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
Date of Issue
2026-05-28
Authority
SCOUT EXPEDITION DESK
Citations
172 sources · 3 dossiers
Read time
24 minutes
Tags
paris · weekend · michelin · travel · itinerary
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§ I
The Geometry
one fixed point · everything orbits
Three angles share one geometry — the Michelin dinner is the fixed point and the rest of the weekend gets timed around it. That coupling produces consequences none of the individual sub-topics surfaces alone.
Anchor
★★★ DINNER
Date
SAT · 19:30
Morning pivot
SUN · GIVERNY
Door to door
~5h00 round-trip
Window
48H
FRI eve · SUN late afternoon
Saturday-night dinner + Sunday-morning Giverny is the unique non-conflicting pairing inside 48 hours. Versailles or Fontainebleau eat 4–8 hours and fight the anchor.
Geometry derived from the canonical synthesis. Sources are individual claim citations carried
through the visa pages below.
§ II
Visa — Dinner
survey · 29 citations
RÉSERVATION
DINNER
SAT · MAY 30
Saturday-closure rule
Four of Paris's nine three-star tables — Arpège,
Pierre Gagnaire,
La Scène and
David Toutain — are dark Saturday and Sunday.
A Saturday-night anchor sits with six tables, not nine
[2].
★★★
26 seats over the Seine — book 6–8 months ahead. THE TROPHY
★★★
"The city's most palatial three-star lunch" [17]. BACKUP
★★★
Garden-facing dining at one of the 8e classics.
★★★
Napoleon III lodge in the Bois. No Saturday lunch.
★★★
Three stars upstairs, two more in the building (L'Abysse 2★, Pavyllon 1★).
L'AMBROISIE · DOWNGRADED 2026
HAKUBA · NEW 2★ 2026
ALLIANCE · NEW 2★ 2026
MOJJU · NEW 2★ 2026
If a 2025 mental shortlist still has L'Ambroisie at three stars, revise — it fell to two in the March 2026 guide after Bernard Pacaud's retirement [1]. The new ★★ Hakuba at Cheval Blanc is the kaiseki alternative on the same date [27]; Alliance (Omiya/Joyeux, 5e) and Mojju (Korean-French, 7e) joined the two-star roster [3].
§ III
Visa — Visit
expedition · 115 citations
DAY TRIP
GIVERNY
SUN AM
The only day-trip that doesn't fight the dinner
Late May / early June is Monet's single best window — water-lilies start blooming
late May, peak through June; closed November–April
[51].
~5h door-to-door from Saint-Lazare (Line J → Vernon + €3
SNGo shuttle)
leaves Saturday-evening tasting menus intact
[52].
Museums
timed entries · book ahead
First-hour slot before Mona-Lisa room fills past 200. Time-slot reservation effectively mandatory [113].
€22 EEA / €32
€18 · €20 combo
Neighbourhoods
walks · meals · cafés
Le Marais (3e/4e)
One of the few Sunday-open arrondissements — long brunches, vintage by the kilo, Place des Vosges, Rue des Rosiers.
Sun-friendly
Montmartre (18e)
Before 9am for the basilica — midday is "tourist trap central" [134]. Walk DOWN the hill.
go early
Saint-Germain-des-Prés (6e)
Sartre/Beauvoir at Café de Flore and Les Deux Magots. Late terrace open daily until 01:00.
aperitif zone
Canal Saint-Martin (10e)
3-mile Quai de Valmy/Jemmapes walk; locals picnic with natural wine on the embankment.
evening drink
Île Saint-Louis (4e)
Quieter twin of Cité — Berthillon wild-strawberry sorbet (closed Mon/Tue). 1–2h stroll.
post-dinner
Day-trips inside ~30 km
choose one
★ The winner. Sun-morning window leaves Saturday's tasting intact. ~5h round-trip.
€3 + Line J fare
NOTRE-DAME · WALK-IN <12 MIN
CENTRE POMPIDOU · CLOSED → 2030
Notre-Dame is back to walk-in standby under 12 minutes after the 7 Dec 2024 reopening [102]. Centre Pompidou closed 22 Sept 2025 and reopens 2030 — the collection travels via the "Constellation" programme [110].
§ IV
Visa — Tech
survey · 28 citations
SCHEDULE
TECH
2026
A pivot, not a constraint
May 28–31 2026 has no headline tech conference — only
AI Tinkerers evenings and
Station F's rolling programme.
If dates flex, +3 weeks to VivaTech
(Jun 17–20, Porte de Versailles) is the obvious shift; the 15e floor closes early
enough to keep a 7e/8e Michelin dinner on the same night.
| Date 2026 | Event | Venue | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26–27 | React Paris | Pullman Montparnasse | React frontend |
| Apr 9–10 | Android Makers | Paris | Android dev |
| Apr 15–16 | Paris Blockchain Week | Carrousel du Louvre | Crypto · institutional |
| Apr 22–24 | Devoxx France | Palais des Congrès, Porte Maillot | Java · platform · ~4,600 attendees |
| May 4–6 | GOSIM Paris | Station F | Open-source agentic AI |
| May 28–31 | YOUR WEEKEND | Station F events + AI Tinkerers | Tech dead-zone — accept it or shift |
| Jun 17–20 | VivaTech (10th ed.) | Paris Expo Porte de Versailles | Europe's biggest tech & startup show |
| Jun 26–28 | leHACK | Cité des sciences | Community cybersecurity |
| Sep 15–16 | Big Data & AI Paris | Porte de Versailles | ~15k visitors |
| Sep 17–18 | dotAI + dotJS | Folies Bergère | AI engineers · JS curated |
| Sep 24–26 | Paris Web | INSEP | Web standards · accessibility |
| Oct 13 | ai-PULSE | Station F | One-day AI |
| Nov 18–19 | Tech Show Paris | Porte de Versailles | Cloud · Data · DevOps · Security |
| Dec 1–3 | apidays Paris | Paris | Sovereign API stack · agentic AI |
Devoxx France at Porte Maillot pairs cleanly with the 8e three-stars — Le Cinq, Le Gabriel, Épicure, Pierre Gagnaire are all walkable from the venue.
§ V
Customs · 2026 Logistics
what broke since your last visit
Déclaration — Items to Declare
FORM 2026 · LATEST REVISION
✗
Magnetic paper Métro ticket
Stops working on buses May 2026 and across rail June 2026. Carry a Navigo Easy card
(€2 reloadable) or use the Bonjour RATP / Île-de-France Mobilités app
[185].
RETIRED
✗
Roissybus (CDG → Opéra)
Shut 1 March 2026 after 34 years. CDG → city is now RER B (€14, ~35 min) or fixed-fare
taxi (€56 Right Bank / €65 Left Bank)
[189].
CLOSED
✗
Closed 22 Sept 2025 for renovation. Reopens 2030. Pompidou collection & programming
travel via the "Constellation" off-site programme (Grand Palais, Pompidou-Metz).
2030
✓
Re-opened 7 Dec 2024. Free walk-in standby under 12 minutes even on busy Sundays
[102].
Optional timed-entry slots release on a rolling 2–3 day window.
OPEN
✗
L'Ambroisie at three stars
Held 3★ from 1988 to 2025. Demoted to 2★ in the March 2026 guide following founder
Bernard Pacaud's retirement; Shintaro Awa now leads
[1].
DOWNGRADED
✓
Hakuba at Cheval Blanc (★★)
Promoted to 2★ in 2026. Kaiseki-sushi collaboration of Donckele, Watanabe, Frédéric.
Lunch "Shunkan" €180 Thu–Sat; dinner "Yume" €420 Tue–Sat
[26].
NEW
— EXIT VISA · RECOMMENDATION —
Book Plénitude
six to eight months out for the trophy. If it's gone, take
Le Gabriel's
€148 four-course lunch on Saturday and reclaim Saturday afternoon for
Orsay +
Orangerie (€20 combo, valid six days).
Sunday morning to Giverny; afternoon Père Lachaise or a Marais brunch before departure.
The one decision the research can't make for you: lock May 28–31 and accept the tech dead-zone, or slip three weeks for VivaTech and accept the Plénitude waitlist risk.
The one decision the research can't make for you: lock May 28–31 and accept the tech dead-zone, or slip three weeks for VivaTech and accept the Plénitude waitlist risk.
APPROVED
PLAN A
PLÉNITUDE
FALLBACK
PLAN B
LE GABRIEL
PIVOT
+3 WK
VIVATECH
§ VI
Attached Dossiers
three sealed envelopes
Expedition · 115 cites · 12 min
Things to do in Paris
Which landmarks to prioritise in 2026, the half-day day-trip that wins in late May, pre- and post-dinner pairings, the logistics that changed.
Survey · 29 cites · 8 min
Michelin 2 & 3-star restaurants in Paris
Nine three-star tables for 2026 plus notable two-stars — chef, neighbourhood, price band, weekend availability, what to expect.
Survey · 28 cites · 4 min
IT conferences & tech events in Paris
A dated calendar of the major IT & developer conferences in Paris for 2026, with venues, focus, and how to pair them with a weekend trip.
Issued by the Scout Expedition Desk · 28 May 2026 · 172 cited sources across the three dossiers.