Sunday, March 15, 2009

PARIS MOST FAMOUS MONUMENTS

WHAT: "Conciergerie"
WHERE: 1 quai de l'Horloge. 75001 Paris
METRO: Chatelet-les-Halles, Cité
PHONE: + 33 1 40 51 71 05

WHAT: Hotel de Ville
WHERE: Place de l'Hotel de Ville. 75004 Paris
METRO: Hotel de Ville
PHONE: + 33 1 42 76 40 40

WHAT: Panthéon
WHERE: Place du Panthéon. 75005 Paris
METRO: Cluny la Sorbonne
PHONE: + 33 1 44 32 18 00

WHAT:Palais du Luxembourg
WHERE:15 rue de Vaugirard. 75006 Paris
METRO: Luxembourg
PHONE: + 33 1 44 54 19 49

WHAT: Assemblee Nationale
WHERE: 126 rue de l'Université. 75007 Paris
METRO: Chambre des Députés, Invalides
PHONE: + 33 1 40 63 60 00

WHAT: Invalides
WHERE: L Esplanade des Invalides. 75007 Paris
METRO: Invalides
PHONE: + 33 1 44 42 37 72

WHAT: Eiffel Tower
WHERE: Champ de Mars, Trocadero, Bir-Hakeim
PHONE: + 33 1 44 11 23 33

WHAT: Triumph arch
WHERE: Place du Général de Gaulle. 75008 Paris
METRO: Charles-de-Gaulle-Etoile
PHONE: + 33 1 55 37 73 77

WHAT: French National Library
WHERE: 11 quai François Mauriac. 75013 Paris
METRO: Quai de la Gare
PHONE: + 33 1 53 79 59 59

WHAT: Montparnasse Tower
WHERE: Rue de l'Arrivée. 75015 Paris
METRO: Montparnasse-Bienvenue, Raspail
PHONE: + 33 1 45 38 52 56

Thursday, March 12, 2009

LIST OF PARIS MUSEUM

Museum of Paris

Louvre Museum
Pyramide-Cour Napoleon
75001 Paris
Louvre-Rivoli, Musée du Louvre, Tuileries
+ 33 1 40 20 50 50
 
Musee des Arts Decoratifs
Palais du Louvre
107-109 rue de Rivoli
75001 Paris
Palais-Royal,
 
Musée du Louvre, Tuileries
+ 33 1 42 60 32 14
Paris 3
 
Carnavalet Museum
23 rue de Sévigné
75003 Paris
Saint-Paul-Chemin Vert
+ 33 1 44 59 58 58
 
Musee de la Chasse et de la Nature
Hotel de Guénégaud des Bosses
60 rue des Archives
75003 Paris
Rambuteau,
Hotel-de-Ville,
Arts et Métiers
+ 33 1 53 01 92 40
 
Cognacq-Jay Museum
Hôtel de Donon
8 rue Elzévir
75003 Paris
Saint-Paul, Rambuteau, Chemin-Vert
+ 33 1 40 27 07 21
 
Musee d'Art et d'histoire de Judaisme
Hotel de Saint-Aignan
3 rue du Temple
75003 Paris
Rambuteau
Hôtel de Ville
RER :
Châtelet-Les Halles
+ 33 1 53 01 86 60
 
Picasso Museum
Hôtel de Juigné - Salé
5 rue de Thorigny
75003 Paris
Saint-Paul,
Chemin-vert
+ 33 1 42 71 25 21
Paris 5
 
Centre National de l'Art et de la Culture
Georges Pompidou
19 rue Beaubourg
75004 Paris
Hotel de Ville-Rambuteau
Chatelet-les-Halles
+ 33 1 44 78 12 33
Paris 5
 
Institut du Monde Arabe
1 rue des
Fossés Saint-Bernard
75005 Paris
Jussieu,
Cardinal-Lemoine, Sully-Morland
+ 33 1 40 51 38 38
 
Musee National du Moyen Age
6 place Paul Painlevé
75005 Paris
Cluny-La Sorbonne, Saint-Michel, Odeon
+ 33 1 53 73 78 16
Paris 6
 
Eugene Delacroix National Museum
6 rue de Furstenberg
75006 Paris
Saint-Michel
+ 33 1 44 41 86 50
Hebert Museum
Hôtel Montmorency-Bours
85 rue du Cherche-midi
75006 Paris
Montparnasse
+ 33 1 42 22 23 82
Paris 7
 
Orsay Museum
1 rue de Bellechasse
75007 Paris
Solférino
RER C : Musée d'Orsay
+ 33 1 40 49 48 14
 
Maillol Museum
61 rue de Grenelle
75007 Paris
Rue du Bac
+ 33 1 42 22 59 58
 
Auguste Rodin Museum
Hôtel Biron
77 rue de Varenne
75007 Paris
Varenne
RER C : Invalides
+ 33 1 44 18 61 10
Paris 8
 
Cernuschi Museum
7 av. Velasquez
75008 Paris
Villiers, Monceau
+ 33 1 45 63 50 75
 
Grand Palais
3 av. du Général Eisenhower
75008 Paris
Champs-Elysées-Clémenceau
+ 33 1 44 13 17 17
 
Jaquemart-Andre Museum
158 bd. Haussmann
75008 Paris
Saint-Philippe du Roule
+ 33 1 45 62 11 59
Paris 9
 
Grevin Museum
10 bd. Montmartre
75009 Paris
Rue Montmartre
RER A : Auber
+ 33 1 47 70 85 05
 
Gustave Moreau Museum
14 rue de la Rochefoucauld
75009 Paris
Trinité
+ 33 1 48 74 38 50
Paris 12
 
Musee National des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie
293, av. Daumesnil
75012 Paris
Porte Dorée
+ 33 1 44 74 85 00
Paris 15
 
Antoine Bourdelle Museum
16 rue Antoine Bourdelle
75015 Paris
Falguière, Montparnasse-Bienvenue
+ 33 1 45 48 67 27
Paris 16
 
Musee National des Arts et des Traditions Populaires
6 av. du Mahatma Gandi
75016 Paris
Sablons
+ 33 1 44 17 60 00
 
Musee National des Arts Asiatiques Guimet
6 place d'Iéna
75116 Paris
Iéna
+ 33 1 56 52 53 00
 
Musee National de la Marine
Place du 11 Novembre
75116 Paris
Trocadéro
+ 33 1 53 65 69 69
 
Musee de l'Homme
Palais de Chaillot
17 place du Trocadero
75116 Paris
Trocadéro
+ 33 1 44 05 72 00
 
Marmottan Museum
2 rue Louis Boilly
75016 Paris
La Muette
+ 33 1 44 96 50 33
 
Musee des Monuments Francais
Palais de Chaillot
17 place du Trocadero
75116 Paris
Trocadéro
+ 33 1 44 05 39 10
Paris 17
 
Jean-Jacques Henner
43 av. de Villiers
75017 Paris
Malesherbes, Monceau
+ 33 1 47 63 42 73
Paris 18
 
Halle Saint Pierre
2 rue Ronsard
75018 Paris
Anvers,
Barbes-Rochechouart
+ 33 1 42 58 74 89
Paris 19
 
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
La Vilette
30 av. Corentin Cariou
75019 Paris
Porte de la Vilette
+ 33 1 40 05 80 00
 
 

Paris: City of lights, lovers and bikes !

Paris is becoming a city of bikes as well. This last summer 10000 communal bikes were available not only for the use of local but also visitors. The same number is expected to arrive by 2008. The "Velib" (translate from French as free bike) concept is a city-sponsored service.
There will be 750 self-service stations around Paris that will allow you to cruise the streets of the city (or its bike lanes...) for a weekly fee of E 5.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Château de Vaux le Vicomte -

Candlelight evening. Over 2000 candles are lit throughout the château
and in the gardens, recalling the very atmosphere of its festive
evenings in the days of Nicolas Fouquet.


List of English Speaking Doctors and Dentists in Paris

If you need to see a physician during your stay, you might want to see some one with whom you can speak in your mother tongue.

Allergist

Abello (Dr) Patricia 147 Ave Malakoff ,
75016 Paris
01 45 00 23 22


Cardiologist
de Vernejoul (Dr) Florent American Hospital,
92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine
01 46 41 27 83
Jais (Dr) Jean-Michel
American Hospital,
92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine
01 46 41 27 83
Usdin (Dr) Jean-Pierre American Hospital
92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine
01 46 41 27 93
Dentist
Bauer (Dr) Patrick 71 Av Fkl Roosevelt,
75008 Paris (M) St-Philippe Roule
01 42 25 76 30
Benmussa (Dr) Gérard 18 rue Duphot,
75001 Paris (M) Madeleine
01 40 20 03 00
Cohen (Dr) Edouard 20 rue de la Paix ,
5002 Paris (M) Opera
01 42 61 65 64
Covo (Dr) Laurent 37 avenue Victor Hugo,
75116 Paris
01 44 17 99 44
Dupuis (Dr) Jean-Jacques 24 rue de Madrid,
75008 Paris
01 45 22 29 15
Fradjer (Dr) Henri 35 Blvd Malesherbes
75008 Paris (M) St Augustin
01 42 66 25 44
Gallon (Dr) Philippe
3 Ave St-Honoré d'Eylau,
75116 Paris (M) Victor Hugo
01 47 04 44 06


Dermatologist
Dousset-Faure (Dr) Isabelle 18 rue Duphot,
75001 Paris (M) Madeleine
01 40 20 94 07

Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists (ENT)
de Corbieres (Dr)
Stephane
American Hospital,
92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine
01 46 41 27 22
Drweski (Dr) Pierre
58 rue Chaussée d'Antin,
75009 Paris (M) Chaussée d'Antin
01 48 74 32 54
Fain (Dr) Gerald
113 rue de Courcelles,
75017 Paris (M) Péreire
01 42 27 27 76
Haquet (Dr) Jean-Francois 76 Av R Poincaré,
75116 Paris (M) V Hugo
01 47 27 57 88


General Practitioner (GP)

Bache (Dr) Julia
British Hospital, 3 rue Barbès,
92300 Levallois-Perret
01 46 39 22 36
Bourree (Dr) Alexandre
41 rue Boissy d'Anglas
75008 Paris (M) Concorde
01 47 42 62 00
Bryn (Dr) Agnès
11 rue de Pot de Fer,
75005 Paris (M) Monge
01 49 79 39 28
Jolly (Dr) Gunita
British Hospital, 3 rue de Barbès,
92300 Levallois-Perret
01 46 39 22 22
Salzman (Dr) Nancy
36 rue du Colisée,
75008 Paris (M) St Philippe du Roule
01 45 63 18 43
Slattery (Dr) Francis
10 Avenue d'Eylau
75116 Paris (M) 
01 47 42 02 34
Tredup (Dr) Jurgen
27 rue Saint Ambroise,
75011 Paris (M) St Ambroise
01 43 55 03 21
Wilson (Dr) Stephen
54 rue des Archives,
75004 Paris (M) Hotel de Ville
01 48 87 21 10


Gynecologist

Lorphelin (Dr) Christiane 45 Ave Victor Hugo,
75116 Paris (M) Victor Hugo
01 45 00 40 30
Oppenheim (Dr) Tatiane 17 Blvd du Temple,
75003 Paris (M) Fille du Calvaire
01 48 87 22 63
Richet (Dr) Anne-Isabelle 109 rue de l'Université,
75007 Paris
01 45 51 82 32
Winaver (Dr) Diane 109 rue de l'université,
75007 Paris
01 45 51 82 32


Neurologist
Pertuiset (Dr) Bernard 115 rue de Courcelles,
75017 Paris (M) Pereire
01 40 54 06 15
Pertuiset (Dr) Bertrand American Hospital,
92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine
01 46 41 28 21
Risvegliato (Dr) Milton American Hospital,
92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine
01 46 41 28 21

Ophthalmologist

Abitbol (Dr) Yvan 66 Ave Victor Hugo,
75116 Paris (M) Victor Hugo
01 45 00 43 33
Albarea - Levy (Dr) Eliane 7 rue Georges Berger,
75017 Paris (M) Monceau
01 42 27 84 49
Cohen (Dr) Howard 45 rue Vineuse
75016 Paris (M) Trocadero
01 53 65 68 10
Cohen (Dr) Howard American Hospital,
92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine
01 46 41 27 09
Faure (Dr) Jean-François 18 rue Duphot,
75001 Paris (M) Madeleine
01 40 20 94 07
Forest (Dr) Charles 76 Ave Raymond Poincaré,
75116 Paris (M) Victor Hugo
01 45 01 81 81
Le Buisson (Dr) Dan A. American Hospital,
92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine
01 46 41 27 09
Orthodontist

Aim S. 37 bis-39 Blvd de la Paix,
92400 Courbevoie
01 47 88 99 08
Cannac Christian 37 bis-39 Blvd de la Paix,
92400 Courbevoie
01 47 88 99 08
Castro (Dr) Marc 21 Ave Niel,
75017 Paris (M) Ternes
01 43 80 39 70
Curiel Patrick (Dr) 109 bis, av Charles de Gaulle, 92200 Neuilly-s/Seine 01 46 40 01 02
Elfehri (Dr) Hamida 119 rue de la Reine,
92100 Boulogne
01 48 25 30 59
Pruvost (Dr) Jean 98 Ave Kléber,
75016 Paris (M) Trocadero
01 45 53 84 84
Serfaty (Dr) Eric 20 Ave Kleber,
75116 Paris
01 45 00 50 00


Radiologists

Dr JP Deutsch Centre de Radiologie Faidherbe St antoine
5 rue Faidherbe 75011 Paris
tel: 01.40.09.65.65
fax 01.40.09.65.60




French Customs and Tax Refunds

For up-to-date and detailed information on what you may bring to France (currency rules, entry requirements for pets, importation rules for variety goods, food products, vehicles or firearms), visit the French Embassy's website customs page.
 
Minors traveling alone must carry authorization for traveling signed by their parents. No vaccinations are required for entering France.
 
U.S. citizens who have been in France for more than two days may return to the United States with up to $800 worth of merchandise duty-free. For those who wish to bring more of France home with them, a flat rate of 3% duty is levied on the next $1,000 worth of purchases. It's a good idea to retain the receipts from your purchases should they be requested by a Customs Inspector upon your return to the United States.

You can  claim you VAT refund--After making a minimum purchase of 175€ in the same store (sometimes purchases requested to have been done in the same day), ask the store for your detaxe papers. On this paperwork, be sure to request that your refund be applied to one of your credit cards (this can be done even if you made the purchase in cash). Fill out the forms before you arrive at the airport for departure. Be sure to have the forms stamped at the clearly indicated airport customs desks. The customs official may ask to see your purchases so it's best to have them in your carry-on bag. Mail the stamped forms at the airport (the store provides an envelope) and the refund process has begun (note - this is only if France is your final point of departure back to the U.S.).

French School Holidays

There are five terms in the school year starting in September (or late August in some cases). Here is the calender divided in the 3 zones
ZONE A
Caen, Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble, Lyon, Montpellier, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Rennes, Toulouse

Return to School 04-09-08
Toussaint 27-10-08 to 08-11-09
Noel 22-12-08 to 07-01-09
Hiver 16-02-08 to 03-03-08
Printemps 2009 12-03-08 to 28-03-08
Summer holidays 03-07-08 to 02-09-08


ZONE B
Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Besan�on, Dijon, Lille, Limoges, Nice, Orl�ans-Tours, Poitiers, Reims, Rouen, Strasbourg

Return to School
04-09-07
Toussaint 27-10-08 to 08-11-08
Noel 22-12-08 to 07-01-09
Hiver 09-02-09 to 25-02-09
Printemps 2006 05-04-09 to 21-04-09
Summer Holidays 03-07-09 to 02-09-2009

ZONE C
Bordeaux, Creteil, Paris, Versailles

Return to School 04-09-08
Toussaint 27-10-08 to 08-11-08
Noel 22-12-08 to 07-01-09
Hiver 23-02-09 to 10-03-09
Printemps 2006 19-04-09 to 05-05-09
Summer Holidays 03-07-09 to 02-09-09

National Holidays in France for 2009


1 January New Year's Day (Jour de l'an)
1 May Labor Day (Fête du premier mai)
8 May Victory Day world war II (Fête de la Victoire 1945)

Monday of  "Pâques" (Resurrection Of Jesus)

14 July Bastille Day (Fête nationale)
15 August Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Assomption)
1 November All Saints Day (La Toussaint)
11 November Armistice Day (Jour d'armistice)
25 December Christmas Day (Noël)
26 December 2nd Day of Christmas  (in some areas of France)

The Palais de Chaillot

 Description
The Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine  opened in the Paris wing of the Palais de Chaillot in March 2007. 
 
Address

Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine
Institut français d'architecture
1 place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre
75016 PARIS

Web site
www.citechaillot.fr

Phone
: +33 (0)1 58 51 52 00

Versailles Castle: Special Events

Description
At the Neptune Basin historically-inspired scenes are relived for a night in celebration of the kings. Firebirds, palaces, the decor, all goes up in smoke with the crackle of the fireworks...

Address:
Château de Versailles. 78000 VERSAILLES

Transportation:  Bus :  171. Train : C, Versailles Château Rive Gauche

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Heath issues while in Paris? Here are your answers

You can consult a general practitioner, a specialist, or a dentist at a hospital or a health center, or go to the emergency service of any hospital, depending upon the severity of your condition.                
 
You can also have a doctor visit you at your hotel. Doctors can be registered with the Department of Health (fees fixed in agreement with the Department of Health) or from a private practice (more expensive).

There is always a doctor on call, but please be aware that home visits and consultations on Sundays and public holidays are always more expensive.          
 

There is a wide network of pharmacies, and although their hours are generally the same as shops (9:00 am to 7:00 pm/8:00 pm), there is always an on-duty pharmacy open at night, and on Sundays and public holidays. All pharmacies display the address of the nearest on-duty pharmacy.                                     
 
Obtaining certain medicines requires a prescription issued by a doctor (whom you must have consulted beforehand). Other medicines are freely available and can be bought over the counter. Any pharmacist can give you full details on this subject and will be able to advise you accordingly.                
 
For the refund of medical costs, If you are a national of a country belonging to the European Union, you can be refunded for your medical costs upon your return from France. Be sure to take an International Social Security form E111 with you. The simplest way, however, is to take out an all-risks insurance policy before you leave. In case of a problem, your insurer will accept all of your medical expenses.
 

Monday, March 09, 2009

The Bois de Boulogne

This Park is a remainder of the belt of forests, which surrounded old Lutèce. It was initially called Bois of Rouvray, because it was primarily planted with oaks. It was used as hunting ground to kings of France. The church of Boulogne-the-Small, which was built there, gave its name to the park which, since 1417, is indicated more only under the name of Boulogne. With the revolution, the park will know an almost complete destruction.

Under Bonaparte, great work of afforestation is undertaken. In 1852, Napoleon III yields it to the town of Paris. Under the direction of the Baron Haussmann, important work of rehandlings is undertaken. This work followed closely by Napoleon III and the Eugenie Empress, so strongly marked these places which one can still recognize, in the broad outline of the park of today, that of the Second Empire. The park of Boulogne covers a surface of 845 hectares including 315 hectares of forest solid mass, that is to say 142.000 trees and 300.000 shrubs.

It offers many places of relaxation and leisure, cultural activities and sporting exercises: Garden of the poets Greenhouses of Auteuil Pre Catelan Shakespeare garden Horse clubs Childish attractions, horse-gears, swings, Coffees places, restaurants.

Th ePark is minutes walk from the Flat - http://www.parisforvacation.com

Sunday, March 08, 2009

Useful Telephones Numbers While In Paris

Useful Telephones Numbers While In Paris


Ambulance : 01 43 78 26 26
Association des Urgences Médicales de Paris (Medical Emergencies): 01 48 28 40 04
Anti Poison Center (anti-Poison) : 01 40 37 04 04
Bus Information in English : 01 40 46 42 12
Central Post Office in the 15th district (24 hours) : 01 40 28 20 00
Hotline for kids in trouble : 05 05 12 34 (Free )
Highway Information Center : 01 48 94 33 33
Le Bourget Airport : 01 48 62 12 12
Lost American Express Card : 01 47 77 77 77
Lost Animals : 01 47 98 57 40
Lost Diner's Club Card : 01 47 62 75 00
Lost Eurocard / Mastercard : 01 45 67 84 84
Lost Property : 01 45 31 14 80
Lost Visa Card : 01 42 77 11 90
Marine Radio Information : 05 19 20 21
National Railroad Information : 01 47 23 54 02
Paris Culture Listing : 01 49 52 53 54
Police : 17
RATP (Public Transport) Information : 01 43 46 14 14
Restaurant information : 01 43 59 12 12
Search for Hospitalized Persons : 01 40 27 30 81
SOS HELP English Crisis Hotline : 01 47 23 80 80
SOS Nurses : 01 48 87 77 77
SOS Eye Care : 01 40 92 93 94
SOS Pédiatre : 01 42 93 19 99
SOS Tailor : 01 40 15 03 14
S.O.S. Dentists : 01 43 37 51 00
S.O.S. Pregnancy :  01 45 84 55 91
S.O.S. Help in English : 01 47 23 80 80
S.O.S. Help in French : 01 42 93 31 31
S.O.S. Drug center : 05 05 88 88
S.O.S. Vétérinaire:  01 47 55 47 00
Stock market news : 01 42 60 00 18
S.O.S. Medecins :  01 47 37 77 77
Taxis bleus : 01 49 36 10 10
Taxis radio
étoile : 01 47 39 47 39
Theater Information : 01 49 52 53 54
Time : 36 99
Tourist Office : 01 49 52 53 54
Train Information : 01 45 82 50 50
Weather Information for Paris : 01 36 65 00 00

Friday, March 06, 2009

"Must Know" French words before your trip

Appartement – Apartment
Arborée – lots of trees/green space
Ascenseur – Lift, elevator
Avec – With

Baie fenêtre - Bay windows
Balcons – Balcony
Bâtiment – Building
Bien distribué – Well laid out
Bon état - Good condition
Bonne exposition – Good aspect
Buanderie – Wash house/laundry room/utilities room

Calme - Quiet
Carreau – Floor tiles
Carrelage - Tiles
Cave – Cellar
Chambre – Bedroom
Chambres des bonnes - Small independent rooms often with shared water facilities
Charmant - Charming
Chauffage au sol - Under floor heating
Chauffage au gaz - Gas heating
Chauffage collectif – Heating controlled by the building
Chauffage électrique - Electric heating
Chauffage individuel – Individual heating (as opposed to heating from the building)
Cheminée – Chimney
Clair – Light and airy
Coin cuisine – Corner kitchen
Comprenant – Comprising of
Compris(es)– Included
Concierge - Caretaker
Couloir - Corridor
Cour - Courtyard
Cuisine - Kitchen
Cuisine ammenagé – Kitchen with cupboards but no equipment or white goods
Cuisine Equipé – Fully equipped kitchen (usually only found in furnished rentals)

Dépot de garantie - Deposit
Deux pas – Very close
Digicode – Security coded entry
Disponible le – Available from
Double exposition – Double aspect
Double vitrage – Double-glazing
Duplex – On two levels (floors)

Eau chaude par cumulus électrique – Hot water from electric water tank
Ensoleillé – Sunny
Entrée - Entrance hall
Escalier – Staircase
Étages – Floors with in the building (ground floor, 1st floor, 2nd floor, etc)
Évier- Kitchen sink
Exposée – Facing (north/south/east/west – nord/sud/est/ouest)

Fonctionnelle – Functional/practical
Four – Oven
Frais d'agence - Agency Fees

Garage intérieur – Internal Garage (i.e. in the building)
Gardien (ienne) – Guardian
Grand standing – Luxury

Honoraires – Fees (usually agents fees)
Hôtel particulier - Mansion

Immeuble – Building
Impeccable – Immaculate
Interphone - Interphone

Jardin privatif – Private garden

Lambrissé - Panelled
Lavabo – Wash basin
Loft – Open plan apartment (not necessary in the attic)
Logement – Lodgings/accommodation
Loyer - Rent
Luminosité – Naturally well lit

Maison – House
Maison de ville – Town house
Maison individuelle – Detached house
Maison jumelle – Semi detached house
Maison mitoyennes - Semi detached house
Mansarde - Attic (room with a sloping roof)
Moquette - Carpet
Moulures – Plaster mouldings and decorative finishes
Meublé - Furnished
Mobilier et installations – Furniture and fittings
Mois - Month
Murs - Walls

Niveaux – Levels
Nombreux - Numerous

Orientée – Facing (north/south/east/west – nord/sud/est/ouest)

Palier - Landing
Papier Peint – Wall Paper
Parking – Designated parking place
Parquet – Wooden floor
Peinture - Paint
Penderie – Closet (hanging storage)
Pièces – Rooms (only applies to living areas, not kitchens, bathrooms, halls etc
Pierre de taille – Haussmann style buildings/ cut stone
Placard - Cupboards/wardrobes
Plaque électrique – Electric hob
Plaques de cuisson - Hob
Plafond – Ceiling
Plancher – Floor
Porte blindée – Security door (required by most insurance company)
Porte vitrée- French window
Premier étage – Floor above the ground floor (ground floor = Rez-de-chaussée)
Près – Near
Privatif - Private
Proche – Near
Proximité - Close by

Rangements – Storage (cupboards/wardrobes)
Refait à neuf – recently redecorated
Repeint - repainted
Rez-de-chaussée - Ground floor
Rue privée – Private road

Sans - Without
Salle à manger – Dinning room
Salle de bain - Bathroom
Salle de douche – Shower room
Salle d'eau – shower room
Salon – Lounge/ living room
Séjour – Living room
Sol – Floor within the apartment or house
Soleil assure – good sun light
Sous-sol – Underground/Basement
Style moderne – Modern style
Studio – one room apartment
Sur – on

Tapisserie - Wallpaper
Tout confort moderne – All the mod-cons

Verdoyant – Green space
Vide - Unfurnished

Vestibule – Hall
Villa – detached house
Vue degage – Clear view
Vues – Views


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Saturday, January 03, 2009

Bakeries/Patisseries in Passy area

À La Flûte enchantée
46 rue de Passy
Tel: 01 42 88 51 27

Desgranges
 6 rue de Passy
Tel: 01 42 88 35 82 (open on Sundays).

Paul
42 Rue de l'Annonciation (great macarons)
Tel: 01 45 27 30 93

Boulangerie Malineau
3 rue Vineuse
Tel: 01 45 20 56 65

La Fontaine d'Auteuil
26 rue de la Tour
Tel:01 45 20 58 72

Thursday, May 24, 2007

New Realism


New Realism was one of the aspects of a much more comprehensive drive to transmute art and its language to address a booming industrial and consumer society, which stretched from the 1950 through to the mid-1960s.

The reassembled or existing series will be on show along a theme-based and chronological trail. This exhibition will focus on the "short decade" (1958 to 1965), which saw this group come together and act together.

 Address:
 Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais
 3 avenue du Général Eisenhower
 75008 PARIS

By Bus :  28, 32, 42, 49, 72, 73, 80, 83, 93.
By Metro : Champs Elysées Clémenceau, Franklin-Roosevelt.


Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Shakespeare in the Bois de Boulogne : Few minutes walk from the flat (http:www.parisforvacation.com)

The Tower Theatre Company (celebrating its 75th anniversary) presents its successful London production of Measure for Measure in the beautiful open air theatre of the Jardin Shakespeare, Pre Catelan ,Bois de Boulogne.Performances :
When:

WHEN:

At 12h00 noon on Tues.29th May and Thur.31st May
At 15h30 on  Sat.2nd June and Sun.3rd June
At 19h00 on Thur.31st May,Fri.1st June and Sat.2nd June

PRICE:
Tickets 15 euros (concessions 12 euro,under 14s 6 euro)

Web site:
  http://www.towertheatre.org.uk/paris.htm

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Rollerblading in Paris: Fridays and Sundaysparis

Every week, you can don your blades for two rolling tours through the City of Light!

Friday evenings: Over 4,000 experienced skaters take a different 25 km circuit each week. Full
 details the Thursday before athttp://www.pari-roller.com

Sunday afternoons: Tour for beginners. A circuit  of approx. 20 km over 3 hours. For more
information visit http://www.rollers-coquillages.org 

Lecture at the American Hospital of Paris: A New Hope for Lung Cancer


The American Hospital of Paris brings new hope in the fight against lung cancer. The next free community event on June 21 reveals new insights into the early detection of lung cancer with groundbreaking research.

 Lung cancer remains a leading cause of cancer death worldwide, because it is usually found late. Only about 5 percent of the people who are diagnosed with lung cancer eventually are cured of it. With early detection of lung cancer, there is new hope. Research has shown dramatic results with an overall survival rate of 80 percent.

A cocktail reception will immediately follow the lecture. The lecture is free, but seating is limited and advance reservations are required.

 June 21st, 2007 at 4:00 p.m.
 The American Hospital of Paris
 C.V. Starr Auditorium
 Cost: Free

Litterature: Readings in Paris


All events start at 7 pm sharp

Thursday, May 24th:

Three American authors:

Charles d'Ambrosio, Dead Fish Museum , Craig Davidson, Rust and Bone , David Treuer,Dr Apelles
 

Thursday, June 14th

Douglas Kennedy

will present his new novel: Woman in the Fifth


Tuesday, July 10th

Sena Jeter Naslund
 The author of the critically acclaimed : Ahab's Wife will discuss her latest novel:
Abundance:A Novel of Marie-Antoinette


A place for the New York Music Scene to meet Paris and beyond

Live International Acts Featuring:
 Charles Theodore (folk - USA) and Alix Roy
 (electro - France) and Guests (jazz, soul, funk and more)

Free every Tuesday around 9 p.m. until 2 a.m.

Where: L'Etage Resto Bar Music
Address: 77 rue du Faubourg du Temple, 75010 Paris
Métro: Goncourt
http://www.letage.fr
Tel: 01.44.84.07.86

A new one-woman musica in Paris!

Featuring Sarah Tullamore

By Sarah Tullamore and Frédéric Baptiste, Directed by Frédéric Baptiste

Every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m: ESTELLE BRIGHT

Where: Espace la Comedia, Salles des Paves
Address: 6 Impasse Lamier, 75011 Paris
Reservations: 01.58.39.39.15



Music Program in Paris

Greg Proops
 Monday 21 & Tuesday 22 May 8-30 pm
 Tickets at the door 22 euros
 Pre-paid tickets 20 euros..


from Canada
 Stephen Fearing
 in the Sound Gallery
 monday 28th May 8-30 pm
 tickets 17 euros.

from Texas
 Alejandro Escovedo
 La Java
 Wednesday 6th June 8-30 pm
 pre-paid tickets 25 euros

WHERE:
La Java
105 rue du faubourg du Temple Paris 10
 
Reservations 01 5319 9888


Want to go the Theater and see plays in English while in Paris?

From May 21 for 6 consecutive Mondays: American Blues with 3 short plays by Tennessee Williams: "Auto-da-Fé", "Why do you smoke so much Lily" and "Hello from Bertha". With original blues live.

Summer tour with showcase performances in Paris from October onwards, to include at least 1 performance of each production at 21h (requested by frustrated working theatregoers).

 Professional theater in English in Paris to bring you the beauty of original texts by famous authors
 English Rep at the Sudden every Monday at 7 pm from January to June, October to December.
website: Mondaysat7.com
Reservations in English 01 46 06 66 10 or 01 73 75 79 13
Where: Sudden Theatre
14bis rue Sainte-Isaure,
75018 Paris. Reservations


CELEBRATES GOSPEL MUSIC In PARIS !


The 2nd Edition of the Paris Gospel Convention will be hosted in the exquisite venue of the Carrousel du Louvre on September 22nd & 23rd, 2007.

The Paris Gospel Convention is the one and only European Convention dedicated to Gospel Music.

but the Convention will also be open to exhibitors who matter in Gospel Music related industries such as weddings planning, events management, media and communications, fashion, make-up and healthcare...

Exhibitions, fashion shows, ''gospel weddings'', workshops, conferences, film screenings, showcases, concerts, quiz, awards ceremony ... Please make sure you attend for you too will be touched !

Web site: www.parisgospelconvention.com

Where:Carrousel du Louvre
99 rue Rivoli. 75001 Paris

Métro: Station Palais Royal-Musée de Louvre

Opening Hours :
    Sat. Sept 22nd 2007 : 1.00 pm to 10.30 pm
    Sun. .Sept 23rd 2007 : 10.30 am to 6h30 pm

 

Re: Piano Concert in Paris

The Chopin Foundation of the United States together with Animato will present the Second Prize winner of the last American National Chopin Competition, Rachel Kudo,


Where: Salle Cortot, 78 rue Cardinet
Time:8:30 PM Concert  (Paris 17th, Metro: Malesherbes).
For further information call (011)-33- 1 45 55 93 92
Web Site: www.Animato.org.

Miss Kudo will perform works of Bach, Chopin, and Liszt. Animato, associated with l'Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris-Alfred Cortot, presents internationally-acclaimed young pianists as part of its Les Mardi's D'Animato series.

Monday, May 14, 2007

Chateaux and Golfs in France

Many of France's châteaux and monuments offer this possibility. Sometimes, culture and sport are a perfect match for each other. Golf, for example, fits wonderfully with a certain refinement and art of living found at many châteaux and monuments in France.

In the Paris area, golfers visiting the Château de Versailles can take advantage of their stay to test their swing at the Golf des Yvelines course, set in a 90-hectare forest estate, or the Golf de Rueil-Malmaison course. Near the town of Meaux (Seine-et-Marne), with its episcopal buildings and cathedral, they can take a break at the Golf de Meaux-Boutigny international 18-hole course.

In Oise, not far from the historic towns of Senlis and Compiègne, the Château de Raray welcomes you to a 60-hectare estate that includes a golf course.

Pearls of the Renaissance

In the Loire valley, not far from the famous Château de Chambord, the international Les Bordes course (6,457 m, par 72 and slope 166) is counted among the best in Europe, and was elected number 2 in France by the Peugeot guide 2004/05. If you are visiting the Château de Cheverny (which inspired Hergé to create Marlinspike in the Tintin books) and its magnificent gardens, don't hesitate to make a detour to the golf course neighbouring the château. With its 18 holes laid out in 142 hectares of woods.

In Normandy, near the famous cliffs of Etretat and their internationally-renowned golf course, the Domaine Saint-Clair le Donjon estate consists of a small 19th-century château in Anglo-Norman style and a Belle Époque seaside villa.

In the Périgord (south-west France), the 16th-century Château des Vigiers is nicknamed the "little Versailles". Now a 4-star hotel, it invites visitors to relax and enjoy gourmet food while discovering the history of the place and the region. The architect Donald Steel has created a unique 18-hole course, between orchards and plum trees, vines and oaks.
 
Another land of vineyards, Burgundy houses the Hôtel-Golf du Château de Chailly. This mediaeval fortress, ennobled by the Renaissance, has become one of the region's most luxurious hotels. Laid out in 75 hectares, the Golf de Chailly offers enthusiasts a magnificent 18-hole course.

Paris at your fingertips!


Have fun finding where you are in Paris with the first interactive model of the city (3D and in color!)
Just as if you were flying over Paris, you'll be able to locate all the important monuments, perspectives, gardens, major sites, and the sequence of city walls.
Touch-screens provide access to photographs and a description of the 156 most important sites in Paris, including the ones featured in the Da Vinci Code!
180 touchable images will help you find each important site.

3D images of Paris on a flat screen without wearing special glasses!

A gallery of five plasma screens featuring short films made exclusively for Explore Paris! a unique look at the city focusing on five topics :

You will see 3D images of Paris on a flat screen without wearing special glasses!
And just so you won't miss out on anything from this fountain of information, you can use the Internet point, with all the necessary links, to quench your thirst for information about Paris and its treasures.
For the first time ever in 3D, you will see "Panorama while going to the top of the Eiffel Tower" filmed by the Lumière Brothers in 1898.

Exhibitions : New Realism


New Realism was one of the aspects of a much more comprehensive drive to transmute art and its language to address a booming industrial and consumer society, which stretched from the 1950 through to the mid-1960s. Neo-Dada, Pop Art, Fluxus and Groupe Zéro were on the same bandwidth. Klein, Hains, Villeglé, Tinguely, César, Arman, Spoerri, Raysse, Dufrêne, Rotella, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Deschamps and Christo are a few New Realists.

Exhibitions : Les Gobelins 1607-2007

This exhibition is divided into three sections and presents a selection of masterpieces representing its old collections and also a selection of contemporary creations from the last ten years. The first section evokes the origin of the three factories (Gobelins, Beavais and Savonnerie) through various royal orders based around the exceptional cycle of fifteen tapestries depicting Artemis. The second section is dedicated to modern creations from 1997-2007 and illustrates the creative vitality that the institution encourages in the fields of design, carpet weaving and tapestry. 

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Duty-Free in France; How and who can be payed back

Duty-Free.

First thing : It's not easy to get TVA (sales tax) refund in France !

Who can get TVA refund ?
 The refund of TVA is reserved for non EU resident of more than 15 year old.

On what ?
 There is no TVA refund on : food, tobacco, repairs, services and travels. You can only buy for personal purpose and all must go in your luggage.

How much?
 French taxes are 19,6%, but the refund is often12% (to cover the time and efforts of the shop).

On what conditions ?
 The purchase goods must worth at least 175 € at the same shop in the same day. The shop must offer "vente en detaxe" ("Duty-Free") service. Present your passport at the time of purchase and ask for "bordereau de vente a l'exportation" (export sales invoice). Most of the luxury shop and the Grand magasins (Galeries Lafayette, Printemps, Bon Marché...) have a special Duty-Free desk.

How ?
 The "bordereau de vente à l'exportation" has four pages, one kept by the shop, a yellow one for customs services, a pink one you will have to post with the self-addressed envelope provided by the shop, and a green one, your receipt. As you leave France or any EU country, show your purchase goods and have the three pages stamped by a customs official at the departure airport. This can take some time, so count it in your arrival at the airport. The fund transfer can take few months !

Transportation in Paris: Bus/Metro/RER


Paris has an extremely efficient public transport system with 14 metro lines and numerous buses. RATP is the only company to run metros, buses and RER except for the C RER line, ran by SNCF as suburban service.
Three different maps are available for free at metro ticket windows : Le Grand Plan de Paris with the complete network and the streets, Le Petit Plan de Paris more practical and Paris Plan de Poche small map easy to have in the pocket.

Metro

Metro runs between 6:00 am and 1:00 am.
After the 23rd of December 2006, it will stay open until 2:15am on Saturdays. And on Friday too during 2007.
 It's quite simple to use. Each line has a number from 1 to 14 and two directions. The direction is the terminus of the line. On one platform all the trains go in the same direction except for lines 7 and 13, but the terminus of the next train is clearly indicated. Orange "correspondance" signs (connecting trains) show the way to reach other lines platforms. On every platforms, maps with metro, buses or RER lines can be found. And in almost all stations, on platforms or near exits, you can find maps of the neighborhood.

 Remember that most of metro stations are close to each other and connecting corridors can be very long and stairs can be endless. So it's often quicker to walk if the journey is less than three stations long.


Buses

As easy is the metro to use, as the buses network is complicated : even a map is impossible to display on Internet. The site of RATP have one, but it is very simplified and not very useful to plan a journey. The only reliable maps can be found on bus stops where you can follow lines numbers and colors. Most lines operate from 6:30 am to 8:30 pm on weekdays, some lines stopping around midnight. About half lines don't operate on Sundays and public holidays.
 To enter in a bus (by front door) you have to wave at the driver. The fare is one ticket whatever long is the journey within Paris proper. The ticket is the same than the metro and can be found by 10 in metro stations or by 1 by the driver. There is no connecting possible with a ticket used in a bus. A map inside buses and bus stops shows every stop of the line. "Arrêt demandé" ( stop signal) is lit by pressing a red button for the next stop.
 
 Two others services can be interesting :
    •    Balabus, Witch is a touristic bus, running from mid-April to mid-September, on Sundays and public holidays, from noon to 9pm. For the fare of a simple ticket, it transports tourists from La Défense to Gare de Lyon running through principal touristic places.
    •    Noctiliens, night bus service, has just been greatly improved. There can be now bus every ten minutes all night long during week end nights. A special fare occures. This buses can be overcrowded but are practical when metros are closed.

RER "Reseau Express Régional" (Suburban Express Service) can be used within city limits with the same ticket. For long distance journeys, it can be a quicker alternative to metro. For suburban destination, special tickets are required.
 Remember that, unlike metro, RER ask for your ticket to go OUT. So if you go from metro to RER, you will have to validate the ticket to enter the metro, then to validate it again to enter the RER and at last to validate it again to go out of the RER ! So Keep your ticket until you leave the network. There is no way to pay an extra before leaving RER if you have no ticket or a wrong ticket (with an exception at Disneyland Resort Paris)!
 RER lines are known by a letter and a name which indicate the train destination. Posters displayed on the platform show which train go where, for unlike metro, different directions can stop at the same platform. In most stations, electronic destination boards indicate the stops of the next train.
 The system is no simple nor clear, even for Parisians. Don't hesitate to ask for assistance.

 Tickets are sold by one( 1.4 €) or by 10 ( 10.5 €). They can be used for "section urbaine" (within city limits) that means all metro stops and some close suburban bus stops. To reach suburban zones in RER, special tickets are required. You can find ticket carnet in metro stations or in some tobacconists. Bus drivers only sell ticket by one. The ticket is good for a two hours travel with all the connecting you want except in buses.
 Travel passes can be used for unlimited travel in metro, buses, RER, and even suburban trains if you want. But it is not always the cheapest solution. If you don't travel a lot in the transport network, ticket carnets can be cheaper !

Passes

Carte Orange is the most popular pass. Made for Parisian, it can be really convenient for tourists. It allows unlimited travels in all Ile de France transportation network, in a predefined number of zones. The card with an id photo have a number which must be copied on the monthly or weekly coupon. There are two sorts of coupons :
    •     the Weekly coupon, valid from Monday to Sunday. It can be bought from Friday (for the next week) to Wednesday. 15.4 € for zones 1 & 2 (inside Paris).
    •    the Monthly coupon, valid fro the entire calendar month. It can be bought after the 20th of the previous month and until the 19th. 50.4 €

 This card is valid on all Inside Paris transportation network for one day. No photo required. 5.3 €


 "Paris Visite" is a unique pass to discover Paris and around. It allows :
    •    unlimited travels in all transportation network : metro, RER, bus, tram, Montmartre funiculary, Montmartrobus, Noctambus (night buses)in the zones you choose (1-3 to 1-8). With zones 1 to 8, it goes to Disneyland Paris, Versailles or airports..
    •    travels during 1, 2, 3, or 5 days .
    •    50% reduction for 4 to 11 year old kids.



Thursday, April 12, 2007

Château de Thoiry en Yvelines

Where: Château de Thoiry en Yvelines 78770 Thoiry, France
Winter and summer solstices celebrations;

When: On Sundays from 2 pm
What: Conference by the Count of La Panouse on the château's esoteric
and solar architecture, rising or setting of the sun according to
season followed by lunch or Anglo-American tea.

Exhibit in PROVINS -

When: Les Médiévales - 23rd-24th June 2007
Where: Medieval city, upper city and ramparts.

One of the major medieval celebration in France., recalling the days
of the Champagne Fairs in the city of Provins in the 13th century:
street entertainment, parades, troubadours, knights' encampment

Château de Chenonceau

Where: Loire Valley region
Pat Andrea's " Alice in wonderland " : Contemporary art exhibition..
When: From 24th June to 30th September 2007

Fall Exhibit at the Musée du Luxembourg

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593 temporary title
When: 15th september 2007 to 13th January 2008
Where: Musée du Luxembourg. 19 rue de Vaugirard - 75006 Paris

First world retrospective on the life and work of the Renaissance painter.
The exhibition will feature some sixty objects.

Current Exhibitt at the Centre Pompidou Paris

Where: Centre Pompidou Paris: Airs de Paris

When : 25th April - 15th A1ugust 2007

What: Multidisciplinary exhibition presenting a complete overview of
the city's urban life, with Paris as a focal point and source of
inspiration.

Exhibiy at Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle - Paris

When: from 4th April to 10th September 2007.
After visiting the " Buzz" gallery , laughing at the "Mouchomaton" ,
discovering how flies may or may not be useful to man and what makes
them hold on to the ceiling. Come into the court-room in order to
decide which fate should be theirs: death or survival of species

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Voyage into the heart of Impressionism


From Paris, you can take the direction of Auvers-sur-Oise, the landscapes that spread out before you form a succession of paintings.

The château, for a unique discovery of the time of the Impressionists. The Musée Absinthe, dedicated to the famous "green fairy" that was the muse of artists in the 19th century. The village of Auvers-sur-Oise and its surroundings are still filled with the presence of these modern masters of painting.  Along the emerald water of the Oise, Pontoise and its museum guards the memory of Camille Pissarro, the eldest of the Impressionists, who attracted here and to Auvers numerous painters such as Van Gogh, Gauguin and Cézanne… At Osny, the château de Grouchy pays homage to the post-Impressionist William Thornley. On the way back to Paris, stop at Sannois where the Musée Utrillo-Valadon presents the works and studio of Maurice Utrillo. Suzanne Valadon, his mother, modelled for Renoir before becoming an artist herself…


 

The middle East and the Armenian Photographers


This event is part of Armenia Year celebrations. During the second half of the 19th and the first decade of the 20th century, many Armenians based in large Eastern-European cities made a living taking photographs. Western photographers in those days were primarily interested in archaeological vestiges and biblical sites. But Armenian photographers made a living shooting in their studios in working-class suburbs.

 Where: Institut du Monde Arabe
           1 rue des Fossés-Saint-Bernard
          75005 PARIS

 Bus :  24, 63, 67, 86, 87, 89.
 Subway : Jussieu, Cardinal-Lemoine, Sully-Morland.
 Train : C, Gare d'Austerlitz.

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Exposition at the Petit Palais (Feb 13th-May 15th)

The Petit Palais will be offering to its visitors a dazzling exhibition featuring Sargent and Sorolla, two painters of light.
This parallel exhibition will showcase these two artists and their work through the second half of the 19th century and provide a new angle on that period in painting history. The Beaux-Arts atmosphere in the Petit Palais will provide a stunning backdrop for the works of these two painters who mastered drawing and light, and yet faded into oblivion in the 1910s.

Friday, March 09, 2007

Comments from Ian and Adrianna from Palo Alto, CA (December 2006)

We spent two very pleasant weeks in the Rue Raynouard apartment just before Christmas 2006.  The apartment is very comfortable and well-equipped.  It is located close to the Rue de Passy in the 16eme Arrondissement, which is one of the finest shopping streets in Paris, with an excellent open-air and covered market adjacent to it.  The owners provided us in advance some very thorough and well-organized information packs on both the apartment and the area.  Being in touch with home via the computer telephone link was very helpful, as was the broadband internet access.  The latter makes the apartment very suitable for a business trip as well as a vacation.  

Monday, January 15, 2007

Trails to explore around Paris: Discover wildlife and plants

Trails

This is a theme park concept consisting of different sequences of fun and varied workshops in the trees. You move from one fixed workshop to another, in an area specially laid out for the purpose (booking may be advisable or compulsory, contact each site for information).

Chichoune Accroforest
Complexe sportif de l'Entre Deux Parcs 
Avenue des Hyverneaux      
77150 LESIGNY                       
infos@chichoune.com    
http://www.chichoune.com/     

Parcours Aventure - Davy Crockett's Adventure
Disney's Davy Crockett Ranch         
77174 VILLENEUVE-LE-COMTE 
0 825 150 280 
contact@aventure-aventure.com
http://www.aventure-aventure.com/

Parcours Aventure - Paris Sud Aventure       
Château de Sainte Assise   
Route départementale 50       
77240 SEINE-PORT 
0 825 150 280  
contact@aventure-aventure.com
http://www.aventure-aventure.com/

La Plage de la Forêt
Piscine de la forêt    
Route de la Bonne Dame  
77300 FONTAINEBLEAU
01 64 22 38 14
http://www.lezart-cafe.fr/

Parcours Lémurien de Graville       
Chemin de Graville            
77430 CHAMPAGNE-SUR-SEINE
01 60 39 07 04 
contact@tipiks.com      
http://www.tipiks.com/

Larchant Loisirs
121 bis, route de Nemours                
77760 LARCHANT       
01 60 55 05 51 
courrier@larchantloisirs.com      
http://larchantloisirs.com/           

Adenka          
Château de Bellevue           
Avenue de Coulomb          
77840   CROUY-SUR-OURCQ     
01 64 36 08 98 
adenka@wanadoo.fr
http://www.adenka.fr/

Parcours Aventure - Paris Ouest Aventure
Base de loisirs St Quentin en Yvelines           
Entrée nord      
78180 MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX   
0 825 150 280              
http://www.aventure-aventure.com/

Atout Branches
Route de Boutigny                       
91490   MILLY-LA-FORET        
06 72 46 86 44 
contact@atoutbranches.com      
http://www.atoutbranches.com/

Aventure Floreval          
Haras de Floreval           
91680 BRUYERES-LE-CHATEL  
01 64 90 04 04 
aventure@floreval.fr     
http://aventure.floreval.fr/

Koala Parc      
2, allée Jean Jaurès             
93470 COUBRON         
01 48 94 51 70 
info@koalaparc.com     
http://www.koalaparc.com/

Le Bois d'Auteuil
Centre de loisirs sportifs et de séminaires - ASPTT 
1 rue du Bois d'Auteuil                      
94440 VILLECRESNES 
01 45 69 01 01 
bda@aspttparis.com     
http://www.aspttparis.com/

Aventure Land   
Le Bois d'Artheuil         
BP 90025         
95420   MAGNY-EN-VEXIN         
0 820 099 629  
infos@aventureland.fr  
http://www.aventureland.fr/

Accrobranche® and treetop trails are green leisure activities based on climbing, moving from tree to tree, life in the trees and exploring the forest environment. They are both educational and fun. The workshops are temporary and can be moved.

CAPS - Voies d'aventure    
41, rue Liancourt                       
75014 PARIS                   
caps1@caps-aventure.org
Tél./ Fax 01 45 87 13 63
www.caps-aventure.org              

Profil Evasion - Arbrenarbre  
Communs du Château de Moulignon                    
77310 SAINT-FARGEAU-PONTHIERRY    
01 69 68 04 33 
profilevasion@wanadoo.fr         
www.arbrenarbre.com

Espace Rambouillet
Route de Clairefontaine             
78120 RAMBOUILLET 
01 34 83 05 00 
espace.rambouillet@onf.fr        
www.onf.fr/espaceramb

Other Transportation in Paris

Cycling

Paris has more than 160 km of bicycle lanes that divide the capital by 2 axes: from the Bois de Vincennes to the Bois de Boulogne and from the Porte de Pantin to the Porte de Vanves. In addition to these lanes, the riverside expressways that run along the Seine are closed to traffic on Sundays, leaving room for bikers, rollerbladers and hikers.

Useful addresses

Fédération Française de Cyclotourisme
Phone : 1 44 16 88 88
www.ffct.org

Paris à vélo, c'est sympa !
Phone : 1 48 87 60 01
www.parisvelosympa.com

Maison Roue Libre
Phone : 1 53 46 43 77
www.parisvisite.tm.fr

Mairie de Paris - Infovoirie
Phone: 1 40 28 73 73

Bike Rentals

Paris Buttes Chaumont Park, Mouzaïa Quarter, Villette Park…

 Fontainebleau Forest. Fontainebleau Château, Barbizon…

 Chevreuse Valley, Breteuil Château, Vaux de Cernay Abbey, Dampierre Château, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Sports and Recreation Park…

 The pedestrian zone that follows the Atlantic TGV train line , Sceaux Château and Park, Vallée des Loups, Bird Observatory…

  Versailles: Versailles Château and Park, the large and small Trianon Châteaux, the Coach Museum…

There are also Trails in the Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Montmorency, Rambouillet and Dourdan Forests

Rollerblading

Paris Ile-de-France opens its avenues, wide sidewalks and specially designed skating areas for the athlete at heart and asphalt fans.

For beginners
The riverside expressway: Sundays form 9:00 to 4:00 pm
Left Bank: From the Orsay Museum to the Eiffel Tower
Right Bank : From the Tuileries Gardens to Bercy (Fitness course)
Paths in the Bois de Boulogne Park (92)
Batignolles Square (17th District)
Monceau Park (17th District) : For children
Tino Rossi Square (19th District) : For children

For experienced bladers
Skate-Park at the Lenglen Sports Center (15th District) : Open from Tuesday to Sunday - 2:00 to 7:00 pm.
Esplanade du Palais Royal (1th District): Figure blading and slalom
Change Bridge (4th District): Jumps and figures
Tokyo Palace (16th District): Fitness
Trocadéro (16th District): Mixed
Esplanade des Invalides (7th District): Street-Hockey and Fitness
Esplanade du POPB: Freestyle

Boat trips

 A shuttle service along the Seine river that stops at seven major sites: Eiffel Tower, Musée d'Orsay, Saint-Germain des Prés, Hôtel de Ville, Louvre and Champs-Élysées. Stops every 20 minutes.
It's an original way to travel for those who don't want to go by metro:  www.batobus.com
Cruises on the Seine, the Oise, the Marne and channels, discover the region from a different point of view.

Saturday, January 13, 2007

Venice and the Middle East Exhibit

The exhibition explores several centuries and ranges across a wide geographical area, with a particular focus on artistic and cultural exchanges between Venice and the Middle East.The exhibition centres on the most fertile period of exchange, between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries. Some 250 objects - paintings, textiles, tapestries, glasswork, ceramics, gold - from the Venetian collections and major international museums provide a fascinating introduction to the artistic and cultural exchanges between Venice and the East.

Rates : from 0 EUR to 10 EUR

Address: Institut du Monde Arabe
1, rue des Fossés-Saint-Bernard
75005 PARIS

Public Transportation
By Bus : 24, 63, 67, 86, 87, 89
By subway : Jussieu,Cardinal-Lemoine,Sully
-Morland
Train : RER C, Gare d'Austerlitz


Friday, January 12, 2007

Winter sales in Paris: January 10 to February 17

Winter sales in Paris!

From January 10 to February 17, the capital is abuzz with discounts and season-end reductions

Venice and the Middle East

The exhibition explores several centuries and ranges across a wide geographical area, with a particular focus on artistic and cultural exchanges between Venice and the Middle East.The exhibition centres on the most fertile period of exchange, between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries. Some 250 objects - paintings, textiles, tapestries, glasswork, ceramics, gold - from the Venetian collections and major international museums provide a fascinating introduction to the artistic and cultural exchanges between Venice and the East.

Rates : from 0 EUR to 10 EUR

Address: Institut du Monde Arabe
1, rue des Fossés-Saint-Bernard
75005 PARIS

Public Transportation
By Bus : 24, 63, 67, 86, 87, 89
By subway : Jussieu,Cardinal-Lemoine,Sully-Morland
Train : RER C, Gare d'Austerlitz

Egyptian treasures at the Grand Palais!


What more magnificent setting could there be for Egyptian archaeological remains? Extraordinary artefacts from underwater archaeological expeditions will be on display in the nave of the Grand Palais: three colossi nearly 6 m high, a large black granite stele with remarkably well-preserved hieroglyphs, ritual and everyday objects (bronze ladles, gold dish, lead votive boats, pottery, coins, jewellery...). Many of these objects illustrate the skills of Egyptian artists and the cultural influence of Greece.

Rates:  from 0 EUR to 12 EUR
Address: Nef du Grand Palais.
             Avenue Winston Churchill
             75008 PARIS
Metros: Lignes 1, 9 et 13 : stations Champs-Elysées-Clemenceau ou Franklin-Roosevelt

Open: from 9 December 2006 to 16 March 2007 of 10:00 in 20:00

Les serres D'Auteui


The Garden are made according to the French style. Avenue of De la Porte Auteuil. The garden is open every day of 10 am to 5 pm, autumn and winter and from 10 am with 6 pm, spring and summer.
Each year, the Greenhouses of Auteuil accommodate exposures devoted to remarkable plants: orchids, azaleas, plants carnivores, etc, as well as topics related to the horticulture or the history of the gardens.
During the summer, many concerts take place there because the greenhouses profit from excellent acoustics. The programs are available to the Town hall or by addressing to Management Parks, Jardins and Parks (3, avenue of Carry-in Auteuil, 75016 Paris. Tel.: 01 40 71 74 00).
A little history The Municipal Florist, renamed garden of the Greenhouses of Auteuil, occupies part of the grounds of the old botanical garden of Louis XV. The design of the greenhouses and the general organization of the gardens are the work of the architect Jean-Camille Formigé (1845-1926). Work began in 1895 and was completed in 1898, extended on more than 9 hectares. The principal entry of the garden of the Greenhouses of Auteuil, flanked each side of two traditional and sober buildings sheltering the services of the Management of the Parks and Gardens of the Town of Paris, gives access to a terrace overhanging an elegant floor to the Frenchwoman. At the bottom spreads itself, majestic, the large greenhouse with central dome, with its two wings decreasing height. This unit, one of most remarkable of the kind in Europe, shelters a palminarium in the center, a tropical greenhouse on the right and a greenhouse of exposure on the left. On both sides of the floor one discovers two blocks of six large greenhouses and two greenhouses houses, supplemented of a group of nine greenhouses, a greenhouse of multiplication and a house. Thanks to this structure, the garden raises annually nearly 100.000 house plants, green or flowered, intended for the decoration of the municipal buildings (Town hall, town halls of district). It also shelters of 1.800 kinds, species and varieties of plants of collection: orchids, begonias, broméliacées, ferns, ficus, azaleas and more…
    

Thursday, December 28, 2006

EVENTS AT THE CNIT LA DEFENSE in PARIS

 
Event: GRANDE LOGE NATIONALE FRANCAISE
Dates: 02/12/2006 to  02/12/2006 
 
Event:
ASSEMBLEE GENERALE DU SYNDICAT NATIONAL DES MEDECINS RHUMATOLOGUES
Dates: 05/12/2006 to 05/12/2006    
   
Event: RENCONTRES DE LA FEDERATION DE L'HOSPITALISATION PRIVEE
 Dates: 07/12/2006 to 08/12/2006    
   
Event:RENCONTRES DE LA FEDERATION DE L'HOSPITALISATION PRIVEE
Dates: 07/12/2006 to  08/12/2006   

Event: TRACABILITE
Dates: 23/01/2007 to  25/01/2007    
   
Event: JOURNEE ANNUELLE DE NUTRITION ET DIETETIQUE
Dates:  26/01/2007 to  26/01/2007    
   
Event: BUSINESS ON LINE
Dates:  30/01/2007 to  31/01/2007    
   
Event: ANALYSE INDUSTRIELLE
Dates:u 30/01/2007 to  01/02/2007    
   
Event: SOLUTIONS LINUX
Dates: 30/01/2007 to  01/02/2007    
   
Event: ANALYSE INDUSTRIELLE
Dates: 30/01/2007 to  01/02/2007    
   
Event: DERMATOLOGIE PRATIQUE
Dates: 08/02/2007 to 09/02/20

Event: IN FOOD
 Dates: 13/03/2007 to  14/03/2007    
   
Event: SALON ON LINE
Dates: 13/03/2007 to  14/03/2007    
   
Event:RESSOURCES HUMAINES / E-LEARNING EXPO / LUDIMAT EXPO
 Dates: 13/03/2007 to 15/03/2007    
   
Event: CONGRES DU SYNDICAT DES ENERGIES RENOUVELABLES
Dates: 13/03/2007 au 13/03/2007    
   
Event: JOURNEES D'ETUDES POST-UNIVERSITAIRES EN ANESTHESIE-REANIMATION
Dates: 15/03/2007 to  17/03/2007    
   
Event: EXPOPRESSE
Dates: 17/03/2007 to  18/03/2007    
   
Event: JOURNEES D'AIDE MEDICALE URGENTE
Dates:19/03/2007 to  20/03/2007    
   
Event: FORUM CIFRE
Dates: 20/03/2007 to 20/03/2007    
   
Event: SALON CE
Dates: 20/03/2007 to  22/03/2007    
   
Event: CONGRES DES AUDIOPROTHESISTES FRANCAIS
Dates: 22/03/2007 au 26/03/2007    
   
Event:SALON RF & HYPER
Dates: 27/03/2007 to  29/03/2007    

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

PORTE DE VERSAILLES EVENTS For 2007

EVENT: SALON DU CHEVAL
WHEN:  du 02/12/2006 au 10/12/2006    
   
EVENT: PISCINE
WHEN: du 02/12/2006 au 10/12/2006    
   
EVENT: MARITIMA
WHEN: du 06/12/2006 au 09/12/2006    
   
EVENT: MARIE & MARIEE
WHEN: du 08/12/2006 au 10/12/2006    

EVENT: SALON DE LA PLONGEE SOUS-MARINE
WHEN: du 12/01/2007 au 15/01/2007    
   
EVENT: FORMATIONS INTERNATIONALES
WHEN: du 13/01/2007 au 14/01/2007    
   
EVENT: APPRENTISSAGE ET ALTERNANCE
WHEN: du 19/01/2007 au 21/01/2007    
   
EVENT: SALON DU MEUBLE
WHEN: du 20/01/2007 au 25/01/2007    
   
EVENT: EXPOLANGUES
WHEN:du 24/01/2007 au 27/01/2007    
   
EVENT: SALON BEDOUK
WHEN: du 24/01/2007 au 25/01/2007    
   
EVENT:TAXIS
WHEN:  du 27/01/2007 au 28/01/2007   

EVENT: PRET A PORTER
WHEN: du 01/02/2007 au 04/02/2007    
   
WHAT: FORMATIONS ARTISTIQUES
WHEN: du 02/02/2007 au 03/02/2007    
   
EVENT: ECLAT DE MODE / BIJORHCA
WHEN: du 02/02/2007 au 05/02/2007    
   
EVENT: INTERFILIERE
WHEN: du 02/02/2007 au 04/02/2007    
   
EVENT: SALON INTERNATIONAL DE LA LINGERIE
WHEN: du 02/02/2007 au 05/02/2007    
   
EVENT: SALON INTERNATIONAL DE LA CHAUSSURE
WHEN: du 02/02/2007 au 04/02/2007    
   
EVENT: SALON DE LA MAROQUINERIE
WHEN: du 03/02/2007 au 05/02/2007    
   
EVENT: LE SALON DU BIEN-ETRE, MEDECINE DOUCE, THALASSO
WHEN: du 08/02/2007 au 12/02/2007    
   
EVENT: SALON SPECIAL 3° CYCLES ET MASTERS
WHEN: du 09/02/2007 au 10/02/2007    
   
EVENT: PECHE SPORTIVE
WHEN: du 09/02/2007 au 11/02/2007    
   
EVENT: RENOVER
WHEN:du 09/02/2007 au 11/02/2007    
   
EVENT: SALON NATIONAL DE LA BOULANGERIE, PATISSERIE, GLACERIE, TRAITEUR - INTERSUC
WHEN: du 11/02/2007 au 14/02/2007    
   
EVENT: SIEL
WHEN:du 11/02/2007 au 14/02/2007    
   
EVENT: RETROMOBILE
WHEN: du 16/02/2007 au 25/02/2007    
   
EVENT: SYMPHONIE VISUELLE ET GRAPHIQUE
WHEN: du 21/02/2007 au 23/02/2007    
 
EVENT: CONCOURS GENERAL AGRICOLE
WHEN: du 03/03/2007 au 06/03/2007    
   
EVENT: FORUM DES TELECOMMUNICATIONS
WHEN: du 08/03/2007 au 08/03/2007    
   
EVENT: LES JOURNEES DE L'ENTRETIEN DU TEXTILE
WHEN: du 11/03/2007 au 13/03/2007    
   
EVENT: CONTAMINEXPERT
WHEN: du 13/03/2007 au 15/03/2007    
   
EVENT: COULEURS & FINITIONS
WHEN: du 14/03/2007 au 16/03/2007    
   
EVENT: LYCEEN ET ETUDIANT
WHEN: du 15/03/2007 au 18/03/2007    
   
EVENT: SALON MONDIAL DU TOURISME
WHEN: du 15/03/2007 au 18/03/2007    
   
EVENT: BABY
WHEN: du 16/03/2007 au 18/03/2007    
   
EVENT: SALON MONDIAL BODY FITNESS
WHEN: du 16/03/2007 au 18/03/2007    
   
EVENT: 1ER SALON DU GOLF
WHEN: du 17/03/2007 au 19/03/2007    
   
EVENT: SMAC 2007
WHEN:du 18/03/2007 au 20/03/2007    
   
EVENT: SALON DE LA FORMATION CONTINUE
WHEN: du 22/03/2007 au 24/03/2007    
   
EVENT: SALON DU LIVRE
WHEN: du 23/03/2007 au 27/03/2007    
   
EVENT: FRANCHISE EXPO PARIS
WHEN:  du 23/03/2007 au 26/03/2007    
   
EVENT: CONGRES INTERNATIONAL ESTHETIQUE APPLIQUEE
WHEN:  du 24/03/2007 au 26/03/2007    
   
EVENT: PHARMAGORA
WHEN: du 24/03/2007 au 26/03/2007    
   
EVENT: EUROPROPRE
WHEN:  du 27/03/2007 au 29/03/2007    
   
EVENT: MDD EXPO
 WHEN: du 27/03/2007 au 29/03/2007    
   
EVENT: SITL TEMPS REEL
WHEN:vdu 27/03/2007 au 29/03/2007    
   
EVENT: SALON DES SENIORS
WHEN: du 29/03/2007 au 31/03/2007    
   
EVENT: CABRIOLET
WHEN:du 30/03/2007 au 01/04/2007    
   
EVENT: SALON DES RANDONNEES NATURE AVENTURE
WHEN: du 30/03/2007 au 01/04/2007    
   
EVENT: CONCOURS GENERAL AGRICOLE
WHEN: du 31/03/2007 au 01/04/2007    

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

ENGLISH SPEAKING LAWYERS IN PARIS


KLEIN GODDARD ASSOCIES
Mr Dominic McCLUSKEY
A B C E F K J K L M N
Address:44, av. Des Champs Elysées. 75008 Paris
Tel: 01 44 95 20 00
Fax: 01 49 53 03 97

HERBERT SMITH
Mr Neil BRIMSON
A C E F H J M N
Address: 20, rue Quentin Bauchart. 75008, Paris
Tel: 01 53 57 70 70
Fax: 01 53 57 70 80

DOUMA, SCHOFIELD & SIBENALER
Mrs Jill SCHOFIELD-THOMMERET
A B C D F G J K M N
Address: 80, bd. Haussmann. 75008, Paris
Tel: 01 44 69 35 50
Fax: 01 44 69 35 60

J P KARSENTY & ASSOCIES
Maitre Paul RICARD
A C E F G M N O
Address: 70, bd. De Courcelles. 75838 Paris Cedex 17
Tel: 01 47 63 74 75
Fax: 01 46 22 33 27

Mr Michael MAVRINAC
A B C D E F G H J K M N
Address: 6, Pl. du Président Mithouard. 75007, Paris
Tel: 01 44 49 03 93
Fax: 01 44 49 97 42

Maitre Edouard KNOLL
A C D E F G K M O
Address: 179, bd, St. Germain. 75007, Paris
Tel: 01 45 48 16 88
Fax: 01 45 49 09 66

Mc Nicholas LEFEVRE
Mr David McNicholas
A B C E F G J K M
Address: 27, rue La Boetie. 75008, Paris
Tel: 01 42 66 93 35
Fax: 01 42 66 93 32

Maitre Dominique TRICAUD
A B C D E F G K M O
Address: 4, pl. Denfert-Rochereau. 75014, Paris
Tel: 01 40 64 00 25
Fax: 01 42 79 84 14

Maitre Veronique CHAUVEAU
D N O
Address: 91, rue de l'Université. 75007, Paris
Tel: 01 53 59 35 95
Fax: 01 53 59 35 99


* A Company and Commercial * B Conveyancing- Residential * C Employment * D Family law- Child Abduction * E Litigation- General * G Personal Accident Claims
* H Property Development * J Tax * K Wills, Trusts and Successions * L Can advise on Scottish Law * M Is a lawyer (or company) admitted to practise in French Courts and who undertakes court work. * N International Private Law * O Criminal Law



Events at the Salon De CHAMPERET in PARIS

Event: ART NATURE & ANIMAUX
When: du 06/12/2006 au 09/12/2006   
   
Event: SALON DE L'ETUDIANT SPECIAL GRANDES ECOLES DE COMMERCE
When: du 08/12/2006 au 10/12/2006    

Event: GENEALOGIA - 4EME BIENNALE DE GENEALOGIE ET D'HISTOIRE DES FAMILLES
When: du 15/12/2006 au 17/12/2006    
   
Event: NOEL DES ANIMAUX
When: du 16/12/2006 au 17/12/2006
 
Event: RELIGIO
When: du 13/01/2007 au 15/01/2007     

Event:CONVENTION INTERNATIONALE DU DISQUE DE COLLECTION
When: du 20/01/2007 au 21/01/2007    
   
Event: 31EME SALON DE L'ADREP
When: du 26/01/2007 au 27/01/2007    

Event: SALON STUDYRAMA DES COLLEGIENS 4e / 3e
When: du 03/02/2007 au 03/02/2007    
   
Event: CARREFOUR DES CARRIERES COMMERCIALES
When: du 15/02/2007 au 15/02/2007      

Event: MER & VIGNE ET GASTRONOMIE
When: du 09/03/2007 au 12/03/2007    
   
Event: SALON STUDYRAMA DES TERMINALES
When: du 15/02/2007 au 15/02/2007     

Event: ESPACE CE:
When: du 13/03/2007 au 15/03/2007    
   
Event: JOB SALON DISTRIBUTION - JOB BANQUE FINANCE & ASSURANCE
When: du 20/03/2007 au 20/03/2007    
   
Event: SALON DES VINS DES VIGNERONS INDEPENDANTS
When: du 23/03/2007 au 26/03/2007    
   
Event: ORIENTATION 3EME/2ND - 'ADREP
When: du 30/03/2007 au 31/03/2007    
 

Fitness Club/ Health Studio in Paris


Waou Club Med Gym
Address: 11, Rue Chanez . 75016 Paris
Phone:01 46 51 88 18

L
a Gym Suédoise

Address: 15, r Le Sueur. 75116 Paris
Phone:01 45 00 18 2

Aerobics American-Style
The American Church
Address: 65, quai d'Orsay, 75007
Metro: Invalides
RER Alma
Bus 63: From the flat, walk to the Trocadero, take the 63, you will be there in 4-8minutes
Price: E9/class

Paris Yoga
Address: 9 Rue Magellan. 75008 Paris
Phone: 01-4070-14-44
Price: E18/class

Aquaboulevard
Porte de Versailles

Dailey Studio
Address: 71 Avenue Victor Hugo. 75016.
Phone: 01-40-67-98-57
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LIST OF EVENTS AT THE PALAIS DES CONGRES A PARIS -2007-

EVENT: 100ème Congrès Français d'Urologie
WHEN: Du 29/11 au 02/12

EVENT: SIMI 2006
 WHEN:Du 29/11 au 01/12
 
EVENT:CGB
WHEN:Du 04/12 au 05/12
 
EVENT:Forum Gestion Publique 2006
WHEN:Du 05/12 au 06/12
 
EVENT:Journées Dermatologiques de Paris 2006
WHEN: Du 05/12 au 09/12
 
EVENT: MOBILE OFFICE 2006
WHEN:Du 05/12 au 07/12
 
EVENT: CONGRES RICAI - 26ème Réunion Interdisciplinaire de Chimiothérapie Anti-Infectieuse
WHEN:Du 07/12 au 08/12
 
EVENT: AUTISME ET EDUCATION ADAPTEE
WHEN:Le 09/12
 
EVENT:Les Tremplins de Télérama
WHEN:  Du 09/12 au 10/12
 
EVENT: 60ème CONGRES DE LA FNAIM 2006
WHEN: Du 11/12 au 12/12
 
EVENT: LES ENTRETIENS DE L'ASSURANCE - FFSA
WHEN: Du 11/12 au 12/12
 
EVENT: FINANCIUM 2006
WHEN:  Du 12/12 au 13/12
 
EVENT: International Master Course on Implantology - IMCI 2006
WHEN: Du 14/12 au 16/12
 
EVENT: Journée de l'HTA - Société Française de Cardiologie
WHEN: Du 14/12 au 15/12
 
EVENT: XLIIème Congrès de la Société Française de Chirurgie de la Main (GEM)
WHEN: Du 14/12 au 16/12

EVENT:Les séminaires d'uro-néphrologie de la Pitié Salpetrière
WHEN: Du 11/01 au 12/01
 
EVENT: Journées EPU PARIS VII
WHEN: Du 12/01 au 13/01

EVENT: 17èmes Journées Européennes de la Société Française de Cardiologie 2007
WHEN: Du 17/01 au 20/01
 
EVENT: 2nd Paris Hepatitis Conference
WHEN: Du 22/01 au 23/01
 
EVENT: 5e congrès de l'Encéphale
WHEN: Du 25/01 au 27/01
 
EVENT: 11es Rencontres de Pédiatrie Pratique 2007
WHEN: Du 26/01 au 27/01
 
EVENT: Econumérique Expo
WHEN:  Du 31/01 au 02/02
 
EVENT: SALON DES ENTREPRENEURS 2007
WHEN: Du 31/01 au 02/02
 
EVENT: Econumérique Expo
WHEN: Du 31/01 au 02/02
 
EVENT: SALON DES ENTREPRENEURS 2007
WHEN: Du 31/01 au 02/02
 
EVENT: ICACT 2007
WHEN: Du 06/02 au 09/02
 
EVENT: 1èrs Etats Généraux sur les Infections Nosocomiales
WHEN: Du 08/02 au 09/02
 
EVENT: MONDIAL SPA ET BEAUTE 200
WHEN: Du 03/03 au 05/03
 
EVENT: MEDEC 2007
WHEN: Du 14/03 au 16/03
 
EVENT:THERMALIES AQUA-EXPO 2007
WHEN:  Du 15/03 au 18/03
 
EVENT: 17e Salon de Gynécologie Obstétrique Pratique 2007
WHEN: Du 21/03 au 23/03
 
EVENT:SALON NATIONAL DE L'IMMOBILIER
WHEN:Du 22/03 au 25/03
 
EVENT:23ème Rencontres de Cardiologie & Consensus 2007
WHEN: Du 28/03 au 30/03

OPERAS IN PARIS


Opera Comique
Salle Favart
Address:Place Boieldieu. 75002 Paris
Metro: Richelieu-Drouot/Quatre Septembre
Phone: + 33 825 00 00 58 (Special rates)


Theatre des Champs-Elysees
Address: 15 avenue Montaigne. 75008 Paris
Metro: Richelieu-Drouot
Phone: + 33 1 49 52 50 50


Salle Pleyel
Address: 252 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore. 75008 Paris
Metro: Ternes
Phone: + 33 1 45 61 53 00


Opera Garnier
Address: 8 rue Scribe. 75009 Paris
Metro: Havre-Caumartin/Chaussée d'Antin
RER : Auber
Phone: + 33 1 40 01 17 89


Opera Bastille
Address: 120 rue de Lyon. 75012 Paris
Metro: Bastille
Phone: + 33 1 40 01 17 89

CAROUSSEL DU LOUVRE: Exhibits


From 13/12/2006 to 17/12/2006   
EXPOSITION NATIONALE DES BEAUX ARTS

From 24/01/2007 to 26/01/2007    
SIME-SITEM

From 28/03/2007 to 29/03/2007    
MADE IN FRANCE BY FATEX




SPORT EVENTS IN PARIS 2007

Paris SG-Toulouse
Football -  Ligue 1
03/12/2006  at 6 pm
Stade du Parc des Princes,  Paris 16th district

Paris SG-Nice
Football -  Ligue 1
16/12/2006  at 8h00 pm
Stade du Parc des Princes,  Paris 16th district
 
All Star Game 2006
Basket -  Soirée de Gala
29/12/2006 at 5h30pm
Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy,  Paris 12th district

Internationaux de Roland-Garros 2007
Tennis -  Grand Chelem
du 27/05/2007 au 10/06/2007  at 11h00 am
Stade Roland Garros,  Paris 16th district

France-Pays de Galles
Rugby à XV -  Tournoi des VI Nations
24/02/2007 at  3h00 pm
Stade de France,  Saint-Denis.
 
France-Ecosse
Rugby à XV -  Tournoi des VI Nations
17/03/2007  at 3h30 pm
Stade de France,  Saint-Denis.
 
France-Ukraine
Football -  Qualifications Euro 2008
02/06/2007 
Stade de France,  Saint-Denis.
 
France-Géorgie
Football -  Qualifications Euro 2008
06/06/2007
Stade de France,  Saint-Denis.

France-Ecosse
Football -  Qualifications Euro 2008
12/09/2007 
Stade de France,  Saint-Denis.

France-Lituanie
Football -  Qualifications Euro 2008
17/10/2007
Stade de France,  Saint-Denis
 
 

 
 

Friday, December 15, 2006

MOST FAMOUS CHURCHES IN PARIS

WHAT: The American Cathedral
WHERE:   23, avenue George V. 75008 Paris
METRO: George V, Alma-Marceau , RER:  the Pont d'Alma stop on the C line.
Buses : 42(42 does not operate on Sunday), 63, 80 and 92 stop near the Place d'Alma
NOTES: The American Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, America's Episcopal/Anglican church in Paris, has served the American community since the 1830s when services were organized in the garden pavilion of the Hotel Matignon, the home of Colonel Herman Thorn, (now the official residence of the French Prime Minister). A parish was formally established in 1859 and the first church building consecrated in 1864 on Rue Bayard.  The church was consecrated on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1886, coinciding with the dedication of the Statue of Liberty in New York, thus reinforcing both our French and American alliances. In 1922, Holy Trinity became a cathedral, technically a pro-cathedral, in that it continues as a parish church and also serves as the seat for the Bishop in charge of Episcopal churches in Europe.


WHAT: Église de la Sainte Trinité
METRO:  Trinite
NOTES: It is a Catholic Church in the 9e Arrondissement. It was built during the Second Empire period as part of Baron Housmann's redesign of Paris and features a distinct bell tower.Messiaen held the position of titular organist at L'Église de la Sainte Trinité, Paris, from 1931 until his death in 1992. Messiaen was also a deputy organist at La Trinité for two years before succeeding Charles Quef to the position.The Grand Orgue of La Trinité was enlarged and restored under Messiaen's supervision and was a particular influence on Messiaen's composition and improvisation.


WHAT: Église Saint Sulpice
NOTES: Saint-Sulpice is a famous Parisian church on the east side of the Place Saint-Sulpice, in the Luxembourg Quarter of the VIe arrondissement. 113 meters long, 58 meters in width and 34 meters tall, it is only slightly smaller than Notre-Dame and thus the second largest church in Paris. It is dedicated to Sulpitius the Pious.
The present church is the second building, erected over an ancient Romanesque church originally constructed during the 13th century. Additions were made over the centuries, up to 1631. The new building was founded in 1646 by parish priest Jean-Jacques Olier (1608-1657) who had established the Society of Saint-Sulpice, a clerical congregation, and a seminary attached to the church. The church was mostly completed in 1732, but the facade at the west end was not begun before 1776.
The result is a simple two storey west front with two tiers of elegant columns. The overall harmony of the building is, some say, only marred by the mismatched two towers, though these were added by Jean François Chalgrin shortly before the French Revolution.
In 1862, the current pipe organ of St-Sulpice, constructed by Aristide Cavaille-Coll, was added to the church. The church has a long-standing tradition of talented organists that dates back to the 18th century.

WHAT: Saint-Séverin Church
WHERE: 3, rue des Prêtres Saint-Séverin, 75005 Paris
NOTES: The Church of Saint-Séverin (Eglise Saint-Séverin) is a small church in the Latin Quarter of Paris, located on the lively tourist street Rue St-Séverin. It is the oldest church that remains standing on the Left Bank, and it continues in use as a place of worship.
The church is dedicated to Séverin, who is said to have been a hermit who lived there and prayed in a small rudimentary oratory. After Séverin's death, a basilica was constructed on the spot. This was destroyed by the Vikings, and the current church building was started in the 11th century, though its major features are Gothic and date from the 15th century. Its external features include some fine gargoyles. Its bells include the oldest one remaining in Paris, cast in 1412; their ringing is recalled in a well known poem in praise of Paris by Alan Seeger.
Until 1790 Saint-Severin was the seat of the southern archdeaconry of the pre-revolutionary diocese of Paris. In the late nineteenth century the writer Huysmans frequented and popularised the church. At Michaelmas 1956 it was the scene of a demonstration by Christian conscripts against the war in Algeria.


WAHT: The American Church in Paris
WHERE: 65 Quai d'Orsay 75007 (10-minutes by bus from the flat -http://www.parisforvacation.com-)

NOTES:The American Church in Paris is the first American church established outside the United States. It started in 1814, when it was officially chartered and the first sanctuary was built in 1857. Throughout its history, it has served not only the expatriate American community, but a wide variety of English-speaking people from different countries and denominational backgrounds who find a hospitable spiritual home and connection that enhances their faith experience while living and working in France. The American church in Paris is indeed a church of all nations, that prides itself in the appellation "God's own United Nations Organisation" with people from over nearly 50 nations and 35 Christian denominations worshiping every Sunday in its Sanctuary. People from all nations receive communion in the Church of Jesus Christ - residents of Paris, along with visitors, represent many cultures, races, languages, and denominational traditions. More than 2000 people use its resource and facilities everyday. The building hosts two bilingual nursery schools, a variety of "twelve step" recovery groups, aerobics classes, kung fu, basketball leagues, a free concert series.


WHAT: L'église Saint-Eustache
METRO: Les Halles
NOTES: L'église Saint-Eustache is a church in the Ier arrondissement of Paris, built between 1532 and 1632. It is another Parisian gothic gem. The church's reputation was strong enough of the time for it to be chosen as the location for a young Louis XIV to receive communion. Mozart also chose the sanctuary as the location for his mother's funeral. Among those baptised here as children were Richelieu, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, future Madame de Pompadour and Molière, who was also married here two decades later. The last rites for Anne of Austria, Turenne and Mirabeau were pronounced within its walls.
Situated in an area of Paris renowned for fresh produce of all kinds, the church became a parish in 1223, thanks to a man named Alais who achieved this by taxing the baskets of fish sold nearby. To thank such divine generosity Alais constructed a chapel dedicated to Sainte-Agnès, a Roman martyr. The construction of the current church began in 1532, the work not being finally completed until 1637. The name "Saint-Eustache" refers to Saint Eustace, a Roman general who was burned along with his family for converting to Christianity. Several impressive paintings by Rubens remain in the church today. Each summer, organ concerts commemorate the premieres of Berlioz's.


WHAT:Saint Denis Basilique
METRO: Saint Denis,
NOTES: This basilica is the burial site of most of the kings and queens of France, and it's the coronation site of all of the French queens.  It's also a very nice church with beautiful stained glass windows and such.  Saint Denis is a patron saint of France and, according to legend, was the first bishop of Paris. A shrine was erected at his burial place. There Dagobert I, king of the Franks, who reigned from 628 to 637, founded the Abbey of Saint Denis, a Benedictine monastery.

WHAT: Sainte Chapelle
WHERE: 4 bd. du Palais. 75001 Paris
METRO: Cité, Saint-Michel
PHONE: + 33 1 53 40 60 80


WHAT: Notre Dame
WHERE: place du Parvis de Notre-Dame. 75004 Paris
METRO: Saint-Michel
PHONE: + 33 1 44 32 16 72


WHAT: La Madeleine
WHERE: Place de la Madeleine. 75008 Paris
METRO: Madeleine
PHONE: + 33 1 44 51 69 00

WHAT: Sacre-Coeur
WHERE: Place du Parvis du Sacré-Coeur
METRO:  Anvers
PHONE: + 33 1 53 41 89 00

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Biking in Paris

Paris has more than 160 km of bicycle lanes that divide the capital by 2 axes:
from the Bois de Vincennes to the Bois de Boulogne  (which is 10 minute walk from the flat: http://www.parisforvacation.com)
&
from the Porte de Pantin to the Porte de Vanves.

Fédération Française de Cyclotourisme
Tél. +33 (0)1 44 16 88 88
www.ffct.org

Paris à vélo, c'est sympa !
Tél. +33 (0)1 48 87 60 01
www.parisvelosympa.com

Maison Roue Libre
Tél. +33 (0)1 53 46 43 77
www.parisvisite.tm.fr

Taxis In Paris

More than 14000 taxis can be found through the streets of the city of lights every day.

A taxi is only available when its sign is lit.
Fares are subject to additional charges during the evenings, on Sundays, during holidays, at train stations and airports, plus when you are carrying luggage and animals.

Alpha Taxi
Tél. +33 (0)1 45 85 85 85

Artaxi
Tél. +33 (0)1 42 41 50 50

Taxis G7
Tél. +33 (0)1 47 39 47 39

Taxis Bleu
Tél. +33 (0)1 49 36 10 10

Taxi Étoile
Tél. +33 (0)1 41 27 27 27



Jazz Clubs in Paris

New Morning
This is the number one Jazz club in Paris..
Web sites: www.newmorning.com

The Petit Journal du Montparnasse
260 seats on the ground floor of the Méridien Hotel.
Where:13, rue du Commandant Mouchotte, 75014 Paris
Phone: +33 (0)1 43 21 56 70 

The Quai du blues
Where: Located on Jatte island
17 bd Vital-Bouhot, 92200 Neuilly
Phone:  +33 (0)1 46 24 06 11 or +33 (0)1 46 24 22 00

The Duc des Lombards
Where: 42, rue des Lombards, 75001 Paris
Metro stop: Les Halles
Phone: +33 (0)1 42 33 22 88

The Caveau de la Huchette
Where: 5 rue de la Huchette, 75005 Paris
Metro stop: Saint-Michel 
Phone: +33 (0)1 43 26 65 05

 Cithea
This club is situated in Oberkampf
Check information at : http:://www.cithea.com


Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Boat trips



A shuttle service along the Seine river that stops at seven major sites: Eiffel Tower, Musée d'Orsay, Saint-Germain des Prés, Hôtel de Ville, Louvre and Champs-Élysées. Stops every 20 minutes.
It's an original way to travel for those who don't want to go by metro.
Web site: //www.batobus.com

EXHIBITION in L'orangerie


Orangerie, 1934 : les Peintres de la réalité

This exhibition marks the opening of the new temporary exhibition spaces at the Orangerie and the new cultural policy of the museum, finally possible after the extensive renovation. The first exhibition aims to form a symbolic link between the past and the future of the museum by evoking one of the most famous and exciting exhibitions in the museum's history, the 1934 'French Painters of Reality from the Seventeenth Century', organised by Paul Jamot and Charles Sterling. The work of Georges de la Tour was revealed at this exhibition, and had a profound and long-lasting impact on the appreciation of French seventeenth-century art.

WHEN:

From 22 November 2006 to 5 March 2007

Castles near Paris: Barbizon, Fontainbleau, Vaux-le-Vicomte


Head south east for a day trip to the charming village of Barbizon, an artistic centre since the 19th century, and then on the forest to the Castle of Fontainebleau, favourite residence of French kings and emperors.

You can then head to Vaux-le-Vicomte. A masterpiece of unrivalled modernity and elegance in the 17th century, Vaux le Vicomte even inspired the young Sun King to build Versailles! It features richly furnished and decorated state rooms and private apartments, a formal garden designed by André Le Nôtre, and a superb collection of vintage cars and carriages in the superintendent's stables.

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Current Exhibition: Musée de l'Orangerie: Jardin des Tuileries


What: Musée de l'Orangerie: Jardin des Tuileries, 75001 Paris.
Web site: www.musee-orangerie.fr or www.rmn.fr
Underground: Concorde.
Phone: 01 44 77 80 07.
Open Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday-Monday, 12:30 p.m.-7 p.m.; Friday, 12:30 p.m.-9 p.m.
Closed Tuesday.
Admission: €7.70. Through March 5.
A new temporary exhibition is currently taking place at the renovated Musée de l'Orangerie.

The curators of the original show wanted to illustrate the "spirit of realism" that they saw as a characteristic of French painting from the time of the primitives to Chardin and Corot. Today's curator, sees this spirit manifested in the "intimate relationship" between real life and the painter, and through him the viewer.

You will be able to enjoy paintings by well-known 20th-century painters such as Magritte, Picasso, Léger, Balthus, and Maurice Denis

 For the general public, the exhibition offers  a lot of styles: portraits, still lifes, landscapes, genre paintings, and historical and biblical scenes, with little to tie them together except the fact that they were painted in the 17th century.

De la Tour's famous "The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds," is also on show, and it's fun to compare the latter with the versions of it painted by Robert Humblot and Balthus in the 20th-century section of the exhibition. The eyes of the subjects in de la Tour's canvas clue the viewer into the scam that is occurring, with the cheaters casting meaningful looks at each other, while the hapless victim's eyes are trustingly cast downward. es down at the floor off to the side.

Don't miss the amusing "Allégorie de l'Air, ou La Chasse de la Duchesse Nicole de Lorraine," by C. Deruet, an all-female hunting scene in which numerous elegantly dressed ladies, many of them holding falcons, sit decorously on their steeds, with the exception of one, who is most indecorously falling off her horse, with legs flying up in the air.



Thursday, November 23, 2006

Paris Sightseeing Bus/ Museum Passes/ Metro Passes/Packages

RoissyBus

Provides the most Cheapest transfer to or from Charles de Gaulle airport

Price $11

La Carte-2 Day
Museum Pass

La Carte opens the doors of over 70 museum.

Price $42

L'Open Tour
(2 day)

Double deck open bus. There are several bus routes to choose from which explore most of the city:

The Eiffel Tower, Champs-Elysées, Arc de Triomphe, and Concorde Madeleine, Opéra, Musée du Louvre, Notre-Dame.

Every day from 10 am

Adult $41/Child $18

5 Day Metro/bus Pass
(Zone 1-5)
Provides unlimited travel for five consecutive days (zones 1 to 5)

Adult $69 /Child $32


Package

2 Roissy Bus tickets
1 La Carte 2 day Museum pass
1 L' Open 2 day Tour
1 5 days Metro/Bus( zone 1-5)

Price $170

3 Day Metro/bus Pass
(Zone 1-3)
Provides unlimited travel for three consecutive days- zones 1 to 3.

Adult $32 / Child $15

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

NATIONAL HOLIDAYS in FRANCE

There are 10 of them, during those days banks, administration, shops are usually closed.
 January1st (New year);
May 1st (labor day) and  May 8th (Second World War in Europe),
Monday of  "Pâques" (Resurrection Of Jesus),
Thursday of "Ascension" ;
July 14th (Bastille day);
August 15th (Assomption);
1st  of November (Toussaint) et Novembre 11th (Armistice) ;
December 25th (Noël).


School Calanders: Years, 2005-2006, 2006-2007.

Zone A :
Caen, Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble, Lyon, Montpellier, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Rennes, Toulouse.
Zone B : Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Besançon, Dijon, Lille, Limoges, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Poitiers, Reims, Rouen, Strasbourg.
Zone C : Bordeaux, Créteil, Paris, Versailles.

 
Years: 2005-2006
  Zone A Zone B Zone C
Teachers entrance
 Septembre  1st, 2005
Students entrance
Friday, September 2005
Toussaint Saturday, October 22 2005 Thursday, November 3rd 2005
Christmas Saturday, December 17th 2005Tuesday, January 3rd 2006
Winter February 18th 2006 March 6th 2006 February 11th
February 27th
February 4th
February 20th
Spring April 22nd 2006
May 9th 2006
April 15 2006
May 2nd, 2007
April 8th 2006


 

Years: 2006-2007
  Zone A Zone B Zone C
Teachers Entrance
 September  1st, 2006
Students Entrance
September 4th, 2006
Toussaint  October 25th 2006 ,  November  6th, 2006
Christmas  December 23rd, 2006  January 8th, 2007
Winter  February 10th 2007 February 26th 2007 February 24 2007 March 12th 2007  February, 17th,  2007
March 5th, 2007
Spring march 31st 2007 April 2007 April 14th 2007
May 2nd, 2007
April 7th 2007
April 23rd, 2007
Summer Vacation
July 4th, 2007


Ideas to celebrate New Year 2007 in Paris

 

Paris, the city of lights has a lot to offer for the New Year 2007, here are some of the events that you could be part depending on your interest:

Dance Clubs: www.tribudenuit.com/soiree-jour-de-l-an.php );

Restaurants:  www.ely1212.com/Reveillon/ile_de_france_fr.html  with a special menu for the occasion

Other "touristy" places:

 Paradis Latin: www.paradis-latin.com ;

Crazy Horse www.lecrazyhorseparis.com;

à La Belle Epoque www.belleepoqueparis.com;

Au Moulin Rouge www.moulinrouge.fr/html_fr/reservation_sommaire.htm

On the Seine (Bateaux-Mouches)
www.croisiere-paris.com/menu-nouvelan.htm  or www.cometoparis.com/paris-nuitnouvelan.html

Or Go to the Opera:
www.francebillet.com/place-spectacle/Musique---Concerts/Musique-classique---Opera/Opera-p309391448262836536.htm


Friday, November 17, 2006

BATOBUS: Use the Seine to get around Paris!


The Eight stops of the Bateau Mouche

Tour Eiffel, Port de la Bourdonnais, 7ème arrondissement
Champs-Elysées, Port des Champs-Elysées, 8ème arrondissement
Musée d'Orsay, Quai Solférino, 7ème arrondissement
Louvre, Quai du Louvre, 1er arrondissement
Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Quai Malaquais, 6ème arrondissement
Hôtel de Ville, Quai de l'Hôtel de Ville, 4ème arrondissement
Notre Dame, Quai de Montebello, 5ème arrondissement
Jardin des Plantes, Quai Saint-Bernard, 5ème arrondissement

Prices:

Billet demie-boucle (trajet unique de 4 escales maximum): 7,5 € (enfants de -12 ans : 3,5€)
Forfait 1 jour : 11€ (enfants de -12 ans : 5€)
Forfait 2 jours : 12,5 € (enfants de -12 ans : 6,5 €)
Forfait Escapade valable un mois : 22€ (enfants de -12 ans : 12€)
Forfait Saison : 50 € (enfants de -12ans : 30€)
Des tarifs spécifiques sont accordés aux porteurs de cartes oranges, cartes étudiantes et cartes familles nombreuses.

Informations:

Compagnie des Batobus

Port de la Bourdonnais, 75007 Paris

Tél. : 01 44 11 33 99

Use the Bateau-Mouche as an alternative to the Metro or Bus

The Eight stops of the Bateau Mouche

Tour Eiffel, Port de la Bourdonnais, 7ème arrondissement
Champs-Elysées, Port des Champs-Elysées, 8ème arrondissement
Musée d'Orsay, Quai Solférino, 7ème arrondissement
Louvre, Quai du Louvre, 1er arrondissement
Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Quai Malaquais, 6ème arrondissement
Hôtel de Ville, Quai de l'Hôtel de Ville, 4ème arrondissement
Notre Dame, Quai de Montebello, 5ème arrondissement
Jardin des Plantes, Quai Saint-Bernard, 5ème arrondissement

Prices:

Billet demie-boucle (trajet unique de 4 escales maximum): 7,5 € (enfants de -12 ans : 3,5€)
Forfait 1 jour : 11€ (enfants de -12 ans : 5€)
Forfait 2 jours : 12,5 € (enfants de -12 ans : 6,5 €)
Forfait Escapade valable un mois : 22€ (enfants de -12 ans : 12€)
Forfait Saison : 50 € (enfants de -12ans : 30€)
Des tarifs spécifiques sont accordés aux porteurs de cartes oranges, cartes étudiantes et cartes familles nombreuses.

Informations:

Compagnie des Batobus

Port de la Bourdonnais, 75007 Paris

Tél. : 01 44 11 33 99

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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Rembrandt Celebration : Visit 4 Paris Exhibitions

We  recommend that everyone take advantage of Rembrandt celebration to visit four Paris exhibitions of his works on paper.

In the Louvre's:  show of 64 drawings, most of them from French public and private collections.

The three other shows concentrate on Rembrandt's etchings. The Petit Palais is exhibiting 180 from its collection, among them a number of the famous self-portraits.

 A small show at the Institut Néerlandais, "Rembrandt et son Entourage," shows many of the same etchings as the exhibition at the Petit Palais, with the advantage that each one is accompanied by an explanatory text (in French)

You could admire the lovely portrait of Jan Six (1647) reading by a window, the trussed sow about to be slaughtered (1643), the door-to-door rat poison vendor (1632) and several of the same self-portraits, but there is also a masterly depiction of a shell (1650) and a lively genre scene, "The Kouck Maker" (1635) showing a woman making crepes in the street.

This show will be followed by two others at the Institut Néerlandais: "Rembrandt et les Femmes" (through February 4) and "Rembrandt: Bouquet Final" (through March 11).

At the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, you could see about 150 pieces from its collection also includes many of the same images, this exhibition has the advantage of presenting many (up to 11) stages of a number of the etchings, allowing the viewer to follow the artist's thinking as he modulated the image to change expression, mood or lighting.

More about the 4 exhibits places:

Musée du Louvre: Hall Napoléon. Métro: Palais Royal. Tel.: 01 40 20 53 17. General admission: €8.50. Open Wednesday and Friday 9 a.m.-10 p.m.; Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Tuesday. Through January 8. www.louvre.fr

Petit Palais/Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris : Avenue Winston Churchill, 75008 Paris. Métro: Champs-Elysées Clemenceau. Tel.: 01 53 43 40 00. Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m., until 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Closed Monday and public holidays. Admission: €9. Through January 14. www.petitpalais.paris.fr

Institut Néerlandais: 121, rue de Lille, 75007 Paris. Métro: Assemblée-Nationale. Tel.: 01 53 59 12 40. Open Tuesday-Sunday, 1 p.m.-7 p.m. Closed Monday. Admission: €6. Through December 3. www.institutneerlandais.com

Bibliothèque Nationale de France: 58, rue de Richelieu, 75002 Paris. Métro: Bourse. Tel.: 01 53 79 59 59. Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday, noon-7 p.m. Closed Monday and public holidays. Admission: €7. Through January 7. www.bnf.fr/

Thursday, November 09, 2006

The Oldest Hospital In Paris -HÔTEL-DIEU - near the Cathedral Notre Dame

The Oldest Hospital In Paris -HÔTEL-DIEU -

The Hôtel-Dieu was founded in 651. It remains the oldest hospital in Paris. It represents both charity and hospitality and is today situated in front of the cathedral Notre-Dame.

Originally, a rather small building, it was constructed between the VIIth and the XVIIth centuries on the left bank of the "Ile de la Cité". Numerous fires, last one of which occurred in 1772 when major reconstructions became necessary, destroyed it.
It became, under the Second Empire, what it is now; the little public garden where one can admire the statue of Charlemagne now replaces the oldest buildings, which stretched then along the river Seine.

Until 1908, when the new regulations entitled the Church and the State to be treated separately, medical care was given by the Augustine Sisters of the Hotel-Dieu.

The Hotel-Dieu owes its reputation to the efficiency of its masters specialized in medicine and surgery who healed and taught. Among the famous ones, one can name Bichat, Dupuytren, Trousseau and Claude Bernard.

The old pavilion architecture was replaced by symmetrical structures. The inner yards of walking ways and vegetable gardens became surgery wards, general medical care rooms, shops and parking lots.

The main courtyard was redecorated in 1975 in the style of French garden. The main entrance was turned out in welcome hallways.

The wards with high ceilings were rebuilt on two different levels and given a new medical infrastructure. The Hôtel-Dieu has today 349 beds 224 of which are meant to be for medicine patients, 96 for surgery patients, 17 for the psychiatric wards and 12 to be orientated to emergency services.

The Hotel-Dieu remains today the first center to house emergency casualties in Paris. 32 beds welcome patients for day hospitalization.

The Hôtel-Dieu, both university and local hospital, is open to the public. It remains with the Collégiale (5th arr.), the Dental Surgery, Garancière (6th arr.) and Jean Délibéros (9th arr.), which are, linked together, the only hospital of the 9th first districts of Paris.

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Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Important number for the Neigherberhood



The standard emergency number for  Police is 17

The nearest local police station is the unité de police de quartier Muette located at

2 rue Bois le Vent. Tel: 01 44 14 64 64 (about 7 minutes walk form the flat)

The most important commissariat is located at

58 av Mozart. Tel: 01 55 74 50 00 (about 16 minutes walk form the flat)

Saturday, October 28, 2006

Comments of Miss Nancy. Y, October 2006

Comments of Miss Nancy. Y, October 2006

We thoroughly enjoyed our holiday, and were very happy with the apartment
and its location.  I will be recommending it to friends who plan to go to Paris
in the Spring.

Sunday, October 08, 2006

Finally a law forbidding SMOKING in FRANCE: Effective in two stages Feb2007 and 2008

I have been waiting for this law for so many years, finally it will take effect in 2007  and in 2008 in cafes and Restaurants. The city of Paris will soon be more enjoyable...

French smokers are bracing for a major culture shock in the coming months as the country prepares to follow several of its European neighbours and enact a ban on smoking in public places.
On Saturday, a parliamentary committee recommend a prohibition, and Health Minister Xavier Bertrand  indicated a government decision has been taken.

Health Minister Xavier Bertrand fired the opening shot last month when he said he would like to ban smoking in places like restaurants and work spaces, but would exempt nightclubs, casinos and France's 34,000 tabacs, or bars that sell tobacco. He said he wanted the ban to be announced by decree in October and implementedin February.

Passions flared again last week after the newspaper Le Monde published the initial conclusions of a parliamentary commission that is due to report to the health minister in October. The commission came out against a decree, saying that the ban should be enacted as law after parliamentary debate. It also advocated a total ban on smoking; the only exception, it said, should be in private homes.
There is 66,000 people dying every year from cigarettes in France. The country has nearly 12 million smokers, or about a fifth of the population, according to Insee, (the national statistics institute)

A strong majority of people in France (78 %) favors a ban on smoking in public places, according to a survey conducted in February by the IFOP institute. The survey canvassed smokers and nonsmokers.


Friday, October 06, 2006

About the Pont Neuf

The Pont-Neuf (New Bridge) was an instant success, not only because of its width but also because it was the first bridge with no houses, giving Parisians a view of the Seine that they had not previously had.

The first stone was laid by his son, Henri III, in 1578, in the presence of the Queen Mother, Catherine de Médicis, under the direction of Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau. Interrupted by the League troubles, work started again under Henri IV who opened it on 20 June 1603. He christened it four years later with the name it bears today.

It was designed by a team of five architects, and is made of two sections; one has five arches and askew piers, the other with seven arches with the same askew piers; the sections are joined by an artificial traffic divider formed by joining two small islands: the île aux Juifs (Jews Island) and the île du Patriarche or de la Gourdaine.

The statue of Henri IV mounted on a horse stands on this platform, replacing - at Louis XVIII's wish - the one broken up by the revolutionaries, which dated back to 1614. At the request of Henri IV, above the second arch was the "La Samaritaine" pump which provided the Palais du Louvre (Louvre Palace), the Tuileries and the neighbourhoods with water from the Seine. On its main face there was a bas-relief in gilded bronze of the meeting of Christ and the Samaritan at Jacob's well. The building was topped by a bell tower and an astronomical clock, which were demolished and replaced a century later.
The Pont-Neuf (New Bridge) is in many respects the first of the modern bridges in Paris and the most famous. Its design marks the end of the Middle Ages. With its superb design and decoration, it was the central feature of the grandiose royal architecture to be found along the Seine. It linked the Louvre, the Abbaye de Saint-Germain (Saint-Germain Abbey) and the Left Bank in royal times.Although planned during the reign of Henri II, in 1556, the construction of the bridge was opposed by the Provost of the merchants and the stallholders installed on the other bridges who could see no need for this bridge.

The masses were very enthusiastic about it, and for two centuries it was recognised as a rallying point for all the sophisticated and vulgar pleasures of the capital. A saying has it that one was sure to meet "a monk, a white horse and a street walker" here. If the number of people seeking amorous encounters was certainly large, it was matched by the number of shady characters, thieves, conmen and bandits of all kinds.

Small business flourished with second hand booksellers and other itinerant merchants. It became the centre of a permanent, milling fair. But it was also a prestigious location and public exhibitions by painters from the Académie Saint-Luc were held here on the day of the Fête-Dieu (Corpus Christi).

More recently, the modern artist Christo wrapped it up for two weeks between 23 September and 6 October 1985, leaving only the roadway uncovered. The Pont-Neuf was restored in the middle of the 19th century; its arches were lowered to compound curve arches in order to reduce the slope of the humpback.

The Ville de Paris has undertaken major building and waterproofing work. Started in 1990, they will be spread over several years.

Built in 1578 and 1604.

238 m long, 20 m wide, it is divided into two sections separated by the divider where the Henri IV statue stands.

Seven arches on the main branch of the Seine, five on the small branch, all made of brick and, to all intents and purposes, semi-circular.

The span of the arch is 15 to 19 m on the large branch, 10 to 16 m on the small branch.


About the Pont des Invalides

In 1821, the engineer Claude NAVIER was entrusted with the task of conducting a survey for the location of the present day Alexandre III bridge. NAVIER's idea was to cross the Seine without support points, using a revolutionary technique for the day, leapfrogging contemporary English and American achievements. On 7 July 1824, his plan for the first Invalides bridge, a single span suspension bridge, was ratified by royal order.

Unfortunately, before even being completed, part of a suspension chain broke, followed by tilting of the pylons taking the weight of the deck. The situation was so worrying that the structure had to be demolished before ever being opened.

Granting the request of those wishing to maintain the view from the Invalides, the Administration decided to shift the bridge to the west, opposite the Boulevard de la Tour-Maubourg. The engineers VERGES and BAYARD de LA VINGTRIE designed a new suspended bridge with three spans of 24m, 68 m and 25 m supported by 20 m gantries. This structure entered service in 1829, but as early as 1850, it showed such signs of fatigue that access had to be restricted.

With the universal exposition coming up in 1855, it was demolished and construction of a new stone bridge, designed by LAGALISSERIE and SAVARIN began from 1854 to 1856. It used the existing abutments and piers of the previous suspension bridge. Only the central pier was new. It was decorated by two allegorical groups, Victory on land by Victor Vilain upstream, and Victory at sea by Georges Diébolt downstream.The lateral piers are decorated with military trophies bearing the imperial coat of arms, and are the work of Astyanax and Scévola Bosio.

Despite the voussoir restoration work done in 1876, settling of some 25 to 30 cm occurred in 1878 and the ice of the winter of 1880 finished by carrying off two arches of the bridge, which were restored by the end of the year.

Now stabilised, the bridge has been little altered since then, other than widening of the pavements in 1956.

Designers
LAGALISSERIE and SAVARIN

Construction date
1854-1856 Widened in 1956

Total length
152 m

Usable width
18m: 14 m roadway, two pavements of 2 m

Construction principles
Stone bridge, four arc of circle arches of 34m, 36m, 36m and 34 m span.

Decoration
The piers are decorated with stone figures and trophies

About the Pont Bir-Hakeim

It was in 1878, for the Universal Exposition, that an original metal footbridge was built on either side of the Ile des Cygnes, and called the "Passy footbridge". It was much used by the inhabitants of the 15th and 16th arrondissements. However, to meet the needs of the Universal Exposition of 900, plans were drawn up to replace it by a bridge combining a railway and a road. In late 1902 a competition was organised by the Metropolitan railway and Seine Navigation departments for a two-tier bridge, with a road bridge on the lower level comprising two lateral roadways separated by a central walkway and, on the upper level, the metropolitan railway viaduct supported by metal columns resting on the central space.

The author of the project was Louis BIETTE, in association with the contractors DAYDE and PILLE. Formige, a Paris municipal architect, was responsible for the decoration. He hired three sculptors; Gustave Michel, who produced the cast iron groups aligned with the piers at the arch springs. There are two groups, one representing "boatmen", the other "ironsmith-riveters". For their part, Coutan and Injalbert are the authors of four allegorical figures decorating the structure on the Ile des Cygnes.The Pont de Bir-Hakeim is in fact comprised of two unequal metal structures, each comprising three cantilever type spans, separated by a monumental stone structure on the upstream tip of the Ile des Cygnes. The metropolitan railway viaduct on the top rests on a series of elegant pillars, whose highly ornate decoration unfortunately disappeared when the structure was strengthened from 1930 to 1940.

Called the Passy viaduct until 1948, the work was renamed the Pont de Bir-Hakeim to commemorate General Koenig's June 1942 victory over Rommel in the Libyan desert.

It is now included in the supplementary register of historical monuments.

Designers
Louis BIETTE, assisted by THOMAS, engineer, and FORMIGE, architect

Contractor
DAYDE and PILLE

Construction date
1903 - 1905

Total length
237 m

Usable width
Lower level: 24.70 m
Central walkway: 8.70 m, two pavements of 2m, two roadways of 6 m.
Upper level: 7.30 m

Road bridge
Two structures with three spans of 30 m, 54 m, 30 m for the large branch and 24 m, 42 m and 24 m for the small branch linked by a monumental gantry (abutment common to both bridges) on the Ile des Cygnes. Bridge arches made of metal girders of variable geometry. The centre spans are cantilevered.

Decoration
The Pont de Bir-Hakeim was the site of much artistic activity. Cast iron motifs: grotesque masks, scallops.

Decoration of the piers by Gustave Michel. The two groups are reproduced four times, one of boatmen (1), the other of ironsmith-riveters.

Sculpture on the stone abutment one the Ile des Cygnes representing Science and Labour by Coutan, and Electricity and Commerce by Injalbert.


About the Pont Charles De Gaulle

The new bridge, situated between the Pont d'Austerlitz (Austerlitz Bridge) and the Pont de Bercy (Bercy Bridge), which are approximately one kilometre apart, is located in the continuation of the rue Van Gogh and in the subways under the square of the Gare de Lyon (Lyon Station).

For the past ten years, the South-East of Paris, between the Pont de Bercy (Bercy Bridge) and Pont d'Austerlitz (Austerlitz Bridge) has seen profound changes. Extensive work has already been carried out (Palais Omnisports de Bercy (Bercy Omnisport Stadium), Ministère des Finances (Finance Ministry), Parc de Bercy (Bercy Park), Bibliothèque de France (National Library) etc.In 1986, the Conseil de Paris (Paris Council) decided to build a new bridge, to work in parallel with the Pont d'Austerlitz (Austerlitz Bridge), the busiest in the capital, so as to provide an improved link between Bercy and the Left Bank of Paris and between Lyon and Austerlitz stations.

The new bridge, situated between the Pont d'Austerlitz (Austerlitz Bridge) and the Pont de Bercy (Bercy Bridge), which are approximately one kilometre apart, is located in the continuation of the rue Van Gogh and in the subways under the square of the Gare de Lyon (Lyon Station).

On completion of a European competition launched in 1987, the selected project was the one proposed by the architects Louis Arretche and Roman Karasinski; it is charaterised by its discrete nature and a willingness to respect the lie of the river, and not to adversely affect the appearance of the Austerlitz viaduct, about 150 metres away. The structure is made of steel decking designed like a plane wing, placed on steel pipe whorls on 2 piers with three continuous spans of 68, 84 and 55 metres. Work began in 1993 and was completed in the summer of 1996.

Built between 1993 and 1996.

Designers: Louis Arretche and Roman Karasinski.

Total length: 207.75 m. Effective width: 31.60 m. Deck 18 m. 2 pavements, each of 5 m. 2 separators, each of 1.80 m.

Continuous metal girder bridge with three spans of 68, 84 and 55 m. Decking push towed into place and made up of two lateral bearing caissons linked by a bearing plate. The upper plate is made of spanwise prestressed concrete. The surface is made of plates curved in the shape of an aircraft wing.

About the Pont de La Concorde


The Pont de la Concorde (Concorde Bridge) is the work of the engineer Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, Director of the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (National Public Works School), founded by Colbert. He built it from sections of dressed stone recovered from the demolition of the Bastille during the Revolution - a very rare commodity. Like the square of which it is an extension, its name changed with events - Pont Louis XVI (Louis XVI Bridge), Revolution, Concorde, then Louis XVI again at the Restoration, and finally Concorde as from 1830.Successive rulers enjoyed decorating it with statues. In 1810, Napoleon had the effigies of eight generals who died in action during the Empire campaigns placed on it. The Restoration replaced them with twelve white marble monumental statues of four great Ministers (Colbert, Richelieu, Suger, Sully), four soldiers (Bayard, Condé, Du Guesclin, Turenne), four sailors (Dugay-Trouin, Duquesne, Suffren, Tourville).

These colossal statues made the bridge so heavy that they eventually had to be removed and taken to Versailles. The bridge was widened between 1930 and 1932 by the addition of two spans upstream and downstream, while cleverly retaining the original shape of the bridge.

Although very busy with traffic, it has fine views of the Concorde Square and of the Palais-Bourbon.

Built in 1791.

14 metres wide.

Five masonry arches built in the form of an arc, of 25, 28, 31, 28 and 25 m.

Foundations on stilts and a framework roadway.

It was widened to 35 m in 1931 by building, upstream and downstream, two bridge sections which reproduced the lay-out of the old structure, supported on separate piles sunk using compressed air.


About the Pont MARIE

Owing to disagreements between the owners of the houses and the administration responsible for bridge maintenance, the structure quickly fell into disrepair and during the night of 1st March 1658, the Seine in flood carried off both arches on the Ile Saint-Louis side along with the twenty houses built on them. This disaster claimed sixty lives, quite apart from the loss of property and buildings. It was only in 1660 that a wooden bridge restored a link, along with a toll-gate in order to finance the rebuilding of the stone structure. This only began in 1667 after Colbert intervened and the two arches were at last finished in 1670. The houses were not however rebuilt. Indeed the memory of the disaster of 1658 led to the demolition of other houses in 1740, fearing a further accident due to flooding. The decision taken in 1769 to do away with all constructions on the bridges of Paris led to their complete disappearance in 1788.

The Pont Marie was one of the group of three bridges designed to open up the Ile Saint-Louis when its urbanisation began in the 17th century. It joins the island to the right bank and is the counterpart to the Pont de la Tournelle, along the same axis but on the left bank side. This system was completed by the Pont Saint-Louis joining up with the Ile de la Cité. This bridge was the due to the obstinacy of the enterprising Christophe MARIE, who as early as 1605 proposed its construction and after whom it is named. However it was only in 1614 that the King approved the project. The first stone was laid in the same year in great pomp by king Louis XIII in person.Unfortunately, the canons of Notre Dame opposed the project, to the extent that building work could only begin many years later.

It was opened to traffic in 1635, more than twenty years after the first stone was laid, but its history does not stop there. Further dissent sprang up between Christophe Marie, the canons and the owners of the island regarding the construction of houses on the bridge. These fifty odd houses were finally built by the carpenter Claude Dublet.

As of this date, the structure underwent no particular changes. Like most of the old stone bridges, its "hump" was gradually reduced, in particular during the restoration of 1850 to 1851, but this did not significantly change its appearance. Since then, the Pont Marie has retained the appearance we know today. It is curious to note that the eight niches which have decorated the structure since the 17th century have never been filled with statues.

Designer
Christophe MARIE

Construction date
completed in 1635

Two arches on Ile Saint Louis side collapsed in March 1658 - Repaired in 1670

Total length
about 92 m between abutments

Usable width
22.60 m: roadway 14.60 m; two pavements of 4 m

Construction principles
Stone bridge with five semicircular arches, with spans of between 14 and 18 m.

Stone piers and abutments, built on wooden piles, front and back dihedral cutwaters.

Decoration
The cutwaters are topped with niches, never filled with statues.


About the Pont SAINT LOUIS

In about 1630, a first wooden bridge, called the Saint-Landry bridge was built diagonally between the Quai de Bourbon and the cross-roads of the Rue de Chantres and the Rue des Ursins. This structure however collapsed on 5 June 1634 under the weight of three processions. It was replaced in 1656 by a nine-arched bridge which had to be demolished the following year after being seriously damaged by flooding.In 1717, letters patent decided on the reconstruction of a "wooden bridge between the Isle du Palais and that of Notre-Dame". This led to a seven-arch bridge called the "Red bridge" owing to the red lead paint with which it was covered. It was swept away by floodwaters in 1795. Beaumarchais then tried in vain to have a metal bridge built in its place. Finally, under the supervision of the engineer, DUMOUSTIER, a 70 m long and 10 m wide two-arch bridge was built in 1804, mainly of oak protected by copper plates and tar. It was demolished in 1811 following partial collapse and was replaced by a two-arch wooden footbridge, itself replaced in 1842 by a single-span gothic style suspended bridge built by HOMBERT and called the "Passerelle de la Cité".

In 1862, this bridge was replaced by a single-arch metal bridge with a span of 64 m and 16 m wide. After several river traffic accidents, this bridge was struck on 22 December 1939 by a vehicle causing the explosion of a number of gas pipes. Twenty people were thrown into the river, three of whom drowned.

On 7 July 1941, an old footbridge resembling an iron cage was temporarily installed and was a true eyesore for such a prestigious junction between the two islands.

After several vain attempts to reach a technical and architectural solution, the decision was finally taken in 1968 to install a structure whose plain lines were to render it unobtrusive in the shadow of such a high-profile site as Notre Dame.

The current bridge is the seventh built on more or less the same site and joining the Ile Saint-Louis and the Ile de la Cité.

Designers
J.F. COSTE and LONG-DEPAQUIT

Construction date
1968-1970

Total length
67 m

Construction principles
Two box girders of 67 m span.
Reinforced concrete covering slab.

About the Pont MIRABEAU

Built in 1893.

Width 20 m.

Three metal arches of 32, 93 and 32 m, seven steel cantilever girders.

Each girder has two symmetrical halves, each supporting the other at the keystone by means of a hinge.

Supported on piers by picot pins; supports on abutments with pin tie.

Abutments on piles.

There is a recording of the poet's APOLLINAIRE voice reading his verses on cylinder, before the death of Apollinaire, by the Studio-Laboratoire des Archives de la Parole (Voice Archive Studio-Laboratory) which had started to record famous voices in 1911 at the Sorbonne. This is certainly the oldest recording to celebrate the Seine. The Pont Mirabeau dates back to 1893. Its three arches are very beautifully worked in steel. This was carried out by Résal, the engineer on Alexander III bridge and the Debilly footbridge. With this material it was possible to bring the central arch to a height of 100 m, which would not have been possible had stone been used. Its delicate parapet gives it an old-fashioned charm, and four plump bronze statues stand astride the prows of boats that form the cutwaters of the piers.

About the Pont de Grenelle

In 1827,a  192 m long wooden toll-bridge was built. It was designed by the architect MALLET, at the initiative of the developers of the Beaugrenelle district.

Despite a number of repairs and the rebuilding of four spans between 1849 and 1873, it began to collapse under the increased weight of traffic as a result of a celebration given on 13th July 1873 in honour of the Shah of Persia. This incident swung the 1874 decision to replace it with a six-arch cast iron bridge designed by the engineers VAUDREY and PESSON.

It should be noted that following the construction of this new bridge, instruments invented by VAUDREY were used for the first time in 1875 to record deflection during loading and vibration tests.

On the Allée des Cygnes which separates the bridge into two symmetrical halves of three spans, a circular area was prepared in order to take a bronze scale model of Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty which dominates the port of New York. At the inauguration of this statue in 1885, Bartholdi deplored the fact that she was facing east and turning her back on America. It was only at the universal exposition of 1938 that he was to be granted posthumous satisfaction.From the beginning of the century, the bridge proved to be incapable of handling the rise in road and river traffic and also began to show signs of major cracking and corrosion. The decision was thus taken to rebuild it in 1961 as part of the programme to renovate the Front de Seine riverbank district.

A new bridge was designed by the engineers THENAULT, GRATTESAT and PILON and built between 1966 and 1968. It comprises two main metal spans of 85 m, crossing the two branches of the Seine, a 20 m span above the Ile des Cygnes and two 15 m concrete spans over the right and left bank expressways.

The downstream tip of the Ile des Cygnes was modified to take the Statue of Liberty and was joined to the bridge by a pre-stressed concrete walkway 34.50 m long.

Designers
THENAULT, GRATTESAT and PILON, engineers

Contractor
DODIN CFEM

Construction date
1966-1968

Total length
220 m

Construction principles
Metal bridge consisting of seven welded girders making up two main spans of 85 m on each of the two branches of the Seine, and a 20 m span above the Ile des Cygnes.

A pre-stressed concrete walkway 34 m long joins the bridge to the Ile des Cygnes islet.

Decoration
Statue of Liberty on the downstream tip of the Ile des Cygnes.


Tuesday, September 26, 2006

When is the Eiffel Tower open?

The Eiffel Tower is open every day all year long,
 
- from 9:30am to 11:00pm, January 1 to June 15 and September 3 to December 31, 2006
- from 9:00am to midnight, June 16 to September 2, 2006

Access to the top of the Tower may be temporary closed due to unfavourable weather conditions or too many visitors at any given moment.


For security reasons, all or part of the visitor-accessible spaces could be closed and hand bags checked. No large-sized hand baggage nor animals will be allowed onto the monument except for Seeing Eye dogs. Furthermore, there is no baggage check service available at the Tower.

Diner in Paris at 125 meters above ground (Eiffel Tower)

You will have two options if you want to have a good meal while having a panoramic view of Paris.

1. The Jules Vernes restaurant (located on the second floor)
Réservations ( fax or phone) :
 Tél. : 33 (0)1 45 55 61 44
 Fax : 33 (0)1 47 05 29 41

The prestigious Jules Verne Restaurant is located on the second floor and has its own private elevator access (south pillar).
The head chef, Alain Reix, has brought the restaurant an excellent reputation, placing among the top in France (one star in the Guide Michelin, 16/20 in the Guide Gault Millau).  Sitting in the heart of this intricate iron structure full of angles and perspectives, the Jules Verne looks out over Paris from 125 meters above ground.
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2. Altitude 95 (located in the first floor)
 Réservations :
 Tél. : 33 (0)1 45 55 20 04
 Fax : 33 (0)1 47 05 94 40
 Restaurant's E.mail : altitude-95.rv@elior.com
 
Altitude 95 is located on the first floor. The name comes from its height, 95 meters above sea level.
 The large bay windows of the restaurant look out over the Seine and the Trocadéro to one side and the inside of the Tower to the other. The atmosphere is reminiscent of an airship moored above Paris.
 The restaurant seats 200 and also has a ground floor bar serving drinks and refreshments all day.


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Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Shoes Size: USA/Europe


FranceUSAGB
36L 63.5
37L 6.54
38L 7.55
39M 7/L 8.56
40M 7.5/L 96.5
41M 8.5/L 107.5
42M 9/L 10.58
43M 109
44M 10.59.5

M: men
L: ladies

Clothes size: US/Europe

Clothes

FranceUSAGBItaly
34extra small (XS)632
36small (S)834
38medium (M)1036
40large (L)1238
42extra large (XL)1440
44extra extra large (XXL)1642

AQUARIUM SEA LIFE PARIS VAL D'EUROPE


The Sea Life Aquarium is the biggest aquarium in the Ile-de-France region. Located at  about 20 minutes from the Paris city limits.
You can visit the fifty open tanks, spread over 2500 sq.m. and abounding in more than 300 marine species including rays, sharks, moray eels and tropical fish…

The Sea Life Aquarium is open every day from 10am.

AQUARIUM SEA LIFE PARIS VAL D'EUROPE
Centre Commercial International Val d'Europe 14 Cours du Danube - Serris 77711 MARNE LA VALLEE cedex 4

tPhone : 01 60 42 33 66 
Fax : 01 60 42 33 55 
www.sealifeeurope.com


Antiques - Fine arts - Jewellery

When:From 15 to 24 September.
Fo Who: Collectors and appreciators of antiques
Where: Grand Palais

The impressive architecture of the Grand Palais nave, with its magnificent glass roof and superb luminosity, creates an ideal setting for the 23rd edition of this major international art fair. There are three exceptional worlds contained within - antiques, decorative arts and jewellery -
Leading antique and art dealers reveal a selection of rare objects from different periods and styles representing the quintessence of beauty, rarity and pricelessness.


Information

GALERIES NATIONALES DU GRAND PALAIS
3, avenue du Général Eisenhower 75008 PARIS
Metro : Champs Elysées Clémenceau 
Bus : 28, 32, 42, 49, 72, 73, 80, 83, 93 
Info : 01 44 51 74 74 
fax : 01 45 63 54 33  

Thursday, September 07, 2006

CHAMBER MUSIC


The Festival de l'Orangerie de Sceaux, a series of chamber music concerts held in a 17th-century orangery just outside of Paris, runs until September 17, with performances on Saturday and Sunday  at 5:30 p.m.

You can get to the Orangerie de Sceaux, by taking the RER B, stop at parc de Sceaux.


MOVIE FOR TWO. September 10 to 17, 2006

Between September 10 and 17, you can purchase  a ticket to a film  anywhere in France and it will entitle you to buy a second ticket (for the same movie at the same time) for only €uro 1.
m

Sunday, September 03, 2006

Festival in France (September to December 2006)

Septembre musical de l'Orne
Where : Département de l'Orne (61)
When :  26 août au 24 septembre 2006

Festival du cinéma américain
Where  : Deauville (14)
When  : 1er au 10 Septembre 2006

La Grande Braderie de Lille
Where : Lille (59)
When  : Les 2 et 3 septembre 2006

Biennale de la danse
Where : Lyon (69)
When  9 au 30 septembre 2006

Technoparade
Where  : Paris (75)
When  : 9 septembre 2006

Festival international de musique de Besançon
Where  : Besançon (25)
When  14 au 30 septembre 2006

Festival mondial des théâtres de marionnettes
Where  : Charleville-Mézières (08)
When  15 au 24 septembre 2006

Féria des vendanges
Where  : Nîmes (30)
When  15 au 17 septembre 2006

Journées du patrimoine
Where  : France entière
When  : 16 et 17 septembre 2006

Les Francophonies en Limousin - Festival de théâtres francophones
Where  : Limoges (87)
When  26 septembre au 8 octobre 2006

Chantiers ouverts au public
Where  : France entière
date : Les 29 et 30 septembre 2006

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Where  : Hippodrome de Longchamp
When  : Début octobre 2006

Festival International Toulouse les Orgues
Where  : Toulouse (31)
When : 1ère quinzaine d'octobre 2006

Festival du film britannique
Where  : Dinard (35)
When  : début octobre 2006

Nancy Jazz Pulsations
Where  : Nancy (54)
When  : du 7 au 21 octobre 2006

Nuit Blanche
Where  : Paris
When  : Début octobre 2006

Lire en fête
Where  : Toute la France
When : 13 au 15 octobre 2006

Lille 3000
Where  : Lille (59)
When  : 14 octobre 2006 au 17 janvier 2007

Semaine du Goût
Where  : France entière
When  16 au 22 Octobre 2006

Beaujolais Nouveau
Where : France entière
When  : 16 novembre 2006

Les Trois Glorieuses
Where  : Vougeot, Beaune, Meursault (21)
When  18 au 20 novembre 2006

Vente aux Enchères des Vins des Hospices de Beaune
Where  : Beaune (21)
When  : 19 novembre 2006

Salon nautique international de Paris
Where  : Paris-Porte de Versailles (75)
When  1er au 11 décembre 2006

Transmusicales
Where : Rennes (35)
When  : 8 au 10 décembre 2006


Where to find Revues in Paris

In Paris, you can find in kiosk of the guides of the Parisian exits - Pariscope, the Official one of the Revue. They enumerate all the programs of the cinemas, museums, exposositions, spectacles in all kinds.

For the theatre, will know that there are two kiosks, about the square of the Montparnasse station and place of the Madeleine, which propose places for the very same day with reduced tariff.

You can buy your places (theatre, concert, spectacle.) in particular in the points of sale of the FNAC and Virgin, or directly on the place of the spectacle.



Paris Train Stations

Gare Saint Lazare

108, Rue Saint-Lazare; 75008. Chronologically the first Parisian railway station, it was first built (1837) a little further to the North, next to the Place d'Europe. Its main line was its link from Paris to Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

Rebuilt by Alfred Armand between 1841-1843, it was later extended by Eugène Flachat (1851-1853), notably through the addition of five metal structure covered halls, the largest having a span of 40 meters. Trains leaving here will take one to Normandy and to Great Britain, via Dieppe.

1. The station's exterior clock
2. Ticketing.
3. Eastern façade.

The present building (Juste Lisch, 1885-1889) surrounds the older structures and presents a XVIIth century Beaux-Arts style façade. A hotel -Terminus - is the first important example of an association between these two functions and, it was built to accommodate travellers coming to the Universal Exhibition of 1889.

The station was immortalized by Claude Monet in 1877 with his painting of the same name. In 1985, two works by Arman were added to La Cour du Havre and La Cour de Rome : L'Heure de tous (Everybody's Time) and Consigne à vie (Checked Luggage for a Lifetime) respectively.

Gare Montparnasse

The streets around this station still have the names of the places it serves such as Avenue du Maine and Rue de Rennes. One of oldest stations in Paris (1840), it was completely rebuilt after WWII. The earlier neo-classical building was hiding behind it a cast iron roof (Fauconnier) which collapsed a few month after completion. A new station, by architect Victor Lenoir, was built between 1848-1852.

On October 22 1895, a terrible accident brought the locomotive engine and the first coach out the window from the first floor, where the platforms were situated, into the street. The building had suffered several major transformations, up through the 1960's, when the whole area was reorganized and the Montparnasse Tower, together with the present station, were built. Trains towards Brittany and western France leave from here, including the TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse) Atlantique.

Three modern buildings (1969) arranged in "U"-shape surround the station : in the East wing, 1000 apartments ; to the West, the Air France Headquarters. The tracks have been recently completely covered by an impressive concrete structure bearing offices and gardens. The main hall is decorated by large op-art compositions signed by Vasarely. A small chapel, dedicated to Saint-Bernard (1969), accessible to all religions, has its lectern carved in a railroad tie.


Gare d'Austerlitz

Place Valhubert; 175013.  The name of Austerlitz recalls the famous battle won by Napoléon in Austria on the 2nd of December 1805, against Austro-Russian armies. It was originally conceived as a railway terminal for the Orléans Company, running its first line here starting with 1840. Consequent extensions took place in 1846 and 1852. Finally, the station as seen today was rebuilt by the architect Pierre-Louis Renaud (1865-1868). Trains depart from this station bound for the South-West of France, Spain and Portugal.
Austerlitz has never had the favours of the Parisians. The administration building screens the platforms and their XIXth century steel and glass roof from sight. Two allegorical statues in antique drapery, by Elias Robert, representing Agriculture and Industry (the one with the locomotive, of course), decorate the façade. The later arrival of the Métro line crosses the station at the same level as the main hall - ie one floor above ground level, and then spans over the Seine river, a few meters from there. The large interior dimensions (52 meters wide by 280 meters long) made it possible for the postal balloons to be built inside during the siege of Paris in 1870.

Gare du Nord

Place Napoléon III; 75010 .  The precursor to the Gare du Nord - the Belgiun railway platform - controlled by the Rothschild Group and inaugurated in 1846 (Léonce Reynaud, architecture - Bréville, engineering) was already inadequate by around 1854. This station soon proved to be too small for the increasing traffic, especially when Queen Victoria's visit had to be rerouted to Gare de l'Est.

In 1857, the decision was made to build a station three times larger, while the neighborhood was to be modernized. The previous structure was rebuilt at Lille. The new architectural team leader was the German born Jacques Ignace Hittorff and construction began in 1861. The new station was functional starting with 1864, but completed only in 1866. As its name indicates, from here one can go to Belgium, Holland, northern Germany, and the Scandinavian countries.Neoclassicism and XIXth century new metal structures meet in this building. The main elevation, in neo-Corinthian style, is decorated with 9 statues personifying the most important cities of France and Europe towards which the railway leaving the platforms would lead. Inside, two rows of Corinthian cast iron columns support the main glass roof covering a width of 72 meters at 38 meters high. Two side wings embrace the main building symmetrically. At ground level, a Doric colonnade has seen its elegance reduced by an awning at mid level added in 1891 and extended in 1930.
Other works by Jacques Ignace Hittorff : the 2 fountains on Place de la Concorde, the Champs-Elysées garden design, the 12 buildings around the Arc de Triomphe at Place de l'Etoile.


Gare de L'Est

Place du 8 Mai 1945; 75010. The Gare de l'Est provides the only witness left from the first generation of railway buildings. The square in front of the station was occupied between the XIIIth and the XVIIIth century by the Saint-Laurent Fair or Carnival, mentioned by an inscription situated in the left wing corner pavilion. The original building, now the western wing, was built between 1847-1850 by François-Alexandre Duquesney with the help of the engineer Pierre Cabanel de Sermet, and served the line Paris-Strasbourg, functioning since 1844. Streets in the neighborhood still recall the origins of the first passengers : Boulevard de Strasbourg, Rue d'Alsace and so forth.

Its name was changed from Gare de Strasbourg to Gare de l'Est in 1854. The growing traffic brought several extensions, including the building of the present eastern wing, copied symmetrically on the original station between 1924-1931 by the engineer Bertaud. Today, trains leave from here for eastern France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

The western wing, actually the original building, finds itself in axis with the Boulevard de Strasbourg, the main avenue leading to the center of Paris. The statues represent the cities of Strasbourg - by Philippe-Henri Lemaire, and, of Verdun - by Varenne (1930). This last artist is also the author of the decoration of the right clock, representing the rivers Marne and Meuse, while on the other side, the Seine and the Rhine were sculpted by Jean-Louis Brian.

Gare de Lyon

20, Boulevard Diderot, 75012. Built to replace the old landing stage of Lyon, the present building was built between 1895-1902 by the architect Marius Toudoire. Its construction was undertaken by the PLM (Paris-Lyon-Marseille) Company, and timed with the Universal Exhibition of 1900 in mind.

Recent modernization work allows the TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse) to serve this station. Departures for southern France, the Alps, Switzerland, Italy and Greece are from here.Marius Toudoire, helped by 30 artists, decorated the famous "Train bleu", the restaurant situated above the main entry and listed as an historic monument since 1972 for its "Belle Epoque" interior, left unchanged since the opening in 1901. About 40 paintings illustrate the cities served by the Company
Interior of Le Train Bleu (collage).

At ground level, Navigation, Steam, Electricity and the science of Mechanics are allegorically represented between the arcades by nudes glorifying technological progress. On the exterior, one cannot avoid noticing the characteristic square tower and its four clocks. Statues representing the cities of Paris and Marseille, together with low reliefs personifying Fishing and Hunting, decorate the main building.


Parks and gardens in Paris

Parks


Gardens

Two of Paris's oldest and famous gardens are the Tuileries Garden, created from the 16th century for a palace on the banks of the Seine near the Louvre, and the Left bank Luxembourg Garden, another formerly private garden belonging to a château built for the Marie de' Medici in 1612. The Jardin des Plantes , created by Louis XIII's doctor Guy de La Brosse for the cultivation of medicinal plants, was Paris' first public garden.

A few of Paris' other large gardens are Second Empire creations: the formerly suburban parks of Montsouris, Buttes Chaumont and Parc Monceau (formerly known as the "folie de Chartres"), were creations of Napoleon III's engineer Jean-Charles Alphand and the landscape . Another project executed under the orders of Baron Haussmann

architect Barillet-Deschamps was the re-sculpting of Paris' western Bois de Boulogne forest-parklands; the Bois de Vincennes, to Paris' opposite eastern end, received a similar treatment in years following.

Newer additions to Paris' park landscape are the Parc de la Villette, built by the architect Bernard Tschumi on the location of Paris' former slaughterhouses , and gardens being lain to Paris' periphery along the traces of its former circular " Petite Ceinture" railway line

Cemeteries in Paris

Cemeteries Cemetery of Père Lachaise

Paris' existing inner-city cemeteries were to its outskirts upon their 1804 creation. Many of Paris' churches had their own parish cemeteries, but these by the late 18th century contributed to making living conditions quite unsanitary in an ever-growing Capital. Abolished from 1786, all parish cemeteries were excavated their contents taken to abandoned limestone mines outside the southern gates of then Paris, today the 14e arrondissement's place Denfert-Rochereau. The latter are known today as the Paris Catacombes.

Although Paris today has once again grown to surround all its former extra-muros cemeteries, these have become all-too-rare and much-appreciated oases of quiet, greenery and sculpture in a thriving city. Many of Paris's illustrious historical figures have found rest in Père Lachaise Cemetery. Other notable cemeteries include Cimetière de Montmartre, Cimetière du Montparnasse, Cimetière de Passy and the Catacombs of Paris.

Paris created new suburban cemeteries for its defunct from the early 20th century: the largest of these are the Cimitière Parisien de Saint-Ouen, the Cimitière Parisien de Bobigny- Pantin, the Cimitière Parisien d'Ivry and the Cimitière Parisien de Bagneux .


Opéra de la Bastille


Place de la Bastille, 75012
Tel.Information (1) 44 73 13 99
Tel Reservations: (1) 44 73 13 00
Métro stop: Bastille.
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L'Opéra de la Bastille (Bastille Opera) is a modern opera house in Paris, France. It is the home base of the Opéra National de Paris and was supposed to replace the Palais Garnier. Operas are still given in that house, which is also used for ballet performances.

In 1968 the idea for a new opera house in Paris first came from the composer Pierre Boulez along with Jean Vilar, a believer in the need for popular theatre, and Maurice Béjart . Their report inspired François Mitterrand, the former French president, to sponsor a competition to build a new house. He wanted it to become a "modern and popular" place in order to share classical music with the masses.

Located in the Place de la Bastille, in the 12th arrondissement, the house was designed with 2723 seats, every one of which has an unrestricted view of the stage. The theatre, described by Thierry Beauvert in Opera Houses of the World was "surmounted by the opaque cube of the stage building and wrapped in gridded walls of glass...... the Opera stands sociably open to the world outside, whereas the foyers, with their broad overview of the city, have the slick, impersonal look of an airport lounge". However, he goes to describe its backstage facilities as being extremely modern, allowing for nine times the volume of the stage and the ability to roll entire sets off and on intact. However, compared to other world-class opera houses, the acoustics have been described as disappointing at best.

Construction began in 1984 with the demolition of Paris Bastille train station, which was opened in 1859 and closed on December 14, 1969, and where art expositions were held thereafter until its demolition. The building was inaugurated on July 13, 1989, on the 200th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, with a gala concert conducted by Georges Prêtre and featuring singers such as Teresa Berganza and Plácido Domingo. However, it did not see its first opera performance until March 17, 1990 , with Berlioz's Les Troyens.


Opéra Garnier

Palais Garnier - Place de l'Opéra , 75009 Paris
Metro: Opéra
RER:Auber
Bus:20, 21, 22, 27, 29, 42, 52, 53, 66, 95

It was built between 1862-1875 by architect Charles Garnier. He had been picked from among 171 contestants, and was relatively unknown although he had won the Rome prize in 1848. He was only 35 when awarded with the design of the new opera house. The origins of the idea for a new opera house can be traced back as far as forty years previous to 1820. When construction was finally started, it was just as quickly suspended after the discovery of an underground lake and spring. 

A large building, it has a total area of 11000 square metres (118404 square feet) and a vast stage with room for up to 450 artists. The auditorium itself comprises roughly half of the total space, most of the rest being used to house necessary logistical support so that the stage demands of any opera can be met and even surpassed. This can include live horses running on a rotating stage. The opera seats only 2200.

Legend has it that the Empress Eugénie asked Garnier whether the building was to be in Greek or Roman style to which he replied ``It is in the Napoléon III style Madame !'' It remains an ornate building richly decorated with friezes, columns, and winged figures among other statues and embellishments.

This richness continues inside with velvet, gold leaf, and nymphs and cherubs. The auditorium's central chandelier weighs over six tons, and its ceiling was painted in 1964 by Chagall.




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London/Paris under the Channel in 3 hours

London/Paris under the Channel in 3 hours. Also known as The Ch unnel, connects London and Paris via a tunnel under the English Channel. Its fast, convenient and superb! Buy your tickets online and have them delivered to your home, or at your vacation rental.

London-Paris:
2 hours 35 minutes
London-Brussels: 2 hours 20 minutes

Reopening of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in September 2006


Palais du Louvre, 107, rue de Rivoli , 75001 Paris
Phone: 44 55 57 50
Fax: 42 60 49 48
Metro: Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre
RER: Châtelet-Les Halles
Bus 21, 27, 39, 69, 72, 81, 95


After several years of refurbishment, the museum is opening again fully.

An exhibition area of 9000 square meter. provides a chronological itinerary which offers a complete overview of decorative arts from the Middle Ages to the present day. The renovation work also enabled the restoration of the 5,000 works on display.
Already open in recent months, the Galerie des Bijoux exhibits some 1,200 pieces illustrating the history of jewellery - it is open every day except Monday, from 11am to 6pm, and at weekends from 10am.

The Musée des arts Décoratifs is a museum about interior design, furniture, objets d'arts, wallpaper, tapestries, ceramics, glassware, and toys from the Middle Ages to the present day.

The Musée des Arts Décoratifs; was established in 1905 by the Union des Arts Decoratifs. At one time, the museum was state owned but today although the museum is open to the public, it is however private because of the integrity and autonomy of its administration.

At first, the decorative arts were on the fringe of the fine arts. It is today a more accepted art form due in part to the wealth of the collection of decorative arts. That collection is largely made up of restorations of decorative art from different periods an Asian section, a Gothic section, Contemporary, and all sections imaginable between those previously listed. There are today even more sections of decorative arts, due to the reinstallation during 1945 to 1949.


Another bridge in Paris


The Simone-de-Beauvoir footbridge links the François Mitterrand library on the Left Bank to the Parc de Bercy on the Right Bank. It measures 304 metres long and weigh 1,600 tons.It was inaugurated in July, it is the fourth bridge in the capital reserved to pedestrians only and Paris's 37th bridge .

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

The 20 Districts of Paris


Central Paris is officially divided into 20 districts called arrondissements, numbered from 1 to 20 in a clockwise spiral from the centre of town.  The 12th and 16th arrondissements include large suburban parks, Le Bois de Vincennes, and Le Bois de Boulogne.

The very best cheap pocket map you can get for Paris is called "Paris Pratique par Arrondissement" which you can buy at any news stand. It makes navigating the city easy, so much so that one can imagine that the introduction of such map-books might be part of what made the arrondissement concept so popular in the first place.

  • (1 er). The geographical centre of Paris. The Louvre Museum, the Jardin des TuileriesPlace Vendôme, Les Halles and Palais Royal are all to be found there.
  • (2e). The central business district of the city - the Bourse (the Paris Stock Exchange) and the Bibliothèque Nationale are   located there.
  • (3e). Archives Nationales, Musée Carnavalet, Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers , the northern, quieter part of the Marais
  • (4e). Notre-Dame Cathedral, the Hôtel de Ville (Paris town hall), Beaubourg, le Marais (Gay Paris)
  • (5e). Jardin des Plantes, Quartier Latin, Universités , La Sorbonne, Le Panthéon
  • (6e). Jardin du Luxembourg, Saint-Germain des Prés
  • (7e ). Tour Eiffel, Les Invalides, Musée d'Orsay
  • (8e). Champs-Elysées, the Palais de l'Elysée, la Madeleine
  • (9e). Opéra Garnier, Grands Magasins
  • (10e). Canal Saint-Martin, Gare du Nord, Gare de l'Est
  • (11e). Bastille, Nation, New Jewish Quarter
  • (12e ). Opéra Bastille, Bercy Park and Village, Promenade plantée, Quartier d'Aligre, Gare de Lyon, Le Bois de Vincennes
  • (13e). Quartier Chinois, Place d'Italie, La Butte aux Cailles , La Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
  • (14e). Montparnasse Cemetery, Denfert-Rochereau, Parc Montsouris
  • (15e). Montparnasse Tower, Gare Montparnasse, Stadiums
  • (16e). Palais de Chaillot, Musée de l'Homme, Le Bois de Boulogne, Le Trocadero with the best pictures to talk at La tour Eiffel
  • (17e). Palais des Congrès , Place de Clichy
  • (18e). Montmartre, Pigalle, Barbès.
  • (19e). Museum of Science and Industry, Le Parc de la Villette,  Le Bassin de la Villette,  Le Parc des Buttes Chaumont
  • (20e). Père Lachaise Cemetery


Activities to do with kids in Paris


On weekends and Wednesday afternoons (Parisian children go to school on mornings only), the city's parks become lively playgrounds. Most have pony rides, carousels, bumper cars and buvettes (fast-food kiosks that sell croque-monsieur sandwiches, hot dogs and cotton candy).

The Luxembourg Gardens, the Bois de Boulogne and the Champ de Mars have marionette theaters and big playgrounds.

The puppeteers perform entirely in French but children should have no problem following the plots of such well-known tales as  "La belle au bois Dormant" , " Le petit chaperon rouge",  "Les Trois Petits Cochons" ("The Three Little Pigs"), "Blanche Neige" ("Snow White") and "Pinocchio" and the famous Guignol.

Marionettes du Champ de Mars, (1) 48.56.01.44, hold performances on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, at 3:15 and 4:15 p.m. (often daily during school vacations)

Marionettes du Luxembourg, (1) 43.26.46.47, on Wednesday at 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at 11 a.m and 4 p.m.


Saturday, August 26, 2006

New photo gallery online

We've uploaded a bunch of pictures onto our PicasaWeb Photo gallery. Be sure to visit our photo selection, which includes images of the apartment, the neighborhood, and some general pictures of Paris, at http://picasaweb.google.com/parisforvacationPosted by Picasa

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Parking a car in Paris

Parking your car

Driving and parking in Paris is usually a nightmare! That's why over  60% of the Parisians refuse to have a car and use the efficient and cheap public transportation. If you still decide to come by car, it will be wiser to use a safe private parking nearby. Parking in the street can cost you as much as 2 Euros per hour. The alternative would be Public transportation, the buses, RER and Metro are very reliable (when there is no strike).





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Cinemas in Paris

Cinemas in Paris

Paris has more cinemas than any other city in the world (more than London or New York). Prices are cheap, usually less than 8 Euros, and some cinemas offer cards of 5 tickets for around 30 Euros (UGC). The best of all is the UGC Cite Ciné in Les Halles, near the church of St Eustache: more than 20 screens with the most terrific sound systems and wide screens. Most films are shown in their original language version ("vo") but with French subtitles.

The most romantic is Le Grand Rex, with 3000 seats and a star-gliding ceiling that makes you feel as if you are in an open-air cinema. This place is so beautiful it has been classified as an historical monument. 75002. Métro Bonne Nouvelle.

You have a large choice of Cinema on the Champs Elysees and the "quartier latin" as well.



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Should Type in Paris and How much?

Should Type in Paris and How much?

You normally do not have to tip for services or in restaurants. By law service and taxes are included in all bills, but if the waiter is very nice and helpful you are welcome to give an extra.


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Friday, August 18, 2006

Paris Chocolatiers


A chocolate crawl through Paris

by Anna Goldrein

http://www.ivillage.co.uk/print/0,,572641,00.html

chocolateBy-pass the museums and monuments of Paris (leave them for the tourists) and let this guide take you on an inebriating chocolate crawl. Fortify yourself with a hot chocolate, made to a century-old recipe, at Chez Angelina before nibbling your way to the deep, dark centre of the Parisian chocolate scene. You may well find wisdom and ecstasy on the way - according to Aztec Indian legend, cacao was the food of the gods, bestowing power and wisdom on those that consumed it. Alternatively, you may just pick up a few extra calories ...



Chocolate History

But before embarking on your chocolate crawl, spare a thought for those who endured life without so much as a sniff of the substance. Chocolate was not brought to the western world until Columbus returned from America with cocoa but King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella had no idea what to do with the beans. In 1519, Spanish explorer, Hernando Cortez found out the secret, as he watched Emperor Montezuma of Mexico consume his 'chocolatl' (meaning 'bitter water') in goblets before entering his harem. Cortez took the cocoa bean, the Viagra of the day, back to Spain in 1528 and the chocolate craze began.



Soon chocolate had become the royal tipple of choice. Anne of Austria only married Louis XIII of France in 1615 on condition that she could bring her own chocolate supplies from Spain; Marie-Antoinette had a personal chocolatier (hey, who needs a personal trainer?) and was served chocolate with orange blossom for her nerves and chocolate with almond milk to ease her digestion. Madame de Pompadour relied on hot chocolate to warm her blood and passion for Louis XV.



Chocolate remained a royal luxury - in 17th-century France, the crown chocolatier hoarded 8lb of chocolate in his private stores, when the whole country only possessed 22lb - until the mass production methods of the industrial revolution brought the prices down. The final coup was the discovery of solid 'eating chocolate' and 'milk chocolate' in the 18th century. From now on, chocolate, dark and white, could be consumed in powerful little blocks of flavour.



But now, assailed with chocolate on all sides, the key is to rediscover quality and flavour. Where better to begin, than the Maitres Chocolatiers in Paris?



Chocolate Masters


High-flyer - Hevin

Maitre Jean-Paul Hevin's chic boutiques are on the chocolate A-list. This man has won international competitions for his creations in cocoa, and recently designed the chocolate rabbit, which starred alongside Juliette Binoche and Jonny Depp in the film adaptation of Joanne Harris' novel, Chocolat. Choose from soft sweet centres (such as honey and raspberry) and the sultry, spicy flavours of the Dynamic Collection - aphrodisiac chocolates scented with chunks of ginger, nutmeg and cinammon. Or sample cheese chocolates as an aperitif. These chocolates, high in cocoa content and made with fresh ingredients, will last around three weeks. Store them in a cool place but not the refrigerator - which may cause an unsightly white bloom to ruin the shining darkness of your chocs. Alternatively, down them in one!



Hevin's boutique on the rue Saint-Honore has a Salon de The on the second floor. Here you can order a perfectly sensible savoury meal - omelette with Earl Grey tea, for example. Or you can opt for a rich, strong hot chocolate and patisserie.



Jean-Paul Hevin

Boutique et Salon de Thé

231 rue Saint-Honore, 75001 Paris

Tel: +33 (0) 1 55 35 35 96

Boutiques also at 3 rue Vavin, 75006 Paris and 16 avenue de la Motte-Picquet, 75007 Paris.

Chocolates may be ordered over the Internet at www.hevin-chocolatier.com.

Metro: Tuileries



Refinement - Robert Linxe

Nowhere will you find such refined chocolates, fêted by Sharon Stone, star of the silver screen and French chanteuse, Jeanne Moreau, as at this impeccable chocolate shop. Linxe is an old master, and helped put France on the world map of chocolate in the 1970s when he opened his first boutique. His secret? A fine nose, acute business sense and artistic flair. These chocolates will appeal to sophisticated tastes. Subtle and smooth, you will find classic flavours (such as caramel and plain) but also intriguing tastes - try fennel, lemon zest and a mint that's got nothing to do with your average after-dinner number. Buy these chocolates as a present, and you are bound to impress Parisian friends with your good taste. But Linxe's fame has spread further a field than the French capital; he has boutiques in the chicest streets of Tokyo and New York.






La Maison du Chocolat

225 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore, 75008 Paris

(Boutiques also at 52 rue Francois 1, 75008 Paris, 8 boulevard de la Madeleine, 75009 Paris, 19 rue de Sevres, 75006 Paris and 89 avenue Raymond Pincare, 75116 Paris.)

Chocolates may be ordered over the Internet at www.lamaisonduchocolat.com.

Metro: Ternes


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Chocolate cafés



Hot Chocolate - Chez Angelina

Join the queue at this grand Viennese cafe, founded by Antoine Rumpelmayer in 1903, a former favourite with Proust, Coco Chanel and George V and now a must for Parisians and tourists alike. Your thick, sweet hot chocolate, accompanied with cream and served on a silver tray, make it well worth the wait. Try the pastries, and if you don't want to go home empty handed, treat yourself to something sweet from the boutique.


Chez Angelina

226 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris

Tel: +33 (0) 1 42 60 82 00

Visit www.angelina.fr .

Metro: Tuileries



Chocolate on Water - Route du Cacao

When the sun is shining, relax on the Chocolate barge, run by Pascal Guerreau, the former racing car driver, who is so obsessed by chocolate that he made a life-size Formula One car out of it! The barge is moored on the Seine, just by the Bibliotheque Nationale and next to nightclub barge Batofar. Wander around the little chocolate museum, and tropical hothouse (with cocoa tree) and chocolate boutique. Then watch your hot chocolate (there's a choice of five on the menu) being made in the chocolate laboratory before taking a seat upstairs in the tearoom. Far from the tourist trail, prices are reasonable. You can even have a light savoury lunch (the restaurant kitchen is separate from the chocolate lab so that the chocolate's delicate flavours are untainted).



La Route du Cacao

Quai de la Gare, 75013 Paris

Opposite the Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Tel: +33 (0) 1 53 82 10 35

Metro: Quai de la Gare



Chocolate Schools



Learning at Lenôtre

Lenôtre's cakes, pastries and chocolates - encased under glass like jewels - are world class. They are the essence of Parisien chic, each one is perfectly presented. Choose from coriander, Jeanne d'Arc cherry liqueur, Miroir Cassis (Blackcurrant caramel), pistachio and Romeo - a seductive dark chocolate. Lenotre's chocs are sweeter than Hevin's or Linxe's.



For those who have already immersed themselves in the world of chocolate and wish to learn its secrets for themselves, Lenôtre offers morning (and week-long classes). But don't expect instant results - it takes four hours for Lenôtre's 'gâteau tout chocolat' (all chocolate cake) to blossom into something that really does look too good to eat.



Ecole Lenotre

48 avenue Victor Hugo, 75116 Paris

Tel: +33 (0) 1 45 02 21 21

Visit www.lenotre.fr .

Metro: Victor Hugo



Ritz-Escoffier

All the cookery courses at the prestigious Ritz-Escoffier school for amateur and professional gastronomes are given with a translator and Ritz chef. If you're serious about your chocolate, book yourself in for a chocolate class - well in advance. These classes are snapped up as fast as chocolates on a plate!



Ecole Ritz Escoffier

15 place Vendome (student entrance: 38 rue Cambon, 75001 Paris)

Tel: +33 (0) 1 43 16 30 50

Visit www.ritzparis.com.

Metro: Concorde/Opera/Madeleine



Chocolate Factory



Nestlé Chocolate Factory

At the other end of the scale from handmade chocolate,
go for a tour of the historic Menier factory (built 1860-1922), just outside of Paris in the Ile-de-France region. Now a listed monument and headquarters to confectionary giant Nestle, the former factory opens to the public for free visits on Heritage Day (Journée du patrimoine), 9am-5pm Sunday 16 September 2001. The highlight is the colourful ceramics of the Moulin Saulnier, the largest of the eleven factory buildings.



Siège Social de Nestlé France SA

7 Boulevard Pierre Carle-Noisiel, 77446 (Marne la Vallee)

From Paris: RER (direction Chessy, Noisiel stop)



Chocolate Salon 31 Oct-4 Nov

This is the crème de la crème of the chocolate lover's year. Some 100,000 chocoholics, and chocolatiers from all over the world, descend on the Carrousel du Louvre for chocolate fashion shows, chocolate sculpture, chocolate awards, chocolate workshops and chocolate tastings.



Carrousel du Louvre, 99, rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris

Visit www.chocoland.com.


Useful Links

www.croqueurschocolat.com

www.choco-club.com


Friday, August 11, 2006

Flea markets in Paris

Flea Markets are great deals in Paris. You'll find a lot of locals and a lot of bargains. From t-shirts to Jewelry, linens, and computer equipment, you'll definitely something something you want at one of these markets.

Vanves. 14th Arrondissement
Av. de la Pte de Vanves and rue Marc Sangnier.
Metro : Porte de Vanves
Saturday, Sunday 2 p.m.-7.30 p.m. for new sector and 7 a.m.-7.30 p.m. for brocante.

Clignancourt (brocante, clothes)
18th Arrondissement
Puces de Clignancourt
Avenue de la Porte de Clignancourt
Metro : Pte de Clignancourt
From Saturday to Monday from 7a.m. to 7.30 p.m.

Montreuil (brocante, clothes)
20th Arrondissement
Puces de Montreuil.
Avenue de la Porte de Montreuil
Metro : Pte de Montreuil
From Saturday to Monday from 7a.m. to 7.30 p.m.

Learning French In Paris: Schools

If you'd like to spend some time in Paris learning the French language, here are some high-quality places that can teach you French. Bon chance!

Institute de Langue Française
3, Ave Bertie Albrecht Paris 75008
(M) Charles de Gualle Etoile
Tel: 01
45 63 24 00
New classes start each Monday. Language courses, evening
classes, civilisation, phoenetics, literature, grammar.


Alliance Française
101 Bd Raspail Paris 75006
Tel: 01 42 84 90 00
General French, all levels, business French, French for hotel & tourism, Legal French. Tailored classes on request: one-to-one, them classes (fashion, cooking...) Homestay program (cinema, lectures, library, bookstore, restaurant).

Ancestral Media
9 rue du Chateau d'Eau 75010 Paris
(M) Republique
Tel: 01 42 00 00 24
Intensive course:20 hrs/week Free trial.

Institut Franco-Nordique
28 rue Vignon 75009 Paris
(M) Madeleine, Havre Caumartin
Tel: 01 42 68 10 07
Flexible enrollment, evening classes, cultural and leisure activities. Small groups (max 14 people).

Langue Onze Paris
15 rue Gambey 75011 Paris
(M) Oberkampf or Parmentier
Tel: 01 43 38 22 87

Lutèce Langue
31 rue Etienne Marcel 75001 Paris
(M) Les Halles Tel: 01 42 36 31 51
Small classes (max 6). Focus on communication skills. Admission every Monday.

Ecole des Roches
6 rue Spinoza 75011 Paris
(M) Père-Lachaise
Tel: 01 53 36 16 96
New classes each Monday, free trial, multimedia lab. Also, arts programme inc. painting, drawing, sculpting.

Oise
71 bis rue de Vaugirard 75006 Paris
Tel: 01 42 22 01 98
Professional environment with multimedia facilities. Small groups (max 4 People), individual lessons available, all levels, in the Latin Quarter.

Berlitz
1) Berlitz Champs-Elysées: 35 ave Franklin Roosevelt 75008 Paris
Tel: 01 40 74 00 17
2) Berlitz Opera: 38 ave de l'Opera 75002 Paris
Tel: 01 44 94 50 00
Intensive groups - 3 hours/day, max 6 people per group.

CFILC
7 rue Duvergier 75019 Paris
Tel: 01 40 05 92 42
French for Foreigners, business French, English, Spanish and Arabic.

l'Atelier
34 rue de Trévise 75009
(M) Grands Boulevards or Cadet
Tel: 01 42 46 70 19
Total immersion in French language and culture. Morning, evening or Saturday courses. French cuisine, wine and cheese tasting courses.

Promolangue International
8, Rue Blanche 75009 Paris
(M) Trinité/ RER: Auber
Tel: 01 42 85 19 45

Institut Parisien
87 Bd de Grenelle 75015 Paris
(M) La Motte-Picquet-Grenelle
Tel: 01 40 56 09 53
Start a class any Monday. 10, 20 or 30 hrs/week. Max 12 people per group. Bonus: 1.5hrs/week of 'civilisation' class.

Académie Française de l'Opera
10 rue de Chaussée d'Antin 75009 Paris
(M) Opera, Bourse, Auber, Richelieu
Tel: 01 45 23 30 01
10-15 people per group, evening classes, free internet, school parties & fun. Business French, conversation, grammar & writing, vocabulary & idioms.

List of Embassies in PARIS

Argentina
6, rue Cimarosa,
75016 Paris
Tel. 01 44 05 27 00
Australia
4, rue Jean Rey,
75015 Paris
Tel. 01 40 59 33 00
Austria
6, rue Fabert,
75007 Paris
Tel. 01 40 63 30 63
Belgium
9, rue de Tilsitt,
75017 Paris
Tel. 01 44 09 39 39
Brazil
34, cours Albert Ier,
75008 Paris
Tel. 01 45 61 63 00
Bulgaria
1, avenue Rapp,
75007 Paris
Tel. 01 45 51 85 90
Canada
35, avenue Montaigne,
75008 Paris
Tel. 01 44 43 29 00
Chili
2, avenue de la Motte-Picquet,
75007 Paris
Tel. 01 44 18 59 60
Czech Republic
15, avenue Charles Floquet, 75007 Paris
Tel. 01 40 65 13 00
Denmark
77, avenue Marceau, 75016 Paris
Tel. 01 44 31 21 21
Egypt
56, avenue d'Iéna,
75016 Paris
Tel. 01 53 67 88 30
Finland
1, place de Finlande, 75007 Paris
Tel. 01 44 18 19 20
Germany
34, avenue d'Iéna,
75016 Paris
Tel. 01 53 83 45 00
Greece
17, rue Auguste-Vacquerie, 75016 Paris
Tel. 01 47 23 72 28
Hungary
5 bis, square de l'avenue Foch,
75016 Paris
Tel. 01 45 00 41 59
Iceland
8, avenue Kléber,
75016 Paris
Tel. 01 44 17 32 85
India
15, rue Alfred Dehodencq, 75016 Paris
Tel. 01 40 50 70 70
Ireland
4, rue Rude,
75016 Paris
Tel. 01 44 17 67 00
Italy
51, rue de Varenne, 75007 Paris
Tel. 01 49 54 03 00
Japan
7, avenue Hoche,
75008 Paris
Tel. 01 48 88 62 00
Luxembourg
33, avenue Rapp, 75007 Paris
Tel. 01 45 55 13 37
Mexico
9, rue de Longchamp, 75016 Paris
Tel. 01 53 70 27 70
Netherlands
7, rue Eblé,
75007 Paris
Tel. 01 40 62 33 00
New Zealand
7 ter, rue Léonard de Vinci, 75016 Paris
Tel. 01 45 00 24 11
Norway
28 rue Bayard,
75008 Paris
Tel. 01 53 67 04 00
People's Republic of China
11, avenue George-V,
75008 Paris
Tel. 01 47 23 38 21
Peru
50, avenue Kléber, 75016 Paris
Tel. 01 53 70 42 00
Poland
1, rue Talleyrand,
75007 Paris
Tel. 01 45 51 49 12
Portugal
3, rue de Noisiel,
75016 Paris
Tel. 01 47 27 35 29
Romania
5, rue de l'Exposition, 75007 Paris
Tel. 01 40 62 22 02
Russia (Commonwealth of Independent States)
40, boulevard Lannes, 75016 Paris
Tel. 01 45 04 05 50
Slovakia
125, rue du Ranelagh,
75016 Paris
Tel. 01 44 14 51 20
South Africa
59, quai d'Orsay, 75007 Paris
Tel. 01 53 59 23 23
Spain
22, avenue Marceau, 75008 Paris
Tel. 01 44 43 18 00
Sweden
17, rue Barbet-de-Jouy,
75007 Paris
Tel. 01 44 18 88 00
Switzerland
142, rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris
Tel. 01 49 55 67 00
United Kingdom
(British Embassy)
35, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré,
70008 Paris
Tel. 01 44 51 31 00
United States Embassy (American Embassy)
2, avenue Gabriel,
75008 Paris
Tel. 01 43 12 22 22
United States Consulate
2, rue Saint-Florentin, 75008 Paris
Tel. 01 43 12 22 22
Venezuela
11, rue Copernic, 75016 Paris
Tel. 01 45 53 29 98
 


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Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Transportation from and to Airports in Paris

Few ways of getting to and from the city from one of the airports


Paris Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport is located 14 miles north-east of Paris. It is the city's largest airport.

The airport has three terminals that are connected by free shuttle buses and handle over 200,000 passengers and more than 6000 tons of baggage and freight daily. Terminal 1 handles international flights, excluding Air France, Terminal 2 handles Air France and other airlines flying to European destinations and Terminal T9 handles charter flights exclusively. Terminal 2 currently has five separate halls and is being further expanded to an eventual capacity for 50 million people by 2010.

For those wanting to hire a car on arrival in Paris, Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport offer major car rental companies. Avis, Budget, Citer-Eurodollar, Europcar, Hertz and Eurorent among others.

Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, has a number of car parking options. There is long-term parking and short-term parking available at all three terminals. Disabled passengers also use the same car parking lots but at a reduced rate.

Orly Airport (ORY): Paris' second airport mostly handles domestic and charter flights, serving around 30 airlines at its two terminals, South and West. Around 35 million passengers use Orly each year. Orly airport is best accessed by train on RER Lines B and C – parking at the airport is plentiful though the 15 kilometre road journey into Paris can be take longer than expected. Facilities and services at Orly airport include a range of food and retail outlets, business services and a notable art collection, and a choice of car rental providers.

Beauvais Airport (BVA): Offers flights to major Central European, Italian and Scandanavian cities with budget airlines including Ryanair and Wizzair.

Getting Into Paris

Paris city centre can be reached by bus or taxi from the two main airports in Paris, Roissy-Charles de Gaulle (26 kilometres or 16 miles to the north) and Orly (approximately six kilometres or nine miles to the south), and will take around 25 to 55 minutes to reach the flat depending on traffic. If you have a choice, don't drive in inner-city Paris. The public transport facilities are good, cheap and punctual (when not on strike).

Transport options into Paris from Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) include:

Train/metro: The RER B metro line provides four services an hour from CDG to Paris between 5am and 12pm, a journey of around 25 minutes to Gare du Nord train station and 45 minutes to Denfert Rochereau. then you can take line 6 in direction to Charles de Gaulle Etoild and stop at metro Passy.
Bus: 1. Roissybus offer regular services to Paris Place de l'Opéra – a journey time of around 45 minutes. Fares from around €9.
2. Bus lines 350 (for Gare de l'Est) and 351 (Nation) link Paris to airport terminals 1 and 2, operating every day (note: no nighttime services).
Shuttle: Air France offers shuttle services to Paris from Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports; and between the two airports themselves. Departures every 15-20 minutes between 5.40am and 11pmm with stops at Porte Maillot, Etoile/Place Charles de Gaulle and Gare Montparnasse.
Taxis & Limousines: Taxis to Paris take between 30-45 minutes to central Paris except in the busy 8am to 9.30am period A1 freeway. Fares from around €55 and up. Limousine with chauffeurs prices from around €100.
Car: For Paris from CDG airport, take the A1 motorway or Porte de Bagnolet by branching off to Paris Est. If heading to the airport, take the A1 motorway (Autoroute du Nord) by Porte de la Chapelle. Journey times between 20-60 minutes dependent on traffic.


Transport options into Paris from Orly Airport (ORY) include:

Train/metro: The regular Orlyval light rail service connects passengers via the RER/metro station Antony to Châtelet Les Halles, Charles de Gaulle airport and La Défense – a journey times between 35 and 50 minutes.
Bus: Orlybus services connect passengers to the city's Denfert-Rochereau Métro/RER stop every 15 minutes, taking around 30 minutes to Paris. Regular Jetbus services link Orly airport to Villejuif-Louis Aragon Metro station (line 7). Nightbuses (Noctambus) are also provided.
Shuttle: Air France shuttles leave every 15-20 minutes between 5.40am and 11pm, stopping at Porte d'Orleans, Gare Montparnasse, Duroc and Gare des Invalides – a journey time of 25 minutes. Shuttles also connect with Roissy CDG Airport.
Taxi: Taxis and limousines are available from outside the terminal building – fares from around €35 to central Paris.
Car: Use the A6 motorway or Route National 7 via Porte d'Italie.


Transport options into Paris from Beauvais Airport (BVA) include:

Train: Taxis operate to Beauvais train station (fares from €10) – from there trains run to Paris Gare du Nord, a journey time of around an hour.
Bus: Departures every 20 minutes to Paris Porte Maillot metro station – a journey of around one hour. Tickets must be purchased in advance from the bus ticket point outside the airport.
Taxi: Taxis to Paris cost around €120, more at night.



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Sunday, July 30, 2006

Frequently Asked Questions

ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS


Can I view a property before committing?

It is possible if you are on site to look at it, assuming there no guests at the flat at that moment. If you want to check out the area, the exact location is shown on the location link.

What is the minimum let?

Unless otherwise stated our minimum length of stay is 3 nights.  You can of course pay for the minimum number of nights but stay for fewer if you wish.

How many people can stay?

Unless expressly agreed otherwise the maximum number of people who may occupy the property is 4.

What's included in the price?

The rental price includes the use of the property as a holiday rental, utilities (water, gas and electricity), use of the telephone (free phone calls to US and Canada and free incoming calls on the French line). Use of towels (one set - hand towel, wash cloth and bath towel per person) and linen. No administration charge.

How do I get to my property?

We can arrange a car to meet you at the airport if you wish. Costs vary depending on the car company, their available vehicles and where you are going. Expect to pay Euros 60-80 depending on which airport you are landing in and how many people you have in your party.

What time can we arrive?

For most arrivals you will be able to go into your property when you arrive in Paris. However occasionally, if the property is being used the previous night (and we might well not know this at the time you make your booking), this may not be possible. In this case we will try to make arrangements for you to leave your bags at the property until it is ready, in the afternoon usually by 4 pm.
If you need guaranteed access first thing in the morning we suggest you make your booking starting from the day before.

Who will let me in?

Our representative will be at the property to welcome you, let you in and tell you all about the property. At the same time he will introduce you to Paris and the immediate area, covering such important points as where the local shops and restaurants are and how the transport system works. You'll also be asked to sign our inventory  - available for inspection on request, and fax it to us on your arrival. You will be provided with 2 sets of keys.

What about early or late arrivals?

If you are arriving outside our normal hours, you will have to pay an extra fee for late arrival and pay for the night before for early arrival.

What about a stroller and toys for your baby?

We can supply both at no charge.

Are there washing and ironing facilities?

Our property has a combined washer/dryer, iron and iron board.

What condition will the property be in?

Our property has been carefully selected and is of a standard appropriate to the price charged. It will always be clean and tidy.

 Our flat has been rated as luxury with 4 stars by professional from France and the US.

What is the starter pack?

It's provisions for a light, continental style, breakfast and snacks for the first couple of days of your stay: croissants, butter, jams, tea and coffee, sugar, milk and fruit juice, plus any special requests - subject to price and availability.
You can find all these products on site at your request.

Cleaning products, soap for the washing machine paper towel, toilet paper will be present at no extra cost

Can I use the telephone?

Of-course. Free calls to the US and Canada, and free incoming calls on the French line.

Do I need to bring an electrical converter? France is on 220/240 volts as opposed to the North American 110/120 system. We put converter in the flat for your convenience.

Is there Internet access?

Our flat has high speed, broadband, Internet access and is complimentary.

Is there a vacuum cleaner?

Yes two of them on site for your convenience.

What do I do when I leave?

With the exception of the laundry, you are expected to leave the property in the same state as you found it. Our manager will be on hand to see you out. Check out is normally by 10.00 am but may be a little later by prior agreement. However if you do need to be guaranteed to be able to stay after 10.00 am (for late pm departures) we suggest you book the property for the following night as well.

When will I get my deposit back?

We will send your security-deposit less any charges incurred - extra cleaning (if required), damages etc. within 7 days of your departure.

What happen if I loose the Keys?

Expanses to cover the cost of Keys replacement will be taken from the deposit.


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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

MUSEUM IN PARIS AND ITS SUBURB


MUSEUM in PARIS:

Please find above  a list of museum in Paris with web sites (when available), addresses, accessibility by public transportation, opening time and fees. I would recommend checking with each museum as these information might change depending on the time of the year.


Arc de Triomphe

http://www.monum.fr/
Place Charles de Gaulle - 75008 Paris
Métro: Charles-de-Gaulle-Etoile
Bus: lines 22, 30, 31, 52, 73, 92
Open: from October to March from 10:00 to 22:30
Open: from April to September from 9:30 to 23:00
Price: 7.00 euros, reduced 4.50 euros, free for under age 18
Free: on 1st Sunday in month


Musée de l'Armée -
http://www.invalides.org/

Hôtel national des InvalidesNorth entry: via the esplanade des Invalides
South entry: via the place Vauban
129, rue de Grenelle - 75007 Paris
Métro: Latour-Maubourg, Invalides, Saint François-Xavier, Varenne
RER: line 'C' Invalides
Bus: lines 28, 63, 69, 80, 82, 83, 87, 92, 93
Phone: 01 44 42 48 14 - Fax: 01 44 42 30 88
Open daily except 1st Monday in month, and 1 January, 1 May, 1 November and 25 Décember
Open October to March from 10:00 to 17:00
Open from April to September from 10:00 to 18:00
Price: 7.00 euros, reduced 5.00 euros up to 26 years and over 60

Musée des Arts asiatiques-Guimet -
Le Panthéon Bouddhique

http://www.museeguimet.fr/
6, place d'Iéna - 75116 Paris
Métro: Iéna
Bus: lines 63, 82, 32, 22, 30
Phone: 01 56 52 53 00 – Fax: 01 56 52 53 54
Open daily except Tuesday, from 10:00 to 18:00
Price: 5.50 euros, reduced 4.00 euros, ages 18 to 25.

Musée des Arts Décoratifs
http://www.ucad.fr
107, rue de Rivoli - 75001 Paris.
Métro: Palais–Royal, Tuileries, Pyramides
Bus: lines 21, 27, 39, 48, 68, 72, 81, 95
Access for the disabled via a lift at 105, rue de Rivoli
Parking: Carrousel du Louvre, Rue des Pyramides
Open: Tuesdays to Fridays from 11:00 to 18:00
Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 to 18:00
Closed on Mondays and national holidays.
Price: 6.00 euros, reduced 4.50 euros. Good for all three museums.

Musée d'Art et histoire du judaïsme
http://www.mahj.org/
71, rue du Temple - 75003 Paris
Phone: 01 53 01 86 60 - Fax: 01 42 72 97 47
Métro : Rambuteau, Hôtel de Ville, RER: Châtelet-Les Halles
Bus: lines 29, 38, 47, 75
Open: Monday to Friday from 11:00 to 18:00, Sunday from 10:00 to18:00
Closed: Saturday
Price: 6.80 euros, reduced 4.50 euros 18 to 26 years, free if you are less than 18

Musée des Arts et métiers
http://www.arts-et-metiers.net/
60, rue Réaumur - 75003 Paris
Phone: 01 53 01 82 00 - Fax: 01 53 01 82 01
Métro: Arts et Métiers, Réaumur-Sébastopol
Bus: lines 20, 38, 39, 47
Open: Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00, on Thursday to 21:30
Closed: Sundays and holidays
Price: 6.50 euros, reduced 4.50 euros, free
if you are less than 18


Musée des Arts et Traditions populaires, Centre d'Ethnologie Française
http://www.musee-atp.fr/
6, avenue du Mahatma Gandhi - 75116 Paris
Phone: 01 44 17 60 00 - Fax: 01 44 17 60 60
Métro: Sablons
Bus: line 73 from Les Sablons, or line 144, Jardin d'Acclimatation
Open: from 9:45 to 17:00
Closed: Tuesday
Price: 4.00 euros, reduced 2.60 euros,

Maison de Balzac ( 3 minutes walk form the flat viewed at Http://www.parisforvacation.com )
http://www.paris.fr/musees/balzac/
Phone: 01 55 74 41 80
47, rue Raynouard - 75016 Paris
Métro: Passy or La Muette, RER 'C' Boulainvilliers
Bus: lines 52, 70, 72
Open: Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 18:00
Closed: Monday and public holidays
Price: free for the permanent collection
if you are less than 14

Bibliotheque National - François Mitterrand

http://www.bnf.fr/
Phone: 01 53 79 59 59
Quai François-Mauriac - 75013 Paris
Métro: Quai de la Gare and Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand
RER 'C': Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand
Bus: lines 62, 89
Open: Monday from 14:00 to 19:00, Tuesday to Saturday from 9:00 to 19:00, and Sunday from 12:00 to 19:00
Closed: 1 January, Easter, 1 and 8 May, Pentecôte, 14 July, 15 August, 1 and 11 November, and 25 December
Access to all above age 16, in the upper studies library
Price: 3.00 euros, two-day carte 4.50 euros

Bibliotheque National

http://www.bnf.fr/
Phone: 01 53 79 59 59
58, rue de Richelieu - 75002 Paris
Métro: Bourse, Palais-Royal or Pyramides
Bus: lines 21, 29, 39, 48, 81
Open: Monday to Friday 9:00 to 17:00, Saturday 10:00 to 17:00
Closed: Sunday and Major Holidays

Musée Bourdelle

http://www.paris.fr/musee s/bourdelle/
Phone: 01 49 54 73 73 - Fax: 01 45 44 21 65
18, rue Antoine Bourdelle - 75015 Paris
Métro: Montparnasse-Bienvenüe or Falguière
Bus: lines 58, 89, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96
Open: Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00
Closed: Monday and public holidays
Free: the permanent collection

Musée Carnavalet Museum
http://www.paris.fsr/musees/musee_carnavalet/
Phone: 01 44 59 58 58 - Fax : 01 44 59 58 10
23, rue de Sévigné - 75003 Paris
Métro: Saint-Paul or Chemin-Vert
Bus: lines 29, 69, 76, 96
Open: from 10:00 to 18:00
Closed: Monday
Free: the permanent collection

Musée de la Contrafaçon
http://ww w.museums-of-paris.com/musee_en.php?code=326
Phone: 01 56 26 14 00 - Fax: 01 56 26 14 01
16, rue de la Faisanderie - 75016 Paris
Métro: Porte Dauphine, RER 'C': Avenue Foch
Bus: line PC
Open: Tuesday to Sunday from 14:00 to 17:30
Price: 2.50 euros

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson

http://www.henricartierbresson.org/
Phone: 01 56 80 27 00 - Fax: 01 56 80 27 01
2, Impasse Lebouis - 75014 Paris
Métro: Gaité or Edgard Quinet
Bus: lines 28, 58 ,88
Open: Wednesday from 13:00 to 20:30, Thursday, Friday, Sunday from 13:00 to 18:30, Saturday from 11:00 to 18:45
Closed: Monday, Tuesday and public holidays
Closed: all August, from 25 December to 1 January
Price: 4.00 euros, reduced 3.00 euros for under 26 and over 60
Free: Wednesday from 18:30 to 20:30

Fondation Cartier - pour l'art comtemporain
http://www.fondation.c artier.fr/home.htm
Phone: 01 42 18 56 51 - Fax: 01 42 18 56 52
261, boulevard Raspail - 75014 Paris
Métro: Raspail or Denfert-Rochereau, RER 'B': Denfert-Rochereau
Bus: lines 38, 68, 88
Open: Tuesday to Sunday from 12:00 to 20:00
Closed: Monday
Price: 6.50 euros, reduced 4.50 euros, free under age 10
'Nomade' evenings, Thursday at 20:30, same Price
Resevation: 01 42 18 56 72

Catacombes de Paris
http://www.paris.fr/musees/musee_carnavalet/
Phone: 01 43 22 47 63 - Fax: 01 43 22 48 17
1, place Denfert-Rochereau - 75014 Paris
Métro: Denfert-Rochereau, RER 'B': Denfert-Rochereau
Bus: lines 38, 68, 88
Open: from 10:00 to 17:00, last tickets 16:00
Closed: Monday, and certain public holidays
Price: 5.00 euros, reduced 3.30 euros, children 2.50 euros

Musée Cernuschi
http://www.paris.fr/musees/cernuschi/default.htm
Phone: 01.45.63.50.75
7, avenue Vélasquez - 75008 Paris
Métro: Villiers
Bus: lines 30, 94
Closed: for renovation until June 2005
Open: from 10:00 to 17:40
Closed: Monday and public holidays
Free: the permanent collection

Sainte-Chapelle
http://www.monum.fr/
Phone: 01 53 40 60 97
4, blouevard du Palais - 75001 Paris
Métro: Cité, RER Châtelet or St Michel-Notro Dame
Bus: lines 21; 38, 85, 96
Open: from 9:30 to 18:00, in winter from 9:00 to 17:00
Price: 6.10 euros, reduced 4.10 euros
Free: under 18 and 1st Sunday of month from October to March

Musée de la Chasse
http://www.chassenature.org/site_musee/musee-home.html
Phone: 01 53 01 92 40
60, rue des Archives, Hôtel Guénégaud - 75003 Paris
Métro: Rambuteau orHôtel de Ville
Bus: 29, 75
Open: Tuesday to Sunday, from 11:00 to 18:00
Closed: Monday and public holidays
Price: 4.60 euros, reduced 2.30 euros

Cité des Sciences et de l'industrie
http://www.cite-sciences.fr/
Phone: 01 40 05 80 00
30, avenue Corentin-Cariou - 75019 Paris
Métro: Porte de la Villette
Bus: 75, PC2, PC3
Open: Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 18:00, to 19:00 on Sunday
Closed: Monday
Price: 7.50 euros, reduced 5.50 euros, free under age 7

Musée Clemenceau
Phone: 01 45 20 53 41
8, rue Benjamin Franklin - 75016 Paris
Métro: Trocadéro or Passy
Bus: lines 22, 30, 32, 63, 82
Open: Tuesday to Saturday from 14:00 to 17:00
Closed: Sunday, Monday and public holidays
Price: 6.00 euros, reduced 3.00 euros, free if you are less than 12

Musée Cognacq-Jay

http://www.paris.fr/musees/cognacq_jay
Phone: 01 40 27 07 21 - Fax: 01 40 27 89 44
8, rue Elzévir - 75003 Paris
Métro: Saint-Paul, Chemin-Vert, Rambuteau
Bus: lines 29, 69, 76, 96
Open: Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00
Closed: Monday and some public holidays
Free: permanent collection

Conciergerie

http://www.monum.fr/
Phone: 01 53 40 60 93 - Fax: 01 53 40 60 96
2, boulevard du Palais - 75001 Paris
Métro: Cité, Châtelet or Saint-Michel, RER Châtelet or St Michel-Notre Dame
Bus: lines 21; 38, 85, 96
Open: from 9:30 to 18:00, in winter from 9:00 to 17:00
Closed: 1 January, 1 May, 25 December
Price: 6.10 euros, reduced 4.10 euros
Free: under 18 and 1st Sunday in month

Musée Curie
http://www.musee.curie.fr/
Phone-fax: 01 42 34 67 50
11, rue Pierre et Marie Curie - 75005 Paris
RER: Luxembourg
Bus: lines 21, 27, 38, 82, 85
Open: Monday to Friday from 13:30 to 17:00
Closed: weekends, the month of August and public holidays
Free entry for all

Crypte archèologique
http://www.paris.fr/musees/musee_carnavalet/
Phone: 01 55 42 50 10 - Fax: 01 43 29 30 55
Place du Parvis de Notre Dame - 75004 Paris
Métro: Cité or Saint-Michel
RER: Châtelet-Les Halles or Saint Michel-Notre Dame
Bus: lines 24, 25, 27, 96
Open 10:00 to 18:00
Closed: Monday and certain holidays
Price: 3.30 euros, reduced 2.20 euros, children 1.60 euros

Dali Espace Montmartre
http://www.daliparis.com/
Phone: 01 42 64 40 10 - Fax: 01 42 64 93 17
11, rue Poulbot - 75018 Paris
Métro: Abbesses or Anvers
Bus: lines 54, 80, Montmartrobus
Funicular: from Anvers Métro stop
Open: from 10:00 to 18:00, until 22:00 in summer
Price: 6.00 euros, reduced 5.50 or 4.00 euros

Musée Dapper

http://www.dapper.com.fr/
Phone: 01 45 00 01 50
35, rue Paul-Valéry - 75016 Paris
Métro: Etoile, Kléber, Victor Hugo or RER Etoile
Bus: 52, 82
Open: Wednesday to Monday from 11:00 to 19:00
Closed: Tuesday
Price: 5.00 euros, reduced 2.50 euros
Freeif less tahn 16 and last Wednesday of month

Palais de la Découverte
http://www.palais-decouverte.fr/
Phone: 01 56 43 20 20
Avenue Franklin-Roosevelt - 75008 Paris
Métro: Champs Elysées-Clemenceau, RER Invalides
Bus: 28, 42, 72, 73, 83
Open: Tuesday to Saturday from 9:30 to 18:00
Open: Sunday and holidays from 10:00 to 19:00
Closed: Monday, 1 January, 1 May, 14 July, 15 August, 25 Demember
Price: 6.50 euros, reduced 4.00 euros, free under age 5

Musée Eugène Delacroix
http://www.musee-delacroix.fr/
Phone: 01 44 41 86 50 - Fax: 01 43 54 36 70
6 rue de Furstenberg - 75006 Paris
Métro: Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Open: 9:30 to 17:00
Closed: Tuesday, 1 January, 1 May and 25 December
Price: 5.00 euros, free under age 18

Musée des Égouts de Paris
http://www.paris.fr/fr/Environnement/img10/Musees/egouts1.ASP
In front of 93, quai d'Orsay - 75007 Paris
Phone: 01 53 68 27 81 - Fax: 01 53 68 27 89 ok
Métro: Alma-Marceau
RER: Pont de l'Alma
Bus: lines 42, 63, 80, 92
Open: Winter from 11:00 to 16:00, in summer from 11:00 to 17:00
Closed: Thursday, Friday, and last 3 weeks in January
Price: 3.80 euros, reduced 3.05 euros 


Musée de l'Erotisme

Phone: 01 42 58 28 73
72, boulevard de Clichy - 75018 Paris
Métro: Blanche
Bus: lines 30, 54, 67
Open: from 10:00 to 02:00
Price: 7.00 euros, reduced 5.00 euros

Musée Henner
http://www.rmn.fr/
Phone: 01 47 63 42 73 - Fax: 01 43 80 00 82
43, avenue de Villiers - 75017 Paris
Métro: Monceau, Malesherbes or Wagram
Bus: lines 31, 94
Open: Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 12:00, from 14:00 to 17:00
Closed: Monday
Free for all

Musée de l'Histoire de France - Hôtel de Rohan
http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/
Phone: 01 40 27 60 96 - Fax: 01 40 27 66 45
Hôtel de Soubise, 60, rue des Francs–Bourgeois
Open: Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 12:30 and from 14:00 to 17:30.
Open: weekends from 14:00 to 17:30. Closed Tuesday and holidays.
Price: E2.3  to E3
 

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle
http://www.mnhn.fr/
Phone: 01 40 79 56 01 - Fax: 01 40 79 39 09
36, rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire - 75005 Paris
58, rue Cuvier, Jardin des Plantes
Métro: Jussieu or Austerlitz
Bus: lines 24, 57, 61,63, 89 et 91

Jardin des Plantes: open from 7:30 to 19:45, free entry
Ménagerie: open 9:00 to 17:00
Price: 6.00 euros, reduced 3.50 euros
Closed: Tuesday, all below:
Grande Galerie de l'évolution: open from 10:00 to 18:00
Price: 7.00 euros, reduced 5.00 euros
Galeries de paléontologie et d'anatomie: open from 10:00 to 17:00
Price: 5.00 euros, reduced 3.00 euros
Galerie de minéralogie, géologie: open from 10:00 to 17:00
Price: 5.00 euros, reduced 3;00 euros
Serres: open from 13:00 to 17:00
Price: 2.50 euros, reduced 1.50 euros

Musée de l'Homme
http://www.mnhn.fr/
Phone: 01 44 05 72 72
17, place du Trocadéro - 75016 Paris
Métro: Trocadéro
Bus: lines 22, 30, 32, 63, 72, 82
Open: Monday, Wednesday to Friday from 9:45 to 17:15
Open: weekends from 10:00 to 18:30
Closed: Tuesday and public holidays
Price: 7.00 euros, reduced 5.00 euros, 3.00 euros under age 16

Hôtel de Ville
http://www.paris.fr/
Phone: 01 42 76 50 49
Place de l'Hôtel de Ville - 75004 Paris
Métro: Hôtel de Ville
Bus: lines 38, 47, 67, 69, 70, 72, 74, 75, 76, 85, 96
Open: Monday to Friday, by reservation
Free for all

Maison de Victor Hugo
http://www.paris.fr/musees/maison_de_victor_hugo/default.htm
Phone: 01 42 72 10 16 - Fax: 01 42 72 06 64
Hôtel de Rohan-Guéménée, 6, place des Vosges - 75004 Paris
Métro: Bastille, Saint-Paul, Chemin-Vert
Bus: lines 20, 29, 65, 69, 96
Open: Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00
Closed: Mondays and public holidays
Price: Free for all

Institut du monde arabe
http://www.imarabe.org/
Phone: 01 40 51 38 38 - Fax 01 43 54 76 45
1, rue des Fossés-Saint-Bernard
Place Mohammed-V - 75005 Paris
Métro: Jussieu or Cardinal-Lemoine
Bus: lines 24, 63, 67, 86, 87, 89
Open 10:00 to 18:00
Closed: Monday and 1 May
Price: 5.00 euros, reduced 4.00 euros

Hôtel des Invalides
http://www.invalides.org/
North entry: via the esplanade des Invalides
South entry: via the place Vauban
129, rue de Grenelle - 75007 Paris
Métro: Latour-Maubourg, Invalides, Saint François-Xavier, Varenne
RER: line 'C' Invalides
Bus: lines 28, 63, 69, 80, 82, 83, 87, 92, 93
Phone: 01 44 42 48 14 - Fax: 01 44 42 30 88
Open daily except 1st Monday in month, and 1 January, 1 May, 1 November and 25 December
Open October to March from 10:00 to 17:00
Open from April to September from 10:00 to 18:00
Price: 7.00 euros, reduced 5.00 euros up to 26 years and over 60

Musée Jacquemart-Andre
http://www.musee-jacquemart-andre.com/
Phone: 01 45 62 11 59 - Fax: 01 45 62 16 36
158, boulevard Haussmann - 75008 Paris
Métro: Miromesnil or Saint-Philippe du Roule.
Bus: 22, 43, 84
Open: from 10:00 to 18:00
Price: 9.50 euros, reduced 6.50 euros ages 7-17, free under age 7

Jeu de Paume
http://www.jeudepaume.org/
Phone: 01 47 03 12 50 - Fax: 01 47 03 12 51
1, place de la Concorde - 75008 Paris
Métro: Concorde
Bus: lines 24, 42, 72, 73, 84, 94
Open: Wednesday to Friday from 12:00 to 19:00
Open: weekends from 10:00 to 19:00
Closed: Monday
Price: 6.00 euros, reduced 3.00 euros

Fondation Le Corbusier
http://www.fondationle corbusier.asso.fr/
Phone: 01 42 88 41 53
Villas La Roche et Jeanneret
8-10, square du Dr-Blanche - 75016 Paris
Métro: Jasmin
Bus: line 22
Open: Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 to 12:30
Open: Monday to Thursday from 13:30 to 18:00, to 17:00 on Friday
Closed: weekends, August, from 23 December to 1 January
Price: 2.40 Euros, reduced 1.60 euros

Mémorial du Maréchal Leclerc Hauteclocque
et de la Libération de Paris - Musée Jean Moulin

http://www.paris.fr/musees/memorial/index.html
Phone: 01 40 64 39 44
In Atlantique garden above Gare Montparnasse
23, allée de la deuxième DB - 75015 Paris
Métro: Montparnasse, Edgar Quinet or Gaité
Bus: lines 28, 58, 89, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96
Open: Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 17:40
Closed: Monday and public holidays
Price temporary exhibitions: 4.00 euros, reduced 3.00 euros
Free: permanent exhibition

Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération
http://www.invalides.org/
North entry: via the esplanade des Invalides
South entry: via the place Vauban
129, rue de Grenelle - 75007 Paris
Métro: Latour-Maubourg, Invalides, Saint François-Xavier, Varenne
RER: line 'C' Invalides
Bus: lines 28, 63, 69, 80, 82, 83, 87, 92, 93
Phone: 01 44 42 48 14 - Fax: 01 44 42 30 88
Open daily except 1st Monday in month, and 1 January, 1 May, 1 November and 25 Décember
Open October to March from 10:00 to 17:00
Open from April to September from 10:00 to 18:00
Price: 7.00 euros, reduced 5.00 euros up to 26 years and over 60

Musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr/
Phone: 01 40 20 50 50 - Fax: 01 40 20 54 42
Auto reply: in 5 languages: 01 40 20 51 51
Place du Palais-Royal - 75001 Paris
Main entry: through the pyramid - 9:00 to 22:00
Enter: from the place Palais-Royal, through to the pyramid, from 9:00 to 18:00
Enter: from the galerie Carrousel, 99, rue de Rivoli, from 9:00 to 22:00
Métro: Palais-Royal-Musée du Louvre
Bus: lines 21, 27, 29, 39, 48, 69, 72, 81, 95
Open: from 9:00 to 18:00, Monday and Wednesday to 21:45
Closed: Tuesday and some holidays
Price: 8.50 euros from 9:00 to 18:00, 6.00 euros from 18:00 to 21:45
Price: reduced after 18:00 and Sunday, free under age 18
Free: 1st Sunday of the month and 14 July

Entry: to Musée Eugène–Delacroix on same day is included

Musée du Luxembourg
http://www.senat.fr/
Phone: 01 42 34 25 95 - Fax : 01 45 44 57 33
19, rue de Vaugirard - 75006 Paris
Métro: St-Sulpice, RER 'B' Luxembourg
Bus: 38, 84, 58, 89
Open: Monday, Friday, weekends from 11:00 to 22:00
Open: Wednesday and Thursday from 11:00 to 19:00
Open: 1 and 11 November, 25 December, 1 January, 11:00 to 19:00
Closed: Tuesday
Price: 9.00 euros, reduced 6.00 euros, free for less than 8 years old
Temporary exhibitions in the Senat's museum

Musée Maillol

Fondation Dina Vierny
http://www.museemaillol.com/
Phone: 01 42 22 59 58
59-61 rue de Grenelle - 75007 Paris
Métro: Rue du Bac
Bus: lines 63, 69, 84, 94
Open: from 11:00 to 18:00
Closed: Tuesday and holidays
Price: 8.00 euros, reduced 6.00 euros

Bibliotheque Forney
http://www.paris-bibliotheques.org/
Phone: 01 42 78 14 80
1, rue du Figuier - 75004 Paris
Métro: Saint-Paul or Pont Marie
Bus: lines 67, 69, 96
Open: Tusday to Saturday from 13:30 to 20:00
Closed: Sunday, Monday, 11 November and 25 December
Price: exhibitions: 4.00 euros, reduced 2.00 euros

Fondation Yves Saint Laurent
http://www.fondation-pb-ysl.net/
Phone: 01 44 31 64 00
5, avenue Marceau - 75008 Paris
Métro: Alma-Marceau
Bus: lines 42, 72, 80, 92
Open: Wednesday to Sunday from 11:00 to 18:00
Closed: Monday and Tuesday
Price: 5.00 euros, reduced 2.50 euros

Musée de l'Eventail
http://www.annehoguet.com/
Phone: 01 42 08 90 20
2, boulevard de Strasbourg - 75010 Paris
Métro: Strasbourg-Saint-Denis
Bus: lines 20, 38, 39, 47
Open: from Monday to Wednesday from 14:00 to 18:00
Closed: Thursday to Sunday, and on public holidays
Price: 6 E

Galléria - Musée de la Mode
http://www.paris.fr/musees/musee_galliera/
Phone: 01 56 52 86 00
10, avenue Pierre-1er-de-Serbie - 75016 Paris
Métro: Iéna or Alma-Marceau
Bus: lines 32, 63, 42, 72, 80, 92
Open: exhibitions: from 10:00 to 18:00
Closed: Monday
Price: 7.50 euros, reduced 5.00 euros or 3.50 euros, free under age 14

Manufacture des Gobelins

http://www.museums-of-paris.com/musee_en.php?code=349
Phone: 01 44 54 19 33
42, avenue des Gobelins - 75013 Paris
Métro: Les Gobelins
Bus: lines 27, 47, 83, 91
Open: Tuesday to Thursday, tours at 14:15 and 14:30
Closed: Friday to Monday
Price: 8.00 euros, reduced 6.00, free under age 7

Galeries du Grand Palais

http://www.rmn.fr/
3, avenue du Général Eisenhower - 75008 Paris
Métro: Champs-Elysées-Clemenceau or Franklin-Roosevelt
Bus: lines 28, 32, 42, 49, 72, 73, 80, 83, 93
Open: from 10:00 to 20:00, and until 22:00 on Wednesdays
Open: from 13:00 if no reservations were made
Closed: Tuesdays, 25 December and 1 May
Price: E8 to E11

Reservation Information

  • At the Paris Tourist Office - in American Express
    11, rue Scribe - 75009 Paris
    Métro: Opéra and RER Auber
    Phone: 08 92 68 30 00
  • At FNAC, Virgin Megastore, Carrefour, Printemps-Haussmann, Auchan, Galeries Lafayette, Bon Marché, BHV, Géant stores in Paris
  • Phone: 08 92 68 46 94
  • Web: http://www.fnac.com/ Please read carefully:

  • Visits with reservations from 10:00 to 13:00
  • Visitors have 30 minutes to enter the exhibition, starting on the hour indicated on their tickets.
  • Visits without reservations from 13:00 to 20:00 (ticket sales stop at 19:15), Wednesday until 22:00 (ticket sales stop at 21:15)
  • Reservations can not be made directly at the Galeries nationales du Grand Palais.
  • Reservations can not be made on the actual day of the visit nor the day before.
  • Prices: may vary depending on the exhibitions
  • Musée Grevin
    http://www.grevin.com/
    Phone: 01 47 70 85 05
    10, boulevard Montmartre - 75009 Paris
    Métro: Grands Boulevards
    Bus: lines 20, 39, 48
    Open: Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 17:30
    Open: weekends and public holidays from 10:00 to 18:00
    Price: 16.00 euros, reduced 13.80 euros, and children 9.00 euros, reduced 8.50 euros

    Halle Saint-Pierre

    http://hallesaintpierre.org/
    Phone: 01 42 58 72 89
    2, rue Ronsard - 75018 Paris
    Métro: Anvers or Abbesses
    Bus: 30, 54, 85
    Open: from 10:00 to 18:00
    Price: 7.00 euros, reduced 5.50 euros

    Musée Hébert

    http://www.rmn.fr/
    Phone: 01 42 22 23 82 - Fax: 01 45 48 42 39
    85, rue du Cherche-Midi - 75006 Paris
    Métro: Vanneau or Saint Placide
    Open: Monday, Wednesday to Friday, from 12:30 to 18:00
    Open: weekends from 14:00 to 18:00
    Closed: Tuesday
    Price: E2.3 to E3

    Musée du parfum Fragonard
    http://www.fragonard.com/
    Phone: 01 42 60 32 14
    9, rue Scribe - 75009 Paris
    Métro: Opéra, RER Auber
    Bus: lines 20, 21, 27, 42, 68, 81, 95
    Open: Monday to Saturday from 9:00 to 17:30
    Open: Sunday and holidays from 9:30 to 16:00
    Free for all

    Musée de la Marine

    http://www.musee-marine.fr/
    Phone: 01 53 65 69 53
    17, place du Trocadéro - 75016 Paris
    Métro: Trocadéro
    Bus: lines 22, 30, 32, 63
    Open: Wednesday to Monday from10:00 to 18:00
    Closed: Tuesday, 1 May, 25 December and 1 January
    Price: 7.00 euros, reduced 5.40 euros,

    Musée Marmottan-Monet

    http://www.marmottan.com/
    Phone: 01 44 96 50 33
    2, rue Louis-Boilly - 75016 Paris
    Métro: La Muette
    Bus: lines 22, 32, 52
    Open: Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00
    Closed: Monday
    Price: 6.50 euros, reduced 4.00 euros

    Musée de la Mode et du Textile
    http://www.ucad.fr
    Phone: 0144 55 57 50 - Fax: 01 44 55 57 84
    105-107, rue de Rivoli - 75001 Paris
    Access for the disabled via a lift at 105, rue de Rivoli
    Métro: Palais-Royal, Tuileries, Pyramides
    Bus: lines 21, 27, 39, 48, 68, 72, 81, 95
    Open: from Tuesday to Friday from 11:00 to 18:00 , Wednesday to 21:00
    Open: Weekends from 10:00 to 18:00
    Closed: Monday and national holidays.
    Talks and guided tours: phone Artdéco Culture on 01 44 55 59 26.
    Price: 6.00 euros, reduced 4.50 euros for ages 18-25, free under age 18

    Musée de la Monnaie
    http://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/
    Phone: 01 40 46 55 35
    11, quai Conti - 75006 Paris
    Métro: Pont-Neuf
    Bus: lines 24, 27
    Open: from Tuesday to Friday from 11:00 to 17:30, weekends from 12:00
    Closed: Monday
    Visits by reservation, Wednesday and Friday at 14:15
    Price: 8.00 euros, reduced 6.00 euros, free under age 16

    Musée de Montmartre
    http://www.paris.fr/musees
    Phone: 01 49 25 89 37
    12, rue Cortot - 75018 Paris
    Métro: Lamarck-Caulaincourt, Abbesses
    Bus: lines 80 and Montmartrobus
    Open: Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 12:30 and from 13:30 to 18:00
    Closed: Monday
    Price: 5.50 euros, reduced 3.50 euros

    Musée du Montparnasse
    Phone: 01 42 22 91 96
    21, avenue du Maine - 75015 Paris
    Métro: Montparnasse
    Bus: lines 82, 92, 94, 95, 96
    Open: only during temporary exhibitions
    Open: Tuesday to Sunday from 12:30 to 19:00
    Closed: Monday
    Price: 5.00 euros, reduced 4.00 euros

    Musée Gustave Moreau
    http://www.musee-moreau.fr/
    14 rue La Rochefoucauld - 75009 Paris
    Phone: 01 48 74 38 50 – Fax: 01 48 74 18 71
    Métro: Trinité
    Bus: 32, 42, 43, 81, 89
    Open daily from 10:00 to 12:45, and from 14:00 to 17:15
    Closed Tuesday
    Price: 4.00 euros, reduced 2.60 euros for ages 18-26,
    Free: under age 18, and 1st Sunday in month
    Contains the major works by Gustave Moreau

    Musée du Moyen Age

    Thermes de Cluny
    http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/
    Phone: 01 53 73 78 16 - Fax: 01 43 25 85 27
    6, place Paul Painlevé - 75005 Paris
    Métro: Saint-Michel or Cluny-la-Sorbonne
    RER: C Saint-Michel or RER B Cluny-La Sorbonne
    Bus: lines 21, 27, 38, 63, 85, 86, 87
    Open: from 9:15 to 17:45
    Closed: Tuesday
    Tarif: 6.70 euros, reduced 5.20 euros, reduced for all on Sunday
    Free: under age 18, and 1st Sunday of month

    Musée de la Musique
    http://www.cite-musique.fr/
    Phone: 01 44 84 45 00
    221, avenue Jean-Jaurès - 75019 Paris
    Métro: Porte-de-Pantin
    Bus: lines 75, PC2, PC3
    Open: Tuesday to Saturday from 12:00 to 18:00, Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00
    Closed: Monday
    Price: 6.50 euros, reduced 5.20 euros, 3.20 euros under age 18
    Free: under age 18 for the permanent collection

    Notre Dame de Paris
    http://www.cathedraledeparis. com/
    Phone 01 42 34 56 10
    6, place du Parvis-de-Notre-Dame - 75004 Paris
    Métro: Cité, Saint-Michel
    Bus: lines 21, 24, 38, 47, 85, 96
    Open: Monday to Saturday from 8:00 to 18:45, Sunday 8:00 to 19:45
    Towers: October to March, from 10:00 to 17:30, April to June from 9:30 to 19:30, July and August from 9:00 to 19:30 and to 23:00 on weekends, September from 9:30 to 19:30
    Price: 6.10 euros, reduced 4.10 euros
    Free: under age 18, 1st Sunday in month and from October to March
    Musée de Notre-Dame
    Phone: 01 43 25 42 92
    10, rue du Cloître Notre-Dame - 75004 Paris
    Open: Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday and some holidays, from 14:30 to 18:00
    Closed: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
    Price: 2.50 euros, reduced 1.50 euros

    Musée de l'Opéra, Bibliothèque
    http://www.opera-de paris.fr/
    Phone: 01 47 42 07 02
    Place de l'Opéra - 75009 Paris
    Métro: Opéra, Chaussée-d'Antin, and RER 'A' Auber
    Bus: lines 20, 21, 22, 27, 29, 42, 52, 53, 66, 68, 81, 89, 95
    Open: Museum - daily from 10:00 to 17:00, except for matinée performances
    Open: Library - Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 17:00
    Price: 6.00 euros, reduced 3.00 euros - inluded for Opéra visit

    Musée de l'Orangerie
    Phone: 01 42 97 48 16 - Fax: 01 42 61 30 82
    Jardin des Tuileries - 75001 Paris
    Métro: Concorde
    http://www.musee-orangerie.fr/

    Musée d'Orsay
    http://www.musee-orsay.fr/
    Phone: 01 40 49 48 14
    1, rue de la Légion d'Honneur – 75007 Paris
    Métro: Solférino or RER C Musée d'Orsay
    Open: from 10:00 to 18:00, Sunday from 9:00 to 18:00, Thursday until 21:45
    Closed: Monday and 25 December
    Price: 7.00 euros, redeuced 5.00 euros, free under age 18
    Price: 5.00 euros on Sundays after 16:15 and Thursdays after 20:00
    Built inside the former Orsay train station, the museum displays a series of collections featuring artistic works from the second half of the 19th century in the fields of painting, sculpture, architecture, city planning, decorative arts, and photography.

    Palais de le Porte Dorée - Aquarium
    http://www.musee-afriqueoce anie.fr/
    Phone: 01 44 74 84 80 - Fax: 01 43 43 27 53
    293, avenue Daumesnil - 75012 Paris
    Métro: Porte-Dorée
    Bus: 46 and PC
    Open: from 10:00 to 17:15
    Closed: Tuesday
    Price: 5.50 euros, reduced 4.00 euros

    Palais de Tokyo - Centre d'art contemporain
    http://www.palaisdetokyo.com/
    Phone: 01 47 23 38 86
    13, avenue du Président-Wilson - 75016 Paris
    Métro: Alma-Marceau or Iéna
    Bus: lines 32, 42, 63, 72, 92
    Open: Tuesday to Sunsay from 12:00 to midnight
    Closed: Monday
    Price: 6.00 euros, reduced 4.00 euros
    Today's art, video, installations

    Panthéon
    http://www.monum.fr/
    Phone: 01 44 32 18 00
    Place du Panthéon - 75005 Paris
    Métro: RER Luxembourg
    Bus: lines 21, 27, 38, 84, 89
    Open: from 10:00 to 17:45, in winter to 17:15
    Price: 7.00 euros, reduced 4.50 euros
    Free: under age 18, 1st Sunday in month, October to March
    'Nécropole' of France's greats

    Pavillon des Arts
    http://www.paris.f r/musees/pavillon_des_arts
    Phone: 01 42 33 82 50 - Fax: 40 28 93 22
    101, rue Rambuteau - 75001 Paris
    Métro: Châtelet-Les Halles
    Bus: 29, 38, 47
    Open: from 11:30 to 18:30
    Closed: Monday and holidays
    Price: 5.50 euros, reduced 4.00 euros, free under age 14

    Musée de la Poste
    http://www.laposte.fr/musee
    Phone: 01 42 79 24 24
    34, boulevard de Vaugirard - 75015 Paris
    Métro: Montparnasse-Bienvenüe
    Bus: lines 88, 92,94, 95, 96
    Open: Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 18:00
    Closed: Sunday and public holidays
    Price: 5.00 euros, reduced 3.50 euros, free under age 12

    Patrimoine Photographique - Hôtel de Sully
    http://www.patrimoine-photo.org/
    Phone: 01 42 74 47 75
    62, rue Saint Antoine - 75004 Paris
    Métro: Saint-Paul or Bastille
    Bus: lines 69, 76, 96
    Open: from 10:00 to 18:30
    Closed: Monday
    Price: 5.00 euros, reduced 2.50 euros

    Pavillon de l'Arsenal
    http://www.pavillon-arsenal.com/
    Phone: 01 42 76 33 97 - Fax: 01 42 76 26 32
    21, boulevard Morland - 75004 Paris
    Métro: Sully-Morland ou Bastille
    Bus: lines 87, 86, 67
    Open: Tuesday to Saturday from 10:30 to 18:30
    Open: on Sunday from 11:00 to 19:00
    Closed: Mondays and on 1 January
    Free

    Petit Palais
    Avenue Winston Churchill
    75008 Paris
    Open Tuesday through Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00
    Métro: Champs Elysées-Clemenceau

    Maison Européene de la Photographie
    http://www.mep-fr.org/
    5/7 rue de Fourcy - 75004 Paris.
    Phone: 01 44 78 75 00 - Fax: 01 44 78 75 15
    Métro: Saint-Paul or Pont Marie.
    Bus: lines 67, 69, 96, 76.
    Open: from 11:00 to 20:00
    Closed: Mondays, Tuesdays and public holidays
    Price: 5.00 euros, reduced 2.50 euros
    Free: under age 8, and on Wednesday from 17:00 to 20:00

    Musée des Plans-Reliefs
    http://www.invalides.org/
    North entry: via the esplanade des Invalides
    South entry: via the place Vauban
    129, rue de Grenelle - 75007 Paris
    Métro: Latour-Maubourg, Invalides, Saint François-Xavier, Varenne
    RER: line 'C' Invalides
    Bus: lines 28, 63, 69, 80, 82, 83, 87, 92, 93
    Phone: 01 44 42 48 14 - Fax: 01 44 42 30 88
    Open: daily except 1st Monday in month, and 1 January, 1 May, 1 November and 25 Décember
    Open: October to March from 10:00 to 17:00
    Open: from April to September from 10:00 to 18:00
    Price: 7.00 euros, reduced 5.00 euros for age 18-26 and over 60
    Free if you are less than 18

    Musée Picasso
    http://www.musee-picasso.fr/
    Phone: 01 42 71 25 21 - Fax: 01 48 04 75 46
    Hôtel Salé - 5, rue de Thorigny - 75003 Paris
    Métro: Saint-Sébastien Froissart, Chemin Vert or Saint-Paul
    Bus: lines 29, 69, 75, 96
    Open: 9:30 to 17:30 from Ocober to April, and 9:30 to 18:00 from April to October
    Price: 5.50 euros, reduced 4.00 euros, free under age 18
    Price special expos: 6.70 euros, reduced and Sunday 5.20 euros
    Free: under age 18, 1st Sunday in month
    Closed: Tuesday, 25 December and 1 January

    Centre Pompidou
    http://www.centrepompidou.fr/
    Phone: 01 44 78 12 33
    Place Georges-Pompidou - 75004 Paris
    Métro: Rambuteau, Châtelet or Hôtel de Ville
    Open: Tuesday to Monday from 11:00 to 21:00, to 23:00 Thursday
    Closed: Tuesday and 1 May
    Price: exhibitions from 5.00 to 9.00 euros, day pass 10.00 euros
    Free: under age 18
    Price: Musée d'Art Moderne, 7.00 euros, reduced 5.00 euros
    Media centre, library, graphic arts, Brancusi Atelier, temporary exhibitions

    Musée de la Poupée
    http://www.museedelapoupee paris.com/
    Phone: 01 42 72 73 11
    Impasse Berthaud, just off 22, rue Rambuteau - 75003 Paris
    Métro: Rambuteau
    Bus: lines 29, 38, 47
    Open: from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 18:00
    Closed: Monday and public holidays
    Price: 6.00 euros, reduced 4.00 euros, 3.00 euros for ages 3-18

    Musée de la Publicité
    http://www.museedelapub.org/
    Phone: 01 44 55 57 50 - Fax: 01 44 55 57 84
    107, rue de Rivoli - 75001 Paris
    Access for the disabled via a lift at 105, rue de Rivoli
    Métro: Palais-Royal, Tuileries, Pyramides
    Bus: lines 21, 27, 39, 48, 68, 72, 81, 95
    Open: 11:00 to 18:00 Tuesday to Friday, Wednesday to 21:00
    Open: Weekends from 10:00 to 18:00
    Closed: Monday and national holidays.
    Talks and guided tours: phone Artdéco Culture on 01 44 55 59 26.
    Price: 6.00 euros, reduced 4.50 euros; for ages 18-25, free under age 18

    Musée Rodin
    http://www.musee-rodin.fr/
    Phone: 01 44 18 61 10 - Fax: 01 44 18 61 30
    Hôtel Biron - 77, rue de Varenne - 75007 Paris
    Métro: Varenne
    Bus: lines 82, 92
    Open: from 9:30 to 16:45, October to April
    Open: from 9:45 to 17:45, April to October
    Closed: Monday
    Price: 5.00 euros, reduced 3.00 euros, just garden 1 euro
    Free: under age 18 and 1st Sunday in month 


    Musée Roland Garros

    http://www. fft.fr/rolandgarros/en/tenniseumMaq.html
    Phone: 01 47 43 48 48
    2, avenue Gordon-Bennett - 75016 Paris
    Métro: Porte d'Auteuil
    Bus: lines 32, 52, PC1
    Open: Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00
    Closed: Monday
    Price: 7.50 euros, reduced 4.00 euros for under age 18

    Musée de la sculpture en plein air
    Phone: 43 26 91 90
    Quai Saint-Bernard - 75005 Paris
    Métro: Gare d'Austerlitz
    Bus: lines 24, 63, 89
    Open:  Free access

    Tombeau de Napoléon - Saint-Louis des Invalides
    http://www.invalides.org/
    No
    rth entry: via the esplanade des Invalides
    South entry: via the place Vauban - 75007 Paris
    Métro: Latour-Maubourg, Invalides, Saint François-Xavier, Varenne
    RER: line 'C' Invalides
    Bus: lines 28, 63, 69, 80, 82, 83, 87, 92, 93
    Phone: 01 44 42 48 14 - Fax: 01 44 42 30 88
    Open daily except 1st Monday in month, and 1 January, 1 May, 1 November and 25 Décember
    Open October to March from 10:00 to 17:00
    Open from April to September from 10:00 to 18:00
    Price: 7.00 euros, reduced 5.00 euros up to 26 years and over 60

    Tour Eiffel
    http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/
    Phone: 01 44 11 23 23
    Champ de Mars - 75007 Paris
    Métro: Bir-Hakeim
    Bus: lines 42, 69, 82, 87
    Open: from 9:30 to 23:00, in summer from 9:00 to 24:00
    Price: 2nd stage, walk up stairs, 3.50 euros
    Elevator: 1st stage, 4.00 euros, reduced 2.20 euros
    Elevator: 2nd stage, 7.30 euros, reduced 4.00 euros
    Elevator: 3rd stage, 10.40 euros, reduced 5.70 euros

    Musée de la Vie Romantique
    http://ww w.paris.fr/musees/Vie_romantique/default.htm
    Phone: 01 55 31 95 67 - Fax: 01 48 74 28 42
    Maison Renan Scheffer - 16, rue Chaptal - 75009 Paris
    Métro: Saint George, Place Blanche or Pigalle
    Bus: lines 67, 68, 74
    Open: Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00. to 18:00.
    Closed: Monday and public holidays
    Free: permanent collection
    Price for exhibitions: 7.00 euros, reduced 5.50 euros
    Featuring the world of George Sand

    Musée du Vin
    http://www.museeduvinparis.com/
    Phone: 01 45 25 63 26
    Rue des Eaux, 5, square Charles-Dickens - 75016 Paris
    Métro: Passy
    Bus: line 72
    Open: Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00
    Closed: Monday
    Price: 8.00 euros, includes 1 wine
    History of French wine

    Musée Zadkine
    http://www.paris .fr/musees/zadkine/default.htm
    Phone: 01 55 42 77 20
    100 bis, rue d'Assas - 75006 Paris
    Métro: Notre-Dame-des-Champs, RER 'B' Port-Royal
    Bus: lines 58, 82, 83, 91
    Open: Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00
    Closed: Monday and public holidays
    Price: 4.00 euros, reduced 3.00 euros
    Free: permanent collection

    Museums in the Suburbian Paris

    Giverny - Musée d'Art Américain
    http://www.maag.org/
    Phone: 02.32.51.94.65 - Fax 33 2 32 51 94 67
    99, rue Claude Monet - 27620 Giverny
    Driving: autoroute A13 to sortie 14, direction of Vernon, then Giverny
    SNCF: by train from Gare Saint-Lazare direction Rouen, to Vernon station
    Then bus or taxis , or rent bicycles at the station
    Open: from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 18:00
    Closed: Monday
    Price: 5.50 euros, reduced 4.00 euros, ages 12-18, 3.00 euros,
    Free: under age 12, 1st Sunday in month

    Château de Versailles (See informations on History)
    http://www.chateauversailles.fr/
    Phone: 01 30 83 77 84 - Fax: 01 30 83 77 90
    78000 Versailles
    RER: line 'C' to Versailles-rive-gauche-château
    SNCF train: from Gare Montparnasse to Versailles-Chantiers
    SNCF train: from Gare Saint-Lazare to de Versailles-rive-droite
    Bus: bus line 171 from Pont de Sévres Métro
    Open: the park, from 8:00 to 19:00, November to March from 9:00 to 17:30
    Open: the Château, from 9:00 to 18:30
    Open: on Wednesdays until 22:00
    Closed: Monday and certain holidays
    Price: Château, 7.50 euros, reduced 5.30 euros, free under age 18
    Price: King's apartment: extra 4.50 euros
    Free: entry to the park
    Grand and Petit Trianon: from 12:00 to 18:30, November to March from 12:00 to 17:30
    Price: 5.00 euros, reduced 3.00 euros, free under age 18

    Musée Ceramique de Sèvres

    http://www.rmn.f r/fr/02musees/index-liste.html
    Phone: 01 41 14 04 20 - Fax : 01 45 34 67 88
    Place de la Manufacture - 92310 Sèvres
    Métro: Pont de Sèvres
    Bus: lines 169, 171, 179, from Pont de Sèvres
    Tram 2: line La Défense to Issy-les-Mollineaux
    Open: Wednesday to Monday from 10:00 to 17:00
    Closed: Tuesday, and 1. Jan, 1 May, 1. Nov, 25 Dec
    Price: 4.00 euros, reduced 2.60 euros. All other Sundays, Price reduced
    Free: under age 18, and for all on 1st Sunday in month

    Château d'Ecouen
    http://www.musee-renaissance.fr/
    Phone: 01 34 38 38 50 - Fax: 01 34 38 38 78
    Château d'Ecouen - 95440 Ecouen
    SNCF train: from Gare du Nord, via Persan-Beaumont-Luzarches par Monsoult, to Ecouen-Ezanville; Then bus 269 to Mairie d'Ecouen
    RER: 'D' via Orry la ville, to Garges Sarcelles, then bus 269 to Château d'Ecouen
    Driving: 19 kms from Paris via autoroute A1, exit number 3, on N1 to Amiens Beauvais, then on N16, direction Chantilly
    Open: from 9:45 to 12:30, and from 14:00 to 17:15
    Closed: Tuesday, and 1 January, 1 May, 25 December
    Open: the park is open daily except 1 January, 1 May, 25 December
    Price: summer, 5.20 euros, reduced 3.80 euros for ages 18-25 and for everybody on Sunday
    Price: winter, 4.00 euros, reduced 2.60 euros for ages 18-25 and for everybody on Sunday

    Fontainebleau

    http://www.musee-cha teau-fontainebleau.fr/
    Phone: 01 60 71 50 70 - Fax: 01 60 71 50 71
    77300 Fontainebleau
    SNCF: from Gare de Lyon. Ask for the train-bus ticket Fontainebleau-Avon
    Driving: from Paris,take autoroute A6
    Open: from October to May from 9:30 to 17:00, in summer to 18:00
    Closed: Tuesday, and 1 January, 1 May, 25 December
    Garden: open daily, from 9:00 to 17:00, 18:00 or 19:00
    Price: 5.50 euros, free under age 18, and free 1st Sunday in month

    Magny les Hameaux
    http://www.rmn.f r/fr/02musees/index-liste.html
    Phone: 01 39 30 72 72 - Fax: 01 30 64 79 55
    Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines - 78114 Magny-les-Hameaux
    RER: 'C' to Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines or RER 'B' to Saint-Rémy-les-Chevreuse
    Driving: 25 km southwest from Paris
    Open: from March to October from 10:30 to 18:30
    Open: from October to March from10:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 17:30
    Closed: Tuesday and some public holidays
    Price: 3.00 euros, reduced 2.30 euros

    Rueil Malmaison
    http://www.chateau-malmaison.fr/
    Phone: 01 41 29 05 55 - Fax: 01 41 29 05 56
    Château de Malmaison
    avenue du Château - 92500 Rueil-Malmaison
    RER: 'A' to La Défense-Grande Arche, then autobus 258 to Malmaison or Bois Préau
    Open: from October to March, from 10:00 to 12:30 and from 13:30 to 17:15
    Open: weekends from 10:00 to 12:30 and from 13:30 17:45
    Open: from April to Sept, from 10:00 to 17:45
    Open: weekends from 10:00 to 18:15
    Open: park, from 10:00 to 18:00, until 18:30 in summer
    Closed: Tuesday
    Price: 4.50 euros, reduced 3.00 euros, Sundays 3.00 euros for all
    Free: for less than 18 years old

    Musee des Antiquites St Germain-en-Laye
    http://www.musee-anti quitesnationales.fr/
    Phone: 01 39 10 13 00
    Château - Place Charles de Gaulle, 78000 Saint-;Germain-en-Laye
    RER: line 'A' to Saint-Germain-en-Laye
    Open: from Wednesday to Monday, from 9:00 to 17:15
    Open: weekends, and May-October, from 10:00 to 18:15
    Closed: Tuesday
    Price: 4.00 euros, reduced 2.60 euros, on Sunday 2.60 euros for all
    Free: under age 18







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    Saturday, July 22, 2006

    Top 20 Paris Restaurants


    I just found a nice list of very nice Paris restaurants.
    http://www.parisnotes.com/restaurant/parisrestaurant.html
    Some of the restaurants
    are in the 16th arrondissement, by our apartment.

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    4 Rue Beethoven, 16th, Paris. Tel: (1) 40 50 84 40. Closed Sat.-Mon. Average €150.


    It's famously hard to get a reservation at Astrance, where chef Pascal Barbot
    has created a contemporary French cooking style that relies on purity of flavor
    rather than fat. His multi-course tasting menu for €150 leaves you feeling surprisingly
    sprightly thanks to Barbot's instinctive sense of balance. Dishes rely on textures
    and colors as much as flavors, frequently drawing on Asian ingredients such as miso
    (in lacquered eggplant) or lemongrass and chili pepper (in a palate-cleansing sorbet).
    The dining room is sober gray, the waiters serious about their work – the only thing
    missing is an affordable lunch menu. Paris Notes Top 20 since Dec 05


    In the mood for simplicity: La Table Lauriston hspace="10" src="http://www.parisnotes.com/restaurant/lauriston.jpg" width="180"
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    129 rue Lauriston, 16th, Paris. Tel: (1) 47 27 00 07. Closed Sun. No lunch Sat.
    Average €50.



    If too many frothy sauces have left you longing for simplicity, you'll appreciate
    Serge Barbey's straightforward yet sensual cooking at La Table de Lauriston. The
    setting feels surprisingly warm for a restaurant in the business-minded 16th arrondissement,
    with pink, orange and silver-striped walls and chairs in indigo and gold. The frequently
    changing menu of bourgeois classics draws on seasonal ingredients, such as asparagus
    from the Landes (in south-west France) and morels in spring, and his pan-fried steak
    is gargantuan. Best value is the €25 limited-choice lunch menu, but that would mean
    missing out on one of the most extravagant baba au rhums in town, doused in a choice
    of three rums. Paris Notes Top 20 since Dec 05.



    The list was compiled by Rosa Jackson for Paris
    Notes
    .


    Longtime Paris food writer Rosa Jackson writes a monthly restaurant column for
    Paris Notes and runs Edible Paris (http://www.edible-paris.com/),
    which provides personalized food itineraries and guided gourmet walking tours for
    visitors to Paris. She also offers market tours and hands-on cooking classes in
    Nice ( http://www.petitsfarcis.com/).


    If anyone has tried any of these restaurants, let us know. -- Paris For Vacation
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    Friday, July 21, 2006

    The Chateau de versailles : A Masterpiece

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    The Château de Versailles is one of the largest castles in the world with more than
    2,000 windows, 700 rooms, 1250 fireplaces, 67 staircases and more than 1,800 acres
    of park.



    A bit of history about the man behind the castle. In 1623, King Louis XIII - father
    of Louis XIV , the Sun King , built a hunting lodge, a little château of brick,
    stone, and slate . it was then enlarged by Philibert Le Roy.



    In 1661, Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin Mansart started embellishing the Versailles
    castle. . From 1668 to 1670 was built a second building enveloping the old Versailles
    castle with new even style stone façades. After Le Vau's death in 1670 , François
    d'Orbay finished the work.



    The Château de Versailles became the official residence of the Sun King and his
    Court in 1682,replacing the Louvre and Saint-Germain Castles.When the king moved
    into the Versailles castle in 1682 ,before the construction was finished, he insisted
    that the castle was for the people, and that his home be open to one and all. Gates
    of the Chateau stayed open all day long, and guards only checked for guns that could
    endanger the king. From 1678 to 1684, the terrace of the new chateau was transformed
    into the Hall of Mirrors, symbolizing the power of the Sun King. The construction
    of North and South castle's Wings, the Orangery, the Stables, the Royal Chapel was
    supervised by royal architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart .The last construction started
    during the reign of Louis XIV is the Royal Chapel. It was completed in 1710 by Robert
    de Cotte.



    During the reign of King Louis XV, around 1770, architect Gabriel built the Royal
    Opera of Versailles. He also transformed some of the facades of the Versailles Château
    on town side, in line with the rules of Classical Architecture and created a new
    colonnaded building. Finally, in 1820, a symmetrical pavilion was erected on the
    other side of the Great Courtyard of the Versailles castle.



    The Palace was grand and luxurious, and also quite expensive to maintain. Historians
    estimate that maintaining the Palace, including the care and feeding of its staff
    and the Royal Family, consumed as much as 25% of the entire national income of the
    country of France. That figure, however, is highly debated.



    Another way to look at this controversy over the costs of Versailles, is to consider
    the benefits that France drew from this royal palace. Versailles, by locking the
    nobles into a golden cage, effectively ended the periodical aristocratic coups and
    rebellions that had plagued France for centuries. It also destroyed regionalism,
    and enabled a centralization of the state, for which modern Frenchmen are still
    thankful to Louis XIV. This result was well worth the money spent on Versailles,
    money that, incidentally, enabled thousands of workers, masons, glaziers, plasterers,
    gilders, painters, gardeners, fountainers, and so forth, to live for years without
    worrying about feeding their families.



    Last but not least, for all the controversies about the costs of Versailles, one
    has never heard such controversies about the costs of, say, the pyramids of Egypt
    or the Taj Mahal in India. Versailles, after all, should be taken just for what
    it was meant to be from the start: a cultural statement.



    Mansart also built during the reign of Louis XIV, in the place where was the former
    village of Trianon, a marble Castle called The "Grand Trianon" or "Marble
    Trianon".



    Louis XV had Gabriel build a small castle : the "Petit Trianon".which
    was offered to the Queen Marie Antoinette by the King Louis XVI when he acceded
    to the throne.



    The French Revolution stopped the building works in the Versailles Estate. The "King
    of the French" Louis Philippe, transformed in 1837 the Chateau de Versailles
    in a museum dedicated to "all the glories of France". Chateau of Versailles'
    history galleries are the largest History Museum in the world (18,000 square meters)
    The history of France is told through paintings and sculptures. Le Nôtre designed
    the garden.



    An average of eight million visitors discover this architectural and cultural masterpiece
    every year!




    I found a helpful web site in english : title="http://www.chateauversailles.fr/en/" target="_blank">http://www.chateauversailles.fr/en/
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    Saturday, July 15, 2006

    Website update

    I've just updated a little bit of the website. I changed the menu bar and the background a little. The blog template has changed a little too, to match the rest of the website. Unfortunately, Blogger seems to be having some problems doing a full update of the site. It seems to work for adding new postings, though.
     
    Jason

    Friday, July 07, 2006

    Some information for your trip in Paris

    Are you going to Paris soon? Here are some ideas to help you plan your trip:

    Clubs in Paris

    • La Scène
    • Le Red Light
    • VIP Room
    • Barrio Latino
    • Le Manray
    • Folie's Pigalle
    • Le Six Seven
    • La Loco
    • Queen
    • Bus Paladium

    Bars in Paris

    Restaurants in Paris

    Museums in Paris

    • Centre Georges Pompidou
    • Maison Europeenne de la Photographie
    • Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
    • Musée d'Orsay

    Things To Do In Paris, France

    Sightseeing In Paris, France

    • Montparnasse
    • Place de la Concorde
    • Versaille
    • Montmartre

    Travel in Paris

    • Eurostar to Paris
    • Metro in Paris
    • RER in Paris
    • CDG Roissy
    • Orly

    Paris operas

    EuroDisney Paris

    Wednesday, July 05, 2006

    Paris For Vacation Website

    Paris is one of the most sought-after locations to vacation today, and finding a nice place to stay is never very easy. The hotel rooms are generally small and expensive. But we have an option you might not have considered - Paris For Vacation, a Vacation Apartment Rental.

    Our very beautiful, fully furnished vacation rental apartment is situated in a safe, trendy and lively area, minutes from the Eiffel Tower, Trocadero, and the Arche de Triomphe. Its convenient 16th arrondissement location offers all of the amenities of Central Paris such as excellent restaurants, theatres, brasseries, bakeries, food shops, fashionable stores and more.