ultimate 2 days in paris...?
Aug 18th, 2008, 04:12 AM
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ultimate 2 days in paris...?
if you've been to paris a few times and don't need to rush around for 48 hours to see all the sights... what would you do? eat?
where would you sleep? wander? relax?
interested in input...
mine starts with a pinic lunch from fauchon - i'm pretty much starting there and will build based on what people suggest...
thanks.
j.
where would you sleep? wander? relax?
interested in input...
mine starts with a pinic lunch from fauchon - i'm pretty much starting there and will build based on what people suggest...
thanks.
j.
Aug 18th, 2008, 04:29 AM
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Since I'm a church freak I'd try to see churches I haven't been to or revisit my favorites. Would also eat pastries. I should look into churches in the area of patisseries and then I would be in heaven!
I'd like to do the Eiffel Tower backstage tour and have a drink in Le Train Bleu and see some new street markets (Richard Lenoir keep cropping up here). Maybe take a walking tour if there's an interesting one.
I'd splurge on a couple of great dinners (not necessarily very expensive).
If you're building your itinerary on a Fauchon picnic then I'd get a hotel near there.
I'd like to do the Eiffel Tower backstage tour and have a drink in Le Train Bleu and see some new street markets (Richard Lenoir keep cropping up here). Maybe take a walking tour if there's an interesting one.
I'd splurge on a couple of great dinners (not necessarily very expensive).
If you're building your itinerary on a Fauchon picnic then I'd get a hotel near there.
Aug 18th, 2008, 06:07 AM
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Longer walks in Montparnasse (go up Montparnasse tower and view Eiffel from there) and Louxembourg (sp?)areas.
Lots of food places around Pantheon (which is pretty neat).
Longer walks in Parc Monceau area. Maybe take your picnic there? Is that allowed?
Please report back!
Lots of food places around Pantheon (which is pretty neat).
Longer walks in Parc Monceau area. Maybe take your picnic there? Is that allowed?
Please report back!
Aug 20th, 2008, 04:44 AM
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hi all,
thanks very much for the replies... great ideas... long walks and food markets it is.
hi ira - interested in your ideas. as for fauchon, i could see why people have negative reviews of it - however, we got a picnic there 3 years ago and are still talking about the various cheeses, meats and treats to this day. i'm sure you could buy them elsewhere for cheaper, but you feel a slight bit fancy at fauchon.
as for budget - we're looking for cheap hotels (TBD) but are willing to spend a few bucks to enjoy our time there - no set budget, but no dinner at taillevent either...
thanks again,
j.
thanks very much for the replies... great ideas... long walks and food markets it is.
hi ira - interested in your ideas. as for fauchon, i could see why people have negative reviews of it - however, we got a picnic there 3 years ago and are still talking about the various cheeses, meats and treats to this day. i'm sure you could buy them elsewhere for cheaper, but you feel a slight bit fancy at fauchon.
as for budget - we're looking for cheap hotels (TBD) but are willing to spend a few bucks to enjoy our time there - no set budget, but no dinner at taillevent either...
thanks again,
j.
Aug 20th, 2008, 08:48 AM
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Hi J,
>we got a picnic there 3 years ago and are still talking about the various cheeses, meats and treats to this day.<
I first went to Fauchon in the early '70s, when, every afternoon, there was a double line of black Citroen limos out front waiting for the fashionable ladies to do their shopping.
That was when Fauchon was still head and shoulders above everyone else.
>no set budget, but no dinner at taillevent either...<
Lunch at Taillevent starts at 70E pp, and is worth every centime.
We always stay at the Hotel Bonaparte, 61 Rue Bonaparte in the 6th. From 131E dbl w/bkfst. It is just around the corner from Place St. Sulpice, near 3 metro stops and 4 bus routes. Has AC and an elevator.
Tel 33 1 43 26 97 37
FAX 33 1 46 33 57 67
[email protected]
www.hotelbonaparte.fr
For more info, enter "Hotel Bonaparte" in the "search this forum" box.
Photos are at
http://tinyurl.com/ludgd
>we got a picnic there 3 years ago and are still talking about the various cheeses, meats and treats to this day.<
I first went to Fauchon in the early '70s, when, every afternoon, there was a double line of black Citroen limos out front waiting for the fashionable ladies to do their shopping.
That was when Fauchon was still head and shoulders above everyone else.
>no set budget, but no dinner at taillevent either...<
Lunch at Taillevent starts at 70E pp, and is worth every centime.
We always stay at the Hotel Bonaparte, 61 Rue Bonaparte in the 6th. From 131E dbl w/bkfst. It is just around the corner from Place St. Sulpice, near 3 metro stops and 4 bus routes. Has AC and an elevator.
Tel 33 1 43 26 97 37
FAX 33 1 46 33 57 67
[email protected]
www.hotelbonaparte.fr
For more info, enter "Hotel Bonaparte" in the "search this forum" box.
Photos are at
http://tinyurl.com/ludgd
