Bonjour, Paris

My Experience & Recommendations: (Last updated on February 2018)

Phone line: Orange (1GB, then 2 GB)

Hotels:

• Hotel Plaza Athenee ($$$$$)
• Shangri-La
• Four Seasons
• Hotel Du Louvre
• Apartments/Rooms in Citadines (Arc de Triomphe)
• Westin Hotel (Rue Rivoli)
• Hotel Madison (St Germain)
• Hotel Fabric
• Fouquet’s Hotel
• Hotel Particulier Montmarte
• Hotel Grand Amour

Sight-seeing & to walk around:

Louvre

Eiffel Tower

Siene River

Trocadero

Montmarte

Place Vendome

Streets:

Rue Rivoli

Faubourg Saint Honore

Saint Germain

St Michael (Latin Quarter)

Le Marais

Gardens:

Jardin/Bou Bolougne

Jardin d’Acclimitation (Right next to it, LVMH museum)

Jardin Des Tuillerie

Jadin Luxembourg

Food:

• Benedict (Brunch – try the avocados with eggs and truffle fries)
• SaAm
• Elgi Paris (Bowls)
• Miss Ko (Asian Fusion)
• Ferdi (Burgers – Must reserve in advance)
• Maison du La Truffe (For Truffle Lovers)
• Hotel Costes (Outside/Lunch/Dinner/Coffee)
• Monsieur Bleu
• Noura (Lebanese)
• Liza (Lebanese)
• Rose Bakery (Brunch)
• La Marlette (Brunch)
• Hollybelly (Brunch – No reservations)
• Tamgad (Moroccan)
• Taokan (Chinese, Modern)
• Grand Venise (Italian, don’t miss their ice-cream)

Museums & Art Galleries:

Palais de Tokyo

Pompiduo

LVMH Museum

Musee d’Orsay

Museum Rodin (Sculpture Musem)

Musee de Poupee (Doll Museum)

Cafes:

• L’improbable (coffee in Le Marais)
• Cafe Ruc
• Ralph’s
• Cafe Flore
• Cafe Marley
• Carette
• The Four Seasons Hotel Tea Lounge
• Strade Cafe (Le Marais, small tiny cafe, very cute for coffee and a good egg sandwich)
• Sugar Plum (Great for afternoon tea with cake; try their pecan pie)
• Cafe Kitsune
• Folks & Sparrow
• Ob-La-Di
• Lockwood
• The terrace at the Mandarin Oriental
• Cafe Oberkampf

Day trips:

Disneyland Paris

Versailles Castle

Spa:

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• Six Senses Spa

More Breakfast/Bruch

Eggs & Co (Avoid on weekends)

Matignon (Try their french toast)

Les Enfants Perdu

Marcel

Buvette Gastrotheque

Market

French/Parisian

Septime

L’Societe

Chez Eux

Cafe De L’esplanade

Sola

Passage 53

Les Ombres

L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon

Japanese

Oriental Extreme (Lobster Salad, Yellow Tail Sashimi, Spicy Tuna on Crispy Rice)

Blueberry

Italian & Pizza

il Sorantino

Convivium

Pizza Chic

Bistro 31

Genio

Positano

La Casa di Sergio

Seafood

La Maree Passy

Moroccan

Le 404

Burgers

Joe Allen

Hand

Blend Hamburger Gourmet

Steak

Relais de L’entrecote (Saint Germain)

Peres

Atelier Vivanda Marais

Thai

Thiou

Gourmet

Le Bon Marche Epricerie

Alain Ducasse Chocolate

Maison Chaudun

Debauve et Gallais

Jean Charlies Rochoux

A La Mere de Famille

Patrick Roger

Spanish

Casa Pepe

Indian

Annapurna

Dessert:

• L’eclair de Genie
• Patisserie Ciel
• Mesdemoiselles Madeleines
• Profiterole Cherie
• Aux Merveilleux de Fred
• La Cuisine de Philippe (Souffles)

Bakeries:

• Le Grenier a Pain des Abbesses
• Liberte
• Boulangerie Schou

(Those are small bakeries, and not in the center, but worth going)

• Les Pain et Des Idees