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Bistro à Saint-Germain - Paris

Bistro à Saint-Germain

Bistro à Saint-Germain

Dans le quartier Saint-Germain, vous trouverez plein de petits bistros sympathiques où vous pourrez vous restaurer à toute heure.

In the Saint-German district, you will find full of small nice pubs where you will be able to take some refreshment at all hour.

Theme: Food and Drink

Review Helpfulness: 2.5 out of 5 stars

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  • Written May 17, 2003
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Commercial center above the Pyramide - Paris

Commercial center above the Pyramide

Le centre commercial du Musée du Louvre: Underground art's shopping mail Carrousel du Louvre Review

L'escalier en colimaçon, spectaculaire, à l'intérieur du Louvre, sous la pyramide, vous permet d'accéder à un centre commercial souterrain. Vous y trouverez toutes les cartes postales des oeuvres exposées dans le musée (où l'utilisation des appareils photos est strictement réglementée), de nombreux livres d'art, des CD-roms et des souvenirs pour touristes.
A bas de l'escalier sont situés les entrées principales pour le musée.

What to buy: The spiral staircase, spectacular, inside the Louvre, under the pyramid, permits you to reach an underground shopping mall. You will find all post cards of the works exposed in the museum there (where the use of the cameras is regulated strictly), many books of art, the CD-ROM and memories for tourists.
To bottom of the staircase are situated the main entries for the museum.

Address: The Louvre Museum

Theme: Art

Review Helpfulness: 2.5 out of 5 stars

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  • Written May 2, 2003
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Paris - Galerie des Champs Elysées - Paris

Paris - Galerie des Champs Elysées

Gallerie des Champs Elysées: Shopping for luxe Champs Elysées Review

Si vous avez beaucoup d'argent à dépenser, ou si vous avez simplement envie de rêver ("Ah si j'étais riche ... !" - penser que l'on est milliardaire ou star...), vous ne devez pas manquer d'aller à la galerie des Champs Elysées, sur le côté droit lorsque vous allez de la Place de la Concorde, vers l'Étoile.

Fondest Memory: If you have a lot of money to spend, or if you want merely to dream (" Ah if I was rich...!" - to think that one is multimillionaire or star...), you must not fail to go to the gallery of the Champs Elysée avenue, on the right side when you go from the Place de la Concorde, toward the etoile Place.

What to buy: Cette galerie commerciale, regroupe des boutiques dites "de luxe", plus spécialement orientés vers les touristes. Les véritables boutiques de luxe sont plus dans le XVIème arrondissement de Paris. Vous trouverez là beaucoup de souvenirs, de grandes marques, des foulards et des accessoires...

This commercial gallery, regroup some boutiques say " luxury ", more especially oriented toward the tourists. The real boutiques of luxury are more in the XVIth precinct of Paris. You will find there a lot of memories, of big marks, the scarfs and accessories...

What to pay: Many expansive

Address: Avenue des Champs Elysées

Theme: Other

Review Helpfulness: 2.5 out of 5 stars

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  • Written May 2, 2003
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Le forum des Halles - Paris

Le forum des Halles

Le Forum des Halles: Underground best off Le Forum des Halles Review

Les Halles. Cet ancien marché est aujourd'hui forum et centre commercial. A proximité se dresse l'église Ste-Eustache du XVIème siècle (ici, à droite), la bourse de commerce et son dôme (ici, à gauche) et le centre Pompidou.

Le Forum des Halles est un vaste centre commercial souterrain, avec une bibliothèque et de nombreux magasins, accessibles directement depuis le métro.
Ne pas confondre avec le centre Georges Ponpidou, qui est un musée d'Arts Moderne (voir mes pages sur Beaubourg).

What to buy: Les Halles (the Covered markets). This former market is today forum and shopping mall. To proximity the Ste-Eustache church of the XVIth century (here, on the right), the stock market of trade and its dome (here, on the left) and the Pompidou center.

The Forum of the Hallesis directly a vast shopping mall underground, with a library and many stores, accessible since the subway.
Not to confound with the center Georges Ponpidou, that is a museum of Modern's Arts (to see my pages on Beaubourg).

Theme: Other

Review Helpfulness: 2.5 out of 5 stars

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  • Written May 1, 2003
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Les bouquinistes - Paris

Les bouquinistes

Les bouquinistes: tradition of shopping old book Les bouquinistes Review

The embankments of the Seine are an obligated passage place to go to some districts. But it is also about a pleasant walk goal, in full heart of bets, and the possibility to stroll. It is also there that are the bouquinistes, these second-hand book merchants without whom the embankments of the Seine in Paris would not be the embankments.

What to buy: It is possible to find either on the embankments many old books magazines, but also of the engravings, and everything that has report to the edition.

Address: Les quais de la Seine

Directions: Center town, near the Seine

Theme: Books

Review Helpfulness: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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  • Written Apr 16, 2003
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