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The Top 10 Romantic Spots in Paris
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| Paris is the most romantic city in the world. Here are some of the many places to experience the romance. |
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| 1. Square du Vert-Galand |
| Paris 1st - métro: Pont-Neuf |
| Very quiet and romantic garden at the tip of Ile de la Cité, offering a great view over the Seine. |
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| 2. Ile Saint-Louis |
| Paris 4th - métro: Pont-Marie |
| Very charming and romantic island in the heart of Paris. |
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| 3. Top of the Tour Eiffel at night |
Champ de Mars, Paris 7th - métro: Bir-Hakeim
Ph: 01.44.11.23.23 - Fax: 01.44.11.23.22
Open daily from 9 am to 11 pm (to midnight in July and August) |
| For a very romantic evening, you can have dinner in Jules Verne restaurant, which serves excellent food. |
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| 4. Place des Vosges |
| Paris 4th - métro: Saint-Paul or Chemin-Vert |
| During the weekend many artists play music under the arcades surrounding the square, creating a great atmosphere. |
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| 5. Jardin du Luxembourg |
| Paris 6th - métro: Odéon or St-Michel or RER Luxembourg |
| One of the most romantic parks in Paris. |
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| 6. Place de Furstemberg |
| Paris 6th - métro: Mabillon |
| A very pretty square in the heart of the Latin Quarter. |
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| 7. Place du marché Sainte-Catherine |
| Paris 4th - métro: Saint-Paul |
| Very intimate square in the heart of the Marais, surrounded by restaurants. |
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| 8. Jardins des Tuileries |
| Paris 1st - métro: Tuileries or Concorde |
| Former royal garden when the Louvre was the home of French kings, the Jardins des Tuileries have recently been embellished and are very pleasant today. Nice view over the Louvre, place de la Concorde and Musée d'Orsay. |
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| 9. Pont des Arts |
| Built in 1804 and located next to the Louvre, this footbridge is a meeting spot for artists and painters. |
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| 10. Jardins du Palais Royal |
| Paris 1st - métro: Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre |
| Surrounded by beautiful covered galleries, this park was the site of many historical events. |
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The Top 10 Places to Eat (Very Expensive)
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| Paris has some of the finest restaurants in the world. These are the best and they are very expensive. |
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| 1. Lucas Carton |
9 place de la Madeleine, Paris 8th - métro: Madeleine
Ph: 01.42.65.22.90 |
| Very creative cuisine. Don't miss the famous Apicius duck! |
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| 2. L'Ambroisie |
9 place des Vosges, Paris 4th - métro: Saint-Paul
Ph: 01.42.78.51.45 |
| Very refined cooking, in a splendid Renaissance decor. |
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| 3. Alain Ducasse |
59 av. R. Poincaré, Paris 16th - métro: Victor Hugo
Ph: 01.47.27.12.27 |
| Classical French cuisine. |
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| 4. La Tour d'Argent |
17 quai de Tournelle, Paris 5th - métro: Cardinal-Lemoine
Ph: 01.43.54.23.31 |
| A very famous address with the best view of Notre-Dame. |
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| 5. Les Ambassadeurs (Hôtel de Crillon) |
10 place de la Concorde, Paris 8th - métro: Concorde
Ph: 01.44.71.16.16 |
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| 6. Cercle Ledoyen |
Carré des Champs-Elysées, Paris 8th - métro: Concorde or Champs-Elysées
Ph: 01.53.05.10.00 - Fax: 01.47.42.55.01 |
| Excellent Northern French cuisine with specialties cooked in beer. |
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| 7. Taillevent |
15 rue Lamennais, Paris 8th - métro: Charles de Gaulle-Etoile
Ph: 01.44.95.15.01 - Fax: 01.42.25.95.18 |
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| 8. Guy Savoy |
18 rue Troyon, Paris 17th - métro: Charles de Gaulle-Etoile
Ph: 01.43.80.40.61 |
| Don't miss the delicious Mille-Feuille. |
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| 9. Le Grand Véfour |
17 rue de Beaujolais, Paris 1st - métro: Palais-Royal
Ph: 01.42.96.56.27 - Fax: 01.42.86.80.71 |
| A sumptuous restaurant under the arcades of the Palais-Royal. |
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| 10. L'Arpège |
84 rue de Varenne, Paris 7th - métro: Varenne
Ph: 01.47.05.09.06 - Fax: 01.44.18.98.39 |
| Great food with original dishes. |
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The Top 10 Places to Eat (Inexpensive)
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| You do not need to spend a fortune for a delicious meal! |
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| 1. Chez Clément |
6 addresses in Paris, including:
47 av. de Wagram, Paris 17th - métro: Ternes
Ph: 01.53.81.97.00
123 av des Champs-Elysées, Paris 8th - métro: George V
Ph: 01.40.73.87.00 |
| Chain of casual restaurants decorated like welcoming and cozy homes. Serve good traditional French cuisine at very reasonable prices. |
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| 2. Restaurant des Beaux-Arts |
11 rue Bonaparte, Paris 6th - métro: St-Germain-des-Prés
Ph: 01.43.26.92.64 |
| Simple and good home-style cooking. |
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| 3. Les Noces de Jeannette |
14 rue Favart, Paris 2nd - métro: Richelieu-Drouot
Ph: 01.42.96.36.89 |
| Very welcoming bistro, which has an excellent fixed-price menu. |
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| 4. Le Patio Provençal |
116 rue des Dames, Paris 17th - métro: Villiers
Ph: 01.42.93.73.73 |
| Tasteful dishes from Provence. |
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| 5. Osteria del Passe-partout |
20 rue de l'Hirondelle, Paris 6th - métro: St-Michel
Ph: 01.46.34.14.54 |
| Very good Italian cooking at reasonable prices. |
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| 6. Chez Marianne |
2 rue des Hospitalières-Saint-Gervais, Paris 4th - métro: Saint-Paul or Hôtel-de-ville
Ph: 01.42.72.18.86 |
| Jewish specialties from Central Europe. Very nice terrace in Summer. |
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| 7. Dame tartine |
2 rue Brisemiche, Paris 4th - métro: Hôtel-de-Ville or Les Halles
Ph: 01.42.77.32.22 |
| Pleasant terrace over the fanciful and colorful fountains by Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint-Phalle. |
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| 8. Lescure |
7 rue de Mondovi, Paris 1st - métro: Concorde
Ph: 01.42.60.18.91 |
| A bargain in this neighborhood! |
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| 9. Chartier |
7 rue du Faubourg-Montmartre, Paris 9th - métro: Rue Montmartre
Ph: 01.47.70.86.29 |
| Although the food is ordinary, people come here for the atmosphere. |
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| 10. Orestias |
4 rue Grégoire-de-Tours, Paris 6th - métro: Odéon
Ph: 01.43.54.62.01 |
| Greek and French food. Serves a fixed-price menu. |
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The Top 10 Restaurants with a View
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| 1. La Tour d'Argent |
17 quai de Tournelle, Paris 5th - métro: Cardinal-Lemoine
Ph: 01.43.54.23.31 |
| A very famous address with the best view of Notre-Dame. |
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| 2. Jules Verne |
Tour Eiffel (second floor), Champ de Mars, Paris 7th - métro: Trocadéro or Dupleix or RER Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel
Ph: 01.45.55.61.44 |
| For a romantic evening. Excellent dining. |
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| 3. La Maison Blanche |
15 av. Montaigne, Paris 8th - métro: Alma Marceau
Ph: 01.47.23.55.99 - Fax: 01.47.20.09.56 |
| From the rooftop of the Theâtre des Champs-Elysées, nice view over the Seine and the capital. |
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| 4. Ziriab |
Institut de Monde Arabe (9th floor)
1 rue des Fossés St-Bernard, Paris 5th - métro: Jussieu
Ph: 01.46.33.47.70 |
| Excellent Arabic food. |
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| 5. Ciel de Paris |
Tour Montparnasse (56th floor)
33 av. du Maine, Paris 14th - métro: Montparnasse
Ph: 01.45.38.52.35 |
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| 6. Altitude 95 |
Tour Eiffel (1st floor), Champ de Mars, Paris 7th - métro: Trocadéro or Dupleix or RER Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel
Ph: 01.45.55.20.04 |
| Good address, less expensive than the Jules Verne restaurant. |
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| 7. Morot-Gaudry |
6 rue de la Cavalerie, Paris 15th - métro: La Motte-Picquet
Ph: 01.46.33.47.70 |
| Nice view of the Eiffel tower from the 6th floor of a building. |
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| 8. Toupary |
Samaritaine (5th floor)
2 quai du Louvre, Paris 1st - métro: Pont-Neuf
Ph: 01.40.41.29.29 |
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| 9. Patachou |
9 place du Tertre, Paris 18th - métro: Anvers
Ph: 01.42.51.06.06 |
| Pleasant terrace overlooking Paris. |
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| 10. Le Totem |
Palais de Chaillot, 1 place du Trocadéro, Paris 16th - métro: Trocadéro
Ph: 01.47.27.28.29 - Fax: 01.47.27.53.01 |
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The Top 10 Things To Do with Children
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| Paris and its suburbs offer plenty of attractions for children. |
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| 1. La Vilette - La Cité des Enfants |
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Parc de la Villette
30 av Corentin-Cariou, Paris 19th - métro: Porte de la Villette
Ph: 01.40.05.70.00
Open daily from 10 am to 6 pm. Closed on Mondays. |
| A part of the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie is specially dedicated to children. 90-minute "discovery" programs are held every day. Fun experiments to discover the human body, the weather, the world of animals... |
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| 2. Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle (Museum of Natural History) |
Jardin des Plantes
36 rue Geoffroy St-Hilaire, Paris 5th - métro: Gare d'Austerlitz or Censier-Daubenton
Ph: 01.40.79.30.00
Open daily from 10 am to 6 pm. Closed on Tuesdays. |
| Don't miss the newly renovated "Grande Galerie de l'Evolution", with impressive zoological collections. |
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| 3. Eurodisney |
Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy (RER line A4) - 32 km east of Paris
Information by phone in France: 01.60.30.60.30, in the UK: 01733-335 567, or in the USA: 1-407-WDISNEY.
Open daily from 9 am to 8 pm during the week, from 9 am to 11 pm Saturdays and Sundays. |
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| 4. Jardin du Luxembourg |
| Paris 6th - métro: Cluny-la-Sorbonne or RER Luxembourg |
| Pony rides, toy sailboats and puppet shows. |
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| 5. Jardin des Tuileries |
| Paris 1st - métro: Tuileries or Concorde |
| Pony rides, toy sailboats and puppet shows. |
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| 6. Parc Astérix |
30km north of Paris
Ph: 01.44.62.34.44
Open daily, from April to September, from 10 am to 6 pm.
From October to March open on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays only. |
| Come and discover Astérix and Obélix, the heroes of the most famous French comic strip. |
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| 7. Palais de la Découverte |
Av. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Paris 8th - métro Franklin-Roosevelt
Ph: 01.40.74.80.00 - Fax: 01.40.74.81.81
Open daily from 9.30 am to 6 pm and Sundays 10 am to 7 pm. Closed on Mondays. |
| The ancestor of the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie. Although a little old-fashioned, it's still very interesting. |
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| 8. Musée Grévin |
10 blvd Montmartre, Paris 9th - métro: Rue-Montmartre
Ph: 01.47.70.85.05- Fax: 01.47.70.06.53
Open every day from 1 pm (10 am during school holidays) to 7 pm. |
| A wax museum with famous figures, from François Mitterrand to Claudia Schiffer. |
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| 9. The Paris Zoo |
Parc zoologique de Paris
Bois de Vincennes
53 av.de St-Maurice, Paris 12th - métro: Porte-Dorée or Château-de-Vincennes
Ph: 01.44.75.20.00
Open daily from 9 am to 6.30 pm (5 pm from October to April). |
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| 10. Bois de Boulogne, Jardin d'Acclimatation |
| Paris 16th - métro: Sablons, Porte Maillot, la Muette or Porte d'Auteuil |
| A very nice place for the whole family to go canoeing, sunbathe or have a picnic in summer. There is also an amusement park for kids. |
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