#7 Street performers, artists & buskers

Paris has a plethora of street performers, artists and buskers. A good place to find them is the bridge linking Ile de la Cite and Ile Saint-Louis (the two main islands on the Seine, near the city centre). Perhaps it's because they're all competing for the same tourist Euros, but the performers here are usually of a pretty high standard. Or, sometimes you can be pleasantly surprised on the metro ride home when a musician joins your carriage and serenades the crowd.

... There is a particularly talented, yet humble, elderly gent who sings amazing opera on the metro. I've been lucky enough to come across him twice on metro line 11.