"SURVIVAL TIPS and LINKS IN PARIS" Paris by nygaston

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MY SURVIVAL TIPS
Bus Map in Paris
Tips, HOTELS with Maps in France
English Tips by English people

YOU HAVE ONLY 5 DAYS IN PARIS
GOOD HOTELS IN PARIS 5th DISTRICT for YOU
HOTEL SAINT ANDRE DES ARTS
66 rue saint andre des arts
75006 Paris
Tel 01 4326 9616
Fax 01 43297334
Email Hsaintand@wanadoo.fr
Metro Odeon - Clean and less than 100 Euros/2 p.
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Do you already know PARIS ?
There is some suggestions for a long week-end...

TRANSPORTATION
Transportation in Paris is quite cheap.
Try to buy cheaper 10 Metro tickets or a day pass (for 1 to 5 days) with 5 zones (so you can go everywhere from Paris to good places like Versailles, Fontainebleau or Chantilly) See Paris Visit Ticket

MUSEUMS
For Museum lovers, you must buy PARIS MUSEE card it is a Museum Pass for 1 , 2 or 3 days...
My recipe, if you can stay only some days in PARIS.

DAY 1: QUARTIER LATIN
Night and evening for fun and lots of restaurants
Quartier St Michel - métro St Michel
Rue de la Huchette (good jazz clubs)
Tunisian restaurant HAMADI (very good couscous)

Hotel HENRI IV , good hotel to stay, but call, it is often FULL
a lot of restaurants from every countries ...
taste the famous ice cream GLACE BERTHILLON
then walk in the small streets toward NOTRE DAME
then visit LES HALLES but not in the night it is not very safe if you are alone too late

DAY 2 ; MONTMARTRE
Apointment at POST CAFE 70 Bd de Rochechouart (Metro Anvers).
Le funiculare is very cheap : 1 metro ticket
Place du Tertre , you must visit here Restaurant PATACHOU call before (works), very good view on Paris by night)
le Lapin agile, French bistrot
lot of restaurants here (some are not good)...
then walk by feet in the small streets,
le SACRE COEUR

DAY 3: OTHER GOOD PLACES
La grande Mosquee - good restaurant and tea room (minth tea) Pont de Neuilly , Jardin d'acclimatation
Jardin de BAGATELLE , good tea room and restaurant in MAY-JUNE

DAY 4 , WALK, VISITS, MARKETS
Jardin des plantes
Champs Elysees
Opera
La Bastille, rue de la Roquette
Musee du Louvre - cf. day pass with Chateau de Chantilly

WONDERFUL MARKETS
NICE MARKETS in PARIS (mostly for food, saturday and sunday):
ST QUENTIN
LA CHAPELLE SAT-SUN
ST GERMAIN

Markets :
Saint-Germain,
Europe,
Saint-Quentin, *** near Gare de l'est
Saint-Martin,
Beauvau,
Passy,
Saint-Didier,
Batignolles, (bio food)
Ternes,
La Chapelle, (metro la chapelle)
Riquet
- if it rains : Les Halles, La Defense, Chinatown, Les Galeries Lafayette.

Les MARCHES COUVERTS DE PARIS
31/33, rue du Château d’Eau 75010 Paris
Tél : 01.53.72.88.88
email: giemcp@wanadoo.fr
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Check the french weekly schedule :
Weekly Paris

MEDIAS AND NEWS
FIGARO: News in French
Metro of Paris Map - PDF file
Phone directory yellow pages Adresses with Maps (very good)
Maps and costs (transports)
News: Le Monde
OTHER INFORMATION
VERY IMPORTANT TIPS
CHEZ CLEMENT (good)
Tourist Office (very good)

I love water, sea, river, and lakes !

THE CHEAPEST WAYS FROM AIRPORTS to PARIS Centre

WHERE TO LEAVE YOUR LUGAGES ?

CDG: BUSES 350, 351 (3 tickets)
ORY: BUSES 183, 285 (1 ticket)

BUS CDG T2 to ORLY,
CDG T2 Bus Air France = 15.50 Euros to Etoile

TAXI to Paris by day = 36 Euros (in 2004)
TAXI to Orly = 60 Euros

CDG T2 to Paris by RER-B = 7.70 Euros
Roissybus to Opera = 8.20 Euros, 60 min.
Car Air France to Gare Montparnasse and Gare de Lyon = 11.50 Euros , from 7am to 9pm (bus 1 or 4) ; Bus 2 = CDG to Pte Maillot and Arc de Triomphe; Bus 3 = CDG to Orly direct.

HOTELS CDG Airport:
-IBIS, CDG T2C
-NOVOTEL, CDG T2C
-SOFITEL, Tel. 01 49 19 77 77, Navette

Limousine CDG-Paris = 105 Euros
Tel 01 40 71 84 62

BIENVENUE A PARIS

Do you already know PARIS ?
There is some good tips here....

Metro of Paris Map in PDF format
Some good tips...
Maps and musees - Paris

Other Maps
Maps of Paris
Maps Geocities

Maps French Trips
Maps Planfax
Very Good tips = www.concierge.com
What to do in Paris
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Appointment at Fenelon, Fontaine Saint Michel

EMERGENCIES TELEPHONES

Ambulance:: 15 (SAMU)
FIRE: 18
Police: 17 (from cell: 112)
Dentists: 01-43-37-5100
Doctors: 01- 47-07-7777
SOS: 01-47-23-8080

24 hours Pharmacy:
Derhy, 84 ave des champs Elysees

SOME AMBASSIES
US: 01-43-12-2222
UK: 01-44-51-3100
SA: 01-53-59-2323
NZ: 01-45-01-4343
IRL: 01-44-17-6700
AUS: 01-40-59-3300

GOOD HOTELS, but often Full (because good and cheap)-
***: my preferred hotels for less than 150 Euros

HENRY IV (Metro Pont neuf) ***
de LILLE (Palais Royal) ***
de ROUEN (Palais Royal) ***
de Bretagne (Arts et Metiers) **
Commines (Filles du calvaires) **
du LOIRET (Hotel de Ville) **
de la Herse d'or (Bastille) **
des ALLIES (Port Royal) **
Blanche Hotel (Blanche)
Marcleau Hotel (Poisonnnieres)
Hotel moderne du Temple (Republique) **
Baudin (Ledru Rollin)
de Nevers (Republique) **
des voyageurs (Denfert Rochereau)

APPOINTMENT: ARE YOU LOST ?
it you need a place for an appointment with your friends go to Fontaine St Michel at PLACE SAINT MICHEL , metro Saint Michel (see the picture here). There is a cafe just on the right, the name is LE FENELON (famous man) if you want to wait with a hot drink.

NOTE
if it's cold ourside, go to the bar LE FENELON just on your right, when you are in front of the fountain or go to LA BRIOCHE DOREE or PAUL (it's cheaper, for good croissant or breakfast).

TELEPHONE
Lot of telephone booths in the streets,
the cheapest one is to go in the INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE small shops or to buy pre-paid cards (KERTEL is a good one) if you need to call abroad.

CHANGE, MONEY
the best places are near PLACE SAINT MICHEL or OPERA GARNIER - Why ? there are lot of tourists and they need change, so there is some competition.

MAPS and Subway MAP

Map of Metro
Map in PDF
Transportations and Tips
Very Good web site on Paris

GOOD RESTAURANTS

Quartier Latin

LE RELAIS ODEON ***
132 BD ST GERMAIN - Tel 01-43-29-81-80
Metro Odeon
Good terrasse, international, close to movies theaters (6th district)

LE PARADIS chez Georges
18 rue du Maine - Tel 01-43-20-81-28
Metro Montparnasse or Gaite
Good, French and Cheap - 14th district

LE SARRASIN***
84-86 rue Saint Louis en L'isle
75004 Paris - Tel 01 56 24 32 06

* LES EDITEURS
4 carrefour Odeon - TEL 01 43 26 67 76

*** LE POULBOT (montmartre)
8 rue Poulbot - Tel 01 42 98 32 07

** CAFE JUSTINE
96 ure Oberkampf - Tel 01 43 57 44 03

** LA BRASERADE (French)
15 rue de la Huchette - tel 01 43 26 14 26

** LE RELAIS de L'Isle
37 rue Saint Louis en l'isle - tel 01 46 34 72 34

*** LA FERME ST GERMAIN
5 rue du Dragon - Tel 01 45 48 94 40

** LA SOUMMAM (kabyle)
25 rue des Grands Augustins - 01 43 54 12 43

EUROPE ASIA AFRICA...

SPAIN.
Coming from Spain after the war: Picasso, Miro, Dali...
RUSSIA
1920: Russians after the revolution
POLAND
1842: Polish

ISLAM
The Grande Mosquee de Paris is built in 1922-1926 (modele is the mosquee of FEZ).
Oriental world in Paris : see IMA museum, Arabic music, Hammam in Paris, food stores, Souks of Barbes and Belleville, Passage du Caire (2 place du Caire).

AFRICA
African Market at Chateau Rouge
Afrivan Museums, Oriental musics...

ASIA
1920: Wenzou district in Paris
Temple at Olympiafe (13rd district): amicale des Teochew
Tang Freres, avenue d'Ivry (Teochew from Laos)
Chinagora (Alfortville), Belleville
Tai Chi Chuan (gymnastic)

INDIA
Faubourg Saint Denis (North)
Passage Brady (good and cheap indian restaurants)

TRADITION FOOD
Good tips = www.concierge.com

CDG and Orly Tips

• Pros:Paris is so beautiful in May
• Cons:Small apartments, w/o air conditionning system
• In a nutshell:good food, good wine, good fashion, good parfume, good life !