Guidebook for Paris
Sightseeing
Beautiful little park in the centre of the historic Place des Vosges (the oldest square in paris), where you can lay on the grass and watch the fountains.
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Place des Vosges
Place des VosgesBeautiful little park in the centre of the historic Place des Vosges (the oldest square in paris), where you can lay on the grass and watch the fountains.
Food Scene
Great little place with good food and a chilled atmosphere, very Bastille! Its also not too pricey. Rue de la Roquette is an awesome street for bars and some good little vintage shops.
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Café des Anges
66 Rue de la RoquetteGreat little place with good food and a chilled atmosphere, very Bastille! Its also not too pricey. Rue de la Roquette is an awesome street for bars and some good little vintage shops.
Chez Justine
96 Rue OberkampfVery cool hangout with good food.
This place is always full of writers (day and night in fact!), partly because they're very chilled about you sitting with a coffee for hours! Monday night hosts 'Spoken Word' - worth a visit.
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Au Chat Noir
76 Rue Jean-Pierre TimbaudThis place is always full of writers (day and night in fact!), partly because they're very chilled about you sitting with a coffee for hours! Monday night hosts 'Spoken Word' - worth a visit.
Great takeaway pizza (the pepperoni with an egg on top is delicious!), that's literally steps away from the flat. You can call them from the flat phone and then pick up, perfect. Tel: 0143579042
La Petite Venise
92 Rue du Chemin VertGreat takeaway pizza (the pepperoni with an egg on top is delicious!), that's literally steps away from the flat. You can call them from the flat phone and then pick up, perfect. Tel: 0143579042
This place is pretty special. Its very new (I'm not sure they'll be many English Lang. reviews yet!), but the food is incredible and the decor uber cool/ atmospheric. Not cheap but worth it.
24 Rue Saint-Ambroise
24 Rue Saint-AmbroiseThis place is pretty special. Its very new (I'm not sure they'll be many English Lang. reviews yet!), but the food is incredible and the decor uber cool/ atmospheric. Not cheap but worth it.
awesome spot for hanging out & having brunch, v chilled/ eclectic & right next to the Canal. there's lots of comfy sofas etc & a 2nd hand book/ vintage clothes section. all for a good cause too.
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Le Comptoir General
84 Quai de Jemmapesawesome spot for hanging out & having brunch, v chilled/ eclectic & right next to the Canal. there's lots of comfy sofas etc & a 2nd hand book/ vintage clothes section. all for a good cause too.
Filled with innumerable coloured boxes of exotic sounding concoctions, this little tea shop is a delicious-smelling haven overlooking the park. A must if you like your tea...
Murmures & Délices
Filled with innumerable coloured boxes of exotic sounding concoctions, this little tea shop is a delicious-smelling haven overlooking the park. A must if you like your tea...
Drinks & Nightlife
Great atmosphere and uber cool tables/ loos! It gets pretty packed in the evenings but its a popular hangout for good reason. Its more grungy than chic(!), but very cool.
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Belleville
Great atmosphere and uber cool tables/ loos! It gets pretty packed in the evenings but its a popular hangout for good reason. Its more grungy than chic(!), but very cool.
Nun's Cafe
127 Rue Saint-MaurVery cool little bar.
Very popular/ cool bar and restaurant in the gorgeous Buttes Chaumont park, get there in the afternoon though as the queue's can get silly!
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Rosa Bonheur
2 Av. de la CascadeVery popular/ cool bar and restaurant in the gorgeous Buttes Chaumont park, get there in the afternoon though as the queue's can get silly!
Lively bar - good cocktails, food and dj's and a LOT of beards!
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Barbershop
68 Avenue de la RépubliqueLively bar - good cocktails, food and dj's and a LOT of beards!
Very cool little bar, great decoration and a good vibe.
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Le Kitch
10 Rue OberkampfVery cool little bar, great decoration and a good vibe.
Beautifully decorated, old-fashioned absinthe bar with genuine, old school absinthe fountains & a good selection of brands to try from.
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La Fée Verte
108 Rue de la RoquetteBeautifully decorated, old-fashioned absinthe bar with genuine, old school absinthe fountains & a good selection of brands to try from.
it faces the canal, is super cool, has amazing snacks and wifi. what more could you ask for?!
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BarOurcq
68 Quai de la Loireit faces the canal, is super cool, has amazing snacks and wifi. what more could you ask for?!
This is a really cool hangout close to the canal. I haven't had one yet, but I have it on good authority that they do good cheeseburgers...
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La Caravane
35 Rue de la Fontaine au RoiThis is a really cool hangout close to the canal. I haven't had one yet, but I have it on good authority that they do good cheeseburgers...
Everything Else
Enchanting little square - a good place to take a book! Or (if you're uber energetic!) to jog round in the morning.
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Plaza Maurice-Gardette
2 Rue du Général BlaiseEnchanting little square - a good place to take a book! Or (if you're uber energetic!) to jog round in the morning.
Really beautiful park with a waterfall - perfect for picnics
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Buttes Chaumont station
Really beautiful park with a waterfall - perfect for picnics
Canal Saint-Martin: hugely popular on Summer evenings when the whole world descends to the banks to drink wine, have picnics and play the guitar. Good buzz.
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Hospital Saint-Louis Ap-Hp
1 Av. Claude VellefauxCanal Saint-Martin: hugely popular on Summer evenings when the whole world descends to the banks to drink wine, have picnics and play the guitar. Good buzz.
Awesome little English language bookshop where everything is higgledypiggledy and you can help yourself to delicious tea and coffee. Highly recommended.
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29 Rue de la Parcheminerie
Awesome little English language bookshop where everything is higgledypiggledy and you can help yourself to delicious tea and coffee. Highly recommended.
http://abbeybookshop.wordpress.com/about/
Shopping
This place is a dream, its impossible to find cheap English books in Paris, but this place has a great selection (incl. guide books/ Fr. Dictionaries) at Charity Shop prices, and its on the doorstep!
Bouquinerie Oxfam
8 Rue Saint-AmbroiseThis place is a dream, its impossible to find cheap English books in Paris, but this place has a great selection (incl. guide books/ Fr. Dictionaries) at Charity Shop prices, and its on the doorstep!
Famous English Language bookshop with its own place in history. Floor to ceiling with teetering piles of books, you can spend hours upstairs just reading. They hold weekly seminars & recitals.
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Librería Shakespeare and Company
37 Rue de la BûcherieFamous English Language bookshop with its own place in history. Floor to ceiling with teetering piles of books, you can spend hours upstairs just reading. They hold weekly seminars & recitals.
Awesome little bookshop, floor to ceiling with teetering piles of classics. Definitely worth a visit.
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The Abbey Bookshop
29 Rue de la ParcheminerieAwesome little bookshop, floor to ceiling with teetering piles of classics. Definitely worth a visit.
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Essentials
Lidl
83 Rue Saint-MaurVery handy, very cheap, nearby supermarket.