I have 22 hours in Paris the first week of May. I know it's touristy, but I'm taking one of the boat-bus tours to see a little bit of a lot. I have three quick questions:

1) I'm staying at the Eldorado on Rue des Dames, 17th. Anyone know the hotel and the area?

2) The tour finished up around 10:30. Any dinner recommendations that a) would be memorably "Parisian" b) would be good for just one person, 3) would be open for an 11 PM seating and 4) with a glass of wine (or two) would be under 50E?

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3) My flight home leaves at 1:15 PM. I will already have my boarding pass and my bag will already be checked (this is actually a very long "connection.&quot What time should I leave for the airport via bus or train?

Thanks!
Peter

A lot of other people on other sites absolutely adore the Eldorado (www.eldoradohotel.fr) for its total quirkiness. I have visited it, and it is indeed quite different from your ordinary Paris hotel.
Since you'll be near Place de Clichy, I would recommend one of the restaurants there. They are all open late -- you have the Wepler, Léon de Bruxelles, the Bistro Romain, and a few other options. Check out all of the menus and prices and just go to the one that appeals to you. At that time of evening, you probably don't want to stray too far from the hotel.

Easy to get to CDG. You can either take the metro to Charles de Gaulle-Etoile from Place de Clichy and pick up the Air France bus, or (cheaper: 8.10&euro take the metro down to Gare Saint Lazare and get the RER E to Gare du Nord, where you can easily change to the RER B going to the airport. I'm the sort of person who would leave for the airport by 10 a.m. and probably arrive before 11 a.m.

Thanks Kerouac for your helpful response.

You said that "At that time of evening, you probably don't want to stray too far from the hotel."

Is that area (18 rue des Dames, 17thE) not safe at night?

The area is perfectly safe. Unless you really want to go into the tourist heart of the city for your only night in town, it just doesn't seem worth the effort of heading elsewhere after 10:30 p.m. when there are so many convenient options at hand. One thing you can do after dinner, if you like to be out late, is to walk along the Boulevard de Clichy and its red light district -- as well as monuments like the Moulin Rouge. If you don't want to be snatched at by hookers and hawkers for the sex shows, there is a big central promenade in the boulevard, which allows you to avoid the temptations of the sidewalk. You could walk all the way to Anvers metro and then straight up rue de Steinkerque to the Sacré Coeur, and then down to your hotel, using rue des Abbesses and rue Lepic as part of your itinerary. The neighborhood will be hopping until at least 2 or 3 a.m. If the weather is all right that night, it can be a magical walk.

Thank you Kerouac, the walk sounds EXACTLY like what I would want to do!