Tel London: +44 208 961 6770 www.parisrentalconnections.com Email: [email protected] 14/02/2019 17 Century Maison 36 rue Vieille du Temple 75004 Entrance Code: 13698 then bell button Through glass door on the left 5th floor left door marked Friedman Telephone: 01 77 18 30 85 Metro: Hotel de Ville or St Paul 17th Century Maison is ideally located in the Marais, an area considered as one of Paris’ “quartiers branchés”-hip neighbourhoods with its many trendy boutiques, cafés and restaurants and home to the Musée Carnavalet (Paris history museum) and the Place Vosges the beautiful royal square constructed under Henri IV in 1605. The street owes it’s name to the knights of the round temple (the Templiers) who first gathered in what is now called the Rue Vieille du Temple which is filled with great boutiques and great food shops. Here you’ll find everything from bread & pastries and chocolate to the funky and refined in home furnishings. From the apartment walk towards rue de Rivoli to view the majestic Hotel de Ville (Town hall) and Notre Dame on the Ile de la Cité and explore the neighbourhoods of the Latin Quarter and St Germain. Walking North you arrive at the Centre George Pompidou, one of Paris’ most controversial architectural projects and home to the museum of modern art and many avant-garde temporary exhibitions. Cross the blvd Sébastopol, for les Halles, once the location of Paris’ main food markets from the 12th century to the 1960’s when the market and the merchants were moved out and the site converted into a large pedestrian area with a huge underground shopping mall, the Forum des Halles. The area is dotted with great boutiques and is a hotbed of young and upcoming designers. For the best in people watching at sidewalk cafes, try rue du Bourg Tibourg close to home where you can visit the famous tea house of the worldwide known tea merchants Mariage Freres for brunch on weekends or the best tea anytime. This is an area full of life even on a drowsy Sunday when most Parisian locales are closed. This is also a pedestrian heaven, a shopper’s delight and a traveler’s treat. Enjoy! 1 Table of contents Page 3. Top Tips Page 4. Amenities, phone, TV and sofa bed instructions Page 5. High Speed Internet Page 6. Appliances Page 7. Heating, recycling and metro Page 8. La Poste, Local Food & Wine, Museums and Monuments Pages 9-10. Maps of the area Pages 11-23. Restaurant suggestions Pages 24-26. Walking Tours Pages 27-28. French Vocabulary Page 29. Useful numbers Page 30-31. Our other Properties 2 Top Tips.… ➢ CHECK-OUT On the day you check-out be sure to turn everything off and close all windows securely. Make sure you have packed all your belongings. Once ready to vacate leave the keys together inside the apartment then shut the door firmly behind you making sure it is closed properly. ➢ NOISE ALERT! Sound carries in Parisian flats. Please be respectful and don’t play the TV or music loudly. Please don’t use the washing machine, dryer or dishwasher after 9 pm. Please be gentle with the front door to avoid slamming. Please don’t roll luggage at night or too early on the floor. Have your luggage ready in the hallway to avoid disturbing the neighbours in the morning. ➢ TAXI Taxi G7: 01 47 39 47 39 Taxi G7 (large car): 01 47 39 01 39 Taxi G7 English: 01 41 27 66 99 ➢ QESTTIONS? PROBLEMS? ➢ Paris Agent:+33 6 37 53 85 23 (Georgina) ➢ Email: [email protected] ➢ ➢ Alternative number – send text first: ➢ Gail: +33 6 77 06 85 87 3 ❖ Amenities ❖ Linen and towels ❖ Cable TV with English Special Notes: ❖ Cutlery, cookware and channels dishes ❖ DVD player The building is very secure and ❖ Microwave ❖ Hairdryer without the code and your key you will not be able to enter the ❖ Electric Stove and Oven ❖ Iron and board apartment. ❖ Dishwasher ❖ English books and magazines Please feel free to use any food in ❖ Kettle, Toaster and ❖ Wi-Fi high speed internet the cupboards but please replace Coffee Maker access anything you finish. Thank you! ❖ Fridge, freezer ❖ 1x Queen size bed, 2x single Should anything break or be damaged in any way during your ❖ Washer/Dryer beds and 1x sofa bed stay please let us know. ❖ Shower & Bath Please do not light a fire in the fireplace as it is not safe ❖ Telephone with free local & international landline calls Tips: NEVER leave your keys inside the lock or you will not be able to get the key into the lock on the outside to open the door again. Only a locksmith will be able to repair it. ❖ The Telephone and International Calls The phone will allow you to call To call the telephone in the To North America North America, and most EU apartment: 001 area code + number countries— Incoming call from France: 01 77 18 30 85 Voicemail: 888 Landlines only—(see list) From Europe: The messages will play Otherwise, for countries not listed, 00 33 1 77 18 30 85 automatically. To replay dial 3, to please use a phone card. From North America: delete dial 011 33 1 77 18 30 85 Tips: International phone cards may be purchased at most convenience stores, « tabacs » (where you buy cigarettes), at most grocery stores or at the post office. ❖ Television & Cable The apartment has cable television. To watch TV press the CNN: 541 green power button on the TV remote, then press the power BBC World: 542 button on the cable remote. France 24 English: 543 Change the channels and volume by pressing the buttons Bloomberg: 545 marked + and—on the cable remote. For cable the TV source needs to be on HDMI 1. CNBC: 544 The top left small green button on the TV remote controls the Al Jazeera English: 546 source. Use the round large center button to scroll and then Catch up on a bit of BBC Entertainment: 667 set the source by pressing the center of the button. world news or escape from it all... AV1 is the source for the DVD player. ❖ Sofa-Bed Remove all cushions To open the bed: Face the sofa; place your hand on the middle of the frame/handle. Gently pull the handle up and towards you to unfold the bed. Gently repeat the process backwards to re-fold the bed. 4 ❖ High Speed Internet Access There is a Wi-Fi internet connection or you can use the yellow Ethernet cable at the back of the modem. Network: Numericable—FF5E Password: 14f7 619d 4aa 15e9 2aa3 20ca 093 (Lower case, no spaces) No wireless connection? No problems just use the Ethernet plug which needs to be plugged at the back of the wireless modem as well as in to your computer. Problem Solving Mac OS X Go into your System Preferences. Select Network—the window will open with 2 pull down menus. Select the Locations menu. You should have Automatic selected. Click Show. Select Built in Ethernet. In the dial up box there are 5 pull down menus; select the TCP/IP menu then select the Configure IP v4 menu. In the submenu select Using DHCP. The boxes that contained your former IP address will “grey out”; click Apply Now and the current IP address will appear. In both the case of the Mac and PC, the IP address for Noos should start with either, 81 or 212 or 195. Numericable Troubleshooting If you are experiencing a problem with the internet or phone, you can reboot the system by un-plugging the power adapter from the modem for 30 seconds and then plugging it back in to complete the re boot. 5 ❖ Appliances Working the Oven The average oven temperature Viandes- Meat The oven thermostat on the left is about 180°C which is Gratins– Gratins approximately equivalent to goes from 1-10. Tournebroche— 350°F 1-50-60°C; 2– 90-110°C Rotisserie The programme options Grillades minces –Thin 3– 140°C; 4-160°C translated are: grilled foods 4— Quick cycle Eclairage de four—Oven light 5-180°C; 6-200°C Patisseries–Poissons Tartes-Quiches –Pies and Pastries & Fish 7-220°C; 8-240°C quiche 9– 260°C; 10-270-280°C Grillades epaisses-Thick grilled foods Tips: **Electrical FYI** The oven clock must be set for the oven to work. To set the clock: push in both the “minuteur” and “durée” and then turn the + or — dial to set then release. If the clock is not set and you turn on the washing machine it can throw the breaker which is in a wall cabinet by the front door. It is the breaker with a t-shirt. Washer/Dryer The Washer/Dryer is located in #5 is recommended and is a 30 hours – 40 minutes. Press the kitchen. minute wash Marche/Pause to start Washer/Dryer You can change the temperature or select cycles by You can turn off the dryer in Washer gently pressing the temperature the middle of the DRYING Squeeze handle to open the button before starting the cycle, cycle by gently pressing the door however the amount of time ON/OFF button for 2 seconds Load clothes, do not overstuff will change as the temperature until the machine powers the washer goes up! down. Slide open soap compartment Press Marche/Pause to start using the handle underneath Note: French washers take on the numbers Dryer average 2 hours to wash on Load soap in the largest Séchage is the drying function normal cycle.