Convenient Paris suburbs?
Mar 2nd, 2011, 01:13 PM
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There are a number of places along both the RER A and the RER B lines which are quite bucolic and yet make it easy to get into Paris whenever desired. I suppose I should also mention the RER C, D, E...
Mar 2nd, 2011, 01:23 PM
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ditto St Germain en Laye, we stayed there for a night when we wanted to visit Paris in a rail strike and it takes about 30 min to get to Etoile on the RER A.
a nice bourgeois place, pleasant restaurants, how the french, as opposed to Parisians live, a bit like staying in Epsom if you are visiting London.
a nice bourgeois place, pleasant restaurants, how the french, as opposed to Parisians live, a bit like staying in Epsom if you are visiting London.
Mar 2nd, 2011, 01:49 PM
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My last visit I stayed at a hotel in the 16th, west of the Eiffel tower. I had my little local cafe at the end of the street, my cinema where I went to see a movie, a street with a Monoprix, chocolate shop,etc.. I can't remember hearing any language other than french. It was a good experience. To go to central Paris took about 20 minutes.
In a previous visit I had stayed at my sister's apartment in the 16th, who was on an ex-pat posting. I had enjoyed the feel of the area, the twice weekly farmer's market,etc..
A hotel gave some of the experience. An apartment would be even better.
I've also heard good things about St Germain en Laye.
In a previous visit I had stayed at my sister's apartment in the 16th, who was on an ex-pat posting. I had enjoyed the feel of the area, the twice weekly farmer's market,etc..
A hotel gave some of the experience. An apartment would be even better.
I've also heard good things about St Germain en Laye.
Mar 2nd, 2011, 01:56 PM
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I am with annhig on St. Germain en Laye, particularly if you won't have a car. Much of the area is made up of pedestrian only streets, so easy and pleasant to walk around. Another place to consider nearby would be to stay in Versailles. It is bigger than St Germain and a bit more spread out, but it would be fun to stay there particularly if you haven't toured the whole chateau and garden "complex" much before. If you want to be even closer to Paris, you could also consider St. Cloud and Neuilly-sur-Seine, which are both pretty and upper class neighborhoods just "outside" the city limits.
Mar 2nd, 2011, 07:53 PM
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Thank you all. Now I have even more to research, which is really half the fun for me.
FMT: fear not, now that we are definitely in the elderly category of traveler, we take it very easy when we travel -- e.g. last year in Italy: one whole week in a little house, and one whole week in a house shared with friends, with just a couple of overnights for "re-positioning."
I'm beginning to zone in on St. Germain en Laye, or the 16th, and you know what, Kerouac, I just remembered I know someone in Sceaux! She's a friend of a friend.
I will find her email and see if there is a hotel there. Didn't think of that, thanks.
FMT: fear not, now that we are definitely in the elderly category of traveler, we take it very easy when we travel -- e.g. last year in Italy: one whole week in a little house, and one whole week in a house shared with friends, with just a couple of overnights for "re-positioning."
I'm beginning to zone in on St. Germain en Laye, or the 16th, and you know what, Kerouac, I just remembered I know someone in Sceaux! She's a friend of a friend.
I will find her email and see if there is a hotel there. Didn't think of that, thanks.
