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I'll list a few not so touristy spots, it would be useless otherwise. PicPus, nice area in the 13th. île aux Cygnes : amazing walk in the middle of the river from the Statue of Liberty to pont Bir-Hakeim (loveliest bridge in Paris in my opinion, you'll see it in many many many movies - Spielberg's M...

@dianasteve,
I'm sorry, the flat is not available for the dates mentionned in another thread (from december right ?)

@kittylilly :
I just PM'd you and you'll find all the info here (my pzersonal website) : http://vacation-paris-apartment.com/

3 ducks !!!!
http://www.3ducks.fr/

Métro, hotels and tourist information office of course.

if you don't like tourists, avoid may, june and july. even september is pretty terrible.
and yes, Paris is a all year round destination.
I love november !

discounts ?
hmmm, november:)
january and february are pretty good as well.

it totally depends on how much you like to walk.
I find these passes ridiculously expensive and Paris is such a small city.
Notre-Dame, le Loure and Pompidou are close enough to one another to make the walk worth the small effort.

the best would be to usecity bikes !:)

basketball is the best !

McEnroe and Connors.
tennis player now don't have character...

call la "Banque de France", they're in charge of this.
be prepared to wait quite a while before they answer the phone though.

hi eskichic,
I think you should try this website :
pap.fr

I don't know what's to be qualified as decent but many people seem not to be aware that there are a lot of budget hotels in Paris. I consider budget everything up to 30 euros a person.
districts 9, 10 and the outer areas are full of such places and some are pretty good and clean.

Decathlon is bigger than the two other stores you mentioned.
and you can always make an order for it.

what is cheap for you ?
and what is good location ?

to ensure the guy is legit, look at his website, browse the french yellow pages, try to find him on Facebook... ask questions, ask for a phone number... many guests are calling me because they're so scared my apartment is a scam which I very much understand. and never pay the rent in advance. only a...

it very much depends on the landlord.
I'm a home owner in Paris and I would allow pets on certain conditions (my apartment is big and if the pet is amll and clean, it would be OK), most owners would say NO. a few would say YES OF COURSE, I DON'T CARE.

as I said, it very much depends on the landlord:)

if your standards are american, Paris is just a haven of safety. if your standards are european, Paris is just perfectly safe. avoid very few areas at night (Gare de L'Est for instance) and you won't have any problem. as a general advice, the more west, the safer. 7th, 8th, 16th are super safe !!! a...

a place where I could feel like I am in the HEART of the city! the problem is that like many big cities, Paris has many different hearts. the problem is also that the most touristy hearts are terribly crowded (and thus not really typical parisain hearts anymore if you know what I mean). I have a re...

Biloxi Mississipi ?

go to Notre-Dame and Saint-Germain up to le Panthéon. you have a connection between CDG and Cluny la Sorbonne which is great. walk around, have a good dinner (buy a guidebook before you go for addresses, you can always use it again on a future trip) and then sleep in a centrally located hostel or io...

400 euros is a really a tight budget.
hmm, your best bet, find a roommate.
besides that, you can probably book a room in some hotels for a full month at this price.
try districts 9, 10, 18, 19, 20.
try the outskirts as well.

hi,
I live in paris and I can't find many forums talking about the city (basically, everything happens on the lonely planet thorntree) so it's good to find somewhere else to share my knowledge of the city.

buy a pack of ten for 11 euros.
the Métro is quite cheap (and reasonnably fast).

tourist day passes are usually useless unless you don't feel like walking at all.

"Ideally we would like a 3 bedroom place as a spare room will be ideal for guests staying over. Not sure what budget we have exactly but can range range from around 1000 EURO to possibly 2500 dependant on package and allowance. Is this a realistic search or are 3 bedroom apartments way out of m...

how come this person doesn't have a phone number ?
this would be so much easier...

for cheap hotels, target districts 9th and 10th.
there are tons of hotels and they're centrally located (even though the transportation network in Paris is so good that a central location is not that important really).

how do I contact you ?:/

Hello everyone, I am renting out my apartment which has just been totally renovated. A 5 minute walk from the river Seine (not even 5 minutes I think), located in a very Parisian neighbourhood with an open air market, one of the best bakeries in the city, two wine cellars, shops and restaurants. The...