Travel with Rick Steves · Saturday, July 11, 2026
Rick Steves suggests that disruptions like street demonstrations and transit delays are part of an authentic Parisian experience, and that a week in Paris is not truly Paris without such events.
“And don't get upset if your plan is for a perfect week in Paris get disrupted by street demonstrations and transit delays. It's all part of your authentic experience.”
“I mean, all of my life, we've been going through protests. So I would say a best week in Paris is a week with a protest, or a week with a strike. Otherwise, it's not Paris, it's not France.”