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Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil...... 86 „„PARIS AND ITS REGION  Monbazillac...... 88 Paris and its Region...... 8 Périgueux...... 89 Paris...... 8 Sarlat-la-Canéda...... 92 Sightseeing ...... 8 Sorges...... 94 Restaurants...... 23 Gironde...... 96 Sleeping...... 34 Andernos-les-Bains...... 96 Hauts-de-Seine...... 39 Arcachon...... 97 Malakoff...... 39 Bordeaux...... 101 Saint-Cloud...... 40 Cap Ferret...... 106 Sceaux...... 41 Lacanau-Océan...... 108 Seine-Saint-Denis...... 41 Le Verdon-sur-Mer...... 110 Saint-Denis...... 41 Pyla-sur-Mer...... 111 Seine-et-Marne...... 43 Saint-Emilion...... 112 Marne-la-Vallée...... 43 Restaurants...... 113 Fontainebleau...... 43 Sauternes...... 114 Meaux...... 45 Landes...... 115 Provins...... 46 Biscarrosse-Plage...... 115 Val-d’Oise...... 48 Dax...... 115 Auvers-sur-Oise...... 48 Eugénie-les-Bains...... 117 Cergy...... 50 Hossegor...... 118 Enghien-les-Bains...... 54 Lot-et-Garonne...... 119 L’Isle-Adam...... 54 Agen...... 119 Roissy-en-France...... 58 Duras...... 122 Saint-Prix...... 58 Pujols...... 123 Vétheuil...... 60 Pyrénées-Atlantiques...... 124 Yvelines...... 60 Ainhoa...... 124 Chambourcy...... 60 Bayonne...... 126 Gambais...... 62 Biarritz...... 129 Mantes-la-Jolie...... 63 Cambo-les-Bains...... 133 Montfort-l’Amaury...... 63 Pau...... 134 Neauphle-le-Château...... 64 Saint-Etienne-de-Baïgorry...... 137 Poissy...... 65 Saint-Jean-de-Luz...... 138 Rambouillet...... 65 Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port...... 140 Saint-Germain-en-Laye...... 66 Limousin...... 142 Restaurants...... 68 Corrèze...... 142 Versailles...... 70 Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne...... 142 Brive-la-Gaillarde...... 143 Collonges-la-Rouge...... 143 „„SOUTH-WEST  Turenne...... 143 Aquitaine...... 78 Haute-Vienne...... 144 Dordogne...... 78 Limoges...... 144 Belvès...... 78 Midi-Pyrénées...... 148 Bergerac...... 78 Aveyron...... 148 Beynac-et-Cazenac...... 80 Conques...... 148 Brantôme...... 81 Millau...... 148 Domme...... 82 Najac...... 150 Le Bugue...... 84 Rodez...... 151 contents

Haute-Garonne...... 153 Bonifacio...... 196 Toulouse...... 153 Porto...... 198 Gers...... 156 Porto-Vecchio...... 199 Auch...... 156 Sartène...... 199 Lot...... 158 Haute-Corse...... 200 Cahors...... 158 Bastia...... 200 Padirac...... 160 Calvi...... 201 Rocamadour...... 160 Corte...... 203 Saint-Cirq-Lapopie...... 164 L’Ile-Rousse...... 205 Hautes-Pyrénées...... 165 Lumio...... 206 Bagnères-de-Bigorre...... 165 Languedoc-Roussillon...... 207 Cauterets...... 166 Aude...... 207 Gavarnie...... 167 Carcassonne...... 207 Lourdes...... 167 Gruissan...... 211 Tarn...... 169 Lagrasse...... 211 Albi...... 169 Narbonne...... 212 Tarn-et-Garonne...... 171 Gard...... 214 Moissac...... 171 Aigues-Mortes...... 214 Montauban...... 172 Le Grau-du-Roi...... 215 Poitou-Charentes...... 173 Nîmes...... 217 Charente...... 173 Vers-Pont-du-Gard...... 219 Cognac...... 173 Hérault...... 221 Montpellier...... 221 Charente-Maritime...... 173 Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert...... 223 Ars-en-Ré...... 174 Sète...... 223 La Palmyre...... 175 Lozère...... 224 La Rochelle...... 176 Sainte-Enimie...... 224 Rochefort...... 178 Pyrénées-Orientales...... 224 Fouras...... 179 Collioure...... 224 Royan...... 179 Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via...... 225 Saint-Martin-de-Ré...... 180 Perpignan...... 226 Saint-Pierre-d’Oléron...... 182 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur...... 229 Saintes...... 183 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence...... 229 Vienne...... 184 Les Mées...... 229 Poitiers...... 184 Manosque...... 229 Moustiers-Sainte-Marie...... 230 „„SOUTH-EAST  Alpes-Maritimes...... 231 Antibes...... 231 Auvergne...... 188 Beaulieu-sur-Mer...... 233 Allier...... 188 Cannes...... 233 Vichy...... 188 Grasse...... 235 Haute-Loire...... 189 Juan-les-Pins...... 236 Le Puy-en-Velay...... 190 Menton...... 235 Puy-de-Dôme...... 191 Nice...... 238 Clermont-Ferrand...... 191 Vallauris...... 242 La Bourboule...... 192 Vence...... 242 Corse...... 194 Bouches-du-Rhône...... 243 Corse-du-Sud...... 194 Aix-en-Provence...... 243 Ajaccio...... 194 Arles...... 245 Cassis...... 248 Saint-Gervais-les-Bains...... 298 Eygalières...... 249 Samoëns...... 298 Fontvieille...... 249 Thonon-les-Bains...... 299 Les Baux-de-Provence...... 250 Marseille...... 250 Saint-Rémy-de-Provence...... 254 „„NORTH-WEST  Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer...... 256 Bretagne...... 302 Hautes-Alpes...... 258 Côtes-d’Armor...... 302 La Grave...... 258 Dinan...... 302 Var...... 260 Finistère...... 303 Grimaud...... 260 Bénodet...... 303 Porquerolles...... 261 Brest...... 303 Saint-Raphaël...... 261 Concarneau...... 304 Saint-Tropez...... 262 Crozon...... 304 Vaucluse...... 264 Douarnenez...... 305 Ansouis...... 264 Huelgoat...... 306 Avignon...... 264 Morlaix...... 306 Gordes...... 265 Ouessant...... 306 Rhône-Alpes...... 266 Pont-Aven...... 307 Ain...... 266 Quimper...... 307 Pérouges...... 266 Roscoff...... 308 Drôme...... 266 Ille-et-Vilaine...... 309 Buis-les-Baronnies...... 266 Cancale...... 309 Grignan...... 267 Dinard...... 310 La Garde-Adhémar...... 267 Rennes...... 311 Isère...... 268 Saint-Malo...... 314 Alpe d’Huez...... 268 Morbihan...... 315 Grenoble...... 268 Auray...... 315 Vienne...... 271 Carnac...... 315 Loire...... 273 Ile-aux-Moines...... 318 Saint-Etienne...... 273 Lorient...... 318 Rhône...... 274 Quiberon...... 320 Lyon...... 274 Vannes...... 322 Savoie...... 277 Centre...... 324 Aix-les-Bains...... 277 Eure-et-Loir...... 324 Courchevel...... 278 Chartres...... 324 Les Menuires...... 279 Indre-et-Loire...... 325 Méribel...... 279 Amboise...... 325 Haute-Savoie...... 280 Azay-le-Rideau...... 326 Annecy...... 280 Chenonceaux...... 327 Avoriaz...... 283 Chinon...... 328 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc...... 284 Villandry...... 330 Châtel...... 288 Loir-et-Cher...... 330 Evian-les-Bains...... 289 Blois...... 330 La Clusaz...... 292 Chambord...... 331 Les Gets...... 293 Chaumont-sur-Loire...... 333 Megève...... 295 Cheverny...... 334 Morzine...... 296 Saint-Aignan...... 334 Loiret...... 335 La Roche-sur-Yon...... 378 Orléans...... 335 Picardie...... 379 Normandie...... 338 Oise...... 379 Calvados...... 338 Beauvais...... 379 Bayeux...... 338 Chantilly...... 380 Caen...... 339 Compiègne...... 381 Deauville...... 341 Pierrefonds...... 382 Honfleur...... 341 Senlis...... 383 Lisieux...... 342 Somme...... 384 Ouistreham...... 343 Amiens...... 384 Manche...... 344 Le Crotoy...... 386 Avranches...... 344 Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme...... 386 Barfleur...... 346 Barneville-Carteret...... 346 Cherbourg-Octeville...... 347 „„NORTH-EAST  Sightseeing ...... 347 Alsace...... 388 Restaurants...... 348 Bas-Rhin...... 388 Le Mont-Saint-Michel...... 349 Le Hohwald...... 388 Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue...... 350 Marmoutier...... 389 Sainte-Marie-du-Mont...... 350 Obernai...... 389 Seine-Maritime...... 352 Sélestat...... 390 Etretat...... 352 Strasbourg...... 391 Fécamp...... 352 Haut-Rhin...... 395 Le Havre...... 353 Colmar...... 395 Rouen...... 354 Eguisheim...... 399 Eure...... 356 Ferrette...... 400 Giverny...... 356 Guebwiller...... 401 Pont-Audemer...... 357 Kaysersberg...... 402 Pays de la Loire...... 358 Mulhouse...... 404 Loire-Atlantique...... 358 Ribeauvillé...... 406 Guérande...... 358 Riquewihr...... 407 La Baule-Escoublac...... 358 Rouffach...... 409 Le Croisic...... 358 Thann...... 410 Nantes...... 359 Turckheim...... 411 Pornic...... 361 Champagne-Ardenne...... 413 Saint-Joachim...... 362 Aube...... 413 Maine-et-Loire...... 364 Troyes...... 413 Angers...... 364 Marne...... 415 Fontevraud-l’Abbaye...... 366 Mareuil-sur-Ay...... 415 Saumur...... 367 Châlons-en-Champagne...... 416 Sarthe...... 368 Epernay...... 417 Le Mans...... 368 Reims...... 419 Vendée...... 370 Bourgogne...... 422 L’Ile-d’Yeu...... 370 Côte-d’Or...... 422 Les Sables-d’Olonne...... 371 Beaune...... 422 Noirmoutier-en-l’Ile...... 373 Dijon...... 426 Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie...... 375 Sleeping...... 432 Saint-Julien des Landes...... 377 Gevrey-Chambertin...... 433 PARIS Meursault...... 434 Belfort...... 455 Nuits-Saint-Georges...... 436 Lorraine...... 457 And Its Region Pernand-Vergelesses...... 438 Meurthe-et-Moselle...... 457 Semur-en-Auxois...... 439 Nancy...... 457 Saône-et-Loire...... 440 Meuse...... 459 Autun...... 440 Verdun...... 459 Cluny...... 441 Moselle...... 461 Mâcon...... 442 Metz...... 461 Tournus...... 444 Vosges...... 463 Yonne...... 446 Epinal...... 463 Auxerre...... 446 Gérardmer...... 466 Sens...... 447 Vittel...... 467 Vézelay...... 448 Nord-Pas-de-Calais...... 468 Franche-Comté...... 450 Nord...... 468 Doubs...... 450 Dunkerque...... 468 Arc-et-Senans...... 450 Lille...... 470 Besançon...... 450 Pas-de-Calais...... 473 Jura...... 451 Arras...... 473 Arbois...... 451 Calais...... 474 Baume-les-Messieurs...... 452 Lens...... 476 Château-Chalon...... 453 Le Touquet-Paris-Plage...... 477 Dole...... 454 Montreuil...... 478 Territoire de Belfort...... 455 Wimereux...... 480

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„„OFFICE DE TOURISME end, two identical buildings in the east the hotel de la ET DES CONGRÈS DE PARIS Marine, former royal furniture store, and in the west the 25, rue des Pyramides (1er) Crillon luxury hotel. In the North Champs-Élysées and in & +33 (0) 1 49 52 42 63 – www.parisinfo.com the South the Tuileries gardens leading directly to the M° Pyramides Louvre. In the centre and marking the huge perspective onl Open Monday to Saturday from 9am to skilfully linking the Arc De Triomphe and the Palais royal, 7pm; Sunday from 10am to 7pm. the ancient Egyptian obelisk offered by Méhémet Ali in 1836 (in thanks to the help brought by Champollion in the translation of the hieroglyphics) has praised the pharaoh Sightseeing Ramses II for more than 3 300 years. The statues of the place was the work of Coysevox for group of Mercury and „„PLACE DE LA CONCORDE reputation, then Coustou for the Horses of Marly (the M° Concorde originals are visible in the courtyard of the Louvre Marly). Historical place, the Place de la Concorde did not always Each corner of the square received the allegory of French deserve (and given) this name, and for good reason! It was city (Brest and Rouen, Lyon and Marseille, Bordeaux the theatre of decapitations of the Revolution and was and Nantes, Lille and Strasbourg) to find who is who! going close to 1 200 heads aristocrats, antirevolutionary or just suspect, ranging from the crowned heads like „„PLACE VENDÔME those of Louis XVI and his wife, to the desperados like M° Opéra or Tuileries Charlotte Corday and Danton. Designed by Ange-Jacques Open all year. Free. Guided tour (to consult the site of the Gabriel starting from 1755 for king Louis XV, it will be the Tourist Office of Paris or to print the card concerning the model of the royal squares of French cities. At the North neighborhood on page HTTP: //www.paris.fr/loisirs/ se-promener-a-paris/se-promener-a-paris-copy/parcours- d-architecture-un-autre-regard-sur-le-patrimoine- parisien/rub_9947). Shop. Tour operator Vast urban planning undertaken by Louis XIV and designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Place Vendôme „„ARTS ET VIE must first of all houses prestigious public buildings 251, rue de Vaugirard (15e) that will overlook the square where the equestrian PARIS & +33 (0) 1 40 43 20 21 statue of the king stands; however the project must be www.artsetvie.com – [email protected] abandoned for lack of funds. Those with great fortunes Other agencies in Grenoble, Lyon, Marseille and Nice. then took possession of the already built buildings and For 60 years, Arts et Vie, a cultural association converted them into sumptuous private mansions. When of travels and leisure, has developed a tourism the Revolution occurred, the name of the place, which was that is open to knowledge and the delight of the a symbol of the former regime of privileges, was changed cultural and human discovery. The spirit of travels into Place des Piques (bloody name recalling a group of is following an associative tradition, characterised women who butchered and carried the bodies of several by a friendly atmosphere, rich in meetings, heritage assassinated royalists), the statue of the monarch was and civilisation in the world. All tours are lively and unbolted. Danton installed the temporary government led by passionate guides, trained by the association, of the Republic there. In 1810, Napoleon had built the willful to share their passion with the travellers Vendôme Column, like the Trajan’s Column of Rome, members. Five continents, sixty countries, choose thus paying tribute to his great army. The same column what kind of trip you like, whether you like river will be reversed during the Commune on the initiative and maritime cruises, festivals to attend the great of the painter Courbet who will pay the toll all his life European cultural events, stays in the cities of art, as he had to finance its reconstruction. He died before the discovery tours, the great adventures, nature seeing the column built again on the famous place, under trips in the heart of beautiful landscapes, walks the third Republic. Today, this place is the high place of and hikes, getaways to stroll in the Europe of French and international jewellery. The windows offer culture... Also remember, weekends and days to the most beautiful and most precious contemporary discover national heritage, new stays in Arts et Vie creations. Note that the last (full time) inhabitant of the residences, in Brittany for example. place was the singer Henri Salvador who spent 46 years at the number 6 before dying in 2008. A new holiday residence in Brittany Arts et Vie Plozévet A full comfort residence in the heart of nature 1800 m from the Atlantic Ocean

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„„PLACE DES VOSGES the Saint-Eustache church has an eighteenth century M° Bastille, Chemin Vert or Saint-Paul façade. Overlooking Rambuteau street, a turreted portal It is on this square closely linked to the kings of France offers another entry. This large church has twenty-four history that was born first the great Tournelles hotel, chapels which contain paintings and sculptures from residence privileged of Valois until Catherine de Médicis different eras. You need to see a triptych by Keith Haring makes it demolished. The queen can not suffer any (twentieth century) and the tomb of Colbert, shaped more this place that was a fatal fire to her husband by Coysevox Tuby according to Brown (XVII). Here, you King Henry II who died there because of a wound on can also admire the beautiful stained glass windows his eye during a tournament. The place becomes a horse dating from 1631 in the choir, and an organ from market and a place that is not very recommended to 1854 with eight thousand pipes. Note that concerts the people of good virtues. Then, the king Henry IV are frequently organised in this church with excellent had built a royal square in honour of the engagement acoustics. A church service with an organ and choirs of Louis XIII and Anne d’Autriche. The polychrome are given every Sunday. architecture of bricks, stone and slate very typical of „„PYRAMIDE DU LOUVRE the 16th and the beginning of the 17th century recalls M° Louvre – Rivoli the age of this place. It is the centrepiece of the Grand Louvre, desired by The Revolution can not decide in favour of a republican François Mitterrand and designed by the architect Pei. It name for this place marked by royalty. It will be the turn is 21.64 metres high and its base is 35.42 metres large. of Federated place, Parc d’Artillerie place or a place of It is made of glass and metal. It is located at the centre Indivisibility before becoming a Vosges place in honour of the Napoléon courtyard of the Louvre Museum. Three of the same name department that was the first to pay pyramidions surround it. tax during the Revolution. Today the statue of Louis XIII stands in the centre of the „„SAINTE-CHAPELLE square. You will recognize the king’s pavilion to the profile Palais de Justice de Paris of the good King Henry in a medallion in front, then you 6, boulevard du Palais (1er) can go to the front door of Cardinal Richelieu at n° 21. & +33 (0) 1 53 40 60 80 The Victor-Hugo museum took place in the apartment M° Cité or Saint-Michel of the famous poet and novelist. Full of the prestige of Open every day. From March to October, from 9.30am its past, the place still hosts famous residents. to 6pm; from November to February, from 9am to 5pm. Closed on weekdays between 12.45pm and 2.15pm. „„PLACE DU TERTRE Last access 30 minutes before closing or earlier in the M° Anvers or Abbesses then the cable railway event of attendance. from May 1st to September 30th or Lamarck Caulaincourt from 9.30am to 12.45pm and from 2.15pm to 10pm. The place du tertre is the old village square of Adult: E8.50. Reduced rate: E5.50. Free for under Montmartre. This area that is so important to the 18-year-olds (accompanied by an adult), the 18-25 years, tourists and postcards of Paris from the beginning of disabled people and their guide, unemployed people. xxth century situated in this place the quintessential Ticket twinned Sainte-Chapelle and Conciergerie: E12.50. of Paris nostalgic. It is in this area that the artists like Reduced rate: E8.50. Reservation for the resailedelacite@ Picasso worked and created a real myth specific to Paris: monuments-nationaux.fr groups. Guided tour (free guided the city of artists, bistro, the Bohemian life. A little tour every day at 11am and 3pm. Conference visit: +33 corner of paradise at dawn, before the metro does (0) 1 44 54 19 33). Shop. Bookstore-shop. not pour its hordes of tourists and the place does not Better say it: you need patience in order to visit this spoil portraitists. Take the time to have a drink At the Gothic art jewel located within the courthouse of Mère Catherine, the establishment was founded in Paris. The crowd is huge – people come from all over 1793 and there is no doubt that many famous people the world to discover it – and security measures are have frequented these chairs! taken right from the entrance – it is forbidden for one to have metal objects on themselves. The Sainte- Monuments Chapelle was built in xiiith century on the order of Saint Louis, aka Louis IX, in order to receive relics of „„ÉGLISE SAINT-EUSTACHE Christ. Particularly slender compared to its surface area, 2, impasse Saint-Eustache (1er) topped by a spire of 33 metres, it has two levels. That & +33 (0) 1 42 36 31 05 at the top was reserved for relics and the king, that at www.saint-eustache.org the bottom to the parishioners. Haven suffered from [email protected] many damages during its existence, it was renovated M° Les Halles. RER Châtelet Les Halles. and its beauty restored. Your patience will be rewarded Open all year. Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 7pm; the by the performance offered at the nave of the upper weekend from 9am to 7pm. Free. Activities. chapel. Equipped with blue vaults, it is illuminated by It took more than a century, between 1532 and 1640, high decorated glass windows with exceptional stained- for this church to be constructed on the edge of the glass windows dominated by red and blue colours. They Halles garden. With a gothic and renaissance design, express religious scenes of Old and the New Testaments. Sightseeing - Paris √ 11

The ensemble formed by these wonders that one never gets tired of admiring is completed by a pink of nine meters in diameter. This masterpiece is composed of nine dozens of panels evoking the Apocalypse. Statues representing the apostles are also worth a visiting. „„CATHEDRALE NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS – ISTOCKPHOTO VITALYEDUSH © Place Jean-Paul-II – 6, parvis Notre-Dame (4e) & +33 (0) 1 42 34 56 10 & +33 (0) 1 53 40 60 80 / +33 (0) 1 53 10 07 00 www.notredamedeparis.fr M° Cité or Saint-Michel. RER Saint-Michel Notre-Dame. PARIS AND ITS REGION Open all year. Monday to Friday from 8am to 6.45pm; the weekend from 8am to 7.15pm. Treasury of the cathedral: Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 6pm, Saturday from 9.30am to 6.30pm, Sunday from 1.30pm to 6.30pm. Rate: E4. Free. Circuits: tlj from 10am to 6.30pm (5.30pm from October to March; 11pm Saturday and Sunday in July and August). Last visit 45 minutes front. Closed: January 1st, May 1st, December 25th. E8.50. TR: E5.50. Free: 0-18 years, 18-25 years of the EU, unemployed people. Access disadvised to the electric armchairs. Guided tour. Shop. Concerts. The construction site of the Notre-Dame Cathedral of Paris is one of the most Pharaonic that the French history has ever known. Two centuries of work started in 1160 on the order of Maurice de Sully. At that time, the bishop of Paris wanted to replace two small churches that were setup in the southeast side of the city’s island. Concerning its architecture, the dimensions of Haussmann style architecture. this cathedral express the magnitude of this Gothic art masterpiece: 5,500 m ² of floor surface area, a (free every Sunday at 3pm for the individual ones. Visit of 130 m long, 48 metres wide, 35 m high under vault, the institution and the permanent exhibition. Duration 69 meters at the summit of the towers. Visitors enter 1.30am). Catering facilities. Shop. Activities. Library. the monument by a majestic façade, composed of Like a duty to remember, the Memorial of Shoah is three portals: that of the Virgin, the last judgement presented in a permanent exhibition which tells the and Sainte-Anne. Overlooking the structure are two story of the Jews of France during the Second World War towers having «Emmanuel», the famous bell of 13 tons by presenting documents resulting from the reference on one side and a staircase of 387 steps offering an impressive view over Paris on the other. During the library of this institution. Organized in a chronological 850th anniversary of the cathedral, many events punc- course, the adopted angles evoke as well the individual tuated the year 2013. The splendour of the cathedral destinies as the general fate of the Jewish community. was honoured through various musical and cultural A manner of paying homage to the victims of the events (congress, shows, exhibitions, concerts, books...). segregative laws of the mode of Vichy and the geno- Extensive restoration work is equally expected, it is cidary policy of the occupying German forces. A special expected to have a new tenor with eight new bells, program is intended to the children, as from 8 years. the repairing of interior lighting, the restoration of the To the visit of this museum temporary exhibitions are great organs, etc. Do not miss this great appointment! added, as well as meetings, debates, conferences, projections and concerts. Travels in Auschwitz or in „„MÉMORIAL DE LA SHOAH other places of memory are also organized. To also see: 17, rue Geoffroy-l’Asnier (4e) the crypt where are frays of ashes of victims collected & +33 (0) 1 42 77 44 72 in the camps of death and the ruins of the ghetto of www.memorialdelashoah.org Warsaw; the wall of the Names where the list of the [email protected] 76,000 off-set Jews of France is displayed, including M° Saint-Paul or Pont Marie 11,000 children; the wall of Right (outside) where one Open all year. Every day, except Saturday from 10am can identify nearly 3,000 nonJewish people who, in to 6pm and Thursday until 10pm. Closed on Saturdays, France, contributed to save their human brothers. To certain national public holidays and certain days of also note that the memorial of Drancy, area of transit Jewish holidays. Free. Children welcome. Guided tour of the French deportees, accommodates also the public. 12 ® Paris - Sightseeing

„„MÉMORIAL DES MARTYRS Open all year. Every day from 7.30am to 7.30pm. For the DE LA DÉPORTATION guided tours, a permanent reception service is proposed Square de l’Ile-de-France (4e) each Saturday from 2.30pm to 5.30pm, (sacristy). A visit & +33 (0) 1 46 33 87 56 each Sunday at 2.30pm, go to the bottom of the church, M° Cité, Pont Marie or Maubert Mutualité. under the organ loft. Visit of the crypts: to contact the RER Saint-Michel Notre-Dame. church. Free. Guided tour. Activities. Opening in May 2015. Open every day except Monday from The building of this vast church began in the October 1st to March 31st from 10am to 5pm. From April seventeenth century – Queen Anne of Austria laid the 1st to September 30th from 10am to 7pm. Outside and first stone – on the basis of a twelfth century building. crypt: free access every day. Free. Duration of the visit: It is characterized by a monumental façade which is the 30 minutes (complete tour: outside, crypt and rooms work of Jean-Nicolas Servandoni (eighteenth century) higher). Guided tour. and consists of two superposed different porticoes Opened in 1962, this moving memorial designed by styles, Doric and Ionic. The two towers that surmount architect Georges-Henri Pingusson pays tribute to the the building are asymmetrical and one is incomplete. men, women and children deported of France in the The interior of the church was richly decorated in the concentration camps Nazis during the Second World War. nineteenth century by the painter Eugène Delacroix, Consisting of a crypt and galleries, it houses the remains to whom we owe the frescoes in the Saints-Anges of an unknown deportee, from the urns containing the chapel. You will also see a sculpture of the Virgin of ground from camps and ash taken in combustion furnaces. Pigalle and the gnomon, a marble obelisk which is «lit» by a ray of light during the solstices and equinoxes. „„LE PANTHÉON e Since the international success of the novel «Da Vinci Place du Panthéon (5 ) Code», Saint-Sulpice has additional people visiting; & +33 (0) 1 44 32 18 00 many readers try very hard so as to find the sites of http: //pantheon.monuments-nationaux.fr the church mentioned in this book. M° Cardinal Lemoine. Luxembourg RER. nlm „„EGLISE SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRES 3, place Saint-Germain-des-Prés (6e) Because of the climatic risks, the monument is likely to & modify its schedule of visits. The pendulum of Foucault +33 (0) 1 55 42 81 10 was deposited and is not visible any more. Schedule www.eglise-sgp.org/site_v3/wordpress provided: open every day from April 1st to September [email protected] 30th from 10am to 6.30pm and from October 1st to M° Saint-Germain-des-Prés March 31st from 10am to 6pm. Last access 45 minutes Open every day from 8.30am to 7.30pm. Until 8pm before closing. Closed January 1st, May 1st and December Saturday and concert evenings. Concerts. 25th. -18 years, 18-25 years, 1st Sunday of the month Owner of a vast agricultural area, The Saint-Germain- from January to March and from November to December, des-Prés abbey has existed for centuries, from the sixth disabled person and her guide, unemployed, RSA. Adult: century to the French Revolution and today, only the E7.50. Group (20 people): E6. Reduced rate: E6 (from abbey palace (sixteenth century; Abbaye Street) and the 18 to 25 years old young people nonamenable to the church (eleventh century) remain. Though it has been European Union). Label Tourism & Disability. Guided extensively revised several times, only its bell tower; the tour. Shop. part that rises up to the top of its arches, made in the Directed by Jacques-Germain Soufflot in 1758, the twelfth century has not been damaged. The interior of construction work of the Pantheon, commissioned by the building mixes Romanesque and Gothic styles, note King Louis XV in honour of St. Genevieve, was completed that important restoration works of this church were in 1793, thirteen years after the death of the architect. undertaken in the nineteenth century, particularly by The building is 110 meters long and 84 meters wide, it is the architect Victor Baltard. built in the shape of a Greek cross. The décor also is worth „„PONT ALEXANDRE-III visiting: the academic painters of Puvis de Chavannes, Quai d’Orsay Gros ou Cabanel were mandated to achieve this work. Cours de la Reine (8e) (7e) It is from 1885, that the Pantheon became the place of M° Invalides worship we all know today. It is the resting place of the o great historic French figures! The first great person to Open all year round. Free. enter was Victor Hugo. Among the great personalities On one side the Invalides, on the other the Grand and who rest in the crypt are: Voltaire, Rousseau, Jean Petit Palais... A breathtaking perspective! This bridge Moulin, Condorcet, Pierre and Marie Curie, Dumas... bears the name of the terrible Tsar Alexander III, whose son, Nicolas II, the one who was executed by the Soviets „„ÉGLISE SAINT-SULPICE with his family, laid the first stone during his official visit Place Saint-Sulpice (6e) to France in 1896, thus expressing the Franco-Russian & +33 (0) 1 42 34 59 98 friendship, which would then make up an essential pss75.fr/saint-sulpice-paris alliance in the course of the First World War. It is at the M° Saint-Sulpice or Mabillon Universal Exhibition of 1900 that it was inaugurated. Sightseeing - Paris √ 13

Composed of a single steel arch, this typical structure of „„ARC DE TRIOMPHE the Belle Époque has a fussy decoration: in the centre, Place Charles-de-Gaulle (8e) nymphs of the Seine and the Neva (famous river in Saint- & +33 (0) 1 55 37 73 77 Petersburg), candelabras, four of which are decorated M° Charles de Gaulle Étoile with angels gilded with fine gold, garlands of shells ol with masks... On each side of the bridge, there are Closed on January 1st, May 1st, May 8th (morning), July two monumental pylons of 17 metres. They present 14th (morning), November 11th (morning) and December and evoke the great moments in the history of France: 25th. because of the climatic risks, the monument is likely to the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the reign of Louis modify its schedule of visits. Schedule provided: from April 1st XIV, the modern and industrial era whose success was to September 30th from 10am to 11pm and from October 1st celebrated at that time. At the top soar the famous, sets to March 31st from 10am to 10:30pm. Last access 45 minutes of antique inspiration statuaries including the winged before closing. Adult: E9.50 (reduced fares: E7.50). Group PARIS AND ITS REGION horse Pegasus and a woman holding a trumpet. The first (20 people): E7.50. Free: -18 years, -26 of the EU, disabled symbolizes Arts, others Science, Combat and Industry. people and unemployed. Label Tourism & Disability. Chance They are golden, like many decors. A masterpiece that of visit for people in armchair. Free admission for the disabled will remain etched in your memory! people and their guide on presentation of a written proof. „„THE EIFFEL TOWER Guided tour (booking required for the groups: reservation. Champ-de-Mars (7e) [email protected]). Shop. Free tour & 08 92 70 12 39 or with conference. www.tour-eiffel.fr The Arc de Triomphe is located on a beautiful perspective: M° Bir-Hakeim or Trocadéro. RER Champ de in the East you have the Champs-Elysées, the Concorde Mars – Tour Eiffel square, the Tuileries Gardens and the Louvre. In the West lies the neighbourhood of La Défense and its Grande Arch. onl To help you identify the important sites of the capital, you Open all the year. Every day from 9pm to midnight from have orientation tables on the terrace where you will find mid-June to at the beginning of September and 9:30am a small museum that tells the story of the building. The to 11pm the rest of the year. Easter weekend and spring latter was commissioned by Napoleon I with the aim of holidays: opening prolonged until midnight. Free for under paying homage to the French armies. Started in 1806, its 4-year-olds. Admission ticket lift (to the 2nd floor) E9. construction was completed 30 years later, during the reign Admission ticket lift with top E15.50. Admission ticket of Louis-Philippe. Designed by the architect Jean-François staircase (to the 2nd floor) E5. The disableds (wheel Chalgrin, the Arc has a height of 50 metres and a width chairs, disability of motricity...) can reach 1st and 2nd of 45 metres. It is decorated with high and low reliefs floors by lift. For safety reasons, the top of the Eiffel Tower sculpted by about fifty artists. The most famous work is is not accessible for them. Guided tour. Catering facilities. «La Marseillaise» by François Rude. On the arch you can Shop. Discount granted to the disabled person with her still read the names of generals and victories won by the guide on presentation of a written proof. revolutionary and imperial armies. Under the monument, The tower built by Gustave Eiffel for the Universal in 1921, was installed the tomb of the Unknown Soldier Exhibition of 1899 - which marks the centenary of the in memory of soldiers who died during the First World revolution – and whose destruction was scheduled War. A flame is revived every day at 6:30 pm. 20 years later, was finally preserved for scientific reasons. „„CATHÉDRALE SAINT-ALEXANDRE-NEVSKY The foot of the building coincides with the four cardinal 12, rue Daru (8e) points, they weigh more than 10,000 tons. It was & +33 (0) 1 42 27 37 34 the highest monument in the world until 1931. The www.cathedrale-orthodoxe.com tower rose to over 320 metres since 1957, when the M° Ternes or Courcelles antenna was hoisted for the French television. From the Open on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday from 3pm to 5pm. second floor, located 115 metres above the ground, it is This amazing religious monument is located away from estimated that we can see clearly up to 55 kilometres the Monceau park. It is a church dedicated to Orthodox to the South, 60 to the North, 65 to the East and 70 to Christian worship and owes its name to a Russian national the West. The Jules Verne restaurant, taken over by the hero of XIIIth century who sent the Swedes and the group of Alain Ducasse, is a gourmet restaurant open Teutonic knights out of his country. This hero of the seven days a week. It is very popular. The third floor is Russian popular culture was immortalised by the great a closed space punctuated with viewpoints where you Soviet director Eisenstein in a film of the same name. can see a reconstruction of the style «Grévin museum», Built in 1861, the building has the traditional shape of showing Gustave Eiffel with Thomas Edison. If you are a Greek cross and is topped by five turrets ending with courageous enough to climb the 750 steps leading bulbs. Many eye-catching works of sacred art and icons from the bottom to the second floor, it is cheaper are to be discovered inside this cathedral, will catch your (4.50 E), much more sportive and much easier when attention. If you have an opportunity, do not hesitate to you buy your tickets. attend a mass, you will be surprised! 14 ® Paris - Sightseeing

„„ÉGLISE DE LA MADELEINE Open all year round. Offices every Friday evening at Place de la Madeleine (8e) 6:30pm and every Saturday morning at 9:30am. Free. & +33 (0) 1 44 51 69 00 Guided tour (group). Entertainment. www.eglise-lamadeleine.com The Victoire Synagogue is the testimony of the history of [email protected] the Parisian Jewish community since the 19th century. M° Madeleine Built between 1867 and 1874 by the architect Alfred- Open all year. Every day from 9.30am to 7pm. Mass at Philibert Aldrophe, it combines two styles, the roma- 12.30pm with the church Monday to Friday and Tuesday nesque and the Byzantine, giving a particular alchemy to Friday at 6.30pm with the chapel of week. Anticipated to this building. Damaged during the dark moments of mass Saturday at 6pm and mass Sunday at 9.30am (songs the Occupation, it regained its glow only in 1967. The and organ), at 11am (solemn mass, vocal ensemble of services of the Central Consistory and the Consistory of the Madeleine) and at 6pm. Free. Guided tour. Concerts. Paris are established in the outbuildings. Within this An exceptional site, a majestic building! The Madeleine spectacular place of worship, we find among others Church dominates the Saint-Honore district and the a series of twelve stained-glasses symbolizing the wide boulevards with its entire splendour. It has tribes of Israel. an ancient temple-shaped facade that is in perfect symmetry with the Bourbon palace, located opposite „„OPÉRA NATIONAL DE PARIS – PALAIS GARNIER it on the other side of the Seine via the rue Royale e and place de la Concorde. Its construction started in Place de l’Opéra (9 ) 1763 and saw a succession of several architects until its & 08 92 89 90 90 034 inauguration in 1842. Meanwhile, there were plans to www.operadeparis.fr transform it into the National Assembly, a temple of the M° Opera Revolution or a temple dedicated to the Grande Armée Open every day from 10am to 5pm (last visit at 4.30pm). de Napoléon I, before finally being consecrated to the From 10am to 1pm at the time of the representations in Catholic worship. Surrounded by Corinthian columns, morning. Closed on January 1st, on May 1st and the days the church is rich in carved and painted works, including of events. Shows mainly at 7.30pm and 2.30pm. Until 6pm from July 16th to September 5th. Free for under 10-year- a large fresco of Jules Ziegler, adorning the choir and E E telling the story of Christianity. Thanks to Aristide olds. Adult: 10. Reduced rate: 6. Guided tour. Shop. Cavaillé-Coll, the great organ of La Madeleine is renown The Palais Garnier is one of the cornerstones of major as well as the acoustics of the building. Note that some renovations of the capital led by Baron Haussmann Masses are musical and the church frequently hosts during the Second Empire. Charles Garnier was the classical concerts. If you have a few minutes, take time architect. This magnificent temple of opera and ballet to admire the exterior pediment of the church carved was inaugurated in 1875 after 15 years of work. It is by Henri Lemaire. Just below, you can read the Latin admired for its architecture as for its programs. It has inscription: «D.O.M. SVB. INVOCAT S. MAR. MAGDALENÆ» the famous double helix staircase which rises in a marble that can be translated as: «To God almighty and great nave of varied colours – from its opening, it was adopted by the invocation of Mary Magdalene». This quote is by the «high society» who loved to be seen. The house an invitation to discover the patron saint of the church itself contains sculptures and paintings in abundance. on the pediment, kneeling to the right of Christ. You As for the room, dominated by red and gold colours, it will also admire the bronze doors of the monument has a great and legendary crystal chandelier – 8 tons! that are unique in size. They are even larger than the – And a ceiling painted by Marc Chagall in 1964. It can bronze door of Saint-Pierre of Rome. accommodate up to 1900 people. A museum, through its collections and temporary exhibitions, tells the three- „„OBÉLISQUE century history of the opera – it can be seen during a Place de la Concorde (8e) visit to the palace. The institution has an orchestra that It is on October 25th, 1836 that the obelisk offered by interprets most of the works of the program. The Palais Mohammed Ali, viceroy of Egypt, was erected on Place Garnier shares its opera productions with the Opéra de la Concorde in the presence of Louis-Philippe. He had Bastille, but remained a key place for ballets. Some left Luxor in 1830. In 1998, to celebrate two centuries of recitals and orchestral concerts are also organised here. strong friendship between the two countries, a pyrami- „„LE MANOIR DE PARIS dion made of bronze and gold was placed. Composed e of pink granite, the obelisk measures 33 metres high 18, rue de Paradis (10 ) and weighs 222 tons. lemanoirdeparis.fr [email protected] „„GRANDE SYNAGOGUE DE PARIS M° Poissonnière 44, rue de La Victoire (9e) Variable closings. Open on Friday from 6pm to 10pm; the & +33 (0) 1 40 82 26 26 weekend from 3pm to 7pm. Adult: E25. Child (from 10 to www.lavictoire.org 15 years old): E20. Fast Pass (priority entrance): E35. [email protected] A tour in a haunted house? Oh well... It has already M° Le Peletier or Notre-Dame-de-Lorette seen, you may think! You know all the stuff and now, Sightseeing - Paris √ 15 it is you who frighten the extras in ghost trains... isn’t an encrypted treasure. Note that religious services are it? Nonetheless, try Le Manoir de Paris, just for the held several times throughout the day and even at plume! Get ready to face the obscure face of the capital. night. As a result, there is no guided visit inside and it Le Manoir de Paris offering is to make you discover the is recommended that visitors be as quiet as possible. In least corners of a conceal city, that of darkness, cabbale contrast, a guidebook is available in several languages and Sabbaths. This particular building was converted in the bookshop at E5 (closed on Mondays) as well into a sort of museum/amusement park of Parisian as a more religious booklet entitled Visiter... Prier legends. If it is a daring bet, there is no doubt that its à la basilique du Sacré-coeur. There is also an 17 interactive activities will scare you. It is a journey into audio guide course in 4 stages (French and English) the horrour, through a maze of 1,000 m2 populated by and accessible to all smartphone users: you just need the most awful creatures and ghosts that will make you to flash the code at the entrance! tremble with fear... Or simply to have some thrilling feelings. Don’t be surprised by this baker of the Middle Museums PARIS AND ITS REGION Ages, who served human meat to his customers! Avoid at all costs crossing Armand, dean of all vampires, „„MUSÉE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS immortalised in the screen by Antonio Banderas in the (DECORATIVE ARTS MUSEUM) film Interview with the vampire... Here, legends 107, rue de Rivoli (1er) stab you at the back, the screams become the soundtrack & +33 (0) 1 44 55 57 50 of this hell... The settings and characters are really scary! www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr Then, you will take back a little of the bloody baker pie? M° Tuileries, Pyramides or Palais Royal Musée No? Still not scared? onlmdu Louvre „„BASILIQUE DU SACRÉ-CŒUR Open on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday to Sunday and public holidays from 11am DE MONTMARTRE e to 6pm (last visit at 5.30pm); Thursday from 11am Parvis du Sacré-Cœur (18 ) to 9pm. Free for under 18-year-olds (citizens EU & +33 (0) 1 53 41 89 00 (18 to 25 years old), handicapped and guide). Adult: www.sacre-coeur-montmartre.com E11 (reduced rate E8.50). Pass decorative Arts M° Anvers or Abbesses then funicular. at E19 (decorative Arts, Nave, museum Nissim o Open all year. Every day from 6am to 10.30pm. de Camondo). Guided tour. Catering facilities. Schedule of the dome: Every day from 8.30am to Shop. Library. 8pm from May to September; and from 9am to Located in a wing of Palais du Louvre, next to the 5pm from October to April. Schedule of the crypt: Advertising and Fashion museums, the Musée des Every day except Tuesday and Wednesday, from Arts Décoratifs has incredible collections that were 10am to 5pm. Free. Visit of the dome: E6. Shop. formed thanks to donations and legacies. Most of the Immediately after the tragic events of the years 1870 and existing techniques are being honoured: cabinet work, 1871 - the defeat of the war against the Prussians and wood sculptures, silverware, ceramics, leatherwork, the ephemeral Paris Commune which experienced its painting, embroidery, etc. This large treasure chest beginnings in Montmartre and was terribly repressed (150 000 artworks) is divided into five sections, each – two laymen appointed; Alexandre Legentil and Hubert covering an era: The Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Rohault vow to build an expiatory church dedicated to the 17th and 18th centuries, the 19th century, Art the worship of sacrificial heart of Christ. Their project Nouveau and Art deco, Modern and Contemporary. was approved by the National Assembly in 1873 and took Moreover, five other sections are devoted to a theme: the of Roman-Byzantine basilica style, which was later graphic arts, jewellery, toys, wallpaper and glass. called Sacred Heart. The work took nearly half a century Amazed, you will go from one gallery to another. to be completed. Six different architects succeeded in Here, you will find medieval altarpieces and painted completing this work begun by Paul Abadie. Important enamels from the Renaissance era. Further on, there foundations were necessary, 83 pillars supported the is a cabinet decorated with gilding from the 18th building constructed on a former lime quarry. Completed century, extraordinary porcelain from this same era, in 1914, the basilica waited until 1919, before being very sophisticated ornaments of the 19th century, dedicated, until the end of the First World War. Famous 1900 furniture from Marjorelle, design things made worldwide, the Sacred Heart welcomes all year round of plastic from the 1960s... Do not miss the gallery of flood of impressive visitors. From its square, and also Jean Dubuffet, who donated to the museum a series from the dome of the basilica, the view over Paris and of works (paintings, drawings, sculptures). Finally, its environs – south side – is striking. Inside, the decor note that temporary exhibitions are organised in the presents a large mosaic, a great Cavaillé-Coll or again Nave of the museum.

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„„MUSÉE DU LOUVRE and cheered on the comfortable chairs in the hall since Place du Carrousel (1er) the creation of this great Cinema, none have actually & +33 (0) 1 40 20 50 50 / +33 (0) 1 40 20 53 17 entered the shade of the eaves or the projection booth. www.louvre.fr Half an exhibition with real archives – number of entries [email protected] at Le Grand Rex in 1961, the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, M° Palais-Royal Musée du Louvre retrospective Rex -, set of dialogues with «Stars» who Open Wednesday to Monday from 9am to 6pm. Until brought them to the top and of course a word about the 9.45pm Wednesday and Friday. Closed on January 1st, little hands that make every manifestation successful... It on May 1st and on December 25th. Collections: E12. is half a show with special effects, tricks and tips on the Free for under 18-year-olds, less than 25 years of the EU, sequences of filming and special effects. You wanted to unemployed people, the recipients of social minimums, make an unusual trip? Take the footsteps of professionals the disabled people and their guide; for all 1st Sunday of when you visit and pay attention to details! An impressive each month and on July 14th. Temporary exhibitions of staging is at reach of everyone so that everyone can the lobby Napoleon: E13. Exhibitions, collections and discover the many facets of the seventh art and enjoy a national museum Eugene Delacroix: E16. Guided tour. few minutes of fame just like the biggest names in cinema. Restaurant. Coffees. Bookstore. Shops. Auditorium. „„MUSÉE CARNAVALET This museum originates from the twelfth century when e Philippe Auguste decided to build a fortress. François the 16, rue des Francs-Bourgeois (3 ) 1st transformed it into a luxurious residence and Henri & +33 (0) 1 44 59 58 31 / +33 (0) 1 44 59 58 32 IV into a palace. By building the castle of Versailles, www.carnavalet.paris.fr Louis XIV abandoned the Louvre. The idea of opening M° Hôtel de Ville or Saint-Paul a museum only came up during the Revolution. At the Closed public holidays. Certain rooms are closed in end of the twentieth century, under the presidency of alternation. Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm François Mitterrand, Pei the architect built a trio of glass (last visit at 5pm). Free. Temporary exhibitions: variable pyramids in the courtyard of carousel. Only a 58 470 m² rates. Shop. Activities. piece of land out of the 160 106 m² host collections! Located at the heart of Marais, Carnavalet Museum has The works include Western art from the Middle Ages the city of Paris as theme. Located around two buildings, to 1848, but also arts of Islam and ancient civilizations Carnavalet hotel and Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau hotel, especially those that influenced Western art. Eight major constructed in the 16th and 17th centuries, this magnifi- departments, divided into three wings (Richelieu, Sully cent place offers a rich collection of drawings, sculptures, and Denon) serve as benchmarks: Oriental, Egyptian, photographs, engravings, paintings, coins or furniture Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Islamic Art, that tell the story of the French capital, from prehistory sculptures, art objects, paintings and graphic arts. Visits to present days. Among the many interesting pieces need to be spontaneous and at will. For those fleeing include canoes from the Neolithic era, funeral prints of a from La Joconde or Le Radeau de la Méduse, child’s face from the third century, work of Gallo-Roman there is the furniture which is most of the times wrongly surgeon, the roll of Saint-Eloi, the brands of the 16th shunned or silver pieces. An alternative is a tour in the to the 20th century, old Paris plans, photographs from footsteps of heroes from the Da Vinci Code novel and all periods (signed by Nadar, Marville, Atget, Doisneau, film, along places, artworks and themes that make up Cartier-Bresson, Brassaï etc.), the mortuary chair from the centre of the story... Finally, another magical place Voltaire, Parisian interior decorations from the 17th is the basement where remains of medieval bases, to the 20th century, the photographs of all times (by rediscovered during renovation work can still be seen. Nadar, Marville, Atget, Doisneau, Cartier-Bresson, Brassaï etc...), the mortuary chair from Voltaire, the „„LES STARS DU REX cradle of the imperial prince, the decor of Parisian 1, boulevard Poissonnière (2e) reconstructed interiors, including that of the writer & 0825 05 44 05 Marcel Proust, the portraits of personalities such as www.legrandrex.com Madame de Sévigné, painted by Lefebvre. He recalled M° Bonne Nouvelle that this woman of letters remained twenty years in Open all year. Wednesday to Sunday from 10am to 7pm. Carnavalet Hotel. A visit to the museum is completed Every day during school holidays of the areas A, B et C, by temporary exhibitions which are regularly organised. except Monday morning. Adult: E11. Reduced rate: E9. Until 2015, an exhibition on the Liberation of Paris will Guided tour of the building: E16. Reduced rate: E14. be available. Do not hesitate to walk in the beautiful Guided tour. Shop. Activities. adjoining garden of this historic place. Have you ever dreamed of being behind the big screen? „„MUSÉE D’ART ET D’HISTOIRE DU JUDAÏSME Then go to Les Etoiles du Rex, in a historic backstage. A e unique adventure that takes you to several places that is 71, rue du Temple (3 ) & unknown to spectators, just like the editing room or the +33 (0) 1 53 01 86 60 director’s office. In a fully interactive audio-guided tour, www.mahj.org you will discover what happens behind the scenes, and M° Rambuteau or Hôtel de Ville not just any. If the biggest stars have been on the stage onlm Sightseeing - Paris √ 17

Open Sunday to Friday from 11am to 6pm. Temporary 26-year-olds. Adult: E13. Label Tourism & Disability. exhibitions: Sunday to Friday from 10am to 6pm. Exemption from payment granted to the disabled person Permanent collections: E6.80. Reduced rate: E4.50. on presentation of a written proof and to its guide for Exhibition and museum: E9.50. Reduced rate: E7. Free: the Museum and the exhibitions. Guided tour. Catering -18 years, unemployed people, beneficiaries of social facilities. Shop. Activities. minimum, disabled. Shows and conferences: variable The museum is located on the 4th and 5th floor of the rates. Label Tourism & Disability. Guided tour. Pompidou Centre. It has a collection of 60,000 works This museum is located in the Saint-Aignan hôtel, which make up the first European funding and the built by Pierre Le Muet from 1644 to 1650 for Claude second in the world after the MoMA in New York. Mesmes, Count of Avaux. It was bought in 1688 by Paul From this fund, 1500 to 2000 works are exhibited de Beauvilliers, Duke of Saint-Aignan. In short, this is in rotation. The presentation is done in a chronolo- one of those splendid mansions that contributed to gical order and allows you to better understand the PARIS AND ITS REGION the reputation of the Marais. Since 1998, it houses the evolution of plastic art during the last hundred years. Museum of Art and History of Judaism, the successor You will find works dating from 1905 to 1960 on the of the Museum of Jewish Art of Paris created in 1948. 5th floor of the centre and on the 4th floor, you will Its collections contain religious objects, ancient and find contemporary artwork. From these floors, you contemporary works of art and furniture among others. can access the halls where major exhibitions are Apart from the fact that this place is beautiful, it worths offered regularly on a theme related to the history to be visited for its varied exhibitions – photos of of a creator’s modern artwork. Finally, three terraces Magnum agency, Sophie Calle, Rembrandt, the Jews extend these spaces with imposing sculptures of in Morocco, the Yiddish world ... – and for its thematic Henry Laurens, Joan Miro and Alexander Calder. The concerts which are always attractive – klezmer music, tribute to composers like Leonard Bernstein... – given in tour of the museum is almost maddening as you can an auditorium of one 198 places. Readings, conferences see masterpieces of painters and sculptors who have and activities for children complete the program. changed our view of the world. All major trends and movements are represented: the fauvism (Derain, „„MUSÉE NATIONAL PICASSO-PARIS Matisse, Vlaminck, Dufy, Van Dongen, Rouault, etc...), 5, rue de Thorigny (3e) the cubism (Braque, Picasso, Léger, Gris, Gleizes, etc...), & +33 (0) 1 42 71 25 21 the dadaism and the surrealism (Duchamp, Man Ray, www.museepicassoparis.fr Picabia, Magritte, Dali, etc...), the futurism (Boccioni, M° Saint-Sébastien-Froissart Russolo, Magnelli, etc...), the expressionism (Kirchner, l Kokoschka, Dix, etc...), the School of Paris (Chagall, Open Tuesday to Friday from 11:30am to 6pm; the weekend Modigliani, Soutine, etc...), the different patterns of from 9:30am to 6pm. Night until 9pm third Friday of the abstract art (Kandinsky, Mondrian, Malevich, Pollock, month. Free for under 18-year-olds. Adult: E12.50. Free Rothko, de Kooning, Hartung, Soulages, Zao Wou Ki, first Sunday of each month. etc...), the brut or informal art (Fautrier, Dubuffet, The Picasso museum was completely restored after Tapies, Chaissac, etc...), the New Realism (Arman, Klein, 5 years of work. Exhibition space went from 1,600 to Tinguely de Saint-Phalle, Caesar, etc...), the Pop Art 3,800 m2 m2. It is the largest public collection in the (Warhol, Rauschenberg, Johns, etc...), Fluxus (Beuys world because it underwent 2 donations and gifts. Paik, Filliou, Ben, etc...), the minimalism (LeWitt, 5,000 works, 200,000 rooms of personal records, and its Serra, Stella Buren, Morellet, etc...), the Arte Povera private collection of 150 works of other artists (Renoir, (Manzoni, Penone, Kounellis, Pistoletto, etc...), the Matisse, Cézanne, Le Douanier Rousseau...). To discover Narrative Figuration (Adami , Cueco, Erro, Fromanger, them three different courses are followed: Le Magistral Rancillac, etc...). It is impossible to mention them all! In Picasso on the ground floor and the first 2 floors. Les addition to the above mentioned artists who often went Dialogues with the 3e floor, and Les Ateliers and their from one movement to another during their journey, memories with under sol. - it is important to mention individuals like Rousseau, Signac, Delaunay, Klee, Giacometti, Arp, Rivera, Kahlo, „„MUSÉE NATIONAL D’ART MODERNE – Bourgeois, Bacon, etc... To all these treasures can be CENTRE POMPIDOU added depicting pieces of the architecture history and Place Georges-Pompidou (4e) design during the same period (Le Corbusier, Mallet- & +33 (0) 1 44 78 12 33 Stevens, Prouvé, Loewy, Paulin, Garouste & Bonetti, www.centrepompidou.fr Starck, Nouvel, Portzamparc, etc...). Finally, note M° Rambuteau that, in front of the centre, the Atelier Brancusi is the onlm last place of employment for the Romanian sculptor, Closed on May 1st, and at 7pm 24 and December 31st. Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957). This establishment Open Wednesday to Monday from 11am to 10pm (last designed by Renzo Piano allows you to see the works visit at 8pm); Thursday from 11am to 11pm. Night as well as tools and personal belongings of artists, for certain exhibitions with level 6. Free for under through windows from a small closed garden. 18 ® Paris - Sightseeing

„„MUSÉE NATIONAL DU MOYEN ÅGE safe for the alpine garden (single Rate: E2) and the eco- 6, place Paul-Painlevé (5e) friendly garden. Accessible in guided tour only Saturday, & +33 (0) 1 53 73 78 16 For reservation call 08 26 10 42 00 (E0.15 including all & +33 (0) 1 53 73 78 00 taxes). Label Tourism & Disability. Guided tours. Catering www.musee-moyenage.fr facilities. Activities. [email protected] The Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle offers to M° Cluny La Sorbonne visit both a menagerie, the plantations of the Jardin Closed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th. Des Plantes, the Galerie de Botanique, Palaeontology Open Wednesday to Monday from 9.15am to 5.45pm and Comparative Anatomy and the Grande Galerie de (last visit at 5.15pm). Adult: E8. Reduced rate: E6. l’Évolution. The estate that form all these sites was born E0.50 extra in period of temporary exhibition. Free for from the royal Garden of medicinal plants created here under 26-year-olds of the EU; for all 1st Sunday of each in XVIIth century. A hundred years later, thanks to the month. Guided tour. Shop. Activities. scientist Buffon, the garden is enriched by buildings In the beginning of the 17th century, a wealthy art lover dedicated to the study of nature where scholars meet. It bought the former residence of the Cluny abbots so as has been under the French Revolution that the Muséum to setup his Middle Ages Roman collections. A few years national d’Histoire naturelle is truly founded, which back, a 5000 m² garden of medieval inspiration was added houses the teacher- researchers and their students for between the museum and the Saint-Germain boulevard. more than two centuries. Experts and beginners walk Children will be delighted to see prints in slabs of unicorns, with an equal pleasure from one gallery to another. As rabbits, foxes, monkeys and lions. Aromatic plants, a far as mineralogy and geology are concened, do not miss garden or a «carpet (plant) of a thousand flowers», in the works of art designed by nature that are exposed. the image of typical tapestries of the Middle Ages which transports visitors back in time. The baths (which were On the slope palaeontology and comparative anatomy, once used as public baths) contains collections from the you will be fascinated by very old fossils and dinosaur Antiquity period, where works considered as a source of skeletons. For its part, the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution influence to other works are found. Romanesque art is is found under a large glass roof. The visit deserves presented (sculptures, illuminated manuscripts, frescoes, several hours if you want to discover everything. Around stained glass and stones) as well also Gothic (represented specimens of stuffed animals broad themes such as the by a few capitals, sculptures and stained glass, the diversity of lively, the evolution of life and man and his remains of the abbey church of Saint-Denis, birthplace factors are detailed. The scenography blends sounds, of Gothic art). Among the jewels of the museum, there lights, sets of decorations, interactive terminals. The are sumptuous pieces of silverware and enamelling of Galerie des Enfants completes this offer. Note also that the Middle Ages. One cannot visit the Musée national in November 2013 the Galerie de Botanique, which du Moyen Âge without stopping to admire its collection houses the national Herbarium, the most prestigious of tapestries and silks: some say the Lady of the Unicorn collection of plants from around the world, open to the (set of six tapestries, immortalized by many novelists) is public. In addition to the presentation of its collections, undoubtedly the most famous in the world! the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle organizes temporary exhibitions and activities for all ages and „„MUSÉUM NATIONAL D’HISTOIRE all levels of knowledge. Finally, you must know that NATURELLE – JARDIN DES PLANTES this institution is also in charge of the museum of Man e Rue Cuvier (5 ) and the Zoological Park of Paris at Bois de Vincennes. & +33 (0) 1 40 79 56 01 & +33 (0) 1 40 79 54 79 „„MUSÉE DE L’ARMÉE www.mnhn.fr – [email protected] Hôtel national des Invalides M° Gare d’Austerlitz, Jussieu or Censier 129, rue de Grenelle (7e) Daubenton www.musee-armee.fr onlm M° Invalides, La Tour-Maubourg or Varenne Closed on May 1st and Tuesday (except the Menagerie). Every day from April 1st to October 31st from 10am to Grande galerie of the Evolution: every day from 10am 6pm and from November 1st to March 31st from 10am to to 6pm. Last access to the cash desks 45 minutes before 5pm. closed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th. closing. Full rate E9, reduced E7 + E2 with the Fence of the cash desks 30 minutes before closing. During temporary exhibition. Gallery of the Children: every day Christmas holidays and in winter vacation, the museum from 10am to 6pm. Full rate E11, reduced E9 (coupled is open until 5.30pm. Free for under 18-year-olds. Adult: with the visit of the Grande galerie of the Evolution). Gallery E9.50 (reduced rate: E7.50). A ticket Museum gives you of Mineralogy and Geology/exhibition Treasures of the access to the permanent collections of the museum of the Earth: E6, reduced: E4. Gallery of Comparative anatomy Army, with the Church of the Dome (tomb of Napoleon and Paleontology: E7. TR: E5. Gallery of Botany: E4. I), in Historial Charles de Gaulle, the museum of the Menagerie: E13. TR: E9. Jardin des plante: open every Plan-Reliefs, the museum about the Release (closed until day 7am 30 at 8pm in period of summer. Open every day June 2015). Guided tour. Catering facilities. from 8am to 5.30pm in period of winter. Free admission The Musée de l’Armée tells the story of weapons and the Sightseeing - Paris √ 19 art of war from the Middle Ages to the Second World M° Alma Marceau, Bir Hakeim or RER Pont de War. You will discover beautiful weapons and armours, l’Alma uniforms such as the marshals of the Empire or Poilus onlm blue horizon uniform, as well as historic souvenirs like Closed on May 1st and on December 25th. Open on François I’s sword, the frock coat and hats of Napoleon I. Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday from 11am to 7pm; Extremely rich, the museum is divided into four sections Thursday to Saturday from 11am to 9pm. Open on Monday which follow a chronological order. Connoisseurs will be during school holidays. Free for under 26-year-olds (and delighted to visit the exceptional Artillery department 1st Sunday of the month. Free for the -26 years amenable that showcases guns, cannons, small sizes of all kinds to the European Union, teachers of 1st and 2nd degree of artillery. The Emblems department (flags, banners, (except temporary exhibitions). Free for the disabled pennants etc.), gathers a collection of 150,000 figurines, visitors and their guide). Adult: E9. Reduced E7. Label without forgetting the works in the Painting depart- Tourism & Disability. Guided tour (duration 1.30am: E8). PARIS AND ITS REGION ment, sculptures, collection of prints, drawings and Catering facilities. Shop. Activities. photographs. An extensive museum and it will take A lot has been said and written about the Arts Museum you more than a day for a full tour. that was first initiated by Jacques Chirac. Forget about „„MUSÉE D’ORSAY your principles and visit it as soon as possible. The Jean 1, rue de la Légion-d’Honneur (7e) Nouvel building exposes its gigantic figure opposite the & +33 (0) 1 40 49 48 14 Seine, with earth colour, fire, wood, an amazing mass www.musee-orsay.fr of metal and glass. M° Solferino or RER Musée d’Orsay The façade seems to have been invaded by vegetation onlm just like a cascade of greenery. The garden is designed Closed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th. Open as a plant museum: 18 000 m² of trails, small hills, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from roads paved with stone, streams, ponds, 169 trees 9:30am to 6pm; Thursday until 9.45pm. Last admission and thirty plant species. Start the visit by passing 30 min before the closing of the museum. Night Thursday through a smooth ramp that bypasses a huge glass until 9.45pm. Free for under 18-year-olds (free admission column in which we have thousands of tom-tom and 1st Sunday of the month. Free for the -26 years amenable other artefacts: a fascinating effect! The ground of to the European Union, teachers of 1st and 2nd degree holograms which flickers invites visitors to read the (except temporary exhibitions). For unemployed people). words that appear between their feet, other projections Adult: E11. Label Tourism & Disability. Children welcome on the walls, sounds and light effects, and along a (child workshop, 2 hours, E7. by reservation). Guided tour strange white pleated curtain, created by a fashion (E6). Catering facilities. Shop. Activities. designer called Issey Miyake. In an organic maze, In 2011, renovation works in certain areas were neophytes discover masterpieces and various objects completed. For the gallery dedicated to Impressionists, setup by continent according to a scenography which the architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte created a place is sometimes confusing. that recalls the dark gray bourgeois interiors where the paintings were exhibited. Solid glass benches „„MUSÉE MAILLOL designed by Tokujin Yoshioka were installed. The same 59-61, rue de Grenelle (7e) Wilmotte has also transformed the Hall of Columns in & +33 (0) 1 42 22 59 58 a space devoted to temporary exhibitions. Dominique www.museemaillol.com Brard in his turn created five levels of exhibition in the [email protected] Upstream pavilion, which is dedicated to decorative M° Rue du Bac arts, with large painting formats and wall paintings Open all year. by nabi artists. The collections of the Orsay museum Place cherished of in love with the sculpture, the Maillol reflect the diversity of artistic creation of the Western museum must cope with some financial vexations but world from 1848 to 1914. Masterpieces presented benefits from opportunity to make new skin! All his here are countless. Regularly, large and prestigious reopening is thus expected because in addition to its exhibitions attracts a large crowds of visitors to this rich permanent collections of sculptures, paintings must-see museum. Finally, you will no doubt appreciate and drawings of famous Aristide Maillol, the museum the restaurant which is located on the site (chandeliers, is also perfectly known for its exhibitions with success painted ceilings, gilt ...). Don’t miss it for anything, both whose hot lines allow a great freedom to the police for its collections and for its building! chiefs of exhibition. „„MUSÉE DU QUAI BRANLY The latest was that devoted to the intrepid family 37, quai Branly Borgia, the next one is on standby of the reopening 206 or 218, rue de l’Université (7e) of the museum and will treat «kiss in art», of the & +33 (0) 1 56 61 70 00 Renaissance at our days. A whole program which will www.quaibranly.fr surely make it possible to the visitors to again fall in [email protected] love with this beautiful museum. 20 ® Paris - Sightseeing

„„MUSÉE GRÉVIN fresco represents more than 100 characters, scattered 10, boulevard Montmartre (9e) around the scenes and praising the great work. It is also & +33 (0) 1 47 70 85 05 interesting due to its historiographical point of view and www.grevin.com – [email protected] for the technicality of its realization. Restored since 2006, M° Grands Boulevards the museum made headlines in 2010 after the theft of onlm five paintings worth a total of 100 million euros. These Open all year. Flexible schedules depending on the days works by Picasso, Matisse, Braque or Léger Modigliani and of the seasons. Take the trouble to check the schedule have not been found although the thieves were found of the precise day of your arrival. Free for under 6-year- and arrested. E olds. Adult: 24.50. Exemption from payment and „ E „MUSÉE DE L’HOMME discounts disabled people: 13.50. Label Tourism & Palais de Chaillot Disability. Guided tour (all Saturday and Sunday at 17, place du Trocadéro (16e) 2.30pm). Shop. & +33 (0) 1 44 05 72 87 Created in 1882, the Musée Grévin displays now a www.museedelhomme.fr collection of three hundred wax figures representing M° Trocadéro almost perfectly the personalities from the world Closed on January 1st, on May 1st and on December 25th. of entertainment, politics, sports and history. It is Open Thursday to Monday from 10am to 6pm; Wednesday very successful and is always full, especially since it is from 10am to 9pm. Evacuation of the rooms 30 minutes regularly renewed. You can also see the Mirages palace, a before closing time. Adult: E10 (reduced fares E8). room that gives you the impression of being in a fantasy Single ticket for the Gallery of the Man, the temporary worlds through light effect and mirrors. Here, you exhibitions and the Balcony of sciences. Guided tour. have the feeling of being inside a giant kaleidoscope! Catering facilities. Shop. Entertainments. „„MUSÉE D’ART MODERNE Depending on the Natural history museum, this insti- DE LA VILLE DE PARIS tution was created in 1937. The objective is to design 11, avenue du Président-Wilson (16e) a place where the history of humanity from its origins, & +33 (0) 1 53 67 40 00 / +33 (0) 1 53 67 40 95 its organic features, fashions of social organisation, its www.mam.paris.fr relation to the environment etc. will be presented. In M° Alma Marceau or Iéna the meantime temporary exhibitions and its activities nlm take place outside. Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm (cash desks „„MUSÉE MARMOTTAN-MONET closing at 5.15pm). Night Thursday until 10pm (exhibitions 2, Rue Louis-Boilly (16e) only, cash desks closing at 9.15pm). Closed public holidays. & +33 (0) 1 44 96 50 33 Permanent collections: free access. Temporary exhibitions: www.marmottan.com from E5 to E12 depending on the exhibitions. Half-fare: M° La Muette from 14 to 26 years old young people included, holders of the Closed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th. social minimums, allowance isolated parents, personalized Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm. Thursday allocation of autonomy, social security of the State for until 8pm. Adult: E10. Reduced rate: E6.50. Free for the refugees. Reduced rate: + 60 years, unemployed, under 7-year-olds and disabled people. Shop. Activities. documentalists of the schools in activity, teachers in activity, The Marmottan Monet Museum is found in a beautiful large family, Paris-Family, Safeguard of French Art, Company nineteenth century mansion where Jules Marmottan of the French History of art. French company of archaeology, and his son Paul collected ancient arts works of the First National company of the Antique dealers of France, holder Empire. Bequeathed to the Fine Arts Academy, their of the card Amethyst, holder of the card Emerald. Partial residence became a museum in 1934. It has collections access for wheel chairs. Catering facilities. Shop. of their paintings, drawings, prints, miniatures, medals, Inaugurated in 1961, this museum has a rich collection sculptures, furniture, bronzes, porcelain... Over time, of over 8,000 works, all representing the 20th century the museum was enriched with other funds. One of art. Many temporary exhibitions embellish the two its rooms is devoted to French, Italian, Flemish and permanent paths: first, the historical one takes the year English illuminations dating from the thirteenth to the 1901 as the starting point. You will discover Fauvist, Cubist, sixteenth centuries. The third strength of this place is Post-Cubist, École de Paris, Surrealists artists, etc. over its collection of Impressionist works. At the heart of it, the years. The second course is more contemporary: it one hundred paintings and major drawings of Claude starts with the 1960s and introduces the visitors to more Monet (1840-1926) cover the whole of his career. Among recent movements which are less known to the general these treasures are famous paintings like «Impression public. Do not leave without admiring the famous Fée Soleil Levant», and «Nymphéas», landscapes of Trouville, Electricité of Raoul Dufy. The decor was supposed to Argenteuil, Paris or London. Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) cover the about 600 m² of surface area of one of the two is another artist whose museum also has a unique halls of Pavillon de l’Electricité and La Lumière at the collection: oil paintings, watercolours, pastels, drawings, International Exhibition of 1937, built by the architect notebooks. See also: works by Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley, and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens. The great modern Caillebotte, Signac, Gauguin, Jongkind... Sightseeing - Paris √ 21

„„MUSÉE NATIONAL DES to information areas is free but many sites are visited at ARTS ASIATIQUES GUIMET a fee (note that several pass options are offered). One of 6, place d’Iéna (16e) the most famous is the Géode, cinema in the shape of a & +33 (0) 1 56 52 53 00 metal ball: it is dedicated exclusively to large format films www.guimet.fr – [email protected] projected on a 1,000 m2 semicircular giant hemispheric M° Iéna or Boissière screen. In the Planetarium, embark on the discovery of onlm planets, the Milky Way and the galaxies thanks to a system Closed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th. Open known as immersive image 360°. The City also invites you Wednesday to Monday from 10am to 6pm (last visit at to visit Argonaut, a submarine which was the flagship of 5.15pm). Public holiday day before: closing of the rooms the French Navy in 1950, as well as exhibitions dedicated at 4.45pm. Adult: E7.50 (reduced: E5.50). Exhibition. to the Earth, the Universe, technical innovations, sound, temporary: E8, reduced: E6. Collar. and exhibition: images, light, mathematics, steel... Another strong point: PARIS AND ITS REGION E9.50, reduced: E7. Free for under 26-year-olds of two Cités des Enfants (for 2-7 years and 5-12 years) that the U.E. (collar. only), less than 18 years, unemployed allow children take part in smart and funny activities. people, recipients of social minimums and the disabled. Guided tour. Catering facilities. Shop. Activities. Library. Walks & Strolls The Lyon industrialist Emile Guimet (1836-1918) brought back many treasures from his travels across the „„JARDIN DES PLANTES world, notably from India and the Far East. After showca- 57, rue Cuvier sing his collections in his hometown, he built a museum 2, rue Buffon – 36, rue Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire – place Valhubert (5e) in Paris in 1889. The latter was taken over by the State in & 1927 and was then greatly expanded over the decades. +33 (0) 1 40 79 56 01 www.jardindesplantes.net The interior which was renovated in 2001 by archi- [email protected] tects Henri and Bruno Gaudin is divided into several M° Gare d’Austerlitz, Jussieu or Censier departments where one can admire the sculptures Daubenton and paintings on different stands, ceramics, furniture, Low season: opened every day from 8am to 5:30pm. High jewelleries, weapons, textiles. .. Several millennia season: every day from 7:30am to 8pm. Free access, except covered by these sections are devoted to Central Asia, for the alpine Garden E2 and the Large Greenhouses. Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, the Himalayas, Southeast Created in the seventeenth century for Louis XIII to preserve Asia, China, Korea and Japan. Tens of thousands of medicinal plants, the former king’s garden has evolved items tell the evolution of major civilizations marked considerably over time. This estate having several sections by Buddhism and Hinduism, among others. We are of the Museum of Natural History and a small zoo also has amazed in front of such wonders ... You can also see: the numerous thematic gardens. To know more about the site, Buddhist Pantheon, its Japanese garden and pavilion the Histoire du Jardin des Plantes office is at your disposal. which hosts series of tea ceremonies, found nearby, Moving from the north-west entrance, you will find the at number 19, Iena Avenu. It is highly recommended Labyrinth, a small hill on which Mediterranean species to call before going there (tel.) +33 (0) 1 40 73 88 00. and evergreen plants grow. It dates from the eighteenth Finally, note that the museum offers shows (acoustic century with a kiosk erected on its peak in honour of Buffon, music, dance, theatre, puppetry, Shadow Theatre ...), one of the most important scientists who managed the films cycles, workshops, conferences... Garden. Near this labyrinth is the bees and birds garden. „„CITÉ DES SCIENCES ET DE L’INDUSTRIE Its shrubs and perennials offer a variety of natural habitats Parc de La Villette to these animals. It is closed so come with binoculars! 30, avenue Corentin-Cariou (19e) Then you will find greenhouses, each housing specific & +33 (0) 1 40 05 70 00 collections devoted to tropical rainforests, deserts and www.cite-sciences.fr arid environments, the New Caledonia and the history [email protected] of plants. Opposite the greenhouses are French gardens M° Porte de la Villette and the alpine garden, which contains two thousand mountain and rock plants of diverse origin, the garden of onlm Closed on January 1st, May 1st and the Botanical school which has nearly five thousand plants December 25th. Open Tuesday to Saturday from 10am presented according to family and genus, a rich rose garden to 6pm; Sunday from 10am to 7pm. Specific schedule with four hundred ancient and contemporary varieties; for certain sites of the City. Free admission but access fee the iris garden and perennials; the ecological garden with certain sites. + Planetarium explored E12. + Geode dedicated to the presentation of the natural environments explored E19.50. Label Tourism & Disability. Children of Ile-de-France; the garden of peonies and rocks... Finally, welcome. Catering facilities. Shop. note that, between the Mineralogy gallery and Buffon’s It is one of the biggest scientific museums in Europe. house, a vegetable garden will make you discover fruit This vast city will allow you elucidate many mysteries in trees and vegetable plants and around the stegosaurus a pleasant way. It is recommended to visit it several times reproduction area found near the Palaeontology gallery, if you want to discover all the wealth of the place. Access plants that existed during the dinosaur era are planted. 22 ® Paris - Sightseeing

„„JARDIN DU LUXEMBOURG „„PARC ZOOLOGIQUE DE PARIS Place Edmond-Rostand – Avenue Daumesnil and Route de la Ceinture Place André-Honnorat du Lac (12e) Rue Guynemer – Rue de Vaugirard (6e) & 08 11 22 41 22 www.senat.fr/visite/jardin www.parczoologiquedeparis.fr/fr [email protected] M° Porte Dorée M° Saint-Sulpice, Vavin or Notre-Dame-des- Open all year. Monday to Friday from 10am to 6pm; the Champs. RER Luxembourg weekend and public holidays from 9.30am to 7.30pm. Open all the year. Guided tours, ensured by one of the Attention in winter closing at 5pm. Adult: E22. From gardener of the Luxembourg Garden, are generally 12 to 25 years old: E16.50. Child (from 3 to 11 years organized 1st Wednesday of the month, from April to old): E14. Free for under 3-year-olds. Catering facilities. October contact: +33 (0) 1 40 71 75 60. Open the every Nice gift for its 80 years! The animal park of Paris from day between 7:30am and 8:15am and closed between the Natural History national Museum of Natural History, 4:30pm and 9:30pm according to the season. Free. spread over 15 acres, created in 1934 in the bois de Children welcome. Catering facilities. Shop. Playgrounds. Vincennes, reopened its doors in spring 2014 after six Puppets. Courts of tennis. years of closure for amazing work. The new zoo has over This «official» garden – which depends on the Senate 1.8 million visitors a year. Its opening was expected – however has a charming piece of land nicely fitted with much impatience by all lovers of this jewel of the for locals and casual walkers, all lovers of the Latin Parisian heritage. Zoological Le Parc of Paris, known Quarter and its tourist-student atmosphere. For young as Vincennes Zoo, because on the edge of the bois de children, it’s really ideal! Playgrounds – sandpits, Vincennes, had never known real renovation, apart wooden horses, swings ... – being closed, young from its famous Large Rock promontory, emblematic of children can roam freely around the place. And their 65 metre high restored in 1997. Facing the rock stands parents, settled on the green wrought iron chairs can a huge glass roof of 4,000 square feet with a tropical calmly flip the magazine pages! One can later on take greenhouse. The ground was remodelled into five the stroller to visit the exhibition or stroll through biozones: Patagonia, Sahel-Soudan, Europe, Guyane- the alleys of the park – there are only few stairs. Amazonie, Madagascar. New trees are established. As It is beautiful ... The vegetation is presented as in a for the animals, except the giraffes, too large to find setting, with the name of shrubs highlighted on their a new shelter, were all rehoused during the travaux. trunk. Ponds and fountains soothe the atmosphere. restent still a thousand animals from 179 different Something to delight the entire family, and makes species. The animal welfare is in the heart of the project everyone forget the hour! of renovation of the Zoological Gardens of Paris. And the concern for the conservation of biodiversity remains „„PARC FLORAL DE PARIS one of the top priority of the zoo and the concern of Bois de Vincennes raising the public to preserve the environment. From Esplanade du château de Vincennes (12e) & the entrance, an access of continuous ARIANE guide 39 75 visitors over 4 km in advance. www.jardins.paris.fr A main tour the leads to 5 regions of the planet evoked M° Château de Vincennes n°112 then bus through 16 reconstructed environments. Secondary stop, Parc Floral circulations offers a diversity of complementary Open every day from 9.30am. Closed between 5pm and courses that allow greater privacy at each biozone, 8pm depending on the season. Free. Wednesday, Saturday by offering views some scenes of the park (clinical and Sunday from June to September: E5. Reduced rate: E veterinary surgeon, cuisine...). The views were designed 2.50. Free for under 7-year-olds. Children welcome. in order to reduce as much as possible the visual barriers Guided tour. Catering facilities. Shop. Activities. between public and animals. The visitor, immersed in Passing the garden of the Four Seasons to the Valley the surroundings of the animal, can understand its of Flowers – where a mirror of water with aquatic behaviour and place which it stands in the ecosystem. plants are found- going from the Living Wall – on The meeting is done in the middle of the animal, the which plants grow by hydroculture – at the pine forest visitor is invited «being». It is therefore encouraged or butterfly garden, you can admire the collections to respect its well-being, acceptor for instance that of iris, dahlias, tulips, camellias, rhododendrons, the animal can contain up to its view in the areas of ferns, perennials or bonsai in changing landscapes tranquillity that are designed to him. Wild animals are in and pavilions. Contests and exhibitions are regularly Paris! Discover them with the Zoological Park of Paris. organized here, as well as during the summer, jazz festivals, classical music shows for children. They are „„PARC DES BUTTES-CHAUMONT on site with a great amount of leisure: playground, Place Armand-Carrel – rue Manin – train rides, foosball tables, bibliography toy library, rue Botzaris – avenue Simon-Bolivar (19e) Puppet Theater, while the Astral theater troupe offers & 39 75 its shows for 3-8 years... M° Botzaris or Buttes-Chaumont Restaurants - Paris √ 23

Open all year. Every day from 7am. Closed between 8pm „„CAFÉ BORDS DE SEINE and 10pm depending on the season. Catering facilities. 1, place du Châtelet (1er) Shop. Playground. Roundabout. Puppets. & +33 (0) 1 42 33 79 27 In a few years, the Parc des Buttes-Chaumont has www.cafebordsdeseine.com become a popular place of Parisian families. In this [email protected] 19th district in the change, the park is a real place of M° Châtelet retreat for walkers who want to escape the crowds and Open every day from 7am to 0:30am. Continuous service. the traffic, rather dense in this neighbourhood. Located Menu from E16.50 to E21.50. Children’s menu: E9.50. on a hillside, it was created during the Second Empire Terrace. on the site of an old gypsum quarry by the engineers Ideally located place du Châtelet, overlooking the Jean-Charles Alphand and Eugène Belgrand, and also by monuments of the City such as Palais de Justice and the landscape gardener Jean-Pierre Barillet-Deschamps. Notre-Dame, Café Bords de Seine offers a varied menu. Real tribute to the romantic ideals, stretches below a In the morning, six breakfast menus are available: there PARIS AND ITS REGION lake watered by a waterfall on top of which stands a is something for all tastes, all sizes and all prices. It is kiosk nicknamed Temple de la Sibylle. It is the work then a comprehensive selection of classic of parisian of Gabriel Davioud, which was inspired by an ancient brasseries: seven kinds of salad, the snacks (omelettes, building in Tivoli, Italy. It is accessed through a gateway crunch clubs, sandwiches...) and a very abundant menu, or a bridge. Guaranteed superb viewpoints! Add to that where you will find the classics (snails, frogs’ legs, tartar, a cave with stalactites, small and large alleys lined burgers...). The dishes are homemade and you can also with beautiful trees, the sloping lawns to lie down, devour meats or cheese for the aperitif (at happy hours entertainment and facilities for children (roller rink, you can enjoy cocktails for less price). It is possible to carousel, puppet theatres...), as well as places to eat, hire out the upstairs dining room (43 seats), while the including the very trendy Rosa Bonheur... It is not terrace is heated and covered during winter. surprising that this park has a lot of success! „„AU CHIEN QUI FUME 33, rue du Pont Neuf (1er) Restaurants & +33 (0) 1 42 36 07 42 „„BLISS www.auchienquifume.com 8, rue Coquillière (1er) [email protected] & +33 (0) 1 40 28 99 99 M° Châtelet or Pont Neuf www.welovebliss.fr Open Sunday to Friday from 12pm to midnight; [email protected] saturdays from 12pm to 1pm. Menu from E28.60 to M° Les Halles E47. À la carte: Around E50. Children’s menu: E12 (up Open every day from 11am to 2pm. À la carte: to 12 years). Wine by the glass. American Express, Chèque Around E40. Children’s menu: E12. Lunch menu: Vacances, Chèque Restaurant. Groups welcome. Terrace. E14.50 (entrance/main course or main course/dessert, This house was founded in 1740, which actually makes E18.50 3). Wine by the glass. Brunch at E29 Sunday. it the most authentic traditional Parisian brasseries! It Terrace. was in 1920 that the place was named «Smoking dog» In the Halles district, the Bliss covers 500 m² where with an owner whose poodle and Griffin smoke cigar for cocktail bar, pizzeria and restaurant mix. In the kitchen, the first and pipe for the other. Smoking today is Bazil, the chef Nicolas Papin offers fusion cuisine varying and here everything honours its species, from paintings between revisited French traditional dishes (scallops to statues. We love this kind of typical addresses of burger, beef tartar with roquefort) and dishes with Halles with an alert staff, a cheerful customers and foreign inspiration (hot duck or a duck-based hot a brasserie cuisine to be savoured without hiding his dog, fricassee of monkfish with beans in yellow curry pleasure. The menus allow you to satisfy everyone, stock, penne with ginger chicken – lemongrass). At especially seafood lovers! Why not starting from ravioli the pizzeria, you can taste the Margarita classics with with prawns and cream from shellfish? Unless you plays original recipes (Mare e monti with scallops, spinach, the bistro atmosphere with a young rabbit terrine with thick cream, walnut, Alle Pere: buffalo mozzarella, fresh herbs. To follow for lovers of calf’s head in stew speck, pear, rocket, parmesan, walnuts) while in dessert, and its gribiche sauce or the inevitable speciality: nostalgic people rush at cheesecake with Toblerone or grandmother roast suckling pig. And for a gourmet the brioche lost in coconut milk. If the place is pleasant conclusion, rum baba, whipped cream and candied with its regular concerts, board games and typical fruit, or light, the caramelised pineapple carpaccio. It cuisine, we regret a cold service, if not downright is always a pleasure to walk through the door of this unpleasant depending on the day, and excessive prices. place full of history and delicacies!

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„„CLÉMENTINE „„PASSAGE 53 5, rue Saint-Marc (2e) 53, passage des Panoramas (2e) & +33 (0) 1 40 41 05 65 & +33 (0) 1 42 33 04 35 www.restaurantclementine.com www.passage53.com [email protected] [email protected] M° Bourse or Grands Boulevards M° Grands Boulevards «Maître Restaurateur» label. Open Monday to Friday from Open Tuesday to Saturday from 12.30pm to 2.30pm and 12pm to 2.15pm and for dinner from 7pm to 10.30pm. from 8pm to 9.30pm. Booking is essential. Set menu at Closed Monday for dinner. Booking advised. Menus E130. Lunch menu: E60. Wine by the glass. E25 and E35. Groups welcome (privatizable show on This small address of immaculate white, hidden in the 1st floor, for about fifteen people). the superb Passage des Panoramas, is awarded with At the Clementine restaurant, the vineyard is the king! 2 Michelin stars. A largely deserved reward that crown Lovers of fine wines and genuine products are welcome the work of a japanese chef, Shinishi Sato (formely to this historic bistro of the Bourse neighbourhood at L’Astrance) from the selection of fine ingredients dating from 1906. Here, France and small producers are (meat from Desnoyers or vegetables from Thiébault) honoured. We are in sincerity and precision; the products to the precision of cooking including seasonings. His are enhanced by fast cooking preparations and are dishes, rigorous and uncluttered, often monochrome, carefully controlled. Corsican sausages, salmon tartare are a succession of delicate emotions offering French and local products. You can taste for example a Breton marinated with herbs, poached eggs in red wine sauce Lobster, green cabbage, cocoa powder, emulsion lobster to start, Scallops with white butter of citrus, veal T-bone juice and apricot puree, veal tartar an Gillardeau oysters, form Dordogne or chicken breast with Fourme d’Ambert Foie Gras grilled with corsican juice and jasmine, or a cheese to continue, baba with rum and Chantilly, nice peach cream, mascarpone with fennel flavoured tarte feuilletée au citron, and profiteroles to finish. with anise. This is classic and tasty, we will come back without hesitation. A very nice wine list with many Corsican „„AUBERGE NICOLAS FLAMEL references. Theatre lovers, Clementine restaurant is 51, rue de Montmorency (3e) the perfect place to dine before booking a room, (you & +33 (0) 1 42 71 77 78 are welcomed as from 7 pm) but still think to indicate www.auberge-nicolas-flamel.fr it when you arrive so that you don’t miss the dessert! [email protected] M° Rambuteau or Arts et Métiers „„KING MARCEL Open Monday to Saturday from 12pm to 2:30pm and 166, rue Montmartre (2e) 7pm to 10:30pm. Menu from E55 to E65. Children’s & +33 (0) 1 42 36 42 85 menu: E9.90. Lunch menu: E20. Starter, main course www.kingmarcel.fr and dessert at E25 midday. Groups welcome. [email protected] Do you know Nicolas Flamel? No? It is quite logical! M° Grands Boulevards He was born in 1330 and after being copyist, notary Open Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner. À la carte: and bookseller, he opened with his wife at 51 rue Around E15. Fixed rate formula: E14. Montmorency, a hostel for the poor, who in exchange A newcomer in the landscape of the Parisian burgers but for dishes could say a few prayers. This house, in addition oiled its recipes in two Lyon restaurants already well. to being one of the oldest in the city is also the oldest Typical French burgers with fresh ingredients, French restaurant. Taken over few years ago by Alan Geaam, and buildings. The bun come here from the bakery of this inn today emerges from its torpor. Alan thought Moulin de la Vierge, French beef is 100% race limousine about everything, decor, service, wine and of course the and it is the cheese factory of Mère Richard that ensures cuisine. If you opt for the gourmet menu, accompanied the full of one cheeses all burgers. Le Marcel Michelin by burrata eggplant, radish, arugula pesto and tomato makes cardboard full furnished with beef with race chips will be an excellent introduction to the veal Limousine, Saint-Nectaire cheese AOP, cream mustard medallions in pistachio crust and polenta to conclude house, grilled bacon and chives. For those who would with the sweets of Nicolas Flamel. For those who will like to be played it chicken, Marcel Pagnol will provide not be able to choose, the tasting menus offer a real a good sun amount with a French chicken cutlet, goat discovery of the Chef’s cuisine during a gourmet course of 5 or 7 meals. cheese, green pesto house, roasted marinated peppers, fresh tomatoes and basil. Finally, in addition to the „„LE BARRICOU 5 recipes on the menu, the Burger of the Market changes 1, boulevard du Temple (3e) 2 times a month with the seasons, the market and the & +33 (0) 1 42 72 20 53 desires of the Chef. The decor of néo-bistro is pleasant M° Filles Du Calvaire and you can enjoy the possibility to taste his gourmet Open Monday to Friday from 7am to 9pm; saturdays from burger accompanied by wine thanks to the selection of 8am to 9pm. À la carte: Around E25. Lunch menu: E12. the sommelier Laurent Turrel. Wine by the glass. Groups welcome. Terrace. Restaurants - Paris √ 25

It did not take much time to Michel Gineston to put his E17.50 to E21.50. À la carte: Around E30. Groups bistro on the highest step of the podium of the best welcome. Terrace. wine bars in Paris. Opened at the beginning of the This «province in Paris» style establishment seems to millennium, Barricou was elected the best wine bistro stand against the erosions of time. Chandeliers, red in 2003. Admittedly, the award is now old but it keeps it moleskin banquettes, copper pans hanging on the walls, to life just as the players from the Stade Toulousain (its the setting is still unchanged. We love the old-fashioned other passion) who all their life can display their title of side of this restaurant where tradition is honoured. Lovers France champion. You would have understood, Barricou of Lyon cuisine can start with hot sausage, and will find is a den of epicures who love popular dishes, local wines it difficult to resist a homemade specialty: duck with and the atmosphere of after match celebration. Patrons prunes or sweatbread. To end your meal, you can have mingle with visitors passing through, each feeling classic desserts like Trinity cream or a floating island. A quickly at home in this welcoming place with caring daily menu is offered based on the produce found in service. Just as we did, we encourage you to enter this Rungis by the Trumilou team. Obviously, we are fond PARIS AND ITS REGION temple of blow out celebration to enjoy the wine from of such an address which is essential when strolling in the latest discoveries of Michel and enjoy the cuisine Paris and wishing to discover the Parisian bistro brasserie. of the moment: the grilled andouillette, aligot and „„COMME CHAI TOI its sausage, charcuterie from Auvergne, grilled sirloin e and especially, great speciality of the house: tripe of 13, quai de Montebello (5 ) & Rouergue. Tart with prunes later, a coffee that can be +33 (0) 1 46 34 66 12 enjoyed on the terrace by saying that in this kind of www.commechaitoi.fr place, life is beautiful. RER Saint-Michel Open Tuesday to Sunday from 12pm to 2.30pm and from „„AU BASCOU 7.30pm to 11pm. Closed Saturday for lunch and Monday. 38, rue Réaumur (3e) À la carte: Around E50. Lunch menu: E17 (at E23). & +33 (0) 1 42 72 69 25 Comme Chai Toi, it is a genuine bistro: wooden tables and www.au-bascou.fr chairs, tablecloths, and especially a very «Latin Quarter» [email protected] atmosphere where we meet with friends for a good M° Arts et Métiers bottle and eat an unfussy cuisine. Do not expect great Open Monday to Friday from 12pm to 2pm and from cuisine, but dishes like at home where the chef puts a 8pm to 10.30pm. À la carte: Around E45. Lunch menus little touch of originality and especially he changes his from E18 to E25. Wine by the glass. Checks are not menu according to the seasons daily: pan-fried foie accepted. American Express, Chèque Restaurant. Groups gras with French toast and poached pear as a starter. welcome. Terrace. Continue with a rack of lamb with thyme and pan-fried Bertrand Gueneron, from Brittany, never ceases to vegetables. Very honest. For dessert not very good for amaze us with his ability to prepare Basque dishes the line but excellent for our tastebuds half-baked ... But he also perfectly masters the preparation of chocolate and salted butter caramel. The welcome is delicious traditional French dishes such as pressed friendly and the service is efficient. calf’s head gribiche sauce. When you walk into his „„LE COUPE-CHOU inn, you can have varied pleasures and pick up some 9-11, rue de Lanneau (5e) flavours of Pays Basque or our culinary heritage. You & +33 (0) 1 46 33 68 69 can start by exploring the Basque ham cut with a www.lecoupechou.com knife and continue with Basque sausage, or go to the M° Maubert-Mutualité specialties of the house: roasted pigeon, duck breast, Open every day from 12pm to 3pm and from 7pm to hare à la royale, etc. The menu changes according to 11.30pm. Menu from E27 to E33. À la carte: Around seasons and the desires of the Breton. You will adore E30. Lunch menu: E14 (and E20). Wine by the glass. the chanterelle dish and the crunchy scallops with American Express. Groups welcome. Terrace. mushroom cream or a lobster or octopus fricassee. Mythical in Paris for the number of celebrities who had To have some coffee, you need to try a dessert; the dinner there, Le Coupe-Chou is a restaurant whose raspberry shortbread, raspberry coulis with rose and setting reminds of the beautiful hotels of high mountain. mascarpone has proven its worth, unless you prefer Fireplace, stones and beams participate in the cosy the millefeuille with Tahiti vanilla. atmosphere of the place, just like the wood-burning stove, the chairs, the daybeds and the green or red velvet „„LE TRUMILOU drapes. Frames of another time decorate the walls. In this 84, quai de l’Hôtel-de-Ville (4e) old-fashioned atmosphere where you forget you are in & +33 (0) 1 42 77 63 98 Paris, guests enjoy traditional homemade cuisine, like www.letrumilou.fr the chestnut and squash soup, cod roasted in the oven, M° Hôtel de Ville terrine with three purees, and finally a crème brûlée Closed from July 31st to August 22nd. Open Monday to with orange. Nothing is super daring, but the setting Saturday from 12pm to 3pm and 7pm to 11pm; Sunday and a fine cuisine are worth the visit. In summer, a few from 12pm to 3pm and 7pm to 10:30pm. Menu from tables are set outside. 26 ® Paris - Restaurants

„„LE JARDIN DES PÂTES avocado mousse. The duck skewers have their apples 4, rue Lacépède (5e) with the stove... In dessert one finishes by an excellent & +33 (0) 1 43 31 50 71 fresh fruit salad of the moment. And for those which M° Place Monge, Jussieu want to rinse the eye on the cathedral, Francis posed Open every day from 12pm to 2.30pm and from 7pm to some tables in terrace. 11pm. À la carte: around E18 (for lunch), E25 (evening). This place serves only pasta but not just of any kind! „„BOUILLON DES COLONIES e Here, pasta is made daily on the spot from various 3, rue Racine (6 ) cereal grains: rice, wheat, barley, rye, buckwheat, & +33 (0) 1 44 32 15 64 chestnut... transformed into flour on site. Although www.bouillondescolonies.com they are good and also generous, alone they would M° Odéon or Cluny − La Sorbonne not be enough to satisfy us. As a result, they are Open every day from 12pm to 3pm and 7pm to 11pm. E E E combined with sautéed vegetables, fresh salmon, Menu from 25.90 to 29.90. À la carte: Around 26. E E chicken livers, etc. We recommend you an amazing Children’s menu: 14.50. Lunch menu: 15.95. Sunday E omelette with pasta and vegetables served with a brunch: 17.50. green salad. They are preceded by starters: cucumber It is the exotic address of Bouillon Racine, the legendary with farm yoghurt, avocado with melon sorbet and brasserie founded in 1906 by the Chartier brothers This moistened with Pineau des Charentes ... The desserts Bouillon is located nearby. In a setting with dimmed are worth tasting especially the chocolate tart along lights, the dining room is shared between the African with orange marmalade and lemon zest, the clafoutis and Asian atmospheres taking us from Japan to with seasonal fruit ... As for the setting, the numerous Australia, from Africa to North America, from the green plants remind us that we are in a garden, a short Caribbean to Thailand through a varied carte. The distance from Jardin des Plantes... where you can take flavours of curry, coriander, lemongrass mix with a digestive and poetic walk! chicken, fish and vegetables. Cochinchine vapours (shrimp, vegetables, beef and pork) and the East African „„LÉVÊQUE dishes are unavoidable dishes that are always found on 10, rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre (5e) the carte. The chef knows how to seduce us with his & +33 (0) 1 46 33 98 80 innovative dishes that vary with seasons. For dessert, www.chezlevequeparis.com you should try the orange salad as well as dates and M° Saint-Michel cinnamon. Want to travel? It is open every day, even on Open every day from 10am to 10pm. Set menu at E32. Sundays for a brunch that combines Levant (scrambled À la carte: Around E30. Daily special: E16. Terrace. eggs with cumin, tchoutchouka, zaalouk, hummus) or To lunch or dine Chez Lévêque vis-a-vis the cathedral Couchant (fried eggs with bacon, guacamole and corn Notre-Dame that is not invented. Moreover Francis chips), all accompanied by bread, butter, jam, pastries, Lévêque, it host which one knew in Restaurant du Mariage Frères tea, coffee, homemade chocolate, Marché in the 15e, has fun some. On the facade a orange juice, etc... portrait of monk carried out starting from a painting of family... One penetrates in a very original restaurant, „„BOUILLON RACINE designed by Francis and his friend Stephan. A kind 3, rue Racine (6e) of house which makes us pass by a very rural corner & +33 (0) 1 44 32 15 60 pointing out a garden. One enters then the spaces www.bouillon-racine.com thought like rooms: on the left cuisine and the dining [email protected] room. On the right the library-desk and the room. M° Cluny − La Sorbonne or Odéon Do not imagine on the other hand that you will be Open every day from noon until 11pm. Menus from restored lying... One installs you on pretty iron bed E31.90 to E41.90. À la carte: around E40. Children’s banquettes in the shade of large affluent curtains. menu: E14.50. Lunch formula: E15.95. Wine by the Does one finish nevertheless by the toilets where the glass. tiled walls are offered to the guests to express itself Classified as a Historical Monument, Bouillon Racine by words, drawings, etc the evening, clickety-clack in is both an unusual and fascinating place. With its art the box and all will the photographs be exposed on the nouveau style on two floors, you will surely be moved by door of the toilets... You will say themselves all that it. Created by the Chartier brothers at the beginning of is quite beautiful but what does one eat? It should the 20th century, its decoration is sumptuous: bevelled be known that here it is open 10: 00 at 22: 00 to be mirrors, opalines, stained-glass windows and gilded restored. Midday it is with the à la carte, the evening a initials, floral patterns and celadon green. As for the set menu and all is fresh. The main courses are simple cuisine, the chef, Alexandre Belthoise, prepares classic but tasty because the touch of Francis brings this more dishes. As a starter, you will have to choose one of the which levels us. The salad of quinoa is furnished with traditional stocks that change with the seasons (smooth spring vegetables and the sauce is containing citrus Dubarry cream in Scallops, invigorating gratin of the fruits. The marinated salmon is accompanied by an onion stock), unless you choose a generous marrow Restaurants - Paris √ 27 gratin with mustard or a terrine game in season. Then with cider caramel, duck confit from the Arnabar farm you will continue with the specialty of the house, and its new potatoes, bar with thyme à la plancha or stuffed suckling pig roasted on a spit, homemade warm lamb shank with herbs. It has a lovely terrace mashed potatoes with smoked bacon, or another opened on sunny days. classics like pot au feu of Bouillon, bone marrow, and „„LES BOTANISTES fleur de sel and horseradish, stew of pork shank with red 11 bis, rue Chomel (7e) Rodenbach beer and spices, sauerkraut or scallops and & +33 (0) 1 45 49 04 54 prawns, creamy rice to lobster sauce. Dishes that smell www.lesbotanistes.com of good local and French gastronomy. For dessert, we M° Sèvres-Babylone love Waffle filled with crème brûlée or Pressé of apples Closed from August 1st to August 21st. Open Monday with gingerbread. It is good, sincere, all in a unique to Saturday from 12pm to 2.30pm and from 7.30pm setting, we 100% approve this typical 1900 brasserie! to 10.30pm. À la carte: Around E40. Lunch menu: PARIS AND ITS REGION E „„LES BOUQUINISTES 20 (starter, daily special, coffee). Wine by the glass. Groups welcome (up to 40 people). Terrace. 53, quai des Grands-Augustins (6e) & Nestled between rue de Babylone and boulevard +33 (0) 1 43 25 45 94 Raspail, this traditionally decorated Parisian bistro www.lesbouquinistes.com is the den of Jean-Baptiste Gay who offers a daily [email protected] renewed slate menu consisting of 7 starters, 7 main M° Saint-Michel courses and 7 desserts. The cuisine of this pastry chef Open Monday to Saturday from 12pm to 2:30pm and who made his first kitchen classes alongside starred 7pm to 11pm; Sunday 12pm to 2:30pm and chefs is bistronomic, that is to say a traditional and rustic 6:30pm to 11pm. Booking advised. Set menu at E89 (« but revisited and, above all, modernised cuisine. For in 6 services»). À la carte: Around E80. Lunch menu: example, we think of a fresh octopus salad with warm E32 (and E45). Wine by the glass. American Express, potatoes or a remoulade of crab and celery with curry. Diners Club. Groups welcome. Valet. At the end of the meal, the financier with cherries and A new decor designed by Jean-Michel Willemotte: set its pistachio ice-cream will not ruin your pleasure, it of mirrors, glass partition walls and glass bottle walls is quite the contrary. A very good quality/price ratio reflecting the show of the banks of Seine. The whole for the district. forms of different spaces to suit the desires of each „„L’AMI JEAN client. This restaurant is of one of the best value lunch e in the district. It is the work of a whole team led by 27, rue Malar (7 ) & +33 (0) 1 47 05 86 89 Guy Savoy and Stephen Perraud. It is to him that we www.amijean.eu owe dishes à la carte such as caramelized half-cooked [email protected] tuna with spices, «ratte» apples and herring mousse, RER C Pont-de-l’Alma or braised suckling pig, cooked Paimpol beans. What Closed from December 24th to January 1st. Open Tuesday to say? It’s perfect, just like this figs-milk flavoured to Saturday from 12pm to 2pm and from 7pm to midnight. almond served for dessert. You will come back every Booking is essential. Menu from E42 to E80. À la carte: year to dig for dirt, which will bring down this restaurant Around E70. Lunch menu: E35. Wine by the glass. from its pedestal, there is nothing to complain about. American Express. Even Stéphane Jego displays his Breton origins, his inn „„LE BOSQUET and kitchens have Basque accents. This den of fellows 46, avenue Bosquet (7e) & is always full, proving that Stéphane has succeeded. +33 (0) 1 45 51 38 13 Naysayers say it is difficult to get a table and that you www.bosquetparis.com will eat elbow to elbow. So what? This is what gives it [email protected] its double charm. Promiscuity and open-mindedness M° Military Academy is what we love in this kind of place: you will never Open Monday to Saturday from 8am to 11.30pm. Set feel lonely as you eat and share your emotions with menu at E22 (starter/main course/dessert). À la carte: the Italian, Australian or Japanese neighbour. As for Around E30. Lunch menu: E22 (starter/main course/ emotions, our friend Stéphane knows it best. Roasted dessert). Wine by the glass. Groups welcome. Terrace. veal chop on bones and reduced juice, roast beef fillet Located not far from the Eiffel Tower and the very of «choice race» with anchovy, roast pork chop with commercial Cler street, is found the angle bar known as semi-salted butter, simply roast red partridge: if this Le Bosquet. The place is large, perfect for hosting groups, cuisine seems to be a simple one, there is something but it is also warm and comfortable, a real cocoon for brought to each dish and gives them an arty and romantic meals... We love the perfect service that gourmet touch in the detail that changes everything. proves that in Paris, we can also be friendly and caring! You think you are visiting an ordinary trendy bistro and The food is simple, traditional but tasty, prepared with then you stand in front of an inspired chef. With also great dedication. So you can enjoy French specialties attention to detail: no dish leaves the kitchen without such as a cream of vegetable soup, roast camembert being finalized and checked by Stéphane Jego. 28 ® Paris - Restaurants

„„CHEZ ANDRÉ Open every day from 12pm to 3pm and from 7pm to 12, rue Marbeuf (8e) 11pm. Menu from E29 to E36. À la carte: Around & +33 (0) 1 47 20 59 57 E30. Children’s menu: E14.50. Wine by the glass. Valet. www.chez-andre.com Activities. Evening Jazz 2 Mondays per month. Pianist in [email protected] the end of the week. Free Wifi access. M° Franklin D. Roosevelt or Alma-Marceau Created in 1922, this house represents perfectly the Open every day from 12pm to 1am. À la carte: Around Brasserie de Paris. A famous place for a party, having E50. Wine by the glass. Terrace. Valet. hosted the greatest artists of the end of the 20th A sincere and authentic brasserie in the heart of the century, Cocteau to Picasso, via Man Ray or Fernand «Golden Triangle», which transports you immediately Léger, all the avant-garde of Arts and Letters has one to the old Paris in the 1930s thanks to the brightness day embarked on this fabulous standard steamer Art of zinc, omnipresent, and the typical bistro tables. The deco. More than 90 years later, the brasserie invites hotel opened in 1936 has managed to retain its charm. Tout-Paris, that of finance, letters, politics and media The restaurant welcomes businessmen, world of luxury, nowadays. All enjoy around a beef tartare Charolais or fashion and media which treat themselves to updated beef rib grilled hereford. Among the pleasures offered by classics: frogs’ legs, bouillabaisse of the chef, legs of the restaurant, enjoy the duck foie gras, scallops roasted lamb «Allaiton de l’Aveyron» or seafood (in season). in verdurette with its rice venerated and mousseline of For meat lovers, there is the gourmet traditional hamburger in Chez André way, the grilled Châteaubriand butternut, and the profiteroles cabbage craquelin with with Béarnaise sauce or the duck breast of the Southwest its ice cream with bourbon vanilla and its hot chocolate. with caramelised pears. Finally, all the traditional „„LE CARRÉ desserts are present on the menu including the Chez 12, place Saint-Augustin (8e) André traditional millefeuille, or the chocolate mousse & +33 (0) 1 44 69 00 22 served in a bowl with its warm brioche. www.restaurant-le-carre.com „„BISTROT DU SOMMELIER «Maître Restaurateur» label. Reservation by phone 97, boulevard Haussmann (8e) or via form Internet midnight before minimum. Open & +33 (0) 1 42 65 24 85 Monday to Friday from 12pm to 11pm; Saturday from www.bistrotdusommelier.com 10am to 1am. Continuous service. Breakfast from 8am. [email protected] Bar part with tapas and cocktails open until 1am on M° Saint-Augustin or Miromesnil weekdays and the weekend. À la carte: Around E40. Open Monday to Friday from 12pm to 2.30pm and from Groups welcome. Terrace. 7.30pm to 10.30pm. Menu from E70 to E115 (including First of all, a chef, Christophe Binet, sacred Maître restau- wines). À la carte: Around E65. Lunch menu: E34. Wine rateur in 2012 as a result of hard work and talent he has by the glass. Lunch menus from E34 to E55. Checks are shown between Paris, Spain and the United Kingdom. not accepted. American Express. Groups welcome. Parking. There is, of course, a pure and simple setting where the In this restaurant, even the most serious indulge in beige stands out from other colours depending on the taking a glass of wine at lunch, as it would be pure lounges used for business meals or dinner with friends, heresy that not to enjoy the precise food and wine just after a cocktail at the bar. Here, we are primarily pairings offered by the brilliant sommelier Philippe interested by the plate where the presentation matches Faure-Brac. The cooking is traditional and well-reputed, with the taste. À la carte, seasonal products, high-end homemade products selected with precision because and well valued, prepared with precision. Thus, we will the menu is changed every month according to the remember the traditional dishes like rossini steak with market and the chef Guillaume Saluel’s inspiration. You its beautiful slice of pan fried foie gras. Asia is found will find the prawns from Madagascar in open ravioli, in the Wok of beef fillet marinated with a crying tiger trimmed leek with citrus fruit and stock of shellfish sauce, as well as a Wok of grilled gambas with cashew which leads to the duck breast roasted on the bone nuts and both accompanied by crunchy vegetables, with seasonal fruit and Sichuan pepper before ending fried onions, Chinese noodles and black mushrooms. on the cacaotées brick pastries double bottom, trimmed Sea side, homemade ravioli with scampi and emulsified with chocolate sauce and its chocolate mousse hazelnut cream of shellfish like scallops roasted with Noilly Prat praline. You will obviously tell us that it is not always cream and chips of pancetta are fine and sophisticated. easy to find the wine that will be most harmonious As for desserts, revisited classic, mark the final touch: on these preparations. Let yourself guide, you will be homemade soufflé with grand marnier, royal gala surprised by some proposed agreements! apples tart, cream chiboust with bourbon vanilla or „„LE BŒUF SUR LE TOIT the fabulous homemade melting sphere, organic Andoa 34, rue du Colisée (8e) to black chocolate mousse, hot chocolate and vanilla & +33 (0) 1 53 93 65 55 sauce will rejoice the most discerning palate. In the www.boeufsurletoit.com morning, you can also enjoy the cosy velvet armchairs M° Saint-Philippe-du-Roule or Franklin D. to have breakfast in a serene atmosphere. A place to Roosevelt be enjoyed without restrain. Restaurants - Paris √ 29

„„L’ARÔME midnight; on Sunday from noon to 2: 30pm and from 7pm 3, rue Saint-Philippe-du-Roule (8e) to 10: 30pm. Menus from E31 to E37. À la carte: around & +33 (0) 1 42 25 55 98 E40. Lunch formula: E26 (starter/main course or main [email protected] course/dessert). Wine by glass. American Express, Cheque M° Saint-Philippe-du-Roule Restaurant. Tourisme & Handicap label. Groups welcome Open Monday to Friday from 12pm to 2pm and from (4 private lounges for 6-44 persons). 7.30pm to 10pm. Booking advised. Menu from E79 to 1854! You do realize! This house is there, on the corner E120. Lunch menu: E59. Wine by the glass. American of two streets with its beautiful exterior woodwork for Express. Groups welcome. Valet. nearly 160 years. How not to bow to such longevity? Thomas Boullaut, the chef of this popular restaurant But how not to bow to such regularity of culinary level? of the district, began his career in Royal Monceau and Without forgetting a cellar that makes put your knee George-V. His cuisine is bright, cheerful, it titillates the on the floor, specializing in Loire wines. Au Petit Riche, palates of guests and incites curiosity. Diners come for it is the beautiful Parisian brasserie but without the PARIS AND ITS REGION the first time to see and end up with a subscription. anonymity of large numbers. Here, you are known, you Enjoy vegetable tart of spring or the squeezed one of are greeted, your presence is appreciated and you are Breton crab with the balsamico bianco and you guided to the land foods that are called meat pate of will understand why we carry this address in our heart. crusted sweetbreads, foie gras and wild mushrooms, Continue with a yellowtail refreshed with yuzu or veal snails puff pastry with garlic cream, homemade quenelle milk oven to herbs from the scrubland and finish with of pike, shellfish sauce and duxelles of mushrooms, a baked apple cooked in a tatin way accompanied by a long simmered beef chuch steak, Chinon sauce and for green apple water, a Chantilly with salted caramel and amateurs, a superb calf’s head and its brain, gribiche an ice-cream cheesecake. When you read the menu, you and ravigote sauce. Desserts, all homemade, offer the want to reserve already. Do not say the opposite, no timeless ones as rum baba and chantilly or rice pudding one would believe you... Delicate and very professional with salted butter caramel, tuile with almonds to finish welcome from Éric Martins, and nice wine list. your meal in assumed gluttony. An attractive restaurant where you will not tire of returning because here you „„HARD ROCK CAFÉ always spend an exceptional moment that honors the 14, boulevard Montmartre (9e) French gourmet meal as you like, that is registered in the & +33 (0) 1 53 24 60 00 Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. www.hardrock.com/paris „ M° Grands Boulevards or Richelieu Drouot „LE P’TIT BARCELONE 10, rue de la Boule-Rouge (9e) Open Sunday to Thursday from 11:30am to 1am; Friday & +33 (0) 1 40 22 96 39 and saturdays from 11:30am to 2pm. À la carte: Around E E E www.leptitbarcelone.fr 35. Children’s menu: 7.95. À la carte: Around 35. M° Cadet or Grands Boulevards Children’s menu: E7.95. Lunch menu: E9.70 (then E E Open Monday to Saturday from 11:30am to 2am. 11.50 and 14.10). Wine by the glass. American Continuous service. Booking advised. À la carte: Around Express. Terrace. Shop. Entertainments. E25 (tapas between E5 and E8, cocktails at E6). Lunch The famous Hard Rock Café brand is present in the world menu: E15 (starter and main course or main course and for over 40 years. On the menu of the authentic American dessert E20 starter + main course + dessert). Wine by specialties, foremost among them the unavoidable the glass. Happy hour from 6pm to 8pm. burgers, fajitas and other salads in XXL format Ceasar Festive and friendly atmosphere in this cozy bistro, all type, cooked on site with fresh and quality ingredients dressed in red, with a menu inspired by the Catalan cuisine in an atmosphere that will doubtlessly delight the rock and the best Iberian products. After some tapas and others and pop music fans. You can select songs that you want tortilla, croquetas, patatas bravas, manchego, we to listen during your meal and visit the café with a can not advise you too strongly the Huevos estrellados member of staff who will present to you the history (fried egg, potatoes and sausage) the chisteras (small of each item hanging on the wall and which belonged sausages from there served grilled) or the Pescaditos to the greatest pop-rock artists. Children are not left Fritos (small fish the size of your little finger perfectly behind as entertainment is provided for them every fried and served generously that is swallowed whole Sunday between 1pm and 4pm. after being decorated them with a dash of lemon juice, tinto de verrano „„AU PETIT RICHE caliente)! All is sprayed with (red wine, lemonade, lemon slice), sangria or cocktails (El Toto, 25, rue Le Peletier (9e) & Nino, Barcelonito) that blooms well in the summer. For +33 (0) 1 47 70 68 68 those who are never satisfied, the Spanish Burger (meat www.restaurant-aupetitriche.com of Galicia, Espelette pepper, garlic, parsley, homemade M° Richelieu-Drouot or Le Peletier aioli, sheep’s milk cheese and range of belotta) or the nl piece of meat (between 500 and 600 grams) are perfectly Closed on January 1st, on May 1st, on July 14th and on made, like the Spanish plates of charcuterie and cheese. December 25th. Closed the evening of December 24th. Young and charming service in the room and in the bar. Open every day from noon to 2: 30pm and from 7pm to Everything is homemade. 30 ® Paris - Restaurants

„„CHEZ CASIMIR Booking advised. Set menu at E35. À la carte: Around 6, rue de Belzunce (10e) E65. Lunch menu: E29 (starter/main course/dessert). & +33 (0) 1 48 78 28 80 Wine by the glass. www.restaurant-chez-casimir.com Thierry Breton, a pure Breton is still loyal to his duty in M° Gare du Nord his inn which is always full like an oyster at lunch and Open all year. Monday to Friday from 11.45am to 2.30pm dinner. Among his customers are gourmet passers-by, and from 6.45pm to 11pm; the weekend from 10am to tourists in transit to the North station, Bretons who wants 7pm. Booking advised. Menu from E24 to E32. À la to amaze their taste buds with flavours of the West, you carte: Around E40. Wine by the glass. Brunch Saturday and I, eager to taste the food that everyone finds delicious. and Sunday: E28. Terrace. You will find the best Breton produce, whether land or Do you love Chez Michel, the neighbour? You will love sea, prepared with a rare skill. Whether you choose Chez Casimir, its little bistronomic brother that could also pig’s head carpaccio or the mackerel rilettes, the Breton have been called Bonne Franquette. Here, everything lobster, the Kig ha farz – the Breton pot au feu – or the is simple, just like at home. From the charcuterie plate beef cheek with string, you will be delighted by flavours to the cheese plate passing through a series of bistro of Brittany. In season, the game is king, from the wood dishes such as breaded pig’s ear, roasted lamb with pigeon to the sumptuous hare à la royale, via the breast beans, toast, chocolate mousse. Never disappointing, of roasted grouse with foie gras and mushrooms and pâté always exciting. The must? Le Brunch of Saturday en croûte. For dessert, the inevitable Kouign Amann and and Sunday continuously served, called «Traou Mad» Paris-Brest as well as the delicious rice pudding and the which means «good things» in Breton. Buffets richly blackcurrant compote. This restaurant has satisfied filled and unlimited in starter and in dessert, do not visitors for over fifteen years, and it is not ready to stop. get too attached to neither the terrine of pudding „„L’AMI PIERRE or that of countryside, nor the ssalmon salad or the e whelks, because there is also service at the table: 5, rue de la Main-d’Or (11 ) soup, a starter (often based on eggs, but sometimes & +33 (0) 1 47 00 17 35 mussels in season), and casseroles (preferably game!). [email protected] Will you still have place for the festival of desserts, its M° Ledru-Rollin or Faidherbe-Chaligny tiramisu, its crunchy biscuits, its fruit mousse and its Open Monday to Saturday from 7.30pm to 11.30pm; Tuesday to Saturday from 12pm to 2.30pm. À la carte: pancakes to covered with salted butter caramel? As for E E wine, for the occasion, you will directly serve yourself Around 38. Lunch menu: 15.20. Wine by the glass. in the cellar and pay the price in wine shops, really On the window you bed «To the former bonesetter Bistro royal this brunch! with wine»... Yes Ami Pierre before it was actually a An establishment we all like where one will appreciate cabinet of bonesetter who positioned back the ruffled having customized napkins. nervous breakdown and the tendons who had sautéed... Since 1990 it became a wine bar, now run by Robin and „„JULIEN Nico’s, two of the bonesetters soul thanks to their warm 16, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis (10e) welcome, their good bottles and what accompany & +33 (0) 1 47 70 12 06 them. You feel at home in this small neighbourhood www.julienparis.com bistro to the simple charm and unpretentious. The chef M° Strasbourg-Saint-Denis offers a traditional bistro cuisine you will never tire of: Open Sunday and Monday from 12pm to 3am and marinated cooked meat, fish, or duck confit of duck, steak 7pm to 10pm; Tuesday to Saturday from 12pm to 3pm and with shallots, crème brûlée, rice pudding... Homemade 7pm to midnight. Menu from E32 to E39. À la carte: desserts are made and perfectly are many guests enjoy Around E52. Children’s menu: E14.50. Lunch menu: lunch menu that includes a main course and a starter E25. American Express. Valet. or a starter and dessert and coffee. The wine selection This attractive bistrot was built in 1924 and its interior is varied, about sixty wine references of all sources, was designed in 1903. You can be sure to forget the and will suit all tastes. Do not hesitate to ask to find young leek toast with tapenade, cod loin roasted on its the best wine corresponding to your meal like your skin, pan-fried duck foie gras and spinach shoots, lamb taste. The service, and especially the atmosphere, are shank braised with spring vegetables and rosemary, orchestrated by Master hand by friendly Robin who tiramisu with raspberry or tart with strawberries, yields into four to satisfy its guests. mashed bourbon, etc. Stop by this mythical place after „„ASTIER a show on the Grands Boulevards, for the bistrot serves e till late in the night and there is something for everyone. 44, rue Jean-Pierre-Timbaud (11 ) & +33 (0) 1 43 57 16 35 „„CHEZ MICHEL www.restaurant-astier.com 10, rue de Belzunce (10e) [email protected] & +33 (0) 1 44 53 06 20 M° Parmentier or Oberkampf restaurant-chez-michel.com Open all year. Every day from 12pm to 2.30pm and from M° Gare du Nord 7.30pm to 10.30pm; from 12pm. Until 11pm Saturday. Restaurants - Paris √ 31

Set menu at E45. Daily special: E15. Wine by the glass. Have you ever enjoyed the steak? No, go then with your Groups welcome. Terrace. eyes closed. Same thing for the pigeon roasted with Since 1956, Astier offers a regional «French Cuisine», juice, bone marrow and French fries, side pork with which blows up our analysis of cholesterol. This is a chestnuts, pommes grenailles et champignons des bois. bistro in all its splendour with checked tablecloths, This restaurant has never disappointed us. Sometimes diploma from l’Ordre de la Confrérie des Compagnons we try so hard to look for the slightest fault, but we de la Défense de l’Oignon just to mention the ones on must acknowledge the fact this restaurant fully meets the wall and bistro furniture that reminds you of antique are biggest expectations. dealers. As for its cuisine, it offers local and popular „„LE CHARDENOUX dishes like chicken terrine with figs, roasted rack of e lamb, braised pork belly, baba rum with cream and 1, rue Jules-Vallès (11 ) & +33 (0) 1 43 71 49 52 eggs. Dishes to which must be added some specialties PARIS AND ITS REGION like the soup, rabbit in all its forms or white pudding. www.restaurantlechardenoux.com Have lunch, savour some good wine, have a sit on the [email protected] pavement and smoke a cigarette. If this is not paradise, M° Charonne then we are not far. Open all year. Every day from 12pm to 2.30pm and from 7pm to 11pm. Set menu at E39. À la carte: Around E42. „„AUBERGE FLORA Lunch menu: E22 (and E27). Checks are not accepted. 44, boulevard Richard-Lenoir (11e) American Express. Terrace. Valet. & +33 (0) 1 47 00 52 77 This Chardenoux with a completely awesome décor www.aubergeflora.fr is among the best addresses of the neighbourhood [email protected] where one preserves its business card in the wallet Richard Lenoir M° for the evenings when the refrigerator is empty. The Open every day from 12pm to 2.30pm and from 4pm to cuisine is in the image of the place, bistro, the opposite 8pm. Booking advised. Menu from E32 to E42. Lunch of the bling-bling of the Quinzième, the other restaurant menu: E19 (and E23). Wine by the glass. Brunch the of Cyril Lignac. weekend and public holidays: E29. Groups welcome. Here one is carried away by the authentic, by the Terrace. mitonnage, by the household tradition. On the plate, Flora Mikula claims innkeeper since it took on boulevard it results in a poached egg piperade Basque chorizo and​​ Richard-Lenoir old hotel and restaurant at the end of glazed croutons, a yellow Landes poultry roasted salted the lifetime to restore it a character that is worth the butter, carrot puree with turmeric, and for dessert a detour. Who could say inn relaxation, nibbles at any baba rum whipped cream with vanilla or French toast time, from breakfast to dinner, the bar or on the terrace, to raspberry, Pistachio ice cream in Sicily. Quality food, around a large table or food – standing. So nibbling is not necessarily surprising but well controlled and that’s really the spearhead of this inn, Flora created a cuisine what matters to us. rather version tapas but still some thoughtful dishes „„CASA DE ESPANA including the bone marrow and chorizo and its broad e beans or the red rice of Camargue and squid juice of 72, avenue Ledru-Rollin (12 ) bouillabaisse. Before and after, tapas range of hot & +33 (0) 1 43 41 58 11 and cold starter and dessert. One of our favourite www.casadeespana-paris.com for the content of your plate as for the decor and the [email protected] happiness of Flora. M° Ledru-Rollin Open every day from 10:30am to 3pm and 7pm to 1am. „„BISTROT PAUL-BERT À la carte: Around E25. Lunch menu: E12. 18, rue Paul-Bert (11e) In a setting dominated by flamenco, Mathias, the & +33 (0) 1 43 72 24 01 owner of the restaurant who manages so well the host M° Faidherbe Chaligny welcome and the cuisine offers Spanish delicacies to Open Tuesday to Saturday from 12pm to 2.30pm and from his guests. Serrano ham thrones on the counter and 7.30pm to 11pm. Set menu at E38. À la carte: Around an LCD screen broadcasts live sports events. This warm E42. Lunch menu: E19. Wine by the glass. Terrace. Valet. atmosphere will get you totally immersed into the Everyone in Paris loves this establishment, a real esta- Iberian Peninsula. Its specialities include the famous blishment for bistronomie. Weathered by time, but hot and cold tapas. You can then go for paella de la comfortable with its original look, Le Paul-Bert goes casa which you can take-away after ordering two through the years without flinching. Here kindness hours in advance, Spanish meats, grilled cuttlefish, is the key word. The boss, soul of the place, prices octopus with potatoes, olive oil and paprika to name which are not exorbitant in regards to the quality of just these delicious homemade dishes. For desserts food and wines with great references which have been you can go for rice pudding (arroz leche) and Catalan carefully selected so as to rotate one’s eyes. On the plate, cream (crema catalana de la casa) which are also a everything is carefully prepared using quality products. best-sellers of the house. 32 ® Paris - Restaurants

„„JODHPUR PALACE creme brulee, profiteroles, fresh pineapple. All the 42, allée Vivaldi main courses, entrances and desserts are at the same 16, rue Hénard (12e) price in their category what simplifies the accounts at & +33 (0) 1 43 40 72 46 the end of the meal amusingly when one is in group. www.jodhpurpalace.com „„CHÂTEAU POIVRE M° Montgallet e Open every day from 12ppm to 3pm and 7pm to 10:30pm. 145, rue du Château (14 ) & Menu from E26 to E30.50. À la carte: Around E38. +33 (0) 1 43 22 03 68 Lunch menu: E14. Meal vegetarian: E12. www.chateaupoivre.com The decor of this restaurant reflects its status and name: [email protected] large, bright room with long orange curtains, arches, M° Pernety paintings and carved wood and festive meals, small Open Monday to Saturday from 7pm to 11pm; Tuesday to Sunday from 12pm to 3pm. Set menu at E32. À la carte: room with sky painted ceiling and the atmosphere is E E serene and refined. The cuisine is also in the picture of Around 38. Lunch menu: 16. Take-away. Activities. the restaurant for the menu offers typical and famous In the family of the bistro at the 14th arrondissement, dishes of all lovers of Indian food and other specialities for Château Poivre managed to stand out as a particularly the pleasure of other gourmets. The chef seeks the best welcoming table, offering traditional products of our products for processing in accordance with the culinary land. The dishes are prepared, reinterpreted and change traditions of his country. As a starter, the murgh tikka during seasons. With a contemporary style, they offer are pieces of chicken breast marinated cooked in tandoor you the terrine of pork and chicken liver with herbs, a carpaccio of swordfish marinated with caper flowers, that can be prepared in various ways with various spices a confit of rack of lamb «long» to lentils cooked with with crushed cashew nuts and cream, or spinach, spices bacon or a beef cheek simmered with spices. Next to the and coriander. For fans of classic: punjab lamb and Tikka food, the chef serves wine, recommended with intelli- masala chicken biryani or are a treat. Seafood and fish are gence according to the dish (Pacalet, Bornard, Lapierre, treated in the same way, with much subtlety. Vegetarians Plageoles...). We almost skipped desserts because also have a beautiful menu with a mushroom curry with the dishes are copious but we could not resist the peas flavoured with really excellent saffron. Nans wether amazing craquelin of roasted pineapple to milk caramel. they are with cheese, garlic, vegetables or minced meat is a delicious accompaniment and even a starter. As for the „„LA FORCHETTA classical Indian cardamom and pistachio but homemade, 85, rue Daguerre (14e) it enables to finish this excellent meal on a nice note of & +33 (0) 1 43 22 06 14 freshness. On sunny days enjoy the terrace, one more [email protected] reason, to come back! M° Gaîté Closed in August. Open Tuesday to Saturday from 12pm „„AU BISTROT D’À CÔTÉ e to 2.30pm and from 7pm to 11.30pm. À la carte: Around 18, rue Lalande (14 ) E20. Children’s menu: E12. Lunch menu: E14. Wine & +33 (0) 1 43 20 00 28 by the glass. Chèque Restaurant. M° Denfert-Rochereau This is a good address especially if we are skilled Open Tuesday to Saturday from 12pm to 3pm and in forchetta! The cuisine, illuminated by the sun, 7pm to 11pm. Menu from E26 to E34. À la carte: E is authentic and rich. You will quickly go through Around 37. some suggestions of pizzas, because it is mainly for Toulouse Laurent Cazaux one is impassioned of the excellent pasta, whatever their side dish that Rugby but especially of wines. He even received Gold people come here. Dishes can vary depending on the the Bottle, a trophy of Tradition of the Wine,... to mood of Antonin Savaresse: you will not get tired of accompany these Bottles in 2013 - almost all available the truffle risotto nor the very fresh antipasti. The to glass he sends to us a cooking of pals well of on Parma and mozzarella skewers are simple but what our premises and bistrotière with wish with friendly a great idea... After coffee, you can savour a glass of welcome, effective – one does not expect three hours limoncello, lemon liquor, served chilled. The reception the water and the bread like very often in the restau- is excellent but if you speak Italian, you will have a rants – and of course of very good advice for the greater chance of having the waiter and the cook on wine. The à la carte is as well bistro but all is made or your side! The place is recommended primarily for besides almost at the minute, one sees the conductor those who are homesick because here, you will feel of affairer. It is simple but some small attentions show like you were in an Italian trattoria. Unbeatable at that here care of the guest is taken. The lawyer with the for its value for money! crab, very hearty and furnished with crab of quality, is accompanied by two beautiful shrimps cooked with the „„RESTAURANT ÎLE DE LA RÉUNION plancha and by lumpfish roe. The crusty one of pig’s 96, rue Daguerre (14e) trotter is used on a bed of slightly seasoned broad beans & +33 (0) 1 42 18 48 70 / +33 (0) 6 19 32 84 23 for fresh onions. Beef are used with a sauce with pepper www.restoiledelareunion.fr or the fourme as Ambert. The desserts are classical: M° Gaîté, Pernety or Raspail Restaurants - Paris √ 33

Open Monday to Saturday from 12pm to 2:30pm and Open every day from 12pm to 2:30pm and 7pm to 11pm. 7pm to 10:30pm; Sunday from 12pm to 2:30pm. Booking With the lunch. À la carte: Around E30. Daily specials: advised. Set menu at E20. À la carte: Around E35. E20. Wine by the glass. Groups welcome. Take-away. Lunch menu: E13.50. Brunch Sunday at E20. Groups You must dare to be called Comme Chez Maman welcome. Terrace. because you will not fail to make the immediate In an exotic atmosphere of colonial house, we just get comparison between the dishes of the chef, Wim Van away with a dip in a menu where the Reunion dishes Gorp, and those of our mothers. What is certain is that are prepared with all the required know-how. You will mom does not display the mayo eggs still warm. A first start by the inevitable homemade punch (coco, good point for the chef. However, the mayo of mom mango, passion lychee, lemon or pineapple or by a glass is better because it is less vinegar. For the rest, difficult of lemon rum «ti’punch» before launching into a creole to compare as the chef’s cuisine is creative with for

dish made to the choice of cod or aubergine fritters, example a cucumber gazpacho with passion, with basil PARIS AND ITS REGION a gratin «pet shrimps», by samoussas or vegetable and shrimps, a ceviche of royal sea-bream, lime, ginger achars. Do not hesitate to share your dishes as they are and condiments, veal kidneys roasted with the miso copious. You can then tests the zourite stew (octopus) and ginger or a crusty of duck with a tamarin sauce. to well-balanced flavours. The rougails cod, sausage The concept of the restaurant: to serve these dishes or the pork belly (cooking steamed with tomatoes, made of family casserole on the table and to share. onions and turmeric) are to be tasted at least once. For the desserts, usual procession of delicacies that For dessert impossible to resist banana tart and sweet always give pleasure like the crème brulée with vanilla, potato cake... Brunch every sunday around specialities the shortbread tart with apricots, the chocolatecake of the Island. or the waffle. „„AU DERRICK CATALAN „„CRÊPERIE ARMORIC SAVEURS 346, rue Lecourbe (15e) 95, rue de Saussure (17e) & +33 (0) 1 45 58 48 75 & +33 (0) 1 40 53 93 47 www.auderrickcatalan.com www.creperie-armoric-saveurs.com M° Lourmel Malesherbes M° Open every day from 12pm to 2.30pm and from 7pm to Open Monday to Saturday from 12pm to 3pm and 11.15pm. À la carte: Around E35. 7pm to 10. À la carte: Around E20. Chèque Restaurant. This Catalan restaurant, open since a very long time Groups welcome. Shop. pays tribute to the Southern, Roussillon and Barcelona Here is a creperie which is not completely like the cuisines with a procession of sunny and tasty dishes. others. Its characteristic? To use products resulting In the dining room, which can accommodates up to from the organic farming and to carry out gluten-free 70 guests, the atmosphere is perfect. The menu is pancakes. The housewife could add that it makes her extremely varied, everything is homemade and the market the every day and that pancakes and pancakes team is Spanish and the outstanding chef is the owner are cooked with the simmered fresh ingredients and of the restaurant. For a trip to the South, we start with ingredients. That will not moreover see with a classical a sangria before getting to a tasty and not rubbery egg and ham good, but with the first blow of fork in roasted cuttlefish. It is with impatience and greed the «regional» suggestions quality is remarkable: that we expect more between two glasses of fruity «Pen Hir» (paved cod and ratatouille), «Mortanaise» Catalan wine. The paellas, catalane and marinera are (black pudding, browned apples, camembert), but also extra like over there in the same way as prawns, roasted «Garden» (thin slice of leeks, tomatos and zucchinis)... monkfish, parillada, zarzuella or squids. The specialty One will with pleasure discover pancakes with the of the house, rare enough to be remarkable, is the sorbet, fresh and scented welcome at the fine days. black rice with squid ink. You will have understood, One also adores «Ageno», made up of smoked bacon only one trip in this address will not be enough to go roasted, cooked onions, egg mirror or scrambled and around the pleasing suggestions. To conclude, in the prunes. The desserts are quite as gourmet: pancakes South, a generous Catalan cream, a coffee accompanied «Cotentine» with caramelized apples and blaze with the with turron! pommel, «Whim», with the vanilla ice cream accompa- The welcome is friendly and smiling, you are well nied by fresh fruits of season, and «the Irrational one» advised and pampered. On Fridays and Saturdays, two with the frangipane with the pieces of fishing and pear guitarists will come for dinner. This place offers a total and in chantilly. The bilberries organic of Agen them change of scenery. – Baths in season, accompanied by a sorbet of the same fruit give delicious pancakes! The ice creams and the „„COMME CHEZ MAMAN sorbets are organic. All is realized with the order, the 5, rue des Moines (17e) ciders are artisanal and farmers. The frozen cuts bear & +33 (0) 1 42 28 89 53 names of fairies well deserved so much they are good: www.comme-chez-maman.com ice cream large-marnier with apricot or with pale of M° Brochant or La Fourche Die, dice of melon and chantilly. Great art! 34 ® Paris - Restaurants

„„ROCA for a free table while others come to join friends on a 31, rue Guillaume-Tell (17e) table. Here, the sound volume reaches the peaks for a & +33 (0) 1 47 64 86 04 good reason, that of saying in a loud voice all the good www.rocaparis.com things you think about the brain veal poached in lemon M° Porte de Champerret or Pereire butter, the Saint-Jean-de-Luz bonito marinated with Open all year. Monday to Friday for lunch from 12pm green tomato water and basil, a grilled lamb, new to 2.30pm and for dinner from 7.30pm to 10.30pm. potatoes and sautéed vegetables, or the Bresse duckling Booking advised. Set menu at E19. À la carte: Around in two cooking with ginger and grapefruit. It must be E35. Wine by the glass. said that each dish offered by Raquel Carrena is seen Having lunch at Roca’s new restaurant located in stripped of all unpretentious, any unnecessary, for an a small street in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, essential, namely the extreme simplicity of the ingre- necessary means meeting unusual celibrities since at dients and taste, in a completely innovative economy the beginning of this project, we meet the Alexander of the gesture. In 25 years in charge of the kitchen, the Giesbert (in the kitchen) son of famous journalist and chef from Argentine probably invented something as the Julien Ross (indoors), cousin of Charles Mate (Richer, shape of refined bistronomic that has spread everywhere Office). Pork cheeks confit with mushroom broth, square in our capital since. roast veal flavored with fennel confit, snacked Scallops „„LE CHANTEFABLE on mashed sweet potatoes flavored with vanilla, the e young chef joins an uncluttered hamonious cuisine 93, avenue Gambetta (20 ) that is and without superfluous, realized from a limited & +33 (0) 1 46 36 81 76 number of products of the moment. An effective and www.chantefable.fr delicious work nicely rabbled and quite in tune with M° Gambetta the times. Contemporary. Closed from August 11th to August 22nd. Open every day from 11.45am to midnight. Continuous service. À la carte: „„AU PAYS NATAL (ZAVICAJ) Around E35. Wine by the glass. Groups welcome. Terrace. 16, rue Simplon (18e) Le Chantefable, a nice bistro with a particularly relaxed & +33 (0) 1 42 52 13 12 atmosphere, know how to pamper its customers. It starts www.zavicaj.fr – [email protected] right from the setting, authentically Art deco, rich with M° Simplon or Marcadet-Poissonniers reproductions of Toulouse-Lautrec paintings, its antique Closed in August. Open every day from 12pm to 2: 45pm and bar and its old advertizing posters. But mostly, there is 7pm to 10:45pm. Brunch dimanches from 11am to 2:45pm. the cuisine, French and classic, sometimes mixed with À la carte: Around E30. Lunch menu: E15. some European influences. Duck confit, board of the This little serbian restaurant offers a rustic and warm butcher, andouillette 5A, beef steak on grilled, filet of atmosphere of the XIXth century with wood panelling beef, for which you should add a nice choice of salads and serbian crafts. The waitresses are in traditional dress. (with warm goat cheese, perigourdine, Auvergne On typical musical background, near a fireplace, you can or vegetarian) and desserts (apple tart, half-cooked discover Balkans specialities with authentic flavours. chocolate or crème brûlée) – none classic dishes lacks Here, it is better not to be on a diet because red pepper in this establishment, for our delight. In Short, the is stuffed with feta cheese and breaded, choumadienne menu and the slate are there to satisfy all needs and as chicken is a stuffed chicken cutlet with cheese, wrapped soon as the sun comes out, don’t hesitate to enjoy the in bacon and grilled without forgetting the laminated terrace to prolong the pleasure of being in this place. cherries! Suckling pig awaits you every 3rd Saturday of each month, remember to book... Everything is Sleeping homemade, even the bread. A flat-screen TV that you can switch-on in the evening to watch matches are „„LA MAISON FAVART...... 3 Stars placed behind paintings... 5, rue de Marivaux (2e) The perfect place to explore an unknown and gourmet & +33 (0) 1 42 97 59 83 cooking in an authentic and very pleasant restaurant. www.lamaisonfavart.com „„LE BARATIN M° Richelieu-Drouot or Septembre 3, rue Jouye-Rouve (20e) uAbcwaj & +33 (0) 1 43 49 39 70 Open all the year. Reception 24/24. 37 rooms. Double M° Pyrénées or Belleville room from E330 to E750; suite from E750 to 1 E300. Closed in August. Open Tuesday to Saturday from 7pm Breakfast included. Parking: E33. Babysitting. Free to 11.30pm; Tuesday to Friday from 12pm to 2.30pm. Internet access. Free Wifi. Satellite TV, Canal+. Whirlpool, Booking is essential. À la carte: Around E45. Lunch sauna. menu: E19. Wine by the glass. This hotel has a wonderful story. In 1745, the director of Some people go to this bistro nestled on the heights of the Opera Comique, Charles Simon Favart is captivated Belleville to drink a glass of natural wine recommended by a young actress Justine Duronceray, known as miss by the enigmatic Philippe Pinoteau. Others wait patiently Chantilly. He married the same year and they lived in Sleeping - Paris √ 35 this house. The hotel was completely renovated, but and very comfortable. The bathrooms are made with we however dive into their world through objects and earthenware and inspired by Rouen and Nevers models. antique furniture. Fabrics such as silk or velvet or Toiles The lounge with wood fire during winter is very warm. de Jouy wallpapers recreating a new eighteenth century The welcome is attentive and the hotel is ideal for those atmosphere. The rooms each have a very evocativesug- who wish to travel back in time and revive the spirit gestive meaning: Chantilly is the result of the iconic of Enlightenment. house – decorations are inspired by the film Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola-, Sweet Kiss, Swedish „„FAMILIA HOTEL...... 2 Stars Boudoir, etc.. what is more interesting is the small 11, rue des Écoles (5e) swimming pool with waterfalls and its wall mirrors, & +33 (0) 1 43 54 55 27 sauna in the vaulted cellar and the table of automatic www.familiahotel.com free massage are the extras. M° Jussieu, Cardinal Lemoine or Maubert – Mutualité PARIS AND ITS REGION „„HOTEL JULES & JIM c 11, rue des Gravilliers (3e) Open all year. Reception 24/24. 30 rooms. Breakfast: E7. www.hoteljulesetjim.com E E M° Arts-et-Métiers Parking: 25. Single room 101, double 1 or 2 people E124, twin E126, double deluxe or balcony E133, large Abca double room E143, triple room E179, four-people room Open all year round. Welcome 24/24. 23 rooms. Double E204, cot E12. Free Wifi. Satellite TV. E E E E rooms from 260 to 289; suite from 350 to 400. Built in 1865 in Haussmann style, Le Familia Hotel is E Buffet breakfast: 19. Free for children under 2 years in an outstanding establishment. In one part, the hall a baby cot and a child under 12 years for a bed available. serves as a breakfast room with its tapestry which Animal accepteds (on request with supplement). Free adorns the wall and we sit on small pedestal style wi-fi. Satellite TV. chairs so as to enjoy croissants and coffee. The rooms, Remember: the whirlwind of life, the whirlwind of love, with wood panelling, exposed beams and soothing Truffaut, Jeanne Moreau, Jules & Jim. This is all what tones are comfortable. The most pleasant ones are Antoine Brault and Geoffroy Sciard wanted to integrate those with a balcony – on the 2nd, 5th and 6th floors in their hotel all in height. The bar is open to everyone, -. They are equipped with tables and chairs overlooking cozy atmosphere in winter with crackling fireplace Notre-Dame and its towers and rooftops of Paris, ideal and serene summer in the beautiful courtyard with a for a romantic breakfast. The places are decorated with green wall. The rooms are housed in three buildings. frescoes made by an artist from the Beaux-Arts School, The «Hi-Macs» have a composite backlit hull which representing Parisian monuments. Overlooking the isolates noise and light in the middle of which stands courtyard, the rooms have a view of the mural fresco a very spacious bed. The hotel offers breakfast and wall depicting the great Impressionists: Sisley, Van late check in or out. Acoustic live parties or DJ’s are Gogh and many more... organized regularly. „„DESIGN SORBONNE HOTEL...... 3 Stars „„HÔTEL CARON DE BEAUMARCHAIS....3 Stars e e 6, rue Victor-Cousin (5 ) 12, rue Vieille-du-Temple (4 ) & & +33 (0) 1 42 72 34 12 +33 (0) 1 43 54 58 08 www.hotel-marais-paris.com M° Odéon or RER B Luxembourg [email protected] Abc M° Hôtel de Ville or Saint-Paul Open all year round. Welcome 24/24. 38 rooms. Single c room from E 207; double rooms from E 212 to E 229. Open all year round. Welcome 24/24. E 19 rooms. Double rooms from E 145 to E 160. Buffet breakfast: 14. Free for one child under 2 years Breakfast: E 13. Extra bed: E 20. Childcare. Free for an extra bed. Free wi-fi. wi-fi. Satellite TV. The new Hotel Design de la Sorbonne, located near This hotel that blends history and hospitality is set at Saint-Germain-des-Prés. It is quite surprising with its the center of the Marais. The place is a faithful recons- decoration based on «Photography in all its forms» with titution of an 18th-century building, modelled on the different unusual themes. The staircase is covered with house in which the insolent and famous Mariage de a printed fabric we can say «overlooking the rooftops of Figaro’s author, Beaumarchais would have been able Paris to the Pantheon.» In the breakfast room, up to the to live (he grew up in this street). The decoration was «touristic photography.» On the first and second floors designed by the owner, Alain Bigeard who researched are «Before photography and documentary photography documents on the era: walls of embroidery according to and reportage» on the third and fourth floors «Fine art the originals, Burgundy stone floors, plaster medallion, photography», and finally the fifth floor, «The family antique furniture, chandeliers and crystal chandeliers. photograph.» Rooms, with bright and warm colours The entrance hall looks like a musical cabinet with are equipped with an iMac, permitting you to browse a 1792 piano forte, a harp, a card table and a Louis on the Internet, check your electronic mails, listen to XVI fireplace. The rooms are refined, very pleasant music or watch movies on request. 36 ® Paris - Sleeping

„„HÔTEL SAINT-JACQUES...... 3 Stars E255; triple room from E190 to E295. Breakfast: 35, rue des Écoles (5e) E16. Free Wifi. Business center with free internet & +33 (0) 1 44 07 45 45 access. Satellite TV. www.hotel-saintjacques.com Within walking distance from the Luxembourg Garden, [email protected] ideal for a morning jog, this hotel included in the Best M° Maubert – Reciprocity or Saint-Michel Western chain displays an Empire style decoration. uAc A cosy and flamboyant atmosphere gives us the impres- sion to live back in another century when the luxury and Open all year round. Welcome 24/24. 36 rooms. Single the beautiful combine to yield a stunning pleasure. The room from E 139; double rooms from E 160 to E 276; E E rooms are fully equipped and offer comfort and serenity. triple room from 255. Buffet breakfast: 14. Free for Some have a balcony; others have a view of the rooftops one child under 2 years in a baby cot. Childcare. Internet of Paris including some monuments (Eiffel Tower, Notre corner. Free wi-fi. Satellite TV. Dame, Montmartre, Centre George Pompidou, Sorbonne, This charming and recently renovated hotel will delight the Pantheon, etc.). The bathrooms are refined and fans of the Belle Époque atmosphere and yesteryear elegant. A hotel suitable for both business men and aesthetics. The rooms with a romantic and cosy decor tourists who love distinguished places. (flowery fabrics, paintings, trompe-l’oeil frescoes, ceiling mouldings, etc.) have a small eighteenth century side „„HOTEL DES 2 CONTINENTS and some overlook Pantheon. Those on the ground floor 25, rue Jacob (6e) have ancient ceilings, higher than the others. At the end & +33 (0) 1 43 26 72 46 of the day, you can rest in the Toulouse-Lautrec lounge, www.hoteldes2continents.com extended by a zinc bar and a charming breakfast room [email protected] decorated in a cabaret style, where you can taste an M° Saint-Germain-des-Prés absinthe drink. For cinema fans: Cary Grant and Audrey ubc Hepburn shot Riddle scenes here. The reception is 39 rooms. Single room fromE125 to E205; double room particularly pleasant. from E135 to E225; triple room from E177 to E270; „ suite from E190 to E340. Parisian breakfast at E12 (in „SUNNY HOTEL...... 2 Stars E 48, boulevard de Port-Royal (5e) room: 13). Free Wifi. Internet Corner. Satellite TV. & +33 (0) 1 43 31 79 86 This charming hotel in the shadow of the Saint- www.hotel-sunny-paris.fr Germain-des-Prés church is an oxygenating break [email protected] during your stay in Paris. This is the refinement in all M° Les Gobelins or RER Port-Royal its splendour, luxury and pleasure put together to give a cosy and friendly atmosphere. The idea of the designer A was to blend Europe to North America. Breakfast is Open all year. Reception 24/24. 37 rooms. Single room also served in front of a beautiful fresco depicting from E90 to E110; double room from E110 to E116; the moment when the Treaty of Independence of the triple room E152. Breakfast: E7.20. Free for a child of United States and England was signed in the Jacob less than 3 years for the use of a cot. Free Internet access. street. Each room has its own atmosphere, romantic, Free Wifi. Satellite TV, Canal+. functional, flowered. In addition, the bathrooms are This family hotel is very well located on the borders modern and all in marble. The rooms on the 2nd and of the 5th and the 13th districts, close to the Latin 3rd floors are less expensive because they are not Quarter and the Luxembourg Gardens. Located in a accessible through an elevator. beautiful early twentieth century building, its decoration is outstanding and very warm. You would immediately „„VILLA DES PRINCES love its sober decoration and warm tone colours. The SAINT-GERMAIN...... 2 Stars rooms are simple, soundproofed with different tones 19, rue Monsieur-le-Prince (6e) and well equipped. The breakfast room is modern and & +33 (0) 1 46 33 31 69 elegant. It is recommended for those who love cosy www.villa-des-princes.com and calm places. [email protected] M° Odéon „„THE BEST WESTERN c HOTEL TRIANON RIVE GAUCHE...... 4 Stars Open all year round. 11 rooms. Single room from E 130; 1 bis and 3, rue de Vaugirard (6e) E E & double room from 141. Buffet breakfast: 11. Extra +33 (0) 1 43 29 88 10 bed: E 20. Free for one child under 2 years in a baby www.trianonleftbank.com cot. Animal accepteds (on request with supplement). [email protected] Free wi-fi. Satellite TV. M° Cluny, Odeon or RER Luxembourg A beautiful name for this charming hotel found in a Abca stone building built in the seventeenth century and Open all year. Reception 24/24. 110 rooms. Single acquired by the Prince of Condé in 1612. This elegant room from E120 to E205; double room from E150 to and welcoming hotel has incorporated a cosy decor with Sleeping - Paris √ 37 modern design touches of today. The rooms, warm and Open all year round. Welcome 24/24. 24 rooms. Double personalized are clear and are combined with a touch of rooms from E 169 to E 249; suite from E 349. classicism. The colours chosen are trendy: taupe, grey, Buffet breakfast: E 15. Parking: € 35 (by day without white, black. Some have a small seating area and they are reservation). Childcare. Free wi-fi. Satellite TV. all serviced by a lift. Breakfast is served in an authentic Jean-Marc Pommier is the owner and manager of the vaulted cellar of the seventeenth century. Hôtel de Varenne. His main concerns are to welcome his guests and the general maintenance of his establishment „„WELCOME HOTEL...... 2 Stars e which he renovated in a classic and traditional style. The 66, rue de Seine (6 ) rooms are calm and you will enjoy the garden which you & +33 (0) 1 46 34 24 80 discover as you get close to it. It is very green and you www.hotelwelcomeparis.com can stay for a drink or breakfast. Wood panelling from [email protected] the 18th century style lounge brings a soft warmth and M° Odéon or Saint-Germain-des-Prés sets the tone of this hotel which offers a Parisian and PARIS AND ITS REGION c French atmosphere. Open all year. Reception 24/24. 29 rooms. Single room from E E E E „„LES PLUMES...... 4 Stars 99 to 130; double room from 109 to 168; triple e room from E115 to E184. Continental breakfast E12. 10, rue Lamartine (9 ) Free Wifi. Individual air conditioning. Safe. Satellite TV. & +33 (0) 1 55 07 88 00 Welcome Hotel is a charming hotel in this popular www.lesplumeshotel.com touristic area with a friendly atmosphere and offers [email protected] affordable prices. It occupies the top five floors of a M° Cadet building at the corner of Seine Street and the Saint- uAca Germain Boulevard. Its decoration is simple with a Open all year round. Welcome 24/24. 35 rooms. Double warm rustic side. The bathrooms have been refurbished rooms from E 266 to E 304; suite from E 342 to E 384. in a contemporary style and are very bright. The rooms Breakfast: E 15. Parking: E 34 (per day). Free for one overlooking the lively Seine Street have double glazing. child under 2 years (in baby cot). Animal accepteds (on Note that a small attic room – No. 62 - offers a beautiful request at no extra cost). Free wi-fi. Satellite TV. angle view of the Saint-Germain Boulevard. Les Plumes is a unique institution that combines, „„HOTEL DE LA TULIPE...... 3 Stars humourously, historical allusions and technology. It is 33, rue Malar (7e) a beautiful guest house in modern times in which the & +33 (0) 1 45 51 67 21 past and the future perfectly blend together... It is also www.paris-hotel-tulipe.com a journey of the 21st century in to the romantic Paris of [email protected] the 19th century. The lobby has two small alcoves that M° La Tour-Maubourg or Invalides accommodate the portraits of George Sand and Alfred Abp de Musset. The elevator is dressed with trompe l’oeil lattice. The rooms are divided into five versions with Open all year round. Welcome 24/24. 20 rooms. Single E E E evocative names. Cabane for rooms with «whipping room from 186; double rooms from 204 to 218. stories» as an invitation for a romantic moment with Breakfast: E 11. Free for one child under 2 years in a baby cot. Animal accepteds (extra 10 E per night). Free wi-fi. soft colours and charming items like the bed suspended This is a magical enclave in the heart of the 7th district... like a swing on a tree... The George and Alfred rooms Get through the doors of this charming hotel and escape vary between female lace and male costumes, pink and the bustle emanating from the street so as to find grey, boots and top and a bed wearing high heels. The peace and tranquillity in an indoor garden, with great Hugo and Juliette rooms in a palette of blue and grey vegetation that reminds one of Italian terraces. The have the setting of a cosy, intimate and charming living short vegetation on the walls and windows enters into room that invites for a conversation. A frieze shows one the bedroom and bathroom. One will almost think a of the famous acrostic of the correspondence of George garden is found inside, with a particularly warm interior, and Alfred. Paul and Arthur, an ultra-chic dress code accented with beautiful wooden beams. The rooms are for this men’s room atmosphere in which Prince of very comfortable and they all have a country style. You Wales check, Scottish, striped or houndstooth fabrics will have difficulties leaving this former seventeenth invade curtains, cupboards and wallpapers, all under century convent, now a very friendly hotel. a stormy sky. The Grenier et Secrets bedrooms are on the last floor, lined with strips of different wallpapers, „„HÔTEL DE VARENNE...... 4 Stars inspired by recycling craft with antiquated lighting and 44, rue de Bourgogne (7e) printed ticking in which you will find love notes, love & +33 (0) 1 45 51 45 55 letters and poems. On the ground floor, the Cabane www.hoteldevarenne.com room is surprising by its light, wallpaper imitating [email protected] bleached wood, large bed in the middle of the room M° Varenne and its small garden terrace. This address is suitable uAbpa for lovers, business trips or tourism. 38 ® Paris - Sleeping

„„HOTEL MARCEL...... 4 Stars or a taxi, you are on site. It is a bit noisy but alcohol 11, rue du 8-Mai-1945 (10e) is a good sleeping pill… The rooms are very simple & +33 (0) 1 73 03 22 22 but very clean TOILETS and showers. The brasserie is http: //lemarcelhotel.com also unpretentious but the food is not bad for cheap. [email protected] M° Château Landon „„GRAND HÔTEL DORÉ...... 3 Stars 201, avenue Daumesnil (12e) lmuAbc & +33 (0) 1 43 43 66 89 Open all the year. Reception 24/24. 28 rooms (standard www.grand-hotel-dore.com E E room from 94. Superior room from 112). Double room [email protected] E E E E from 212 to 260. Breakfast: 15. Extra bed: 50. M° Daumesnil Free for a child of less than 3 years (in baby’s cot). For a from 4 to 12 years old child, the use of a bed available is c invoiced E50 per night. Babysitting. Animal accepteds Open all year round. Welcome 24/24. 40 rooms. Single room from E 117 to E 135; double rooms from E 144 to (on request with supplement). Free Wifi. Cleaning service. E E E E Concierge. Newspaper at disposal. Business corner. TV 165; suite from 304 to 320. Buffet breakfast: LCD with international channels, DVD player and game 12. Free wi-fi. Satellite TV. console on request. Grand Hôtel Doré is ideally located at two steps from Want a simple getaway in the middle of Paris, or need Viaduc des Arts, the historic Marais district, Bastille, an address during your business trips? The Marcel hotel, the Bercy business district and Gare De Lyon. It has located at the East train station close to the main attrac- been an interesting stopover for families and business tions sites that are the hallmark of the capital, will travellers for more than 100 years now. The hotel was meet all your expectations. Opened in January 2013, fully renovated in a modern style that suits all tastes. the rooms have a typical Parisian and avant-gardist The rooms are very comfortable and are all individually decor that we owe to the designer, Claudia Del Bubba. decorated using a theme declined by paintings on Large and bright, all the rooms inspire relaxation and the wall above the bed. The atmosphere of the hotel quietness with their harmonious colours where white, is cozy and the hotel lounge is well suited for rest accompanied by indigo touches, predominates. Real and relaxation. tribute to Marcel Proust from which the hotel takes „„HOTEL DE BLOIS...... 2 Stars its name, he is never far: in the library or in Madeleine 5, rue des Plantes (14e) host products that makes our memories to resurface. & +33 (0) 1 45 40 99 48 So do not wait: escape to this haven where we take www.hoteldeblois.com good care of you. [email protected] „„THE ELEMENT HÔTEL...... 3 Stars M° Alésia 3, rue d’Aix (10e) Open all year round. Welcome 24/24. 25 rooms. Single & room from E 86; double room E 95; triple room from +33 (0) 1 42 08 09 04 E E www.theelementhotel.fr 141. Buffet breakfast: 8.80. Free for children under M° Goncourt 2 years in a baby cot and a child under 3 years for a bed u available. Animal accepteds (with a supplement). Free E wi-fi. Satellite TV. Welcome 24/24. 36 rooms. Single room from 158 to Blois hotel belongs to Paul Bénichou who is also the E 170; double rooms from E 164 to E 238; triple room E E owner of Claude Bernard Saint-Germain hotel. He from 208 to 258. Breakfast included. Parking: € bought and renovated the establishment in the same 2.50 (per hour without reservation). Childcare. Free style as his three-star hotel located at Quartier Latin. wi-fi. Satellite TV. He mixes modern and old touches; this contrast brings a Fully renovated in 2014 the young people couples for simple and original «cosy» touch to the place. The rooms his atmosphere and its decor designer like much this are all individually decorated and functional with a desk. hotel. All the rooms of very correct size are equipped The hotel is ideally located close to the Montparnasse bathrooms or with walk-in shower. They are very clean train station, Denfert-Rochereau where one comes in and quite soundproofed. contact with the RER that serves the French Stadium „„LES SANS CULOTTES or the Charles-de-Gaulle airport, Orly- Bus and close to 27, rue de Lappe (11e) the at Porte De Versailles exhibition centre. & +33 (0) 1 48 05 42 92 M° Bastille „„HOTEL CARLADEZ CAMBRONNE...... 3 Stars E 3, place du Général-Beuret (15e) Open all year round. Single room from 53.50; double & room from E 61. Breakfast included. Not accepted cheques. +33 (0) 1 47 34 07 12 Free wi-fi. Restoration. Canal +. www.hotelcarladez.com A hotel for a little broke young people and who like to [email protected] have fun because Lappe is a little street of thirst… The M° Vaugirard advantage is that you do not need to take the metro Acp Malakoff - Hauts-de-seine √ 39

Opened all the year. Reception 24/24. 28 rooms. Double Open all year round. Welcome 24/24. 32 rooms (prices room from E80 to E165; suite from E175. Breakfast: vary depending on the crowd). Single room from E 113 to E10. Extra bed: E22. Parking nearby with special rates. E 166; double rooms from E 120 to E 179; triple room Free for child of less than 2 years for the use of a baby’s from E 180 to E 208. Breakfast included. Parking: € cot and a child of less than 12 years for the use of an 35 (by day without reservation). Free wi-fi. Satellite TV. extra bed. The best prices are on the official site of the You have to push the gates of a cul-de-sac overlooking hotel. Animal accepteds. Free Wifi. Satellite TV, Canal+. an extraordinary garden to discover this charming hotel This charming hotel is located on a place planted hidden in the heart of the village of Passy. It is a place with trees. It is in the middle of the 15th arrondis- of calm surprising with bird song as a unique diversion: sement in a lively, shopping and very safe district. the countryside in Paris. All the rooms have armchairs The exhibition centre of the Porte de Versailles, the with colourful plexiglasses and, some of the windows open onto the trees, with well-equipped bathrooms. Eiffel Tower and the Montparnasse district, are just PARIS AND ITS REGION minutes away by subway. All the rooms are regularly Those in the attic are the prettiest, but you have to climb three floors to deserve them. On sunny days, you can renovated and all the bathrooms have been refur- have breakfast on the terrace. And for lovers of a golf bished. Colours, furniture and fabrics offer you a cosy course is less than three kilometres! and intimate atmosphere. The rooms located on an inner courtyard are very quiet even if the others are soundproofed. A suite of 26m2 is ideal for a family. Cottages It consists of 2 separate communicating rooms and a „„FÉDÉRATION NATIONALE large bathroom. A large bed of 160x200 and two single DES GÎTES DE FRANCE beds are available for a peaceful and restorative night. 56, rue Saint-Lazare (9e) Promotions and the best prices are on the official site & +33 (0) 1 49 70 75 75 of the hotel and a parking with negotiated rate is www.gites-de-france.fr nearby. [email protected] „„HOTEL HAMEAU DE PASSY...... 2 Stars Accommodations labeled «Gîtes de France» may be 48, rue de Passy (16e) either cottages, snow accommodations, guest houses or stopover gîtes and accommodation. With a selection of & +33 (0) 1 42 88 47 55 about 55 000 addresses classified by regions or depart- www.hameaudepassy.com ments, here is an innovative way to enjoy winter or [email protected] summer holidays, which are very convenient for families. M° La Muette or Passy Do not hesitate to ask the guide to show you the various Abp cottages for new thematic stays. Hauts-de-Seine

Malakoff of our visit, the clientele mainly- patrons- could enjoy delicious kebabs of prawns and fried zucchini- all are „„LA CAMARGUE impeccable. Special mention also homemade foie gras. 1, avenue Jules-Ferry Also note that the planches- mixed or meats- can be & +33 (0) 1 42 53 59 47 consumed throughout the day in this place closed in www.brasserielacamargue.fr the evening. A favourite in this part of Hauts-de-Seine. M° Malakoff Plateau de Vanves „„LE NEW MAIL Open all the year. Sunday to Friday midday from 12pm 31, rue Eugène-Varlin to 3pm The bar is opened from 7am to 8am. Daily & +33 (0) 1 40 84 83 42 special: E11.80. Fixed rate formulas starter and main M° Malakoff course or main course and dessert: E14.50. Fixed rate Plateau de Vanves formula starter + main course + dessert: E17.50. Café Open all year round. Monday to Saturday noon. Menu: or gourmet tea: E6.80. Chèque Restaurant. Terrace. Around € 15. Daily special: E 9.50. Terrace. That he had good, this day when we went to the A small place without claim, with current, vast decora- Camargue. Located in an incredibly quiet corner, in tion and in a quiet corner of Malakoff! In New E-mail, a building covered with ivy, near the metro, it is first not need to hold, it will always have there room in this of all the large terrace- that can be shaded- which place where the cuisine is as simple as the prices are attracted the eyes. A pleasant culinary discovery was soft. Grilled meats, traditional and hearty dishes, the followed from here, with dishes made on site (you can useless quickly been useful and unfussy unit, it is par see the chefs at work) and a friendly service. The day excellence the good address for a fast lunch. 40 ® Hauts-de-seine - Malakoff

„„AU TIMBRE POSTE 1, rue Rouget-de-L’Isle & +33 (0) 1 46 56 79 69 www.timbre-poste-malakoff.fr M° Porte de Vanves or Malakoff – Plateau De Vanves Open every day from 9 am to 2 am. Lunch menu: E19 (starter, main course and dessert). Evening menu at E21. Terrace. Bar. Concerts. This is certainly one of the most unusual restaurants in the Paris region: indeed, bargain hunters may feel as in a flea market! Inside, very old rooms, old enamel signs or advertisements, adorn the walls; outside, a considerable number of old advertising signs will undoubtedly remind you that the property is unique. The dishes will take you straight to the Southwest, especially towards the Basque Country: fish soup to lobster, homemade bisques confit cassoulet, Bayonne ham dish, royal garbure confit, cassoulet to homemade confit, duck breast with pepper or cassis... The menu also has a good choice of meats including Black Angus beef, a sausage from Troyes, fish and even the frogs’ legs with mushrooms. The atmosphere is as colourful as the interior of the restaurant, where you will be welcomed with open arms, provided that places are free. The place is indeed very busy and it is advisable to book. Saint-Cloud The name of Saint-Cloud derives from the name Clodoaldus, a monk canonised in the 7th century. The castle of this city that is located on a hill played an important role in the history of France, especially when Napoléon Bonaparte made his coup there, the 18 brumaire year VIII (November 9th, 1799). The castle was burned down during the siege of Paris via the Prussians in 1870. It will be later destroyed, but its famous park stayed. Today, Saint-Cloud has nearly 30,000 inhabitants. „„MUSÉE HISTORIQUE DU DOMAINE NATIONAL DE SAINT-CLOUD Accès par la grille d’honneur côté pont de Saint-Cloud & +33 (0) 1 41 12 02 90 www.saint-cloud.monuments-nationaux.fr M° Pont de Sèvres or Boulogne – Bridge Saint-Cloud, Open daily 9 am to 2 am Open at weekends from 10am to 1pm and from 2pm to 6pm. Park open every day. Free. In 1577, Catherine de Médicis offers its rider a small 1, RUE ROUGET DE L’ISLE estate on a slope overlooking the Seine. In 1658, Louis 92240 MALAKOFF XIV bought the property for his brother, the future TÉL. +33 (0)1 46 56 79 69 duke of Orleans. In the second half of the 17th century, the residence was transformed into a castle by Jules FAX 01 46 56 52 31 Hardouin-Mansart and Le Nôtre drew a 460 hectare www.autimbrepostecafe.com park with a waterfall, which you can still see today. This property will become the summer residence of the Saint-Denis - Seine-saint-denis √ 41

French sovereigns until the fall of Napoleon III. Burned „„DOMAINE DÉPARTEMENTAL during the war of 1870, the castle was razed in 1892. DE SCEAUX Through paintings, sculptures, porcelain, photographs Musée du domaine départemental de Sceaux and various documents, the museum tells the history Château de Sceaux and the domain. Fans of history (but not only) and & +33 (0) 1 41 87 29 50 adults and children will be fascinated by the beauty [email protected] of these historical testimonies. RER B Bourg-la-Reine, Parc de Sceaux or La Croix de Berny Sceaux onlm Sceaux is a town located on a top and the two slopes Park open every day. January: 8am - 5pm. February: of a hill of 102 m high with nearly 20,000 inhabitants, 8am - 6pm. March: 7: 30am - 7pm then 7am - a stable population since the 1960s. Its existence 8:30pm starting from the national change of hour. PARIS AND ITS REGION is attested since 1203, when it was established as April: 7am - 8:30pm then 7am - 9pm. May: 7am - 9:30pm. June: 7:00 -10pm. July: 7am - 10pm. August: 7am - 9pm. an independent parish. This city is famous for its September: 7: 30am - 8h30pm (8pm starting from huge park designed by André Le Nôtre, vestige of a September 10th). October: 8am - 7pm then 8am - 5pm personal domain of Colbert, whose imposing castle starting from the national change of hour. November: was destroyed under the Consulate. Two-thirds of 8am - 5pm. December: 8am - 5pm. Free admission for the 181 hectares of the park are on the territory of the park. Museum: E3 adult. Guided tour (paying). the Commune, the remaining are on that of Antony. Shop. Pavillon de l’Aurore opened for group tours, only It can hosts huge concerts: Supertramp, Madonna on booking (+33 (0) 1 41 87 29 71). Jardin remarquable and Johnny Hallyday, for example, performed there. label. Another castle was built by the Duke of Treviso under The Domaine de Sceaux straddles the towns of Sceaux the Second Empire. It houses the museum of Ile-de- and Antony. There, Colbert built a castle in 1670. Le France, and many architectural beauties, just a short Nôtre takes care of the park: two perspectives, large distance from Paris. waterfall that extends into the basin below the Octagon ... This organisation is in the purest classical French „„TOURIST OFFICE style of the seventeenth century. On the death of Louix Pavillon du jardin de la Ménagerie XIV’s finance inspector, his son expanded the field 70, rue Houdan & which reached 220 hectares. Le Nôtre comes in again +33 (0) 1 46 61 19 03 and the architect Jules Hardouin -Mansart builds the http: //tourisme.sceaux.fr Orangerie. The Park buildings can be visited freely. The RER B Seals castle rebuilt in the nineteenth century, welcomes the Low season: open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to collections of the Ile-de-France Museum. The Orangerie 12.30pm and from 3pm to 5.30pm. High season: Tuesday contains statues from the park and is transformed to Sunday from 10am to 12.30pm and from 3pm to into a concert hall for a summer festival dedicated to 6.30pm. the renowned chamber music. In the park, there still Not only do they provide information about the city and exists kiosks where you can drink and have snacks, a its attractions, but you will also find books on heritage, restaurant, a playground for children, a fitness trail postcards, as well as information on community life. ... Note that some bodies of water are available to The activities organised in the city, the county and the anglers and fans of naval models (inquire) . As far as region, and even purchase tickets for various events. the park is concerned, its large space gives room for Note that the office for tourism offers guided tours of the organisation of huge concerts. Starting from June, downtown Seals with an MP4 player, which permits it is good to watch an opera in the open air. In 2014 La you to discover the places and characters that have Flûte enchantée de Mozart is expected, styled by Patrick made history. Poivre d’Arvor and Manon Savary... Seine-Saint-Denis

Saint-Denis district where the Stade de France was built in 1998, for the football World Cup, and where tertiary companies Born in the Gallo-Roman period, the city of Saint-Denis is named after the first bishop of Paris. It owes its fame to are installed, as well as television studios, even the city its Gothic Basilica and royal necropolis, which is a major of cinema, designed by Luc Besson, and opened in late attraction for any visitor of the Paris region. Industrial city 2012... The town has today 108,000 inhabitants and has the from the 18th century, Saint-Denis experiences a new largest population growth of the region, reaching nearly growth for the past twenty years, especially in La Plaine 2,000 inhabitants per year on average since the 1990s. 42 ® SEINE-SAINT-DENIS - Saint-Denis

„„BASILIQUE CATHÉDRALE DE SAINT-DENIS cinema of Saint-Denis. Built around huge and lobby, 1, rue de la Légion-d’Honneur topped with a glass roof sublime, used to once with & +33 (0) 1 48 09 83 54 electricity supply the Parisian metro system, the place www.saint-denis.monuments-nationaux.fr is simply breathtaking in size. We understand that the M° or T1 Basilica of Saint-Denis objective of the film director, power to make a film A Open all year. Closed the January 1st, May 1st, December To Z in a unique place, is now possible, after twelve 25 and during certain religious offices. Low season: years of projects and work. Over 60,000 m2, with you Monday to Saturday from 10am to 5.15pm; Sunday from the discovery of joineries, shops and light camera, 12pm to 5.15pm. High season: Monday to Saturday from plates and various workshops. The kids, and adults, 10am to 6.15pm; Sunday from 12pm to 6.15pm. Access will take the full views of it! Note that the place is 30 minutes before closing. Attention, throughout the also a school for 7e art and that many movies were year, of the exceptional schedule can occur depending already made there. For visits, the dates are not fixed on the calendar. Free for under 18-year-olds. Adult: but (almost) regular. They are especially popular and the E7.50 (reduced rate: E4.50). Group (20 people): E6. long enough in advance. Note that the place is a great Free for the 18-25 years, disabled people, unemployed place for exhibitions of scale. For example, it is here that people. Guided tour (at 10.30am and 3pm on weekdays, will be held, from April 4th to September 6th, 2015, and 12.15pm and 3pm Sunday). Audioguide: + E4.50 (+ the exhibition Harry Potter, already view by more than E2 for under 18-year-olds). three million spectators. Enjoy a dignified suffering, are The construction of the basilica was organised for far-sighted, and maybe who knows, your visit on site centuries around the tomb of saint Denis, martyred will give you the opportunity to cross a star... cinema! around 250. Various architectural succeeded 5th of the 13th century. In addition to a Carolingian crypt, „„STADE DE FRANCE remains of the building consecrated by Charlemagne & +33 (0) 1 55 93 00 45 in 775, the basilica preserve the testimony of two www.stadefrance.com buildings for determines the evolution of religious M° Saint-Denis – Porte De Paris, the RER La architecture: the chevet of Suger, hymn to the light, Plaine Stade de France or Stade De France – expresses new Gothic art and rebuilt the part, during Saint-Denis Saint Louis, whose transept, an exceptional wide, onm was designed to accommodate the royal tombs. The Events: schedule and variable rates. Guided tour of the impression height is very strong in the basilica. The stadium. Schedule: ask for information. Adult: E6. Child: project superintendents used especially pillars formed E4. Label Tourism & Disability. by several engaged columns, each corresponding to the Stade De France is visited except event. In addition to ribs of the various arches of the vaults. Forty-two kings, the discovery of the building and its facilities, the site queens, thirty-two sixty-three princes and princesses, offers since a gazebo, panoramic city views, the basilica ten large of the kingdom founded here. More than of Saint-Denis and, further on, the Sacred Heart, the seventy recumbent and monumental tombs are still Eiffel Tower... It is here that on July 12th, 1998 France visible. The basilica is also a popular meeting place for beat Brazil 3 to 0 during the final of the Football World music lovers who come to stay here each June with Cup, resounding event if it is. classical music concerts. Le Stade de France is equipped with 80,000 seats, assisi and covered. He asked for three years of work. „„LA CITÉ DU CINÉMA It is in preparation for this famous World Cup that 20, rue Ampère it was built according to the plans of the architects & +33 (0) 1 49 15 98 98 Michel Macary, Aymeric Zublena, Michel Régembal and www.studiosdeparis.fr Claude Costantini. It is the largest flexible stadium in the M° Pleyel Crossroads world. It is built around three galleries, one, the low, o you can head back to leave room for the athletics track To obtain the dates of the visits, to go on the site of the and the saltires. The roof is remarkable, succeeding in Tourist Office of Seine-Saint-Denis (www.tourisme93. housing the public without darkening land. The high com). Adult: E15. – level sporting events of course are part of the events This is the story of an extraordinary conversion of organised in this enclosure. Great shows also the space industry due to the will of one (and) illustrates man: that is necessary for them, as well as the pop star the Luc Besson. It is fine 2012 qu ‘ opened the City of French or international.

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Marne-la-Vallée Fontainebleau thanks to the desire of the kings who succeeded one another until the 16th century. The „„DISNEYLAND RESORT PARIS city expanded and became royal under Francis I who MARNE-LA-VALLÉE transformed the castle into a real palace. Its proximity & 08 25 30 60 30 015 to the Court draws a large population and nobles had www.disneylandparis.fr large buildings constructed around the royal residence. onlm The Ferrara gate is an example of it, remains of one of the most magnificent hotels in the city. Louis XIV built Open every day from 10am. The park Walt Disney Studios the Saint-Louis church in 1661 and, when Napoleon PARIS AND ITS REGION is open until 10pm and the Disneyland park until 7pm. Bonaparte lived there, the city continued growing. Attention the schedule can change depending on the E E Fontainebleau and its castle witnessed many events. periods. Pass 1 park: 65 (adult) 59 (child). Label Philippe le Bel, the first king born in the castle in 1285, Tourism & Disability. Children welcome. Pets allowed: died there in 1314 as a «victim» of the curse of the reception reserved with meals included. Templars, followed by Louis X and Louis XIII. In 1685, Welcome to dream! The American mouse of reference the Edict of Nantes was signed there by Louis XIV. In in the France for 20 years has brought in your suitcase 1725, Louis XV got married to Marie Leszczynska. Pope its magical world that he has put in most beautiful life Pius VII was imprisoned there from 1812 to 1814. And paths. The details are neat that we look at the walls of on April 20th, 1814, Napoleon bade farewell to the Wall Street (the main arch which leads to the castle old guard in the courtyard which has been called Cour of Sleeping Beauty, nerve centre of the park), facing des Adieux since then. Fontainebleau is also known the costumes of all employees (the girl installing in a as the city of horses with a long equestrian tradition roundabout at the server of the restaurant) or in the linked to the past. It is partly thanks to the different heart of attractions. To capsize and believe yourself sovereigns who were riding and hunt enthusiasts, far, very far from Paris... it is the small miracle which and to Napoleon I, that what two hundred years takes place. Attractions are varied, most really being for later became the Sports Centre of military riding, a small (from 3 years). The palm attractions? Hard to say. major equestrian centre forming high-level riders, Children are always fascinated by the Crush’ coaster, an was founded. Since Napoleon III, Fontainebleau is attraction built around the fascinating world of Nemo. a hotbed of competition. The horserace track of the The bold children will happily let yourself be tempted Grand Parquet host major events involving horses by the Tower of Terror, with impressive effects. A simu- and emeritus riders. The forest completes the history lation of fall of a 13 storey building will give their of this unique attraction, with 25,000 ha, including content with strong sensations. In fabulous Toy Story 17,000 in the national forest, making it the largest Playland, children can relive the history of Darling forest area of Ile-de-France. It is a place where the I narrowed the kids and will be offered brought sandstone allows for climbing, a world-renowned back to a dimension of toy into a world of giants. For place... Just forty minutes from Paris, the forest is for the intrepid ones, train mine is undoubtedly the most the inhabitants of the capital, an idyllic place to spend appropriate choice, be careful not to put too impres- a green weekend or even a day. sionable children at it because the bends are taken care of and it is not possible to slow down this train of „„FONTAINEBLEAU TOURISME the devil! Do not miss new attraction, Ratatouille, 4, rue Royale where you will be transported to the incredible cuisine & +33 (0) 1 60 74 99 99 from the large Parisian restaurant Chez Gusteau for epic www.fontainebleau-tourisme.com adventure! The only downside of Disneyland is the price Open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 6pm. Low once more. By adding the transport costs and food, the season: Sunday and public holidays from 10am to 1pm. bill becomes savoury! Then an advice if you go for the High season: Sunday and public holidays from 10am to day, plan snack and bottles of water for children. As 1pm and from 2pm to 5.30pm. for a package of chips and a bottle purchased on site Located in front of the castle, the tourist office of Pays you will soon have made a E10, an to which is added de Fontainebleau provides all the information relating to the others and you can do blithely. to events, tourist attractions, catering and lodging in the area. For this, guides, maps and brochures for walking routes are available to explore the city, the Fontainebleau castle gardens, the Fontainebleau forest, the Franchard As an imperial city, Fontainebleau was a hunting lodge gorges... With leaflets provided by the Office, we see in the 12th century. It was named after «Fontaine- that cycling tracks allow to connect Fontainebleau to Belle-Eau» or «Fontaine-Bliaud» and it became Barbizon or to go around the forest massif. 44 ® Seine-et-marne - Fontainebleau

Sightseeing „„MUSÉE NAPOLÉONIEN D’ART ET D’HISTOIRE MILITAIRE „„CHÂTEAU DE FONTAINEBLEAU Villa Lavaurs & +33 (0) 1 60 71 50 70 88, rue Saint-Honoré www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr & +33 (0) 1 60 74 64 89 [email protected] www.napoleon.org l [email protected] Closed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th. Closed with the public for one indefinite duration. Low season: open Wednesday to Monday from 9.30am Third military museum of France with Label Musée de to 5pm (last visit at 4.15pm). High season: Wednesday France, the napoleonic museum of Art and military to Monday from 9.30am to 6pm (last visit at 5.15pm). History has an exhibition of 3,500 rooms. Eight rooms Classes and gardens open every day at 9am; closing at each offer a theme, the history of weapons, various 5pm from November to February, at 6pm in March, April armies... Uniforms on dummies, creations of military and October, at 7pm from May to September. Park open painter Hugo de Fichtner and the universe which illus- permanently. Free for under 18-year-olds. Group: E9. trates the Grand Army. Dive into the heart of the first E E and second Empire or the colonial army – army of Large apartments: 11. Reduced: 9. Free: 18-26 years Africa -, a collection of weapons and the very rich and of the EU, unemployed people. Petits Appartements E E different eras. For amateurs, combination of introduction (guided tour): 6.50. Reduced: 5. Apartment of to the dance of the time. The tours are temporarily huntings and Gallery of furniture (guided tour): E6.50. E impossible, the museum is closed to the public for an Reduced: 5. Label Tourism & Disability. The access indefinite period. Closed since 2010 due to construction to the disabled people and their guides is free, except of collection. Date of unknown reopening. guided tours. Guided tour. Catering facilities. Activities. Napoleon I designated it as the «House of centuries, „„PARC ET JARDINS true home for kings». It is also the only monument of a DU CHÂTEAU DE FONTAINEBLEAU continuing testimony to the history of France from the & +33 (0) 1 60 71 50 70 12th to the 19th century. The enthronement of Louis www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr VII in 1137 to the fall of the Second Empire in 1870, The castle is opened the every day except the mardis, thirty-two French kings had stayed there. Hunting as well as on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th. manor in the 12th century, its renovation actually Open from 9:30am to 5pm, from October to March and starts under Francis I – 1515 to 1547. The Renaissance 6pm from April to September. The park is opened every replaces all medieval elements. Only the thickness day from 9am to 5pm from November to February; of the walls in the royal apartments still retain the until 6pm in March, April and October and 7pm from May traces. The new castle is organized around four main to September. The English garden closes one hour before the other gardens. Free for under 26-year-olds (and first courtyards: the Cheval-Blanc courtyard of the 16th E and 18th centuries and its horseshoe staircase, best Sunday of each month). Adult: 11. Access to the free known as «Farewell courtyard» since Napoleon bade park. Guided tour. Shop. Entertainments. farewell when leaving for the Elba island in 1814, the In the heart of the forest of Fontainebleau, the castle, Fontaine courtyard, the Ovale courtyard, the oldest surrounded by magnificent gardens and varied was the favourite residence of François Ist passionate about of the castle with its keep of the 12th century. Finally, the place, the sovereign undertook its renovation the Offices courtyard of the early 17th century. The by 1528 and called upon the largest Italian artists king’s water was fetched in the Fontaine courtyard, – including Le Primatice – working gardens of them. If where a statue of Ulysses stands – 1812. Inside, the they still retain the lines that their drew the Renaissance, decor is also changing with time and events. You can the gardens of Fontainebleau has evolved with time visit the apartments said to be «for the Pope» and the and illustrate now three centuries of landscaped art Saint- Saturnin chapel. Pope Pius VII made two visits to in France. Fontainebleau in two different circumstances. He came ww The Large Floor. In the south of the castle, to France in 1804 for the coronation of Napoleon, and Le Nôtre made its larger floor. Under Napoleon I, the returned there in 1812 to 1814, but this time under terraces that surround it were planted with lime trees house arrest because he refused to yield to the demands and the central pool – a long time with a fountain in the of the Emperor. The apartments, with eleven rooms in shape of the rock, called the boiling Pot – welcomes a total, emptied during the Revolution, were built in no large basin today. Le Grand Parterre covers part of the time, that is, in nineteen days to welcome the Pontiff. castle and offer a view of the park of 80 acres, made Among the several lounges, lobbies and offices, we under Henri IV. It is crossed by the grand canal, length discover the reception room and its ceiling said to be of almost 1,200 metres away. «to planets» and especially the bedroom, once occupied ww The garden of Diana and the English by Anne of Austria, and the extraordinary profusion of garden. Created during the reign of François I, the its decoration. Ceilings, wood paneling which sets in garden of Diane acquired its current appearance during Gobelin tapestries and painted panels. – work undertaken under Napoleon I and Louis-Philippe Meaux - Seine-et-marne √ 45

– which give it a more romantic appearance. The duck is revisited and the foie gras cooked in a thousand fountain of Diane – who gave his name to the garden different ways. As for desserts, they are delicious and – was built by Francini in 1603 and the statue of the generous. The owner has a reasonable selection of goddess which you can admire today comes from wines and it advises you according to your tastes, but Marly. From 1810 to 1812, Maximilien-Joseph Hurtault also of your budget. In summer L’Escapade increases arranged what was the Pines of François I in English slightly thanks to its terrace where you can eat or just garden. Among the spruce, the cypress bald, the tulip a drink. An address with an excellent value for money. trees of Virginia or take them sophoras from Japan – planted when Napoleon – winding alleys offer Sleeping pleasant shaded walk. An artificial river and various sculptures also provide moments of charm to the „„AIGLE NOIR HÔTEL walker. In the hollow of a grove, towards the end of the 27, place Napoléon-Bonaparte garden, pool hides marks the location of the Belle Eau & +33 (0) 1 60 74 60 00 PARIS AND ITS REGION fountain, which gave its name to the castle. www.hotelaiglenoir.fr [email protected] Restaurants A Open all year. Double room from E190. Breakfast in „„LE CAVEAU DES LYS the room: E16. This package at E190 understands the 24, rue du Ferrare night for two in “classical” room, the breakfasts and two & +33 (0) 1 64 24 60 56 entrances for the visit of the castle. Satellite TV. Open Tuesday for dinner; Wednesday to Sunday for lunch Built in xve century and remodelled in xviie mansion, from 12pm and for dinner from 7.15pm to 10pm. Booking E this very well located for a long time a luxurious advised. Set menu at 45 (stater and main course or residence for guests visiting the castles of Are Worth main dish and dessert; menu at E48: enter-dish-cheese- or Fontainebleau. Until the year 1980, the First Empire dessert). À la carte: Around E35. Lunch menu: E29. furniture seduced, with some fears when were hung Wine by the glass. on the green wallpaper Empire of prints of retiring This restaurant does not lack character. This old cellar Napoleon of his tomb! Today, all was redesigned in of the seventeenth century – four rooms adorned fashion «super cocooning», with sand, blue of France with medieval decoration made of stone and vaults and polished wood, making this a charming residence – immerses you in a refined and serene atmosphere. holiday resort, style and glamour. It is better to go in The chef François Le Touche offers both modern and couple and choose the package Culture and Relaxation traditional gourmet cuisine, with very creative dishes, at E190, with a night with two, breakfast in the very pleasant at the sight, as well as in the palates. room and the pass castle tours for couples. If you see Among the numerous dishes on the menu, we can bigger and more luxurious, the deluxe rooms are from mention: the melon rosace to the pink salt from the E260 and the deluxe suite from E400. Himalayas and crunchy vegetables, smoked Scallops crack with black salt and beetroot, free-range Poultry stuffed Meaux with black pudding sauce périgord and its vegetables or Situated in the heart of a loop of Marne, the ancient salmon Steak virgin pan sauce and basmati rice. As for capital of the Gallic tribe of Meldi can be seen from afar, desserts, the choice is difficult: the Millefeuille raspberry with the high tower of the Saint-Etienne cathedral. lavender, the Marquise with the sparkling chocolate The archaeological site of La Bauve attests that it was with vanilla mango coulis, the range of desserts is an urban centre from the Gallo -Roman era. Meaux is fantastic. Reception and impeccable service. Booking now a sub-prefecture of 50,000 inhabitants, which recommended during the weekend. blends past and present with its rich historical heritage and neighbourhoods with futuristic architecture like „„L’ESCAPADE the courthouse and administrative centre. Meaux is 111, rue Grande classified as a City of Art and History. Its monuments & +33 (0) 1 60 70 92 04 reveal a prestigious past: the Saint -Etienne Cathedral www.escapade-fontainebleau.fr in Gothic style from the twelfth to fifteenth centuries, Open Tuesday to Thursday from 7.45am to 9pm; Friday which houses the tomb of Bossuet, the famous bishop of and Saturday from 7.45am to 1am and for dinner. À la the city, the courtyard of Vieux-Chapitre, the Episcopal carte: Around E16. Starter from E9, grills from E10, palace, which is animated every summer by a historic salads from E11 and desserts from E6. show, or the Bossuet Museum and hall of brie of Meaux. This small restaurant does not lack character. Long with With its cultural and social mosaic, Meaux is also part high ceilings, a mezzanine, decorated in warm colours of original projects such as the reopening its beach on and contemporary, this place can accommodate about the Marne since summer 2007 or the opening of the forty people. The atmosphere is friendly, the staff is very Pâtis park in 2006. With its 150 acres of open public friendly and available. It serves creative cuisine and the amenities, today it is the largest urban natural area house speciality is the cuisine of the Southwest. The of Ile -de- France. 46 ® Seine-et-marne - Meaux

There are walking tours and bird observatories. Among du Pays de Meaux in 2005 and the new museum serves the sights of the city to be discovered is the Dam: metal as a backdrop. The American Monument indicates its structure on the Marne, at the boundary between Meaux location on the site. It occupies a land of 16 hectares and Villenoy (near downtown), the market bridge and fully landscaped and the museum itself has a surface the Cornillon channel: ancient canal (certified in 1235 in area of 7,000 m²​​ with 3,000 m² reserved for permanent the chapter of Thibaut de Champagne), cutting the loop exhibition. Using multimedia and audiovisual media, of the Marne and retaining some of the traces of the old the exhibition starts outside, with images of the battles fortifications of market neighbourhood. Its lock dating of the Marne projected on the floor of the forecourt. from the late eighteenth century and restored around Once you are inside, the tour begins with a panoramic 1995, collapsed in late 2007. Finally, for gourmets, the movie giving a chronological overview of the conflict. capital of the Brie country remains the city of the king of Then there are the rooms where the conflict is seen in cheeses, Brie de Meaux, or the famous mustard whose its geopolitical and social context, to get an idea of the secret recipe remains closely guarded. mood that prevailed before the war. The main space „„TOURIST OFFICE or the Grande Nef exposes new technologies of that 1, place Doumer time, equipments and uniforms showing the war of & +33 (0) 1 64 33 02 26 1914-1918 mark the transition from the 19th to the www.ville-meaux.fr 20th century. It also leads to several themed rooms. Two [email protected] trenches with their no man’s land; one German and Low season: open Monday to Saturday from 10am to the other French, are reconstructed in order to position 12.30pm and from 1.30pm to 5pm; Sunday from 2pm the artillery and the daily life of the trenches. Finally, to 5pm. High season: every day from 10am to 6.30pm. the conclusion of the permanent exhibition takes The City of the Bossuet bishop is known for its famous visitors to the consequences of this unprecedented funeral orations and also as the largest town of the war until today. The Grande Guerre du Pays de Meaux county (51 398 inhabitants). Known for its local products museum is first and foremost a museum of history (brie, mustard ...), it is also famous to have been at the and society, witness of social, technical, military and heart of the battle of the Marne. The Bossuet museum, geopolitical upheavals, during this decisive period in its episcopal city makes it a historic town and, a city of the understanding of contemporary history. art. Do not miss the town of Meaux during your stay. „„MUSÉE DE LA GRANDE Provins GUERRE DU PAYS DE MEAUX Provins, a medieval walled city, known as the Rue Lazare-Ponticelli «Carcassonne du Nord» is since 2001 listed as a UNESCO & +33 (0) 1 60 32 14 18 World Heritage site. The discovery of the 58 classified www.museedelagrandeguerre.eu monuments of this ancient market town, the Saint onl -Jean or Jouy gates giving access to the upper town Closed from January 6th to January 24th. Closed on and the walkway, medieval festivals and events punc- January 1st, on May 1st and on December 25th. Closed tuating the year, all combine to make the city a tourist weekly Tuesday. From May to September from 9.30am destination. During its golden age in the 12th and 13th to 6.30pm. From October to April from 10am to 5.30pm. centuries, Provins minted its own coins and Thibaud IV of Fence of the cash desks 30 minutes before the closing of the Champagne led crusades of the famous pink Damascus museum. Free for under 8-year-olds. Adult: E10 (reduced which became «rose de Provins». At the time of the great E9. Student – 26 years E5. Family package E25). Champagne fairs, you could find throngs of men from all Reservation Tourist Office to the +33 (0) 1 64 33 10 99. countries that exchange not only goods but also ideas. Holiday voucher. Label Tourism & Disability. Free: guide of The end of the 13th century marked the decline of fairs a disabled person. Dogs guides of accepted blind man or and the county of Champagne reattached to the royal assistance. Guided tour. Shop. Catering facilities. Bookstore. estate in the 14th century. Cultural programming. Reference library. Free parking. A stroll through the city reveals its medieval character: This museum opened on November 11th, 2011 became, Chatel square and the cross where the counts’ edicts thanks to the centenary of the First World War, one of were proclaimed, the Saint-Quiriace collegial, built in the major sites in France on this issue. It is as well as a the 12th century, wearing her magnificent dome of gateway to the northeast of France and its memorial the 17th century, the César tower – military dungeon places. At the beginning of the project, there was -, underground, Grange aux dîmes, beautiful stone and Jean-Pierre Verney’s collection, a self-taught and a half-timbered houses... In the lower part of town, the specialist of the Grande Guerre. The private collection of Saint-Ayoul church is a place of pilgrimage since the this specialist of the Grande Guerre had an interesting 10th century through the saint’s relics deposited there orientation that two major museums – one in the United by monks of the Abbey of Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, and States and the other in Germany – each wanted to the Holy-Cross church are also to be discovered. Every become the purchaser. But this collection remains finally Saturday, the Honoré-de-Balzac market square and Val in France, becoming the property of the Agglomération street animates the lower town. Pas-de-Calais - Nord-pas-de-calais √ 477 the ground floor is articulated around a large square bar. It there the second space of upstairs catering facilities. The cuisines of bottom are half-open. Le Corner serves a traditional cuisine: steak tartare; mitre with shallot; prime rib, fish, salads, etc the atmosphere is pleasant and the service, attentive. This new brasserie lensoise quickly gained its letters of nobility and very often fills the tank at the time of great festive evenings. „„LENSOTEL...... 3 Stars Centre commercial Lens 2 Rue des Canadiens VENDIN-LE-VIEIL & + 33 (0) 3 21 79 36 36 ywww.lensotel.comp – [email protected] Single room from E83 to E94; double room from E89 to E104. Breakfast: E12. Parking. Pets allowed. Free wi-fi. Catering facilities (service from 12 pm to 2: 30 pm and from 7 pm to 10 pm; menus from E20 to E39.50). Lensotel is one of the first to be erected on the commer- cial area of the​​ hypermarket Cora Lens II, forty years ago. The building is «U». In the center are, garden, terrace and pool. The hotel has 70 recently renovated rooms. They are equipped with complete bathroom, separate toilet, flat screen TV, wifi with free internet access. Some have a mini-bar. The rooms are decorated in a spirit trend, NORTH-EAST mixing lines and colors, hot and sour. The restaurant offers fine dining and neat dishes made ​​with fresh products. On the ground floor you a direct access to the walled garden and outdoor pool. There are possibilities to organize weddings, parties and seminars. Le Touquet-Paris-Plage Alphonse Daloz bought the Touquet estate in 1837, a set of dunes on which he planted pine trees. A few years later, his friend Hippolyte Villemessant, founder of Figaro, charmed by the appearance of the station he calls «L’Arcachon du Nord», convinced him to make it a seaside resort of the capital. From then, the town took the name of Paris-Plage, that has always been known as a place for relaxation and leisure. Golf , race track, tennis courts, luxury hotels and luxury residences record growing success there. From Paris on horseback, at the end of the nineteenth century, since 1930, it is by plane that you will reach this resort. The Touquet was a testing ground for young architects who will reconcile imagination and respect for natural environment. The plots being narrow, it is on a vertical space that stand the opulent villas where lovers of social life like to hide, away from prying eyes, well hidden in the shelter of the trees. With forest environments, Hardelot in the north and beaches in the south, it is a whole area of distinguished refinement making your stay original and exotic. Sea-wise, the beach hosts each summer, thousands of tourists who enjoy the fine sand and the dunes, overrun by the sounding engines of the famous Enduro. In recent years, the competition takes place on reconstituted dunes to preserve the natural environment. For the record, the Touque-Paris-Plage station celebrated its centenary in 2012. 478 ® Nord-pas-de-calais - Pas-de-Calais

„„TOURIST OFFICE The Westminster is part of the legend of Le Touquet. This Palais des Congrès four-star hotel is housed in an imposing building, in a Place de l’Hermitage & + 33 (0) 3 21 06 72 00 pure Anglo-Norman and Art deco style, which majestically www.letouquet.com – [email protected] stands at the entrance of Le Touquet. Access one of the Open every day from 9am to 6pm. Guided tours: from 115 luxury and spacious rooms by the ancient central E3 to E11 for an adult. lift that takes you back to the Roaring Twenties. The Business or tourism customers, the Tourist Office of Le gourmet restaurant Le Pavillon, one Michelin star, is Touquet has, all year round, opening hours of large open every evening except Tuesdays and Wednesdays amplitude for information and guidance. Moreover, the in low season and menus from E60 to E95. On the team organises guided tours on the program which is menu of William Elliot: fish specialties and seasonal classic (lighthouse or seaside architecture...), thematic ingredients. Also discover the Les Cimaises brasserie, (celebrities who came in Le Touquet, the British Tour...) recently renovated. It is accessed through the hotel as well as nature discoveries (the Touquet forest, birds of lobby and you will find the spirit of the years 1930 here, the seaside...). You are even invited to combine business the ivory and chocolate tones, and a beautiful stained with pleasure with a Sightjogging, a tourist running! In glass window on the ceiling. The open kitchen is a real July and August, the departures of the visits are daily, attraction for all the senses and whets appetite for the from Wednesday to Sunday in the middle season and superb starter and dessert buffets. You can enjoy wok only on weekends in low season. dishes or revisited local flavours thanks to the inventive „„L’HÔTEL DE VILLE cuisine of the chef and his teams. Les Cimaises is open & every day, for lunch and dinner. The menus are between Boulevard Daloz + 33 (0) 3 21 06 72 72 E E Becoming a fully-fledged commune in May 1912, Le 30 and 40, and there is even a slimming menu! Touquet-Paris-Plage has equipped itself with a magni- As for the so british bar of Westminster, it offers a ficent building classified on the French Supplementary variation of of more than 100 whiskies and a real tradition Historic Monument List. With an Anglo-Norman style, chocolate. The atmosphere is so inviting that you will this town hall which was built in 1931 by the archi- hesitate to leave it... tects Drobecq and Debrouwer has a majestic belfry „„PIERRE & VACANCES LE PHARE...... 2 Stars of 38 metres. This building combines several different & styles. The stones of Bainchtun and Hydrequent are Avenue des Phares + 33 (0) 3 21 05 32 73 typical of the region, the cemented timber framing www.pierreetvacances.com/ Open all year round. 75 rooms (studios of 26 m2, are of Norman style and the arched windows, typical E E of an English Gothic style. 4 beddings). Studio/apartment from 330 to 540 per week. Pets allowed (supplement of E55 per week). „„LES 2 MOINEAUX Practical! A stone’s throw from the beach and city centre, 12, rue Saint-Jean the aparthotel Le Phare offers studios with a good price/ & + 33 (0) 3 21 05 09 67 quality ratio for families up to four people with bunk restaurant-les2moineaux.com/ beds and sofa beds. The kitchen area is equipped with [email protected] fridge, oven and a dishwasher. Each studio has a balcony Open on Tuesday from 7pm to 10pm; Wednesday to Sunday or terrace. A closed parking is available. from 12pm to 2pm and from 7pm to 10pm. Menu from E35 to E42. À la carte: Around E22. Children’s menu: E8. Groups welcome. Terrace. Montreuil A romantic stopover? Romantic and discreet address of Montreuil is a city of history and heritage , located at the top the Rue Saint-Jean, Les Deux Moineaux offers you in the of a hill at the edge of Pas-de-Calais and Picardy . Strolling most cosy setting a desired cuisine with impeccable along narrow the streets, it is browsing through the pages presentation. The menu changes four times a year but of history . Here the past is told by churches, chapels, you will find, at each time, a market food, fine and mansions and streets, so picturesque , almost medieval. original dishes. We can mention the gilded guinea It is also a monastery monasteriolum in Latin, from which fowl stuffed with shallots, milk cappuccino with argan the city takes its name . Overlooking the Valley Canche oil or the roasted sweetbreads, pan-fried gnocchi and 40 m, Montreuil-sur-Mer inherited his vocation stron- beans with smoked spinach cream, just to make your ghold from the privileged geographical position which mouth water... offers sweeping views of the hills and Ponthieu walks of Côte d’ Opale . Its impressive citadel and its 3 km of „„HÔTEL WESTMINSTER – LE PAVILLON ramparts earned it the nicknames Porte de la Côte d’ 5, avenue du Verger & Opale and Carcassonne North . At the time when the + 33 (0) 3 21 05 48 48 waves came undermine the hillside , Montreuil was the www.westminster.fr only access to the sea of the kingdom of first sovereigns [email protected] of the Capetian line . This then brought prosperity to o the town in the eighth century . The silting Canche will Closed from January 2nd to March 31st. Menu from gradually slow this growth. More than ten centuries E55 to E130. À la carte: Around E90. Wine by the later, in 1837 , Victor Hugo walks under the trees of the glass. American Express. Terrace. ramparts of Montreuil-sur-Mer. He wrote to his wife Adele