Recommendations
This a list of stuff that I personally enjoy in Paris. So, take what works for you and ditch the rest. It includes some of my favorite spots for food, drinks and culture, and my proclivities towards neighborhoods, museums and day trips. I also include useful links to more exhaustive resources.
Recommendations
Recommendations
👎 What I am not—
A concierge, a travel agent, helpful with logistics
This a list of stuff that I personally enjoy in Paris. So, take what works for you and ditch the rest. It includes some of my favorite spots for food, drinks and culture, and my proclivities towards neighborhoods, museums and day trips. I also include useful links to more exhaustive resources.
👍 What I am—
A tour guide, a graphic designer, a fun person
Eat and drink
Wine, beer, cocktails
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Almost any cafe for a pint, or a glass of wine, keep it simple
Culture
Neighborhoods
3rd arrondissement
Marais / Square du Temple and Rue de Bretagne
5th arrondissement
Behind the Panthéon, toward the Sorbonne Université
6th arrondissement
Odeon / Jardin du Luxembourg
10th arrondissement
République / Canal Saint Martin / Faubourg Saint-Denis
11th arrondissement
Oberkampf / Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud
19th arrondissement
Park de Buttes Chaumont / Canal la Villette
20th arrondissement
Belleville
The city center and everywhere along the Seine
Museums
Art
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History
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Day trips
Rouen
13th century medieval capital with timber architecture, where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake, tonnes of Monet, great vintage shopping, drink the cider, go to the iron museum (it’s really cool)
Reims
Capital of the Champagne region, Roman ruins, lots of medieval remnants, gorgeous, clean romantic city, exquisite cathedral (painted many, many times by Monet), drink the Champagne
Versailles
Louis XIV's globally transformational Baroque capital and palace, 800 hectares of royal landscape architecture, the Versailles market, Marie Antoinette's horrible peasant village, great bike rides
Fontainebleau
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