Paris Shopping Tips by Janni67

Fabric and clothing market

-Carreau du temple, rue Perrée 3ème arr.
A traditional roofed market like one can still find in middle-east with excellent bargains.

- Marché St Pierre 18th arr.
The famous Montmartre store displaying clothing, tapestry and curtain fabric, suiting every wallet.

Theme: Other

Try local markets

Fruits & vegetables, dairy products, sea-food,... have a taste of a typical parisian roots atmosphere! :) Weekdays or week-ends, every district has got his own market, here is a mini-selection:

- Marché Mouffetard
On sunday morning along the lower rue Moufetard 5th district. Dont miss this very colourful market, you can even join in the spontaneous choir singing traditional parisian tunes at the corner of rue de l'Arbalète, unless you prefer to sip your coffee at the sunny café-terrace facing it.

- Marché d'Aligre
A really cosmopolitan market and one of the cheapest in town. Open six days a week (closed Monday), place d'Aligre 12th arr.

- Marché Montorgueil
Rue Montorgueil 2nd district, in the heart of Paris (Les Halles), regional products displayed like in the good old days, open daily.

Theme: Food and Drink

Book shop at the Louvre Museum Carrousel du Louvre Review

What to buy: In the Louvre Museum book shop you can find practically anything from the First Visit mini-guide to the beautiful art books. There's also the largest book shop (both in size and selection) specialising in ancient art in France, not to mention the extensive children's art section. The museum boutique has also over 250 different pieces of jewellery on sale, plus gifts, souvenirs and nearly 450 casts made from works on display in the museum. The multimedia audio visual space has a wide range of CD-roms, video tapes, music CD, photo CDs and slides. There's also a choice of over 16,000 prints and engravings by the greatest artists from the 17th century onwards as well as posters, reproductions, greetings cards... several thousand pictures from the Louvre's collections are available in different formats.

Open daily, except Tuesdays, from 9.30am to 7pm (9.45pm, Mondays and Wednesdays).
Tel.: (33)01 40 20 52 06
Fax.: (33)01 40 20 54 45

Address: The Louvre Museum

Theme: Books

Website: http://librairie.louvre@rmn.fr