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First, To find a studio or an appartment to rent in Paris ( Iles de France -75 Paris ), this site is great: Homelidays
The Stars like this *** means that it is a place I especially love.
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Le Marais
- Vintage : Vintage store ( dresses around 10 euros )
32 rue des rosiers 75004 . subway station St paul.
- le loir dans la théière *** : Café and restaurant with salads, quiche and pastries ( for lunch and tea ). 3 Rue des Rosiers 75004. Subway st paul
- Mamz’Elle Swing *** : Vintage store. ( 30′s, 40′s style )
35 bis rue du Roi de Sicile 75004. Subway Hotel de Ville or Saint Paul
- Free’p'star : vintage store ( dresses around 20 euros )
8 rue sainte croix de la bretonnerie 75004. Subway Saint Paul
61 rue de la verrerie 75004. subway hotel de ville
- Agora presse: All the magazines you need.
19 rue des archives 75004. subway hotel de ville
- Princesse Tam Tam *** : The sweetest french lingerie.
19, rue Vieille du temple 75004.
- Yukiko, : Vintage store selling designers ( Chanel, Lanvin … )
97, rue Vieille-du-Temple. M° Filles-du-Calvaire.
- Vanessa Bruno *** : Lovely french designer
100 rue vieille du Temple 75003
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- APC: french label, selling great basics
112 rue Vieille du Temple 75003 Paris
- Shine *** : Lovely store selling many labels such as See by Chloé, Luella, marc by Marc jacobs and many others.
15 Rue de Poitou 75003
- la belle époque : vintage store ( 1900 – 60′s )
10 rue de Poitou 75003.
open from thuesday to saturday ( 13:30- 18:30 )
- Isabel Marant: Great french designer
47 rue de saintonge 75003
- Pretty box: Vintage store ( 50′s – 80′s )
46, Rue de Saintonge 75003 Paris
- Esprit Vinyle: Vintage store
57 rue Saintonge 75003 . M°Filles-du-Calvaire
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Etienne Marcel – Réaumur Sébastopol
- Kiliwatch: Vintage and new clothes, books. I’m not so found of it because of the prices but …
64 Rue Tiquetonne 75002
- La droguerie: Everything you need for your DIY, flowers ( perfect for flower crowns ), birds, ribbons, buttons, feathers …
9 Rue Jour 75001. Subway Etienne Marcel
- Mokuba : All the ribbons in the world !
18 rue Montmartre 75001. Subway Etienne Marcel
- Rue Montorgueil *** : If you’r in the neighborhood, make sure to have a walk in this lovely street, full of bakeries, flower shops ans cafés.
Subway Etienne Marcel or Sentier.
- Paul & Joe: Lovely french designer for both men ans women.
46 rue Etienne Marcel 75002. Subway Etienne Marcel
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Chatelet – Pont Neuf
Niki de Saint Phalles statues in Beaubourg, Chatelet.
- le fumoir : salads and meats.
6 Rue de l’Amiral Coligny 75001.
- Iglaine : Vintage store
12 rue de la grande truanderie 75001. subway chatelet les halles
- Kong: Nice restaurant located on the top of the Kenzo’s store. Great cuisine, and decoration created by Starck.
If you want to be sitted at the window, make sure to make a reservation before !
1, Rue du Pont Neuf 75001. Subway pont neuf.
- le pont des arts: One of the coolest gate in Paris.
I love to go there with my friends and have a nice picnic in the evening during spring and summer time.
- Ile saint Louis: Cross the Pont Marie Gate, and you’ll arrive in the Ile saint Louis.
There’s some pretty streets there, and lovely antique stores.
- Berthillon *** : Succulent ice creams !
29-31 rue saint Louis en l’ile 75004. Subway Pont Marie.
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Cité – Notre Dame – Saint Michel ( Latin Quarter )
Notre Dame
- Le marché aux fleurs: A beautiful market in an old style, for the pleasure of the eyes.
Place Louis Lépine 75004. Subway Cité.
- Notre Dame de Paris
- Shakespeare & co: Lots of English books in there, love the mood !
37, Rue Bûcherie 75005. Subway Saint Michel.
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Note that Saint Michel is really not the best place to go to the restaurant. I Never had a good experience there, but still looking !
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Saint Germain des près – Sèvre babylone
A café in Saint Germain
- Le café de Flore: Famous and typical french café
172 Boulevard Saint-Germain 75006. Subway saint Germain des près
- Les deux Magots : Another famous parisian café.
6 place Saint-Germain-des-Prés 75006
- Ladurée *** : Macarons, tea and pastries
21 rue Bonaparte 75006. Subway Saint Germain des près.
- Art Galleries: you can have a look in many art galleries all around The rue Bonaparte.
- Taschen: great for books !
2, rue de Buci, 75006 Paris. Subway Odéon.
- Pères et filles: pretty restaurant located in a very nice street.
81, Rue Seine 75006 Paris. Subway Odéon.
- Le Coffee parisien *** : bagels and burgers ( one of my favourite )
4, Rue Princesse 75006. Subway Saint Sulpice or Saint Germain des près.
- APC: french label, selling great basics
38, rue Madame 75006. Subway Saint Sulpice.
- Le jardin du Luxembourg: one of the best parcs in Paris
Fountain in le jardin du Luxembourg
- Le bon Marché: Perfumes, accessories, luxury and designers
24 rue de Sèvres 75007 Paris. Subway Sèvres Babylone.
- Mamie Gâteau *** :Very cute little restaurant, with delicious pastries ans french cakes.
66 rue du Cherche-Midi 75006, Subway Sèvres Babylone.
- La grande épicerie de Paris *** : a supermarket with very fine food.
38 rue de Sèvres 75007.
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Montmartre- Abesses – Pigalle
In Montmartre, rue de l’Abreuvoir.
- mamie *** : Vintage store ( 1900, 70′s )
73 rue de Rochechouart 75009. Subway: Anvers
- mamie blues : vintage store ( 20′s, 60′s )
69 rue de Rochechouart 75009. Subway: Anvers
La Basilique du Sacrée Coeur.
- Le Coquelicot des Abbesses: Good for breakfast or brunch.
24, Rue Abbesses 75018. Subway Abbesses
- Le Marché saint Pierre: In a retro decoration, you’ll finf all kind of fabrics and buttons.
2, rue Charles Nodier 75018. Subway Anvers
- La maison rose: Café and restaurant ( best is sitting outside )
2 rue de l’abreuvoir 75018
Pop art decoration at Floors bar & grill
- Les deux Moulins: The famous café in Amélie Poulain. Note the decoration has all been changed since, it’s very modern now, but still with the clock and a few furnitures from the movie.
15, rue Lepic 75018. Subway Abbesses.
- Floors bar & grill *** :burgers and bagels
100 rue Myrha 75008. Suway Château rouge or Barbès Rochechouart.
- Rose Bakery ***: fresh salads, tarts and cakes in a lovely restaurant.
46 rue des Martyrs 75009. Subway Saint Georges or Notre Dame de Lorette.
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Haussman – Opéra – Place Vendôme
Christmas window at le printemps de la mode
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- Printemps : Perfumes, luxury, designers and decoration.
After shopping, I highly recommend to have a drink at the French brasserie under the sublime Haussmann dome .
64 boulevard Haussmann 75009. Subway Havre Caumartin.
- Les Galleries Lafayette: Perfumes, luxury and designers.
40, boulevard Haussmann 75009. Subway Chaussée d’Antin
- Lafayette Gourmet: A supermarket with fine food.
40 blvd Haussmann 75009
- Tetrel Gaston *** : candies just like when we were kids.
44 rue des petits champs 75002. subwayOpéra
- Rue Sainte Anne: One of my favorite street when I want to eat Japanese.
- Repetto *** : The famous flats, and everything for ballerinas in a lovely decoration !
22, Rue de la Paix 75002. Subway opéra
- Place Vendôme: To dream with all the jewels in the windows !
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Champs Elysées – Saint Honoré – Louvre
Autumn in le jardin des Tuileries
- Sephora: Huge store with perfumes and beauty products.
70-72 avenue des Champs-Elysées 75008. Subway Georges V.
- Ladurée: Macarons, tea and pastries.
75, avenue des Champs Elysées 75008. subway Georges V.
- Chloé: 54/56, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré 75008. Subway Madeleine.
- Lanvin : 22 and 15, rue du Faubourg Saint-honore 75008. Subway Madeleine.
- Chanel: 21, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré 75008. Subway Madeleine.
- YSL: 38, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré 75008. Subway Madeleine.
The Champs Elysées during Christmas
- Ladurée: Macarons, tea and pastries.
16, rue Royale 75008 Paris. Subway Madeleine.
- Pierre Hermé: Macarons and pastries.
4, rue Cambon 75001. Subway Madeleine or Palais des Tuileries.
- Colette *** : this concept store is selling all the fashion, high-tech, beauty, arts, music, books, gadgets or sneakers of the moment.
213, rue Saint Honoré 75001. Subway Palais des Tuileries.
- Le jardin des Tuileries: subway tuileries
- Musée de la mode et du Textile ( les arts décoratifs ): there’s a really good library there. Lots of arts and fashion books.
107, rue de Rivoli 75001. Subway Louvre Rivoli.
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Around the Eiffel tower - Avenue Montaigne – Avenue Georges V
- Musée Yves Saint Laurent ( fondation Pierre Bergé ): A must see if you’r a Yves Saint Laurent fan. You can see some of the famous clothes he made, drawings, videos.
5, avenue Marceau and 1, rue Léonce Reynaud 75116.
- Balenciaga : 10, avenue Georges V 75008. Subway Alma Marceau.
- Marius et Jeannette: A restaurant with the most delicious fish dishes.
The Carrousel next to the Eiffel tower
4, Avenue Georges V 75008. Subway Alma Marceau.
- Givenchy: 3, avenue Georges V 75008. Subway Alma Marceau.
- Dior: The outside, with this purple – lilac color is so lovely !
30 avenue Montaigne 75008. Subway Alma Marceau
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Flee markets
Children books at The puces de Vanves.
- puces de Vanves *** : vintage Jewels, clothes, decoration, furnitures, books, vinyls.
Avenue Marc Sangnier or avenue George Lafenestre 75014. Open on saturday an sunday only, from 9 to 01 in the morning. Subway porte de Vanves.
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Some more restaurants
- le petit Villier ( meat and salads ): 75, Avenue de Villiers 75017 . subway: Wagram
- Crêperie de Josselin ( and not crêperie josselin): 67, rue du montparnasse 75014. subway montparnasse.
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Other sights
- Cimetière du Père Lachaise *** : THE famous cimetery. Best on a sunny day in spring, or in the bigining of autumn when the leaves are red. Avoid on a rainy day, unless you want to be in a sad mood. Subway station Père lachaise.
- Canal Saint Martin. Subway station République, Goncourt, Jaurès.
- Parc des Buttes Chaumont. Subway station Buttes Chaumont
At Le parc des buttes Chaumont
- Jardin des plantes. Subway station: Austerlitz, Censier Daubenton, Jussieu.
- Le parc de la villette. Subway porte de Pantin.
- Parc Monceau. This is my childrood parc. Subway station monceau
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Outside the city
Le hameau de la reine – Versailles
- Versailles castle *** . If you have a full day, make sure to visit the Hameau de la Reine, have lunch at ” La flotille restaurant ” and visit the gardens by bike. Take the RER C, stop at Versailles rive gauche station.
- Bagatelle gardens *** . Best during spring and summer, for the flowers. Take the subway to Pont de Neuilly station, then take a cab ( around 10 minutes).
The Chinese Pagoda at Bagatelle Garden.
- disneyland Paris.
At Disneyland Paris
- Villa savoye in poissy ( website )
- Fontainebleau Forest. By car, around 40 minutes from Paris.
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