Guidebook for Paris

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Guidebook for Paris

Essentials

Busy great value local food market on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sunday mornings.
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Boulevard Ornano
Boulevard Ornano
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Busy great value local food market on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sunday mornings.
Local old school Parisian delicatessens are all along here (including a horsemeat butcher's!), and the rue Duhesme market has all the cheese and seafood you could wish for.
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Rue du Poteau
Rue du Poteau
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Local old school Parisian delicatessens are all along here (including a horsemeat butcher's!), and the rue Duhesme market has all the cheese and seafood you could wish for.
Your nearest supermarket. You can also access it from the rue de Clignancourt (even nearer).
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Intermarché Express
34 Bd Ornano
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Your nearest supermarket. You can also access it from the rue de Clignancourt (even nearer).
Slightly more up market independent groceries and fish/seafood market
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Rue du Poteau
Rue du Poteau
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Slightly more up market independent groceries and fish/seafood market
Organic and health food chain.
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Naturalia
37 Rue Jean Jaurès
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Organic and health food chain.

Sightseeing

Free if you're nearby..
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Iziko lePerfume
9 Rue Scribe
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Free if you're nearby..
A monument of dubious origin (check it out for yourself) but very photogenic and the views from here are superb. 15 mins walk from the flat!
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Sacre-Coeur
35 Rue du Chevalier de la Barre
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A monument of dubious origin (check it out for yourself) but very photogenic and the views from here are superb. 15 mins walk from the flat!
Never mind the shopping - check out the stained glass roof and the views! Beautiful building with excellent perfume department (very knowledgeable and they have those elusive scents dating way back).
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Stand KENZO Maroquinerie Homme
40 Bd Haussmann
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Never mind the shopping - check out the stained glass roof and the views! Beautiful building with excellent perfume department (very knowledgeable and they have those elusive scents dating way back).
The Seine - what more can I say?
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Île Saint Louis
19 Rue Saint-Louis en l'Île
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The Seine - what more can I say?

Food Scene

Romantic and soo French. Food just beautifully prepared as only the French can do.
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The North star
26 Rue Duhesme
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Romantic and soo French. Food just beautifully prepared as only the French can do.
Local brasserie nearest the flat with large terrace and wifi.
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La Terrasse
144 Rue de Clignancourt
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Local brasserie nearest the flat with large terrace and wifi.
Popular local shabby chic restaurant. Often packed with local residents.
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La Timbale
105 Rue Versigny
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Popular local shabby chic restaurant. Often packed with local residents.
If you follow the rue Mont Cenis uphill towards Sacre Coeur you'll pass several great eateries. This one is on a tree-lined square just below the top, and a great place for a drink or light meal.
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Au Relais
48 Rue Lamarck
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If you follow the rue Mont Cenis uphill towards Sacre Coeur you'll pass several great eateries. This one is on a tree-lined square just below the top, and a great place for a drink or light meal.
Not the greatest food, but this was how all Paris restaurants used to be, cheap and cheerful, and you'll be eating with the locals.
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Chez Paula
26 Rue Letort
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Not the greatest food, but this was how all Paris restaurants used to be, cheap and cheerful, and you'll be eating with the locals.
An indian restaurant! I know. And they deliver takeaways...
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Le Safari
36 Rue du Ruisseau
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An indian restaurant! I know. And they deliver takeaways...
If you manage to get a table you'll be treated to some live accordion playing and chanson.
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Chez Louisette
136 Av. Michelet
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If you manage to get a table you'll be treated to some live accordion playing and chanson.
Effortlessly chic but laid back street skirting the Butte. Restaurants not cheap but good quality, and its quintessential Montmartre. Observe and learn.
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Rue Caulaincourt
Rue Caulaincourt
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Effortlessly chic but laid back street skirting the Butte. Restaurants not cheap but good quality, and its quintessential Montmartre. Observe and learn.
Hidden down a courtyard, the Art Nouveau interior is well worth a visit, although the food and service can be disappointing - a victim of its own popularity unfortunately.
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Bouillon Chartier
7 Rue du Faubourg Montmartre
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Hidden down a courtyard, the Art Nouveau interior is well worth a visit, although the food and service can be disappointing - a victim of its own popularity unfortunately.
Traditional restaurant in the Quartier latin - recommended by guests...
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Perraudin
157 Rue Saint-Jacques
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Traditional restaurant in the Quartier latin - recommended by guests...
Local value eaterie for breakfast or lunch. Popular with local workers.
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La Piscine
33 Rue Boinod
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Local value eaterie for breakfast or lunch. Popular with local workers.
Excellent coffee house with a connaisseur choice of blend, they train baristas here. The area may seem uninspiring but this is a trendy place for a light lunch.
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Lomi
3 ter Rue Marcadet
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Excellent coffee house with a connaisseur choice of blend, they train baristas here. The area may seem uninspiring but this is a trendy place for a light lunch.
Georgian restaurant, popular with locals.
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Colchide
97 Rue des Poissonniers
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Georgian restaurant, popular with locals.
New lunch cafe very close to the flat.
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Chez Foucher Mère & Fille
13 Rue Madeleine Rebérioux
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New lunch cafe very close to the flat.

Everything Else

1912 Art Nouveau main branch of this bank. Stunning interior - a must see for design fans and completely free!
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Société Générale
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1912 Art Nouveau main branch of this bank. Stunning interior - a must see for design fans and completely free!
New cafe/eaterie/brocante/garden and farm based in and around a disused station near to the flat. It's all about recycling with its own onsite workshop and regular bring and exchange events...
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La Recyclerie
83 Bd Ornano
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New cafe/eaterie/brocante/garden and farm based in and around a disused station near to the flat. It's all about recycling with its own onsite workshop and regular bring and exchange events...
Nearest Post Office
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La Poste
65 Rue du Rendez-Vous
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Nearest Post Office

Shopping

Huge Paris flea market only on weekends with clothes and bric a brac, but also many fascinating collectors' antique furniture shops. Ten minutes' walk from the flat.
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Marche Dauphine
132-140 Rue des Rosiers
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Huge Paris flea market only on weekends with clothes and bric a brac, but also many fascinating collectors' antique furniture shops. Ten minutes' walk from the flat.
If you're hankering after a good English read (unlikely to be honest), this quirky historic bookshop is right opposite Notre Dame and fun to explore.
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Ibhukhresto le-Shakespeare ne-Company
37 Rue de la Bûcherie
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If you're hankering after a good English read (unlikely to be honest), this quirky historic bookshop is right opposite Notre Dame and fun to explore.
Arty shops and boutiques to explore from here to the Sacre Coeur
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Rue Lepic
Rue Lepic
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Arty shops and boutiques to explore from here to the Sacre Coeur

Arts & Culture

This elegant Japanese style cinema has got to be one of Paris's most beautiful, and unusual, filmhouses.
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La Pagode
57 Rue de Babylone
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This elegant Japanese style cinema has got to be one of Paris's most beautiful, and unusual, filmhouses.
Uber cool bar and music venue in Pigalle. drinks will be pricey it is decreed.
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Le Carmen
34 Rue Duperré
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Uber cool bar and music venue in Pigalle. drinks will be pricey it is decreed.
Chinese restaurant and club with an eclectic mix of live music. Reasonably cheap comparatively.
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China Club
50 Rue de Charenton
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Chinese restaurant and club with an eclectic mix of live music. Reasonably cheap comparatively.
Live music venue on an old wooden junk moored on the Seine. Atmospheric.
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Batofar
11 Quai François Mauriac
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Live music venue on an old wooden junk moored on the Seine. Atmospheric.
Large art exhibition centre and dance/street event /rehearsal space in what used to be Paris City's undertaker's. Urban, arty, alternative.
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Le Centquatre
5 Rue Curial
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Large art exhibition centre and dance/street event /rehearsal space in what used to be Paris City's undertaker's. Urban, arty, alternative.
In a listed Art Deco building, the nearest pool to the flat.
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Piscine des Amiraux
6 Rue Hermann-Lachapelle
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In a listed Art Deco building, the nearest pool to the flat.

Drinks & Nightlife

Get a drink here at the Puces and check out the live gypsy jazz...
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La Chope des Puces
122 Rue des Rosiers
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Get a drink here at the Puces and check out the live gypsy jazz...
Funky bars and cool eateries.
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Rue Oberkampf
Rue Oberkampf
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Funky bars and cool eateries.
The canal St Martin has become a very cool area, the banks lined with trendy boutiques and cafes and throngs of friends picnicking by the water in Summer. This brasserie is deservedly popular.
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Valmy
145 Quai de Valmy
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The canal St Martin has become a very cool area, the banks lined with trendy boutiques and cafes and throngs of friends picnicking by the water in Summer. This brasserie is deservedly popular.
Winetasting bar with platters and fine regional produce.
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Comestibles et Marchand de Vins
65 Rue du Mont-Cenis
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Winetasting bar with platters and fine regional produce.