136 Paris Captions to Make Your Instagram Pop!
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If you’ve found your way here then you’ve most likely already captured some of the most picturesque spots in Paris and are now looking for some incredible Paris captions to match.
Paris, known as the city of love, the place where possibilities are endless and a new start is just around the corner. The beauty of this city is endless and you will find plenty of inspiration for brightening up your Instagram feed.
No matter how many times you’ve visited Paris, you are guaranteed to find at least one caption in this list that will fit perfectly for your Instagram snaps.
Below, we’ve included Paris captions that are short, for couples, families and solo travellers as well as some hyper-specific captions for those yummy French baguettes and macarons.
Short Paris Captions
Sometimes, you just need to let the picture do the talking and Paris is very good at doing that! These short Paris captions are perfect for keeping things short and sweet.
1. Parisian Nights
2. Bonjour!
3. With love from Paris
4. Feeling the love in Paris
5. Take me to Paris!
6. Getting lost in Paris is always a good idea!
7. BRB Finding Love in Paris.
8. Paris is always a good idea.
9. Pardon my French!
10. Paris is calling and I must go.
11. Ooh La La!
12. When in the city of love, don’t forget to love yourself.
13. Living my best Parisian life.
Paris Captions for Couples
Seeing as Paris is the city of love, it is no wonder that you will want to bring your loved one here! Unsurprisingly, it is one of the best destinations to visit in Europe for Valentine’s Day and these Paris captions are perfect for couples wanting to share their time in the city with their followers.
Whilst we were in Paris, we got a little couples photoshoot and for us it was one of the best experiences possible and it only cost 10 euros!
14. In love with Paris and you.
15. Seeing the City of Love with my love.
16. Kiss me under the Eiffel Tower
17. Mon Amour
18. Sharing a baguette in the city of love
19. Just you, me and the city of love
20. You had me at Bonjour!
21. Meet you at the Eiffel Tower
22. No wonder it’s called the city of love!
23. There is nowhere I’d rather be than watching the sunset in Paris with the love of my life.
24. “Wearing my heart on the streets of Paris.”
Quotes About Paris, France
Here, we’ve shared some of the best quotes about Paris from famous people about this beautiful city. From Ernest Hemingway to Vincent Van Gogh to Thomas Jefferson, you will find plenty of amazing quotes about Paris to caption your incredible Instagram snaps!
25. “There are only two places in the world where we can live happily: at home and in Paris.” – Ernest Hemingway
26. “We’ll always have Paris.” – Howard Koch
27. “There is but one Paris and however hard living may be here, and if it becomes worse and harder even—the French air clears up the brain and does good—a world of good.” – Vincent Van Gogh
28. “Even the pigeons are dancing, kissing, going in circles, mounting each other. Paris is the city of love, even for the birds.”- Samantha Schutz
29. “Though you may leave Paris, Paris never really leaves you.” – Janice Macleod
30. “Paris needs no reason. Paris is its own reason.” – Maureen Johnson
31. “I should go to Paris and jump off of the Eiffel Tower. If I took the Concorde, I could be dead three hours earlier.” – Woody Allen
32. “The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi.” – Fred Allen
33. “You can’t escape the past in Paris, and yet what’s so wonderful about it is that the past and present intermingle so intangibly that it doesn’t seem to burden.” – Allen Ginsburg
34. “In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator.” – Jean Cocteau
35. “When Paris sneezes, Europe catches cold.” – Prince Metternitch
36. “Paris, I believe, is a man in his twenties in love with an older woman.” – John Berger
37. “There is an atmosphere of spiritual effort here. No other city is quite like it. I wake early, often at 5 o’clock, and start writing at once. ” – James Joyce
38. “A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of life.” – Thomas Jefferson
39. “The best of America drifts to Paris. The American in Paris is the best American.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
40. “To err is human. To loaf is Parisian.” – Victor Hugo
41. “Whoever does not visit Paris regularly will never really be elegant.” – Honoré de Balzac
TV, Movie and Book Captions for Paris
Paris is up there as one of the most spoken about cities in TV shows, books and movies. The only exception to this is NYC because there are some many popular tourist attractions in New York that have caught everyone’s eyes over the years!
Below, we’ve shared a mix of different quotes from books, programmes and movies to jazz up your Paris Instagram snaps.
42. “Paris is always a good idea” – Audrey Hepburn in ‘Sabrina’ (1954)
43. “I’m looking for love. Real love. Ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can’t live-without-each-other love. And I don’t think that love is here in this expensive suite in this lovely hotel in Paris.” – Carrie in Sex and the City
44. “They say when good Americans die they go to Paris.” – A Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde
45. “The Rue du Coq d’Or, Paris, seven in the morning.” – Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell.
46. “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.” – A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemmingway
47. “It’s like watching Paris from an express caboose heading in the opposite direction – every second the city gets smaller and smaller, only you feel it’s really you getting smaller and smaller and lonelier and lonelier, rushing away from all those lights and that excitement at about a million miles an hour.” – The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
48. “In Paris, our lives are one masked ball.” – The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
49. “We’ll always have Paris.” – Rick in Casablanca (1943)
50. “I’ve never seen so many Americans in Paris before. The Champs Elysees looks just like Main Street.” – An American in Paris (1951)
51. “In Paris, you can buy beer at McDonald’s. Also, you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris? … They call it a Royale with cheese.” – Vincent in Pulp Fiction (1994)
52. “Oh I hated New York – that Park Avenue crowd – so I fled to Paris to work on my book, and I was always going to this cafe with Jean-Jacques, and Dickie used to play his saxophone outside and I would see him and he would see me, and he would play My Funny Valentine. It wasn’t until later that I realised he only knows about six songs.” – Marge in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
53. “When spring comes to Paris the humblest mortal alive must feel that he dwells in paradise.” – Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
Disneyland Paris Instagram Captions
Not only is Paris one of the most beautiful cities in Europe but it also has one of the most popular Disneyland Parks just behind Florida! These captions are perfect for your Disney princess snaps and capturing your time at the park!
54. “Oh Mickey you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey!”
55. Feeling the magic in the best place ever!
56. Meet me under the castle!
57. Bonjour Disneyland Paris
58. I’ve never met a Disney park I didn’t like!
59. Disneyland Paris; where dreams come true!
60. Just hanging out with Mickey and Minnie. How’s your day going?
61. Woke up feeling Goofy!
62. Our fairytale starts here…
63. Hakuna Matata!
64. The park where nobody grows up.
Eiffel Tower Captions
What is your trip to Paris if you’ve not taken a trip to go see the Eiffel tower?! It is an incredible sight to behold and there are plenty of spots across the city to snap some great photos.
When you’re visiting the Eiffel Tower, it can get quite busy so we’ve shared some safety tips for visiting the Eiffel Tower and Paris in general as well.
Whether you decide to go to the top of the Eiffel Tower or just admire it from one of the many viewpoints, these captions will match your photos perfectly!
65. Made it to the top of the Eiffel Tower? #completedit
66. “Eiffel in love and it shows”
67. “Parisian Nights, Eiffel Tower lights”
68. Paris, where the Eiffel Tower is your guiding point
69. Just watching the world go by and the lights twinkle on the Eiffel Tower.
70. “Reaching new heights at the iconic Eiffel Tower! #ParisAdventures”
71. “Lost in the romance of Paris, with the Eiffel Tower as my backdrop”
72. Taking in one breathtaking view at a time.
73. I’m on top of the world (Paris)!
74. “In the city of love, the Eiffel Tower stands tall, a beacon of romance for all.”
75. “In the heart of Paris, where dreams meet reality, the Eiffel Tower reigns supreme.”
76. “Breathtaking panoramas and endless skies, all seen from the heights of the Eiffel Tower.”
77. “Underneath the Eiffel Tower, every moment feels like a scene from a love story.”
Eiffel Tower Quotes
So many people have spoken about the beauty of the Eiffel Tower and these are great for captioning your Paris social media photos.
78. “The Eiffel Tower is more than a landmark; she is Paris’s missing rib” – Nkwachukwu Ogbuagua
79. “The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes” – Unknown
80. “Don’t just stand there with your Eiffel Tower smile. Tell me you love me and tell me in French.” – Jarod Kintz
81. “I like the Eiffel Tower because it looks like steel and lace.” ~ Natalie Lloyd
82. “The Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower. They’re monumental. They’re straight out of Page 52 in your school history book.” ~ Billy Crystal
83. “I don’t like being up high. It took me three days to get to the top of the Eiffel Tower.” ~ Ray Bradbury
84. I like the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas more than the actual one. ~David LaChapelle
85. “If I had the true colours to describe what I feel for you, I wouldn’t waste time stringing beads of words… Instead I would run to kiss you and leave monuments on you: pyramids on your lips, the Taj Mahal on your skin, and the Eiffel Tower in your heart.” ~ Daniel Derrick Mwesigye
86. “My lifetime’s memories are what I have brought home from the trip. I will require them for eternity no more than that little souvenir of the Eiffel Tower I brought home from Paris.” ~ Roger Ebert
87. “Hand in hand from the top of the Eiffel Tower, among the first. We were respectable in those days. Now it’s too late. They wouldn’t even let us up.” ~ Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
88. “I ought to be jealous of the tower. She is more famous than I am.” ~ Gustave Eiffel
89. “Well, I think the curves of the four pillars of the monument, as the calculations have provided them,… give it a great sense of force and beauty.” ~ Gustave Eiffel
90. “The Eiffel Tower was once thought impossible to build.” ~ Hector Jesus Arencibia
91. “Every time I look at the Eiffel Tower, it completely blows my mind.” ~ Brian Fallon
92. “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
Louvre Captions
Not only is there so much to see inside the Louvre itself but the view from outside isn’t too bad either! Most travellers tend to visit the Louvre to catch a glimpse of the Mona Lisa and there’s no surprise that a few of these captions mention this famous painting.
Use these captions below to showcase your most artsy photos of the Louvre and your experience in Paris!
93. “Lost in the art, found in the Louvre.”
94. I Louvre Paris
95. Lost in art, lost in love, lost in Paris.
96. Catching a glimpse of Mona Lisa!
97. “The Louvre is the Book in which we learn to read.” — Paul Cézanne
98. I came to Paris to find Louvre
99. Selfie with my girl Mona
100. I think I’m in Louvre
101. There’s the Louvre. And then there’s everywhere else
Macaron Captions
When in Paris, eating Macarons is an absolute must! Once you’ve had one you won’t be able to stop so use these captions to perk up your colourful Macaron snaps.
102. Happiness can be found in one bite.
103. In Paris, everyday is a good day for Macarons
104. Follow your sweet tooth cravings to Paris and eat a macaron
105. Life is like a box of macarons
106. No matter what time of day it is = macarons
107. Macarons are always the answer
108. I love you like a French kid loves macarons
Baguette Captions
When you think of Paris, a lot of the time you imagine cycling around with a French beret and a cute baguette hanging out of the basket of your bike. These baguette captions are perfect for making an impression with your followers and living your best French life!
109. You’re the butter to my baguette
110. I just want to ride in Paris on my bicycle with a baguette in my basket.
111. Bready or not, here I crumb
112. Just baguette about it!
113. The baguette is mightier than the sword!
114. Life’s better with a French baguette
115. Fromage, baguette, and everything in between
Emily in Paris Captions for Instagram
If you’ve been binge watching the Netflix programme ‘Emily in Paris’ then it is no wonder that you’ve planned a trip to Paris and looking for your own Paris captions. These captions below are quotes from Emily in Paris to help make your Instagram captions really stand out.
The thing we love about Emily in Paris is that it is so relatable that you are guaranteed to find a perfect caption for your photos. Live like Emily and use her words to make your Paris photos pop!
116. “It’s Paris, everyone’s serious about dinner.” — Mindy
117. “Paris seems like a big city, but it’s really just a small town.” — Camille
118. “Paris is for cheese lovers.” — Emily
119. “#OhCrepe” — Emily
120. “A little ‘bonjour’ goes a long way.” — Emily
121. “Beyoncé is worth far more than the Mona Lisa.” — Mindy
122. “We came here to lose ourselves and find adventure.” — Brooklyn Clark
123. “The French are romantics, but they’re also realists.” — Mindy
124. “Oh Emily, you’re getting more French by the day.” — Sylvie
125. “I’ll give it to Paris. Even when you have a bad day, the city is looking great.” – Emily
126. “The entire city looks like Ratatouille.” – Emily
127. “You haven’t done Paris right until you’ve had at least one wildly inappropriate affair.” – Mindy
128. “It’s illegal to work on the weekend in France.” – Julien
129. “The American dream turned into a French nightmare.” – Sylvie
130. “I like Paris, but I’m not really sure Paris likes me.” – Emily
131. “You’re in Paris now. I’m sure we can find you something better than peanut butter.” – Gabriel
132. “I feel like Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge.” – Emily
133. “With a little help from mon amie.” – Emily
134. “I feel like I’m dreaming and I’m about to wake up.” – Emily
135. “This, you and me, it’s a fantasy. It’s a Paris fantasy.” – Emily
136. “You came to Paris and you don’t speak french. That is arrogant.” – Luc
Snapping Your Way Around Paris
Paris is beautiful no matter what time of year you visit and there are plenty of things to do so once you’ve been once you’ll want to go again to check items off your bucket list.
In this guide we’ve shared some of the best captions and our favourite quotes about Paris that are sure to make Instagrammers stop the scroll and check out your reel or photo!
If you’re looking for more Instagram captions then don’t forget to head over to our Barcelona Instagram Captions post and our amazing captions for Lisbon to get even more inspo for your time in Europe!
