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- HomeCreative
Taking the gf there on friday for 4 nights for her birthday.
Anyone out there have any nuggets of info that will help, or know of any must see attractions (apart from the obvious) or know any cool restaurants, bars, clubs etc.
Any help will be great :-)
- kodap0
I heard there's a tower somewhere
- sorry, couldn't resist....kodap
- I was already planning on taking her up the Eiffel..... and the tower!HomeCreative
- go for both at the same time?Raniator
- uncle_helv0
Ice bar in the Kube was cool... literally!!!
- Yey thats where were staying :-)HomeCreative
- But cost a bit of money and was a bit poncy I might add!!uncle_helv
- Hahahahaha sorry didn't see your first post!uncle_helv
- Good though!uncle_helv
- Is it really up its own harris?HomeCreative
- I little but so is France!!! :Duncle_helv
- True, good point. Cheers for thatHomeCreative
- I always use this site as a gauge for a weekend break...
http://www.designhot…
uncle_helv
- Gordy220
My folks live there - here's a quick list.
Gallery: Musee d’Orsay ( a must – better that the Louvre)
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/Fun bar: Favela Chic (get there late)
http://www.favelachic.com/paris/…Posh bar #1: Buddha bar
http://www.buddha-bar.com/Posh bar #2: Hotel Costes (v. cool)
http://www.hotelcostes.com/Nice restaurant: Hotel du Nord (great steak)
http://www.hoteldunord.org/engli…Thing to do: Père Lachaise Cemetery (macabre but great for a wander)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C…- Nice one Gordy, we did Costes, nice place, I asked my wife to marry me in Paris, in front of Notre Dame, love the place!uncle_helv
- I think of all places D'Orsay and Lachaise were my fave - if you go here, start at the bottom.Gordy22
- Thats a wicked list. Cheers for that :-)HomeCreative
- Laurent0
dont forget le restaurant Le Fouquet's (Nr Champs Elysees) and La Coupole another Restaurant.
http://www.lucienbarriere.com/lo…
http://www.paris-restaurants.net…Palais de Tokyo
http://www.palaisdetokyo.com/#/f…
- mg330
Go to the section of the city called Montmartre, (pronounced Mo-Maar)
Go up to the Sacre Coeur and see the view of the city. Completely romantic and it's the highest landpoint in Paris.My fiance and I went to Paris in Feb. 2003 just a few months after we started dating. Best trip I've ever gone on. Walking around outside the Louvre at night (and inside the museum as well) was just surreal, so much of the trip was.
I also suggest the Catacombs - if you can find the entrance, because I remember it being very difficult to locate.
There's also a Salvador Dali museum in Montmartre that we just stumbled upon. It was fantastic, full of stuff we'd never seen and not his typical popular work.
I entered a contest last month to win a trip to an event in Paris in December, and I'm really hoping we win.
- (prounounced ee-dio)francoisfido
- TOUT A FAIT THIERRY...hahaLaurent
- CALLES0
- too badLaurent
- in real life, she do not have a tan. she is as white as a ghost.akrokdesign
- she is fucking well tidy, honestly I fucking think she is well sexy.chossy
- nicnichols0
And they love it when you talk realllly loud and slow to them in English. Helps them understand the mother tongue.
- defstro0
Colette.
- DataSelected0
My recommendations as a Frenchy and ex-Parisian ;)
• Eiffel Tower http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/index.…
• Louvre museum http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/… (from antiques to modern art, through Middle Ages, Islamic art and classical master)
• Orsay museum http://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/acc… (19th century, modern art)
• Centre Pompidou http://www.cnac-gp.fr (modern and contemporary art)
• Palais de Tokyo http://www.palaisdetokyo.com and Black Block concept store http://www.blackblock.org (contemporary art center)
• Canal Saint-Martin http://www.canalsaintmartin.fr/
• Jardin du Luxembourg http://www.senat.fr/visite/jardi…
• Palais Royal and Place Colette http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pal… , Colette shop http://www.colette.fr
• Place des Vosges http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pla… and le Marais http://www.parislemarais.com/en/… (amazing historical district of Paris, old houses, nice stores and bistros)• Avoid Notre-Dame, Saint-Michel (touristic and boring)
- DataSelected0
Oh and if you're looking for nice book/concept stores :
• The Lazy Dog & Lazy Dog Citadium http://www.thelazydog.fr
• OFR http://ofrsystem.com
• La Hune http://saint-germain.evous.fr/Li…There are bookstores at the Palais de Tokyo and Centre Pompidou with a large choice of books on various subjects (arts, design, architecture, cartoons, magazines, etc.).