Save those pennies with cheap flights to Paris

Booking cheap flights to Paris could be the perfect way of lapping up some sunshine and culture on a budget this summer, particularly if tourists follow the tips offered by one writer.

The Guardian's Benji Lanyado said he would argue "to death" anyone who said that people could not visit Paris if they were on a tight budget and said that there were plenty of ways to keep costs down, including eating picnics during the day and searching for the best hotel deals.

He added that the first Sunday of each month in Paris saw all of its national museums opening for free, while the Louvre was free to enter for people under 25 on Friday evenings.

Mr Lanyado noted that other free attractions for kids and parents alike were the city's "iconic" antique carousels, which could be found at the bottom of Sacre-Coeur, the Luxembourg gardens, the Jardins des Tuileries and Parc du Champ de Mars.

And of course, cheap flights to Paris could also mean the chance to whisk the children away to Disneyland, where families could spend the whole day without running out of things to do.

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