Guidebook for Paris

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Guidebook for Paris

Food Scene

Cheap and large servings of French and Basque cuisine, a favourite of locals and students. No reservation so be prepared to wait for your table while drinking a glass of sangria.
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Chez Gladines
30 Rue des cinq Diamants
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Cheap and large servings of French and Basque cuisine, a favourite of locals and students. No reservation so be prepared to wait for your table while drinking a glass of sangria.
Authentic restaurant serving traditional French food which has the particularity of being a cooperative. Price range of main dishes is 12-20 euros. I usually go for the pork cheeks.
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Le Temps des Cerises
18-20 Rue de la Butte aux Cailles
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Authentic restaurant serving traditional French food which has the particularity of being a cooperative. Price range of main dishes is 12-20 euros. I usually go for the pork cheeks.
One of the places that invented the concept of "bistronomie" (= a bistrot for foodies). A nice place for special occasions.
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L'Avant-Gout
26 Rue Bobillot
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One of the places that invented the concept of "bistronomie" (= a bistrot for foodies). A nice place for special occasions.
Classic and classy.
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Le Dôme du Marais
53bis Rue des Francs Bourgeois
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Classic and classy.
One of the best restaurants in Paris, for very special occasions only.
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La Closerie Des Lilas
171 Bd du Montparnasse
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One of the best restaurants in Paris, for very special occasions only.
My favourite vietnamese/cambodian cantina. Authentic and family atmosphere with delicious soups (pho), bun bo, loc-lac beef ... Try the desert associating fresh mango and coconut rice
Ny Hav
101 Av. de Choisy
My favourite vietnamese/cambodian cantina. Authentic and family atmosphere with delicious soups (pho), bun bo, loc-lac beef ... Try the desert associating fresh mango and coconut rice
Winner of Paris Best Baguette 2017 (ask for "baguette tradition")
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Boulangerie Brun
193 Rue de Tolbiac
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Winner of Paris Best Baguette 2017 (ask for "baguette tradition")

Everything Else

Public pool. Recently renovated and 33 meter length. Open air section to enjoy in the summer.
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iphothi yaseButte aux Cailles
5 Pl. Paul Verlaine
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Public pool. Recently renovated and 33 meter length. Open air section to enjoy in the summer.
The nearby scenic park for casual walks, a jog or a picnic.
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Parc Montsouris
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The nearby scenic park for casual walks, a jog or a picnic.
Lovely little public garden where you can enjoy the evening light reading a book or play a game of table tennis.
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Brassaï Garden
Square Brassaï
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Lovely little public garden where you can enjoy the evening light reading a book or play a game of table tennis.
Multi-screen cinema offering a large choice of movies : from the unavoidable current blockbuster to the more confidential foreign films. If you go as a couple you will enjoy their "love seats".
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MK2 Ibhayibhile
128 - 162 Av. de France
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Multi-screen cinema offering a large choice of movies : from the unavoidable current blockbuster to the more confidential foreign films. If you go as a couple you will enjoy their "love seats".
Exhibitions on famous film makers and classic movies.
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Les 400 Coups @ La Cinémathèque française
51 Rue de Bercy
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Exhibitions on famous film makers and classic movies.
An old cinema in Quartier Latin only featuring classic movies.
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Filmothèque du Quartier Latin
9 Rue Champollion
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An old cinema in Quartier Latin only featuring classic movies.
Shopping center with all the major French retailers, including a branch of the Printemps Grand Magasin where you can fin all the luxury brands of bags, fashion, perfumes ...
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Italie 2
30 Av. d'Italie
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Shopping center with all the major French retailers, including a branch of the Printemps Grand Magasin where you can fin all the luxury brands of bags, fashion, perfumes ...
Print and copy shop if you need a paper version of your ticket.
Dany Copy
36 Rue Bobillot
Print and copy shop if you need a paper version of your ticket.
Rent someone's car nearby over the Internet like you rented this apartment. Download the "Drivy" App
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Drivy
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Rent someone's car nearby over the Internet like you rented this apartment. Download the "Drivy" App

Sightseeing

One of the best open-air food market in Paris, also featuring a small flea market section.
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Imarike ye-Aligre
Place d'Aligre
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One of the best open-air food market in Paris, also featuring a small flea market section.
The nicest contemporary designed park in Paris
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Parc de Cluny
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The nicest contemporary designed park in Paris
The easiest way to find a bicycle to rent in Paris : download the Spinlister App !
Spinlister Bike Rentals HQ
The easiest way to find a bicycle to rent in Paris : download the Spinlister App !

Drinks & Nightlife

This well brings exceptionnaly pure water to the surface. If you don't like tap water you can fill your bottles there.
Puits artésien
This well brings exceptionnaly pure water to the surface. If you don't like tap water you can fill your bottles there.

Essentials

A Vietnamese bookshop selling bahn Mi ! (VN sandwiches), and probably the best ones in the area. Unfortunately they are only to go.
Khai Tri
93 Av. d'Ivry
A Vietnamese bookshop selling bahn Mi ! (VN sandwiches), and probably the best ones in the area. Unfortunately they are only to go.

Shopping

A nice evening destination featuring a multi screen cinema, many bars and restauranst plus a selection of nice shops ... all located in the old "chais" (wine storage buildings) by the Bercy park
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Bercy Village
28 Cr Saint-Emilion
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A nice evening destination featuring a multi screen cinema, many bars and restauranst plus a selection of nice shops ... all located in the old "chais" (wine storage buildings) by the Bercy park