The smell in the subway? Echoes of the mysterious Middle Ages. French writers also worked on the image of their capital, and long after the first visit to Paris you are already in love with him through the efforts of Dumas, Hugo, Zola and Balzac. It is worth adding to this the desire to unravel the secret of the French, feel the smell of fresh croissants in the morning, look with your own eyes at the capital of fashion and luxury. And now the ticket to Paris has already been bought, and the risk of falling in love with this city grows a hundred times.
Interesting excursions from local residents in Paris
Olga Zaitseva has been living in Paris already four mountains, every year falling in love with this city more and more. In this article, she will tell about the picturesque streets, which you should definitely take a walk, about interesting cafes and bars, where they serve the best coffee and cocktails, and about places hidden from tourist routes.
Which area to choose for living
Officially, Paris is divided into twenty districts. Each of them has its own characteristics. The fifteenth and sixteenth, for example, are very quiet and respectable, not far from the Eiffel Tower (she herself is in the seventh). Young people will rather prefer a cheerful Belville between the tenth, eleventh, nineteenth and twentieth districts. In the eighteenth – Montmartre, but there is also relatively cheap housing (by Parisian standards),
Therefore, many students and visitors. Another student district is the fifth, but it is already more calm, because there is a pantheon and a sorbonne. The thirteenth is modern architecture and China-Town, and the fourteenth is liberal, with a bait of Breton culture. The fourth is maree, medieval streets, but at the same time there are many new and modern places. Well, the first is, of course, the Louvre.
Hotels:
Hotel 2* The Loft Boutique Hostel – accommodation from 1,550 rubles/day;
Hotel 3* Porte de Versailles Hotel – accommodation from 4,662 rubles/day;
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Hotel 4* Déclic Hotel – accommodation from 5,810 rubles/day;
Hotel 4* Hotel Paris Boulogne – accommodation from 7,904 rubles/day;
Hotel 5* Crowne Plaza – accommodation from 9,489 rubles/day;
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Where to eat
Before you go to a restaurant in Paris, you should know:
- The score is less than ten, and sometimes fifteen euros, you can’t often pay with a card – only in cash.
- If you decide to go to the bar, then remember that Parisian youth usually hangs out on Thursdays, so that the establishments will be crowded, but it will be fun.
- Coffee behind the bar is cheaper than on the terrace, the menu usually indicates. Behind the bar, by the way, it is interesting – you can chat with the baro, which is often the owner of the cafe.
- Water in French restaurants is given for free, only you need to clarify that you want water from the tap, not a bottled one.
- It is not necessary to leave tips, but the French usually leave one euro.
- Well, and if you see a menu in all languages of the world, most likely the locals do not eat there.
Coffee
Hand on the heart, it is worth saying that coffee in Paris is not on top. For the most part, the French prefer espresso and are generally not at all suitable. But there are several standing places.
Café Kitsune (Jardin du Palais Royal, 51 Galerie de Montpensier) -This little cafe is in the Pale-Royal garden.
Middle check: 5 euros
La caféothèque de Paris (52 rue de l’hôtel de ville) – Delicious coffee and a beautiful place, which gradually becomes very fashionable.
Middle check: 13 euros
Historical restaurants (where, if not in Paris, introduce such a category)
Polidor (41 Rue Monsieur Le Prince) – A restaurant from the famous film “midnight in Paris”, where the hero enters the twenties of the last century and meets Hemingway. Only in the film is the laundry room in its place now, but in reality the restaurant still exists, and its interior has not changed for almost a hundred years.
Middle check: 11-20 euros
Les Deux Magots (6 Place Saint-Germain des Prés) – Cafe of Parisian bohemia. Oscar Wilde, Albert Camu, Pablo Picasso loved to be here.
Middle check: 30-40 euros
Café du Commerce (51, Rue du Commerce) -Restaurant in the style of art deco. At first there was a ladies’ dress store, then a dining room for workers, and now it is a well -known restaurant with tables on three floors under a glass roof where you can try dishes of real French cuisine.
Middle check: 20 euros
Le Grand Véfour (17 Rue de Beaujolais, 75001) -The center of the secular and political life of Paris of the nineteenth century in Pale-Royal passages.
Middle check: from 100 euros to lunch and from 300 euros for dinner.
Le Procope (13 rue de l’cienne comédie) – The oldest cafe in Paris, at one time, all philosophers and writers gathered here. And here for the first time they began to serve ice cream!
Middle check: 35 euros
Bars on the roofs
La Perruche (2 Rue du Havre or, briefly – Printemps roof) – Probably the best view of Paris from the site of recently open bar and restaurant.
Middle check: 40-50 euros
Bar perchoir du marais (33 Rue de la Verrerie) – It is worth being prepared for a half -hour queue, but as a result you will get a unique view of the city hall and Eiffel Tower in addition to delicious cocktails.
Middle check: 50 euros
Beautiful terraces
Café de Flore (172 Boulevard Saint-Germain) – There is a Parisian bohemia.
Middle check: 17 euros
Au Vieux Paris d’arcole (24 Rue Chanoinesse) -A cafe on the island of Sith a stone’s throw from Notre Dame, changing its decor every season.
Middle check: 40 euros
Le Saint Regis (6 Rue Jean du Bellay) -A cafe with red-black terraces on the island of San Louis.
Middle check: 25 euros
And just a list of good places
Breakfast and Branch:
- Le Hibou (16 Carrefour de l’déon). Average check: 40-50 euros.
- Claus (14 rue jean-jacques rousseau or 2 rue clément). Average check: 30 euros.
- Café Coutume (47 Rue de Babylone). Middle check: 8-10 euros.
Dinner:
- L’S Du Fallafel (32-34 Rue des Rosiers) is the best phalafel in the city. Average check: 4-10 euros.
- Chez Mademoiselle (16 Rue Charlemagne). Middle check: 40 euros.
Dinner:
- Lup (44, rue du louvre). Average check: 20-40 euros.
- La Brasserie d’Aumont (10, Place de la Concorde) – the restaurant is hidden from the eyes of outsiders in Hôtel de Crillion. It is better to book a table in advance. Average check: 70-100 euros.
- Bistrot François Félix (9, Rue Boissy d’Anglais). Average check: 11-20 euros.
- L’Auberge Dab (161, Avenue Malakoff) – mainly seafood. Average check: 20-40 euros.
What to see (non -tourist routes, atmospheric places)
First, climb the Eiffel Tower, then go to the Louvre, be sure to take a picture of the Jaconde, then-Notre-Dam de Pari, Sacre Cur and Triumphal Arch …
Joke! You probably saw this list in every guidebook, and these attractions should really be visited, but you do not need to limit yourself only to them.
Paris is a city that does not tolerate fuss. You can see everything in two hours in two hours in the main iconic places, but then you will not see real Paris.
You need to walk in Paris. Without a goal, without a card. Just get lost in the narrow streets of Mare or slowly walk along the wide Ottoman boulevards, climb the hill of Montmartre, reach the Hipster Canal San Martan.
And here are a few specific places:
-Church of San Swall (8 Boulevard du Palais) is the most beautiful church of Paris, although not the biggest.
– Marché de Belleville, Boulevard de Belleville),
Yes, and any other market that meets on your way, Parisians love to buy fresh vegetables and fruits in the markets, and they can be recognized by non -nymum grandmother carts. The markets are full of paints and aromas, as well as friendly sellers who will be happy to recommend something local and unique to you, and maybe they will let them try.
-Flea market (for example, Brocante du Val de Grâce, 330 Rue Saint-Jacques)-another type of markets, no less popular in France. Here you can find unusual souvenirs or just admire the old people.
– Crémeux Street – probably the most picturesque street of Paris. It may even seem that you are not in Paris, but in a small fabulous village – multi -colored houses, paving stones, flowers in pots. For photos for Instagram – here!
What to do
In the summer, take a walk along the Tuileries or the Luxembourg Garden. There are chairs everywhere, sit down with a cup of coffee and a book, probably there will be only Parisians around you. Just relax and observe life around, for sweet elderly couples on a romantic walk, for students after classes, for businessmen at a lunch break.
Or walk along the embankment of the Seine. In the warm time, life is in full swing here! Parisians arrange picnics, dance tango, play street musicians, artists arrange exhibitions.
In winter or in bad weather, go to museums. First of all, of course, to the Louvre, but you do not need to limit yourself to a route from Mona Lisa to Venus of Miloskaya. It is better to go, for example, to the Egyptian hall. Children will be delighted, because silent exhibits are not just arranged there – there they teach hieroglyphs to read!
And in Mary there is a museum of magic and fair art (Musée de la Magie, 11 Rue Saint-Paul). There you can see ancient mechanical toys that entertained visitors to fairs in the nineteenth century, and find out the secrets of magicians, and then see the real magical performance.
It will be interesting to go to the town of Science and Industry with children (Cité des sciences et de l’NDustrie; 30 Avenue Corentin Cario) or Palais De La Découverte; Avenue Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
Where you can not only look at the exhibits, but also try everything yourself, see physical laws and natural phenomena in action.
By the way, the entrance to almost all museums is free on the first Sunday of every month.
And when you have already made a selfie yourself on Rue Crémeux, it is worth taking a panoramic photo of Paris with one of the sightseeing sites! For free you can climb to the roof of the Lafayette gallery, from where the beautiful view of the opera and the Eiffel Tower opens. Original panoramas are obtained from the tower of the Cathedral of the Parisian Mother of God and the tower of San Jacques. It’s not easy to get into the latter – it is often closed to visitors, but if you are lucky and it is open, then it will be a unique experience!
