I have been to Paris several times, most recently in February. I am returning April 7. I have tried to turn every stone, walk every street, and investigate every nook and cranny in this wonderful city.
Can any of you experienced travelers out there suggest offbeat, unusual, or places that you normally don%26#39;t see listed in the travel guides that I should go and visit?
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Ahhh, how I%26#39;d like to be in your shoes :-).
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Everytime we go I try to visit a public park. We really enjoyed Butte Chaumont on our last visit. It was very beautiful and a pleasent retreat from the hustle and bustle. Parc Monseau is very nice too. I am constantly amaxed at tall of the wondrful surprises you can just sort of stumble upon in this wonderful city. My next visit I plan to see the Promenad De Plantes. I%26#39;d also like to see the village Bercy.
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I would very much like to Pixfield, but first let me try to understand your request.
What are your favorite activitees:
Which art period do you prefer?
What do you do in your free time when in Paris?
What are you like and dislike, passion interests?
Why do you keep going back often?
From your answers, it will be more easier to help you.
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Lucky,
Your last question is the easiest to answer: Why not keep going back?
In terms of art, I like the impressionists. I discovered the Marmottan in February. What a treasure!
In my free time, I like to eat. Can you tell me the restaurants and bakeries the Parisians find the best? I also love to stroll the streets.
I have a passion about finding more about the Parisian way of life. I want to interact with the French and experience how they live.
My interests in Paris lies in its beauty, its history, the way of life of the Parisians. I have seen all of the %26quot;superficial%26quot; (I don%26#39;t mean that in a negative sense) sights of Paris, now I want to dig a little deeper.
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places to visit?
In my younger, single days, I enjoyed meeting the PEOPLE, especially any of the many nice, attractive Parisien women.
Now, if I have hours to kill between travel connections or something in Paris, I%26#39;ll go for a swim. I swim regularly. There are many good public pools in Paris and the tarifs are nicely cheap.
If I don%26#39;t have more than a few hours, I%26#39;ll go look up any of the number of friends that I%26#39;ve made in years past. Otherwise, if they find out that I passed through without letting them know, they%26#39;re liable to hunt me down to kill me...
...the hazards of having too many friends...
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it sounds like the kind of thing you are looking for is easier to find when you are there for a longish stay. or it is the kind of thing that is a matter of individual opinion of parisians. what i mean is if you want to feel like you are a parisian then its been to live there for 2 months than have 10 seperate 1 week visits.
ok i dunno if im making sense anymore so ill stop.
there are so many great places in the world to see, i know paris is awesome and even several visits you can%26#39;t do everything.. but have you been to other places too? just wondering.
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Paris have secrets to last you a lifetime. My favorite afternoons in Paris are the one I past with a group of strangers going to a visite conference.
Check le Figaro and the booklet find in hotels produced by Monunents et visites conferences. No reservation needed just show up at the meeting point, usually a metro station.
There a small group (6 to 8) will be introducted to the history of a very particular aspect of the city, or of France grandeur by natives who are obviously in love with Paris. The subjects are very pointus by ex. the fabrication of medieval tapisseries in Les Gobelins (made me understand La Dame a La Licorne) or Mme de Sevigne dans ses demeures. Often after the tour I invite the group for a drink and speak for hours at a cafe about our love of Paris%26gt; It is agreat way to meet interesting people.
As you know the Parisian Hotel are turning their back to the street, the interesting facade are behind the courtyard doors. The persons giving the conference have contact that allows you to enter, go into the artiste studio, inside apparts., all place that a tourist would not have acces.
Have you been to the Cognacq-Jay? Have you had a conservation with Verlaine au Cimetiere des Batignolles?
Paris history is so rich. A recent book that I would suggest is Larousse Memoire de Paris, with a chronological approach it would give you great ideas for you next Parisian promenade.
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try a self guided walk to some of the city%26#39;s finest bakeries...
www.vivelepain.fr
go to the sentiers des GB link and clickon etape 1 or 2, yum!
I have lived here for many years and with over 50 museums, there is always something new to discover. Then there are the great artisans and their ateliers...ever ask a chocolatier to visit his lab, or a boulanger to see his ovens? I%26#39;ve never done it on my own, but I love haunting the halls a le Frigo artists%26#39; squat in the 13th and many visitors over look the Viaduct des Arts.
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Some areas a lot of tourists miss are Palais Royal, right across the street from the Louvre, the Marais-on both sides of Rue du Rivoli, and walking through as many of the passages as you can is fun as well. I did a fun walk once-it took me three days-following the 120 medallions that were placed as conceptual art and are mentioned in the Da Vinci Code-they follow the old Paris meridian line going north to south through Paris starting at Montmartre going to south Paris. They can be hard to find as they resemble gas main line covers. You can see several in Palais Royal and a few behind the pyramid at the Louvre. They are brass with the letters n and s and the name, Arago, a French scientist. It gives you a different look at Paris and you realize how small it can seem and also how nothing-no building or street-lies on the north south axis in Paris.
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Hello Phread, thank you for that site and the suggestion. A new word for me Painrisiens, c%26#39;est g��nial.(lol)
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