# E5 | anthropic/claude-opus-5 | run 1

## Prompt

Build a one-day Paris itinerary. Constraints: start 9:00, end by 17:00, must include the Louvre and a 1-hour lunch, no more than 30 min total walking between stops. Present as a timed schedule.

## Response

This plan anchors the morning at the Louvre (opening at 9:00, when crowds are lowest), then moves west through the Tuileries for lunch and Monet's *Water Lilies*, and finishes on the Île de la Cité — with one short metro hop to keep total walking at exactly 30 minutes. Choose any day except Tuesday, when both the Louvre and the Orangerie are closed.

## Timed Schedule

| Time | Stop | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00–11:40 | **Louvre** (enter via the Pyramid with a pre-booked 9:00 slot) | Denon wing first: *Winged Victory*, *Mona Lisa*, Italian painting gallery, then *Venus de Milo* and Egyptian antiquities in Sully |
| 11:40–11:50 | Walk to lunch (6 min) | Exit through Passage Richelieu toward Rue de Rivoli / Place Colette |
| 11:50–12:50 | **Lunch (1 hour)** | Le Nemours on Place Colette, or Café Marly in the Louvre arcade for zero extra walking |
| 12:50–13:00 | Walk through the Tuileries Garden (8 min) | Doubles as your green-space stop: Grand Bassin, Maillol sculptures |
| 13:00–14:15 | **Musée de l'Orangerie** | Two oval rooms of Monet's *Water Lilies*, plus the Walter-Guillaume collection; 75 min is ample |
| 14:15–14:40 | Concorde → Châtelet on Metro Line 1 (3 min walk + ~6 min ride) | Direction Château de Vincennes; no transfer needed |
| 14:40–14:47 | Walk to the Île de la Cité (7 min) | Cross Pont au Change to Boulevard du Palais |
| 14:50–15:45 | **Sainte-Chapelle** | Upper chapel's 15 stained-glass windows; best light in the afternoon |
| 15:45–15:51 | Walk to Notre-Dame (6 min) | Along Rue de Lutèce past the flower market |
| 15:55–16:45 | **Notre-Dame de Paris** (interior + parvis) | Reopened after restoration; free entry, timed slots reservable in advance |
| 16:45–17:00 | **Pont Neuf / Square du Vert-Galant** | Riverside finish, 3 min from Notre-Dame's west side |

## Walking Budget

- Louvre to lunch: 6 min
- Lunch to Orangerie: 8 min
- Orangerie to Concorde metro: 3 min
- Châtelet metro to Sainte-Chapelle: 7 min
- Sainte-Chapelle to Notre-Dame: 6 min
- **Total: 30 min** (the final Pont Neuf stroll is the endpoint, not a transfer)

## Booking and Timing Notes

Book timed-entry tickets in advance for all three paid sites; walk-up availability is unreliable, and the Louvre's 9:00 slots sell out first: [Louvre tickets](https://www.louvre.fr/en/visit), [Musée de l'Orangerie](https://www.musee-orangerie.fr/en), [Sainte-Chapelle](https://www.sainte-chapelle.fr/en).

Notre-Dame is free but queues form; reserving a slot through its official channels avoids a 30-minute wait: [Notre-Dame de Paris](https://www.notredamedeparis.fr/en/).

Check the Louvre site the morning of your visit — individual rooms and wings close on rotation, and staffing actions occasionally delay opening. Verify metro service on [RATP](https://www.ratp.fr/en).

**Lower-walking variant:** if 30 minutes is a hard ceiling with no margin, drop the Île de la Cité leg and instead spend 14:30–17:00 between the Orangerie, the Jeu de Paume, and Place de la Concorde — that cuts total walking to roughly 17 minutes.

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