155 Amazing Paris Captions for Instagram (Quotes, Puns & More!)

Coming up with an Instagram caption can be really hard, even if you’re planning to post a photo from a beautiful and inspiring place like Paris. If you’re feeling stuck with your caption, you are in the right place!

To make your life easier, in this post I collected all the most amazing Instagram captions for Paris. Whether you’re looking for the most famous Paris quotes or some funny puns about Paris, I’m sure you will find some awesome Instagram caption ideas here!

If you’re planning to visit Paris for the first time you might be interested in my Paris travel guide as well. It was specifically written for first-timers and it’s loaded with useful information about Paris like where to stay, how to get around and what to do!

Are you looking for the best photo spots in Paris? Don’t worry, I got you covered as well! Read my article about the most Instagrammable places in Paris where you can find all the best photography spots in Paris with their exact locations and useful tips about how to get there, when is the best time to go and how to avoid the crowds.

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Famous Paris Quotes for Instagram

1. “We’ll always have Paris.”- Humphrey Bogart

2. “Breath in Paris, it saves the soul.”- Victor Hugo

3. “Secrets travel fast in Paris.”- Napoleon Bonaparte

4. “Breathe Paris in. It nourishes the soul.”- Victor Hugo

5. “When good Americans die, they go to Paris.”- Oscar Wilde

6. “An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.”- Friedrich Nietzsche

7. “Whoever does not visit Paris regularly will never really be elegant.”- Honoré de Balzac

8. “There are only two places in the world where we can live happy: at home and in Paris.”- Ernest Hemingway

9. “A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of Life.”- Thomas Jefferson

10. “He who contemplates the depths of Paris is seized with vertigo. Nothing is more fantastic. Nothing is more tragic. Nothing is more sublime.”- Victor Hugo

11. “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”- Ernest Hemingway

12. “There is but one Paris, and however hard living may be here, and if it became worse and harder even – the French air clears up the brain and does good – a world of good.”- Vincent Van Gogh

Best Quotes About Paris

13. “Though you may leave Paris, Paris never really leaves you.”- Janice Macleod

14. “Paris is the most beautiful city in the world. It brings tears to your eyes.”- Lee Radziwill

15. “To be a Parisian is not about being born in Paris, it is about being reborn there.”- Sacha Guitry

16. “It’s true, you never forget your first love, and, for me, that will always be Paris.”- Caitriona Balfe

17. “The shopping, the food, the views! Paris is a city that entrances us all – and I’m no exception.”- Michael Kors

18. “Though I often looked for one, I finally had to admit that there could be no cure for Paris.”- Paula McLain

19. “What an immense impression Paris made upon me. It is the most extraordinary place in the world!”- Charles Dickens

20. “If “Sex and the City” taught us anything, it’s that Paris is the only city in the world that New Yorkers actually fantasize about.”- Elizabeth Bard

21. “…the whole of Paris is a vast university of Art, Literature and Music…it is worth anyone’s while to dally here for years. Paris is a seminar, a post-graduate course in Everything.”- James Thurber

22. “A final reminder. Whenever you are in Paris at twilight in the early summer, return to the Seine and watch the evening sky close slowly on the last strand of daylight fading quietly, like a sigh.”- Kate Simon

23. “Paris is the City of Light, of love, of beauty, of romance and of hope over fear, gratitude over cynicism and light over darkness. The light must, has before and will always prevail. I stand with the City of Light now and forever.”- Doni Belau

24. “I think Paris smells, and not just sweet but melancholy and curious, sometimes sad but always enticing and seductive. She’s a city for all the senses, for artists and writers and musicians and dreamers, for fantasies, for long walks and wine and lovers and yes, for mysteries.”- M.J. Rose

Short Paris Quotes for Instagram

25. “Everything begins in Paris.”- Nancy Spain

26. “Paris is always a good idea.”- Audrey Hepburn

27. “Paris is not a city; it’s a world.”- King Francis I

28. “To study in Paris is to be born in Paris!”- Victor Hugo

29. “To know Paris is to know a great deal.”- Henry Miller

30. “London is a riddle. Paris is an explanation.”- G.K. Chesterton

31. “It’s Paris. You don’t come here for the weather.”- Adrian Leeds

32. “America is my country, and Paris is my hometown.”- Gertrude Stein

33. “Just add three letters to Paris, and you have paradise.”- Jules Renard

34. “If you’re going to be sad, you might as well be sad in Paris.”- Gossip Girl

35. “I like The Eiffel Tower because it looks like steel and lace.”- Natalie Lloyd

36. “The Eiffel Tower was once thought impossible to build.”- Hector Jesus Arencibia

Quotes about Paris from movies and series

37. “We’ll always have Paris.”- Humphry Bogart, Casablanca

38. “But Paris after midnight… is magic.”- Midnight in Paris

39. “A little ‘bonjour’ goes a long way.”- Lily Collins, Emily in Paris

40. “Paris exists to remind you that all your dreams are real.”- Audrey Hepburn, Sabrina

41. “ I can never decide whether Paris is more beautiful by day or by night.”- Midnight in Paris

42. “Paris seems like a big city, but it’s really just a small town.”- Camille Razat, Emily in Paris

43. “That Paris exists and anyone could choose to live anywhere else in the world will always be a mystery to me.”- Marion Cotillard, Midnight in Paris

44. “I had forgotten how gently time passes in Paris. As lively as the city is, there’s a stillness to it, a peace that lures you in. In Paris, with a glass of wine in your hand, you can just be.”- Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

45. “Even the majestic trees that graced and sheltered her streets were attuned to her–and the waters of the Seine, contained and beautiful as they wound through her heart; so that the earth on that spot, so shaped by blood and consciousness, had ceased to be the earth and had become Paris.”- Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire

Meaningful Paris Quotes

46. “Paris is a city in which one loves to live.”- Margaret Anderson

47. “Paris is the only city in the world where starving to death is still considered an art.”- Carlos Ruiz Zafon

48. There’s something about Paris, people just don’t have anything else to do there but love each other.”- Louis Garrel 

49. “There should be a name for the syndrome that occurs when you’re in Paris and you already miss it.”- Rosecrans Baldwin

50. “Paris is a hard place to leave, even when it rains incessantly and one coughs continually from the dampness.”- Willa Cather

51. “I should go to Paris and jump off of the Eiffel Tower. If I took the Concorde, I could be in my next life three hours earlier.”- Woody Allen

52. “France is beautiful. I stood at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower today and looked up at it. There are very few times in my life I’ve felt so small.”- Leisa Rayven

53. “I know so much is going to happen here, but I just don’t know how. It feels like Paris is full of so many adventures just waiting to be had.”- Rachel Kapelke-Dale

54. “I guess it goes to show that you just never know where life will take you. You search for answers. You wonder what it all means. You stumble, and you soar. And, if you’re lucky, you make it to Paris for a while.”- Amy Thomas

55. “It took me some years to clear my head of what Paris wanted me to admire about it, and to notice what I preferred instead. Not power-ridden monuments, but individual buildings which tell a quieter story: the artist’s studio, or the Belle Epoque house built by a forgotten financier for a just-remembered courtesan.”- Julian Barnes

56. “People wonder why so many writers come to live in Paris. I’ve been living ten years in Paris, and the answer seems simple to me: because it’s the best place to pick ideas. Just like Italy, Spain.. or Iran are the best places to pick saffron. If you want to pick opium poppies, you go to Burma or South-East Asia. And if you want to pick novel ideas, you go to Paris.”- Roman Payne, Crepuscule

Best Instagram Captions for Paris

57. “The City of Love has my heart.”

58. “Paris is not an option, it is a damn choice.

59. “Can’t complain about anything, I am in Paris

60. “Greetings from the prettiest Tower on the planet.”

61. “Paris exists to remind you that dreams come true.

62. “There’s something so magical about the Eiffel Tower.”

63. “People living in Paris surely living in heaven on earth.

64. “Here’s another Eiffel Tower photo to brighten up your day.”

65. “Paris is not just a city for lovers, but a city to fall in love with.”

66. “If there’s one thing I love, it’s a good view of the Eiffel Tower.”

67. “To think that at one point the Eiffel Tower was to be destroyed.”

68. “I visited the Louvre, but I didn’t like it – Mona Lisa was framed.

Short Paris Instagram Captions

69. “Ooh La La!”

70. “Je t’aime, Paris.

71. “Paris is a real dream.

72. “Paris is a city of dreams.”

73. “There is no cure for Paris.”

74. “Meet you at the Eiffel Tower.”

75. “Paris is not France, it is Paris.”

76. “I have Paris written in my heart”

77. “Here for the views and croissants.”

78. “Eiffel Tower at night is pure magic”

79. “Climbing the Eiffel Tower? Check!”

80. “No wonder it’s called the city of love!”

Stunning Captions About Paris

81. “Paris, you had me at Bonjour.”

82. “Paris is calling and I must go.”

83. “I know exactly where my heart is: Paris.”

84. “How can you complain in a place like Paris?”

85. “I couldn’t come to Paris without my French coat.

86. “Paris is the only city that you can love unconditionally.”

87. “You’ve not been to Paris if you didn’t see the Eiffel Tower.

88. “A bad day in Paris is still better than a good day in anywhere else.”

89. “I can never decide whether Paris is more beautiful by day or by night.”

90. “Call it a cliché but you can’t go to Paris and not climb the Eiffel Tower.

91. “I heard DaVinci and Michelangelo got into an argument, but it ended with a draw.

92. “No view can make me fall in love with it but, surely the view of Paris from the Eiffel Tower does. ”

Best Paris One Liners

93. “Bonjour, Paris.

94. “Pardon my French.

95. “Paris on my mind.

96. “Take me back to Paris.

97. “I left my heart in Paris.

98. “Travel to Paris? Check.

99. “ If lost, return to Paris.”

100. “Paris is my new happy place.

101. “Dreams do come true in Paris.

102. “Unapologetically loving Paris.

103. “You never forget your first trip to Paris.

104. “One glass of wine in Paris and everything falls into place.”

Best Paris Puns for Instagram

105. “In Paris, I Rue the day.

106. “Paris is the City of Louvre.

107. “Do you love Paris? I Pompidou.

108. “I came to Paris to find Louvre.

109. “What’s not to Louvre about Paris?

110. “I always feel Triomphe-ant in Paris.

111. “I’m having a beret good time in Paris.

112. “The food in Paris is Brie-ond belief!”

113. “I Louvre your style! You shop in Paris?”

114. “Sometimes the French give me the crêpes.”

115. “I Musee, the French have great taste in art.

116. “Chocolate shops in Paris are definitely not crêpe.”

Short Puns About Paris

117. “Hey, Macaroon-a!

118. PARadISe found.

119. Oui just love Paris!

120. “Paris, I Louvre you.

121. “I’ve found Paris-dise.

122. “Living life au chocolate.

123. “Buy one, baguette one free.”

124. “Holy crêpe this was amazing.

125.  “Paris is a very France-y city.

126. “Breakfast of Champs-Élysées.

Funny Seine Puns

127. “What a Seine-sational city!

128. “Holy crêpe this was in-seine.

129. “Just looking for a Seine.

130.  In-Seine-ly beautiful sights.

131. “Going in Seine over this city!”

132. “Are you Seine something to me?

133. “The price of a dinner cruise in Paris is in-Seine.

134. “You must be from Paris because you’re driving me in-Seine.”

135. “People here drink so much wine that makes me think they are in-Seine.”

136. “Don’t jump into the water unless you want people to think you’re in-Seine.”

Eiffel Tower Puns

137. “Oh no, Eiffel!”

138. “In Paris, Eiffel in love.”

139. “Eiffel hard for this city.

140. “I think Eiffel into Paris-dise.

141. “I fell for the Eiffel Tower.

142. Eiffel in love with this city at first sight.

143. “It would be humiliating if Eiffel in Paris

144. “I tried climbing that Tower in Paris but Eiffel.

Hilarious Paris Puns

145. “Not one, but Toulieries!”

146. “Enjoying life one crêpe at a time.

147. “We’re like Gargoyle and Vinegar.

148. “How could I baguette about Paris?

149. “Don’t come to Paris with no Monet.

150. “Paris, I hope our paths will croissant again.”

151. “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a Notre Dame.

152. “I gotta say, I’m starting to see the Point of the Louvre

153. “When in Paris, we only have breakfast of the Champignons.

154. “Sorry for what I said when I wasn’t eating a crêpe by the Eiffel Tower.

155. “Me and my French girlfriend started a bakery in Paris with our life savings. It didn’t take off. I went bankrupt. She left me. Now all I have is pain.

Final Thoughts

That’s a wrap! I hope you liked this post about the best Instagram captions about Paris and you enjoyed reading these beautiful quotes and hilarious puns. Now you have lots of caption ideas for your beautiful photos from Paris, so the only thing left to do is actually to share them with your followers on Instagram! Good luck!

If you have any questions about Paris or anything else, feel free to leave a comment below or send me an email, I always love helping you out! Do you know some other great quotes or puns about Paris I should add to this list? Let me know in the comments!

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