Guidebook for Paris

Marie-Axelle
Guidebook for Paris

Arts & Culture

The best movie theatre in Paris (does not come cheap though, ticket is around 14 €)
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Pathé Beaugrenelle Movie Theatre
12 Rue Linois
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The best movie theatre in Paris (does not come cheap though, ticket is around 14 €)
Asian arts museum. Exceptional !
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Þjóðminjasafn Asískra Listanna Guimet
6 Pl. d'Iéna
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Asian arts museum. Exceptional !
Fashion museum. The location is mind-blowing.
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Palais Galliera
10 Av. Pierre 1er de Serbie
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Fashion museum. The location is mind-blowing.
I could spend hours and days in this museum... The architecture is exceptional. The art collection and the exhibitions are not bad either.
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Parísarlistasafn samtíma
11 Av. du Président Wilson
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I could spend hours and days in this museum... The architecture is exceptional. The art collection and the exhibitions are not bad either.
Possibly quintessentially French ! (I have never been there)
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Wine Museum
5 Sq. Charles Dickens
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Possibly quintessentially French ! (I have never been there)
Good and clean public swimming pool.
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Piscine Keller
14 Rue de l'Ingénieur Robert Keller
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Good and clean public swimming pool.
A small museum, dedicated to the paintings of Claude Monet.
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Musee Marmottan Monet
2 Rue Louis Boilly
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A small museum, dedicated to the paintings of Claude Monet.
Good theatre, stupendous location. Check their website for what's currently running.
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Theatre National de Chaillot
1 Pl. du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre
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Good theatre, stupendous location. Check their website for what's currently running.
Naval museum... Have not been there since the 70's...
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National Marine Museum
17 Pl. du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre
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Naval museum... Have not been there since the 70's...
A most interesting contemporary art venue.
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Palais de Tokyo
13 Av. du Président Wilson
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A most interesting contemporary art venue.

Food Scene

Good seating within a small shopping mall
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Starbucks
5 Pl. Blanche
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Good seating within a small shopping mall
Where any celebrity being interviewed or interviewing at Maison de la Radio can be spotted !
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Les Ondes
2 Av. de Versailles
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Where any celebrity being interviewed or interviewing at Maison de la Radio can be spotted !
Have tried it once, food was OK, place looks interesting !
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Zebra
3 Place Clément Ader
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Have tried it once, food was OK, place looks interesting !
Aéro has a great brasserie, with an open-air terrace on the lovely Place de Passy. Contrary to many restaurants in the area, this one stays open all of August!
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Hôtel Aéro
3 Pl. de Passy
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Aéro has a great brasserie, with an open-air terrace on the lovely Place de Passy. Contrary to many restaurants in the area, this one stays open all of August!
In case you need it ! This one is rather big, and the design is pleasant. Very popular on Friday and Saturday nights.
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McDonald's
48 Rue Linois
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In case you need it ! This one is rather big, and the design is pleasant. Very popular on Friday and Saturday nights.
I absolutely love the views from this restaurant. Lovely space. Service is quite good. Beware, the food portions are not big...
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Eclectic
2 Rue Linois
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I absolutely love the views from this restaurant. Lovely space. Service is quite good. Beware, the food portions are not big...
With some seating outside.
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Starbucks Coffee
118 Rue Monge
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With some seating outside.
Fantastic pastry shop.. Great for celebrity-watching over breakfast !
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Carette
4 Pl. du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre
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Fantastic pastry shop.. Great for celebrity-watching over breakfast !
A fixture in the area. Where teenagers from the posh private schools in the area go for coffee or chocolate with their dates...
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La Rotonde de la Muette
12 Chau. de la Muette
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A fixture in the area. Where teenagers from the posh private schools in the area go for coffee or chocolate with their dates...
Italian restaurant, next door !
Genio
3 Av. Théophile Gautier
Italian restaurant, next door !
In a former suburban train station !
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Brasserie Auteuil
78 Rue d'Auteuil
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In a former suburban train station !
Gastro-bistro, highly rated by one of the most prominent food reviewers in France, Gilles Pudlowski.
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Le Récepteur
3 Avenue Théophile Gautier
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Gastro-bistro, highly rated by one of the most prominent food reviewers in France, Gilles Pudlowski.
Big, typical Parisian "brasserie"
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Le Suffren
84 Av. de Suffren
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Big, typical Parisian "brasserie"
Big communal table
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Starbucks
5 Pl. Blanche
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Big communal table
Rue des Entrepreneurs is our Little Tehran, here in Paris. Lots of lovely Iranian restaurants and food stores.
Restaurant Cheminée
60bis Rue des Entrepreneurs
Rue des Entrepreneurs is our Little Tehran, here in Paris. Lots of lovely Iranian restaurants and food stores.
Looks like it is quite a popular restaurant (always full).
Le Relais Charbon
38 Rue des Entrepreneurs
Looks like it is quite a popular restaurant (always full).
This Russian restaurant is kitsch and expensive. This place has an interesting history, though. Think Russian émigrés after 1917.
Russian Conservatory of Paris Serge Rachmaninoff
26 Av. de New York
This Russian restaurant is kitsch and expensive. This place has an interesting history, though. Think Russian émigrés after 1917.
Good and very popular terrace on Place Charles Michel
Il Teatro
3 Pl. Charles Michels
Good and very popular terrace on Place Charles Michel
Stupendous location, outdoor terrace in spring and summer
Au Clocher du Village
8bis Rue Verderet
Stupendous location, outdoor terrace in spring and summer
Bistro food
Chez Jacques
7 Rue Gros
Bistro food
Gorgeous views
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L'Ogre
1 Av. de Versailles
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Gorgeous views
As the name implies. It's a bistro and it's located on 31 avenue Théophile Gautier !
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Bistrot 31
31 Av. Théophile Gautier
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As the name implies. It's a bistro and it's located on 31 avenue Théophile Gautier !
Another restaurant in a former suburban train station
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Restaurant La Gare
19 Chau. de la Muette
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Another restaurant in a former suburban train station
Great Parisian brasserie, on many floors in a spectacular location, not too expensive.
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Le Café du Commerce
51 Rue du Commerce
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Great Parisian brasserie, on many floors in a spectacular location, not too expensive.

Shopping

In case you need socks urgently !
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H&M
15 Rue du Commerce
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In case you need socks urgently !
Good-quality basics
UNIQLO
12 Rue Linois
Good-quality basics
Where we Parisian women buy our T-shirts !
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Petit Bateau
26 Rue Vavin
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Where we Parisian women buy our T-shirts !
Great toy store !
La Grande Récré
38 Quai Georges Gorse
Great toy store !
France's main store chain for books, music, movies, consumer electronics, etc.
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Fnac
109 Rue Saint-Lazare
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France's main store chain for books, music, movies, consumer electronics, etc.
Another consumer electronics store. In case you left some computer accessories at home and need urgent replacements !
DARTY
12 Rue Linois
Another consumer electronics store. In case you left some computer accessories at home and need urgent replacements !
Another of their stores, in case you need to re-stock on underwear or socks !
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H&M
15 Rue du Commerce
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Another of their stores, in case you need to re-stock on underwear or socks !
Quaint bookshop. If you read books made out of paper which happen to be in French, that is...
Librairie Fontaine
28 Rue de l'Annonciation
Quaint bookshop. If you read books made out of paper which happen to be in French, that is...
Should you need DIY or Home Decor stuff while you are in Paris !
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Castorama Bir Hakeim
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Should you need DIY or Home Decor stuff while you are in Paris !
Great store for household products and home furnishings. Open Sunday mornings.
Zola Color
Avenue Emile Zola
Great store for household products and home furnishings. Open Sunday mornings.
The ultimate Fragrances & Cosmetics store chain.
SEPHORA PARIS PASSY
50 Rue de Passy
The ultimate Fragrances & Cosmetics store chain.
Trendy bike store
Les Cyclistes Branchés
47 Av. de Versailles
Trendy bike store
Pharmacie Deves
2 Av. Théophile Gautier
Pharmacy
My teenagers used to love it. Not any longer, it seems, but...
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American Apparel
10 Rue Beaurepaire
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My teenagers used to love it. Not any longer, it seems, but...
The French mid-market brand that women around the globe love
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Maje
4 Rue de Marseille
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The French mid-market brand that women around the globe love
Another French mid-market brand that women around the globe love
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Sandro
58 Rue de la Paroisse
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Another French mid-market brand that women around the globe love
Old style candy store
Chocolatier Servant
30 Rue d'Auteuil
Old style candy store
Flower shop
GREEN FACTORY
35 Rue Gros
Flower shop
Ballet shoes, known the world over.
REPETTO
51 Rue du Four
Ballet shoes, known the world over.
La Fleurangeraie d'Auteuil
62 Av. Théophile Gautier
Flower shop
Another one !
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H&M
15 Rue du Commerce
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Another one !
Another one
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Zara
30 Av. Victor Hugo
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Another one
A big Monoprix, great food department on the 1st floor
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MONOPRIX COMMERCE
24 Rue du Commerce
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A big Monoprix, great food department on the 1st floor
Shoe store
San Marina
35 Rue du Commerce
Shoe store
Shoe store
San Marina
35 Rue du Commerce
Shoe store
Clothing, French-preppy style
Cyrillus Passy
91 Rue de Passy
Clothing, French-preppy style
Art bookstore
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Palais de Tokyo
13 Av. du Président Wilson
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Art bookstore
If you can not live without a Gap store nearby
Gap
3 Rue du Commerce
If you can not live without a Gap store nearby
Another Gap store
GapKids
64 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine
Another Gap store

Essentials

Where all the French buy sophisticated frozen foods !
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Picard
46 Rue Jean Jaurès
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Where all the French buy sophisticated frozen foods !
Great food market: we love our markets in Paris !
Pharmacie du Marché de Passy
2 Pl. de Passy
Great food market: we love our markets in Paris !
With food department ! And we all love food from Marks & Spencer, whether British or not...
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Marks & Spencer Food So Ouest
31 Rue d'Alsace
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With food department ! And we all love food from Marks & Spencer, whether British or not...
France's favourite variety stores. Fantastic and well-stocked food department. Also women, kids and men fashion, as well as well-designed home furnishings. Also sells newspapers and magazines.
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Monoprix
105 Rue de la Convention
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France's favourite variety stores. Fantastic and well-stocked food department. Also women, kids and men fashion, as well as well-designed home furnishings. Also sells newspapers and magazines.
Nearest hypermarket. In case Dia, Picard, Monop', Monoprix, the street markets or Marks & Spencer do not offer enough food choices for your tastes.
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Carrefour
2 Rue du Général de Gaulle
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Nearest hypermarket. In case Dia, Picard, Monop', Monoprix, the street markets or Marks & Spencer do not offer enough food choices for your tastes.
Hard-discounter (belongs to Carrefour, hence expect to find some Carrefour-branded merchandise)
Dia France
1 Av. Secrétan
Hard-discounter (belongs to Carrefour, hence expect to find some Carrefour-branded merchandise)
Open until midnight Monday to Saturday. Also open Sunday morning.
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Monop'
6 Pl. de Bir Hakeim
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Open until midnight Monday to Saturday. Also open Sunday morning.
La Baratte des Saveurs
33 Av. Théophile Gautier
Nearest bakery
Great pastry shop
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Lenôtre Auteuil
44 Rue d'Auteuil
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Great pastry shop

Sightseeing

The very lovely country house (Passy was a village way back then) where Balzac, the great 19th century writer, wrote some of his books.
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Maison de Balzac
47 Rue Raynouard
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The very lovely country house (Passy was a village way back then) where Balzac, the great 19th century writer, wrote some of his books.
Good park for runners. Park has been built on the location of the former Citroën car factory.
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Parc André Citroën
2 Rue Cauchy
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Good park for runners. Park has been built on the location of the former Citroën car factory.
The house of one of our greatest statesmen. He was Prime Minister at the end of WWI.
Musée Georges Clemenceau
8 Rue Benjamin Franklin
The house of one of our greatest statesmen. He was Prime Minister at the end of WWI.
If you've seen "Last Tango in Paris", then you may recognize this bridge !
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Le Pont de Bir-Hakeim
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If you've seen "Last Tango in Paris", then you may recognize this bridge !
Where the French Open takes place in the spring.
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Boutique Roland-Garros
2 Av. Gordon Bennett
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Where the French Open takes place in the spring.
Where PSG plays. Should you wish to catch a glimpse of Zlatan Ibrahimovic!
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Parc des Princes
24 Rue du Commandant Guilbaud
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Where PSG plays. Should you wish to catch a glimpse of Zlatan Ibrahimovic!
Our French version of greenhouses. It is no Kew Gardens, though. But quaint, lovely and under-estimated!
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Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil
3 Av. de la Prte d'Auteuil
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Our French version of greenhouses. It is no Kew Gardens, though. But quaint, lovely and under-estimated!
If you are into horse-racing (also, my son tends to come across our ex-President, Nicolas Sarkozy, when they both go running in this area on Sundays).
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Auteuil
2 Route d'Auteuil aux Lacs
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If you are into horse-racing (also, my son tends to come across our ex-President, Nicolas Sarkozy, when they both go running in this area on Sundays).
No need to explain why I recommend it !
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Eiffel turninn
5 Av. Anatole France
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No need to explain why I recommend it !
Built for an International Exhibition in the 30's. The architecture is very interesting. Not to mention the stupendous views across the Seine on the Eiffel Tower.
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Trocadéro
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Built for an International Exhibition in the 30's. The architecture is very interesting. Not to mention the stupendous views across the Seine on the Eiffel Tower.
Gorgeous little lake in the Bois de Boulogne, lots of joggers and families on Sundays
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Lac Supérieur
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Gorgeous little lake in the Bois de Boulogne, lots of joggers and families on Sundays
As per Guillaume Appolinaire's poem...
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Pont Mirabeau
Pont Mirabeau
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As per Guillaume Appolinaire's poem...
For anybody interested in French 19th century history, this is where Captain Dreyfus was banned from the Army
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École Militaire
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For anybody interested in French 19th century history, this is where Captain Dreyfus was banned from the Army
Wonderful architecture !
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House of Culture of Japan in Paris
101 bis Quai Jacques Chirac
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Wonderful architecture !
Such a lovely bridge
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Pont Alexandre III
Pont Alexandre III
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Such a lovely bridge
The best bateaux mouche company in Paris. Worth a try!
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Bateaux-Mouches
Port de la Conférence
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The best bateaux mouche company in Paris. Worth a try!
Take a book or some good music, and sit out on one of the benches !
Square Brignole Galliera
Take a book or some good music, and sit out on one of the benches !
The house where one of our famous 20th century writer, François Mauriac, lived for many years. I was a big fan of his, as a teenager.
38 Avenue Théophile Gautier
38 Avenue Théophile Gautier
The house where one of our famous 20th century writer, François Mauriac, lived for many years. I was a big fan of his, as a teenager.
Take metro line 10 up to the end station (Boulogne Pont de Saint Cloud), cross the Seine and enjoy this huge and magnificent Parc with stupendous views on Paris.
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Parc de Saint-Cloud station
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Take metro line 10 up to the end station (Boulogne Pont de Saint Cloud), cross the Seine and enjoy this huge and magnificent Parc with stupendous views on Paris.
Initially, a hospital for wounded soldiers, founded by Louis XIV. Now the burial place of Napoleon. Check out the church and courtyard. Wonderful 17th century architecture.
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Invalides
129 Rue de Grenelle
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Initially, a hospital for wounded soldiers, founded by Louis XIV. Now the burial place of Napoleon. Check out the church and courtyard. Wonderful 17th century architecture.
Fantastic 30's architecture, by the great Mallet-Stevens
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Rue Mallet-Stevens
Rue Mallet-Stevens
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Fantastic 30's architecture, by the great Mallet-Stevens
Interesting, renowned architecture
Conseil Economique Social Environnemental
9 Pl. d'Iéna
Interesting, renowned architecture

Everything Else

The smallest department store in Paris, owned by LVMH. Short, well-edited selection of high-end women's fashions.
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Franck et Fils
80 Rue de Passy
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The smallest department store in Paris, owned by LVMH. Short, well-edited selection of high-end women's fashions.
High-end women's shoes, very good selection !
Ann Tuil
63 Rue de Passy
High-end women's shoes, very good selection !
Should you need petrol for your car while in Paris.
Agip Georges Pompidou
Should you need petrol for your car while in Paris.
If you need to mail out some snail mail.
Post Office
14 Bd Aristide Briand
If you need to mail out some snail mail.
Ultra-modern hospital, in case you have a health emergency
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Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou
20 Rue Leblanc
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Ultra-modern hospital, in case you have a health emergency
Pressing Blanc et Couleurs
12 Av. Théophile Gautier
Dry cleaners
If you came by car and your car needs some fixing...
Midas
7 Quai Louis Blériot
If you came by car and your car needs some fixing...
Another car repair place, in case you drove to Paris and need help with the car
Speedy
16 Av. de Versailles
Another car repair place, in case you drove to Paris and need help with the car
Nearest catholic church (where my mother made her first communion many years ago...)
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Église d'Auteuil
1 Rue Corot
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Nearest catholic church (where my mother made her first communion many years ago...)

Drinks & Nightlife

Great views on the Seine from this hotel bar !
Novotel Tour Eiffel Hotel
61 Quai de Grenelle
Great views on the Seine from this hotel bar !