Many great things to see in Paris. If I were going, I would definitely have this on my list. Beautiful!
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When folks came here to see the Olympics they basically got shuttled back and forth to the site, wasn’t a lot of daily in town site seeing. And all prices went skyrocket. If I wanted to see Paris I wouldn’t go during Olympic year
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Waiting for LA 2028
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I hate tourists even though I am one at times so I would never go a city when they are hosting the Olympics. I prefer to see places as they are.
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For the most part, I am against the Olympics - lots of corruption, very costly to the local population/country, legacy sites end up unused etc.
However, I still enjoy watching the amazing athletes.
My Dad was a volunteer at the 1976 Montreal games, for the eventing portion. We had been talking about going to a World Cup Finals but he really wanted to go to Las Vegas, not its current North American location. Since he is getting older, I decided to suggest the Paris Games as our once in a lifetime trip.
What surprised me, given we are an eventing family, is that he suggested that we watch a day of the straight dressage qualifiers. I expected him to want to see the pure show jumpers. But he said, “we live close enough to Spruce Meadows, and we’ve been there - world class jumping. But we’ve never seen a Grand Prix dressage live, I think it would be a new experience to actually see these amazing pairs in the flesh.”
So yesterday I bought tickets to watch the eventing XC, the second day of dressage qualification (July 31) and a day of tennis. (The current ticketing is a bit odd and no medal-rounds are available.)
I agree that tourist stuff can be awful. That’s why I’m looking at staying in Versailles and then doing some exploring outside Paris - we’ll see what my parents want to do.
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My poor experience of the World Equestrian Games in Normandy has made me decide not to go to the Paris Olympics.
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I will be in France then, but I will do my best to avoid going to Paris if I can help it.
@Blugal if you’re staying in Versailles, apart from the obvious visit to the palace, you might be interested in these shows:
Program of the National Equestrian Academy of Versailles | Palace of Versailles (chateauversailles.fr)
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Wow, that sounds like an amazing family trip. I hope you have a wonderful time!
I would love to see dressage at Versailles, then spend some time in the south of France. That sounds like the perfect vacation to me.
I am! My sister won a time slot to purchase our ticket package! She is non horsey, so I hope to purchase tickets to see the Team Show Jumping or Dressage Freestyle. We attended the Team Showjumping Final at the Pan-Am games when they were in Toronto and she had a blast, so hoping for a repeat.
These tickets aren’t yet available during this phase of ticket purchasing. Believe me, I tried!
Thank you Sophie. I have already been to the chateau, and not sure what my parents’ interests will be.
For me, half the pleasure of France is the pains au chocolat 
Darn! Thanks for the heads up. It might be a non-event then. Not sure how much straight dressage my sister would be able to handle. We might have to simply focus on a show-jumping event or XC portion of eventing.
There is another phase of ticket release for “individual” tickets which I presume means you can buy for one event only, not three as in the current phase. I hope, but am unsure, that the medal rounds will be included. In other words, the Dressage Team Final, Dressage Freestyle, the Eventing Show Jumping, etc.
Thanks for this! My friend and I are popping up to Paris from Bretagne for a couple days. Sat or Sun might be good days to do so.
After Olympic highs & lows, we have decided to wait and try for single tickets. The 3 event packaging is just not financially affordable for us.
Eventing XC was the most affordable ticket and likely most appealing to my non horsey companions. While I would find the dressage qualifiers entertaining, my companions likely would not and I don’t want to spend $150 euros per ticket and have very bored people.
So we shall wait & see.
YES! I’ve never been to an Olympics, and am too intimidated to try to organize the trip, so I signed up with a travel company. I just have to get myself there, and they do the rest. I can’t wait! Its going to be a sensational venue!
Can you share details of the travel company and plans?
reception@organizationunlimited.au.com It is a company in Australia. You can reach them with this email.
