Paris Things to Do Tips by nygaston

THE LOUVRE MUSEUM : come early to avoid the line (9am-6pm)

ESSENTIAL
You may Visit some places around (*) sometimes not very safe during the night) : Palais Royal (Richelieu 1630),
Tour jean sans Peur (1407)
Rue Saint Homore,
Les Halles (*) ,
Pompidou Museum,
Walk in rue des Lombards (*)

EATING/DRINKING
Aux crus de Bourgogne
3 rue Bachaumont - Metro Sentier, Les Halles

Lai Lai Ken (Japanese)
7 rue Ste Anne - Metro Pyramides

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Phone: 01-40-26-20-28
Address: Jen sans peur - 20 Rue Etienne Marcel
Directions: Metro Etienne Marcel near LOUVRE MUSEUM
1.30pm-6pm
Website: www.timeout.com/paris

PALAIS GARNIER
You must visit the OPERA GARNIER
it is so beautiful (second Empire)
Metro OPERA
10am-5pm

MUSEE GREVIN
10 Bd Montmartre
Metro Grands Boulevards (Line 9)
10am-6pm
The Paris waxworks museum
Some new ones:
Hemingway, Sartres, Lara Corft and Asterix

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Address: MUSEE GREVIN - 10 BD MONTMARTRE
Directions: RESTAURANTS
Indian: KASTOORI
4 place Gustave Toudouze
Metro St Georges
TEL: 01-44-53-06-10

BAR FOOTSIE
10 rue Dounou
Metro Opera
TEL 01-42-60-07-20

ATTENTION: not too much alcohol, nor tobacco, it could be dangerous. LIFE is so beautiful !





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BONJOUR mes amis
Some good web sites:

 
Map Metro/

What to do in PARIS
 
Cartograph e Hotels IBIS

Yellow pages France
Yellow pages USA
Calcul de devises
Hotels in FRANCE
Risks Countries Warning
French travels
Travel Doctor Health
Fly and planes
TRAVELERS
Expatriates news
Other wild destinations
Musiques midi
Paris Welcome
Dialect/
french experience
Regions
Lot of Pictures
French look-like AOL
Documentations and Rules /A>
Send flowers in France
French songs (bug)
AFSCET French association
African News
Like a French Voice Magazine




NB: Check in www.pariscope.fr for movies, theatre, music, restaurants, etc...
www.pariscope.fr can be buy in a newspaper shop

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Address: on the web or in magazine shop
Other Contact: PARISCOPE or L'OFFICIEL des SPEC

Sometimes, I took my time to visit Pierre, my former teacher (La Sorbonne) for a dinner. His wife Catherine is a "cordon bleu".
it's better than to go out for restaurant, and we discussed about LIFE, TRAVELS. They just went back from South India (a trip of 3000 km by bus from Madras) : lot of stories and pictures...

OTHER THINGS TO DO:
La Chine Massena, for lunch
Au coin des gourmets, 5 rue Dante **
Delice de Buci, 14 rue de Buci
L'autre bistrot, 22 rues des ecoles ***
Pho 67, 59 rue Galande: small vietnamese restaurant
Hotel St andre des arts email: HsaintAnd@wanadoo.fr
Jean Luc Pele, 3 rue de Poissy, St Germain en Lay (Patissier)
Le Bambou, 70 rue Baudricourt, Metro Tolbiac ****
Petit Hong-Kong, 1 rue Haute Feuille *
Hoa Nam, 51 ave d'ivry ***

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Address: Saint Michel et autres
Directions: Paris Centre
Website: www.veroniqueOtto.com

http://www.paris-touristoffice.com

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Address: http://www.paris-touristoffice.com
Directions: http://www.paris-touristoffice.com
Website: http://www.paris-touristoffice.com/va2/ouverture_musees/0411.html#PARIS

Paris Museum Pass
With the museum pass, there’s no admission charge, no waiting in lines and no limit to the number of times you can visit more than 70 museums and monuments in Paris and in the Paris region, and many times you want for 1, 3 or 5 days.

With the Museum pass you can visit several times the same museums and monuments. The more you visit, the more you save.

Three choices: 1, 3, or 5 days (consecutive).

Fares (July 2005)
1 day EUR 18.00

3 days EUR 36.00

5 days EUR 54.00

The Museum Pass gives you more:

- Free direct entry to the permanent collections.
- Unlimited visits
- Unlimited validity

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Address: PARIS MUSEUMS
Directions: WHERE TO BUY YOUR PASS, ABROAD
United Kingdom
BASINGSTOKE
RG 21 4RG
+44 870 240 5903
+44 12 56 799 802

United States
10 east 21st
NEW YORK
10010 NY
+1 212 52 98 484
+1 212 46 08 287
Website: http://www.ratp.fr/ParisVisite/Eng/Actuas/m&m/musetmonument.htm

Paris Visite, your essential transport pass to travel around Paris

Paris Visite is a travel card pass enabling you to use all the public transport services. It is the best way to get around Paris and its region! The Paris Visite pass consists of a travelcard and its ticket. It provides unlimited rides on the transport system of the Île-de-France region: Metro, RER (express regional trains), bus, tramway, suburban Transilien SNCF trains, funiculaire de Montmartre, Montmartrobus, Noctambus, Optile bus system, within a given fare zone (from 1-3, 1-5 to 1-8).

WHERE TO BUY PARIS VISITE?
Paris Visite pass can be purchased in all Metro, RER, Transilien SNCF stations, bus terminal ticket counters, RATP Boutiques, RATP sales desks at Orly and CDG airports and Paris tourist offices. You can also buy your pass in certain travel agencies and tour operators abroad.

HOW TO USE IT
Once you get your pass, immediately fill in your name on the card. Write down the card serial number on the ticket and write the date of first use. Card and ticket must be held together at all times. RATP staff are entitled to verify your pass at any moment.

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Directions: ie. Paris Visit- How much it costs for 5 days?
Zones 1-3 = 26 Euros (valable for Paris)
Zones 1-5 = 45 Euros (valable for CDG airport)
The Museum Pass can be purchased in RATP stations, in the museums and monuments participating, etc...
Website: http://www.ratp.fr/ParisVisite/Eng/Actuas/pass/parisvisite.htm
Other Contact: info@paris-touristOffice.com

What to do, if you have only 4 hours to spend in Paris...

IF YOU HAVE 4 HOURS:
Do not forget, it's better to take the RER train from CDG airport to avoid the traffic jam by taxi or by bus. The train is better. You must count between 45 and 90 minutes, from CDG aiport to Chatelet ot Eiffel Tower.

CDG AIRPORT TO:
Chatelet = 45 mn
Eiffel Tower = 90 mn

FROM ORLY
it is longer because there is no direct train from the airport to Paris centre.

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Address: CDG to PARIS CENTER
Directions: CHOICES OF VISITS (2 hours)
1- QUARTIER ST MICHEL, LE MARAIS, ILE ST LOUIS
2- Eiffel Tower

Good choices:

Hotel Choisy
Hotel Tolbiac (cheaper)
Restaurant Pho Banh Cuon 129 Avenue de Choisy Metro Tolbiac
Restaurant Sinorama, good chinese food

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Phone: 01 45 84 90 67
Address: 135 Ave de choisy - F-75013 PARIS
Directions: Metro Tolbiac
Bus 62, 47 or 27
Metro Lines 5 or 7, Tolbiac or Place d'Italie
Website: no
Other Contact: Fax 01 4586 8446

Bateaux Parisien, boat on the Seine, just at Eiffel Tower free parking
Visit The Opera Garnier
Bike Rental atwww.rouelibre.fr, metro Les Halles or Bastille
AF Bus to CDG Airport, from Pte Maillot or Arc de Triomphe
Batobus, from Eiffel Tower, www.batobus.com
Fragonard Museum 9 rue scribe, near the Opera Garnier
Musee Guimet (Asia)
Musee d'art americain, at Giverny
Parc des Exposition: Pte de Versailles or Villepinte
Apt Rental at www.PsrParis.com
Apt Lodging at www.parisLodging.fr
Pantheon from 10am to 6pm
Orangerie du Parc de Bagatelle, good Tea room and restaurant
Musee DALI at 11 rue Poulbot (Montmartre)
DisneyLand Europe: RER A 35mn direct from Paris 50 Euros for a Day Hopper Pass (40 E. / child), 3 days = 109 Euros
Restaurants Brasseries: Flo, Bofinger, La coupole, Julien, Balzar, Vaudeville
Parc de Thoiry, zoo and animals
French courses: EFI 75003, Eiffel www.ecole-eiffel.fr

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