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I would love to hear your suggestions for unusual things to do in Paris:

Here are mine:

The Catacombs
The Argonaut Submarine museums
l'Espace Dali
The Smoking Museum
The Perfume Museum

I always tell people visiting to do something a bit different. These are just off the top of my head. I would also recommend choosing a neighborhood to stay in like the Marais or Bastille, rather than the obvious center. Too many tourists there!

Pere La Chaise and Montmartre Cemeteries are definitely a bit unusual and worth a good afternoon visit.

Viaduc des Arcs (?) just past Bastille is also a lovely and unexpected place for a walk.

Le Grand Action cinema in the 5th takes you back to the days before endless trailers and bucket sized popcorn portions.

Fellow expatriates,

I have recently discovered a nice group that organizes cultural events in Paris. I have been to several events, including a weekend trip and I have had some really positive experience. The people I have met are mostly expatriates and exchange students and overall attitude is positive and relaxed.

I thought I would share it with people on this forum. This group is located on meet up website and called "travel and excursion in France and Europe"

They have upcoming tour to Champagne, might be a nice opportunity to meet some new people.

Hope it helps,

Loic

Hi janie,
Thanks for listing unusual places in Paris but what is unusual about these places?
If you will upload some pictures of these places it would make your post best. People who didn't visit Paris or these places will come to know about these places. Thanks for any input.

The Arenas on Rude Monge. It looks like a recently constructed and abandoned something-or-other on the outskirts, but it is really the ruins of a Roman circus, dating back almost two thousand years.

Canal st martin is the best