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1st Arrondissement:Chanel's store - Rue Cambon
Laduree's macaroons
Tuileries Gardens- the lovely promenade stretching from the gardens of the Tuileries to the square courtyard of the Louvre.
Angelina tea salon - best hot chocolates in France.
Louvre
Place Dauphine - Village feel.
Walking along Seine at Twilight
Pont des artes - Pedestrian only. One of the best views of Paris looking towards Ile de La cite and ile Saint Louis.
Place Colette - creative metro entrance.
Palais Royal garden + stores. Le grand vefour restaurant (Napolean took Josephine here)
Palais Royal - most magnificent square in the world. Houses State council and is closed to the public.
Rue de Rivoli.
Place Vendome the Ritz and Colunne Vendome.
Hemingway bar at the Ritz - out of our price range no doubt but thought I'd mention it - Colin Field has been voted the best bartender in the world.
Le Fumoir - cool little club right beside the Louvre.
Rue st Honore runs from Place Vendome to Les Halles.
Pedestranised zone between The Centre Pompidou and Forum des Halles - with Rue Etienne Marcel to the north and rue de Rivoli to the south) filled with people day and night.
Arc de Triomphe du carrousel - at the eastern end of the Jardin des Tuilleries.
Egise st Germain L'Auzerrois - this church is at the eastern end of the Louvre.
Eglise St Eustche - One of the most beautiful churches in Paris is north of the gardens, next to Forum des Halles.
Ste Chapelle - on Ile de la cite.
Pont Neuf - Paris's oldest bridge.
Things to see in the jardin des Tuileries - The Welcoming Hands" - faces Place de La Concorde.
The Vale Triomphale (Triumphal Way) Follows the Ave des Champs Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe.
2nd and 9th Arrondissements:
Ultramod - a haberdashery store selling since 1890.
Rue Montorgueil - Pedestrian street
Great bars, bistros, quaint cafes, pastry shops - La maison strohrer, food shops,
19th century arcades - Galerie Vivienne - Mosaic floor and a bistro - Bistro Vivienne and tea salon - A priori The.
Galerie colbert
Passage du grand Cerf (1825 - glass roof arcade). Fantastic shops. - 145 Rue saint - Denis and Rue Dussoubs. (Montorgueil area).
passage Lemoine
Passage Jouffroy(1846)
passage des princes
passage du bourg - L'abbe
Passage du ponceau.
Passage Verdeau - opposite Jouffroy.
Passage des Panoramas
Librairie Gourmande - cooking bookshop - 90 rue Montmartre. (2nd)
Aurore - Capucine patterisserie - Like a fairytale - 3 rue de Rochechouart.
Galeries Lafayette.
3rd Arrondissement: (upper Marais)
Cafe Charlot - Epicentre of the village.
Images and portraits - opposite cafe Charlot (old photos of Paris in past)
Rue de Bretagne
Marche des Enfants rouge - Paris's oldest covered market - 39 Rue de Bretagne.
Hotel de Petit Moulin - (29 Rue de Poitou) an extraordinary hotel built in the shell of an old bakery.
The collection and Merci- 2 fantastic homewares shops.
Le petit Atelier de Paris - cutest shop in Paris - 31 Rue Montmorency.
4th Arrondissement: (Lower Marais)
Village Saint Paul - Courtyards, cobbled alleys, medieval walls.
Rue st Paul - Pont Marie to Ile Saint Louis (smaller version of Ile de la cite)
Berthillon Ice cream (Ile de la cite)
Pont Louis - Phillippe - rue de rivoli
Hotel de Ville's square
Rue Vieille due temple/ rue des francis Bourgeois
Le petit fer a Cheval - Cutest cafe.
Places des Voges - SW corner of square is an arcade to secret door leads to garden of the Hotel de sully one of Paris's little secrets.
Rue Saint-Paul - cute little kitchen shops - Au Petit Bonheur la chance (no. 13)
Pompidou centre - worth a look.
Chocolaterie Josephine Vannier - 4 Rue du Pas de la Mule - amazing chocolate shop.
Rue Vielle du temple - bar lined party street.
Marche Belleville - most colourful market.
La Charlotte En Ile - This tiny place is one of the loveliest tearooms in Paris and has a fairy tale theme - 24 Rue St-Louis en Ile. Ile de St Louis. 2 - 8pm Thu - Sun.
5th Arrondissement:
Place Saint Michel + Blvd St Michel
Shakespeare & company bookshop - near Quai de Montebello - make sure we go upstairs.
Bouquinistes - 2nd hand booksellers on Seine - old books and cards and posters.
Grand Mosque of Paris via Place de la Contrescarpe
Jardin de Plantes -beautiful.
Diptyque - 34 Boulevard Saint-Germain - beautiful candle shop. Fig is the most popular - Pomander also popular. Sold around the world but cheaper in Paris.
Rue Mouffetard - food street and markets.
Pantheon.
6th Arrondissement: (glamour)
Rue de Furstemberg - Classic Parisian scene - start a walk here/
Rue Guisarde - Jazz and glamour
Luxembourg Gardens - head to Northern entrance - leads to the squre of the Cathedral of Saint Sulpice - We went here with Duncan.
Au Bon Marche - tempting food hall.
Rue Jacob - home and design stores.
Book stores off Saint Germain
Intersecting courtyards - Rue de Commerce and Saint Andre
Rue Cherche Midi - shoe stores
perfect mix of wide boulevards, classic Parisian bistros and fantastic French stores, publishing houses, gardens, florists, fashion boutiques.
Iconic cafes - The Lipp, deux Magots and cafe de flore - all on Bvld Saint Germain.
Louis Vuitton and ralph lauren - area has become a mini 5th avenue.
Rue de Buci and Rue de Seine.
Go to Rue Saint Andre des Arts - take a sharp turn right (south) down a covered arcade called Cour de Commerce saint-andre. This passageway in enchanting but leads to an even prettier place ; a series of private squares called Cour de Rohan (look for black iron gate on left) - collection of cobbled side streets -the setting for gigi. Has worlds first coffee house and oldest restaurant in Paris, Le Procope
Rue Princesse - very atmospheric.
Moeti - really cute card shop in Rue Dauphine.
Cire Trudon - amazing candle shop - 78 Rue de Seine.
Depot Vente de Buci Bourbon - 6 Rue Bourbon Le chateau - 2nd hand designer clothes.
Pierre Herme - Amazing macarons - 72 rue Bonaparte
Gerard Mulot - amazing cakes - 76 rue de Seine.
Carrefour de L'Odeon - have coffee at Comptoir du Relais or les Editeurs.
Rue Raspail Market
Catch metro St Germain des pres, Odean or Mabillion for heart of this area.
Cafe de Flore - 172 Blvd St-Germain des Pres - red upholstered benches and a busy terrace.
7th Arrondissement - Paris's poshest and Eiffel Tower.
Le Bon Marche - department store. Don't miss the food hall and spectacular ceiling.
Rodin Museum - Housed in an 18th century chateau - grounds are lovely and good little tea room.
Musee de orsay.
Walk along the embankment to Pont Alexandre 111 - best time to see if just before sunset.
Rue Cler - Pedestrian streets, delicious stores.
Cafe de Marche.- one of neighbourhoods hotspots.
Eiffel Tower - sunset, nibbles from Rue Cler, bottle of wine - a highlight of Paris.
Au bain Marie - tableware shop with lovely French things - 56 Rue de L'universite.
8th Arrondissement: - The Fashionista
Avenue montaigne - very posh - lined with legendary labels and very sophisticated.
Chanel, Balmain, Louis vuitton, Dior all there.
Hotel Plaza athenee - favourite Pied a terre of European movie stars and royalty.
Wander west, turn of President Wilson and walk to Museum of Fashion and costume.
Champs Elysee
Arc de Triompe - climb to the top.
Laduree for Macaroons
Place de la Concorde - largest square in Paris. (louis XV1 was guillotined here)
Parc Monceau - famous for rose gardens, had an Egyptian pyramid, Chinese fort and a dutch windmill.
Fauchon - 24 Rue de la Madeleine - World's most famous foodie store.
Hediard - 21 Rue de la Madeleine (great food shop)
10th and 11th Arrondissements: (bastille area - 11th arrondissement)
Rue Sainte- Antooine
Avenue Ledru Rollin - tiny passages and alleys
Place de la Nation
Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antioine - looks like Oxford Street.
Cour d' etoile-d'or
Cour des trois- freres,
Cour de las Maison brulee,
Passage de la Bonne-Graine,
Cour de Saint-Esprit,
Passage de la boule Blance
Cour du bel-air,
Rue de Lappe and Rue de la roquette - busiest area full of cafes, bars and nightclubs.
Viaduc des Arts arcade
Canal Saint-Martin - only during day.
Rue Oberkampf - florists and vintage stores.
Barrio Latino - opulent Latin bar designed by Gustav Eiffel
Le Bistrot du Peintre - in rue de Charonne - one of the most authentic old bars in Paris.
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Cafe Charbon in Rue Oberkampf in 11th arrondissement.
Off Rue Oberkampf is Rue terneaux and around here smaller streets and passageways.
16th Arrondissement:
Champagne bar at Le Dokhan's Hotel.
18th Arrondissement
Sacre Coeur
Moulin Rouge
Wind up the hill via rue Lepic to Rue Des Abbesses.(Van Gough lived at 54).
Rue Ravignan - leads to place Emile-Goudeau.
Wind up to Rue Norvins to where Rue Norvins, Saint-Rustique and des Saules meet with Rue Poulbot.
Place du Calvaire - best views in Paris.
Place du Tertre.
Winery - clos Montmartre.
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