welltraveledbrit

lisamariana,
Just to say I hope you have a great time on your trip and I'm so sorry you've encountered such sneering in this post. People here have become a little cynical and it's hard for them to remember what their first experience of Paris was like! Probably because it was so long ago
Not sure what I have to give you is "undiscovered" but hopefully some of it will get you out of the centers of "mass tourism".

Here is a link to my Paris blog including my Top Ten Recommendations for Paris
http://www.somuchmoretosee.com/search/label/Paris

Ok here are some of them, links, photos and more info on the blog...

I'd start by organizing a Paris Greeter - Did you know you can get a Parisian to show you something of their city for free? Really this would be a great way to start and you could ask them where and what they's recommend. Plus after spending a few hours with you they's have a sense for what you might enjoy.

Street Art Waling Tour - This would take you out to the 10th,11th and 20th arrondissements including Bellville which would give you some feel for Paris outside of the tourist center.

Go to a street market in a neighborhood outside the very center of Paris. There are lots of good ones including the Richard Lenoir Market. Try some of the smaller museums rather than the larger ones, like the Jaquemart-Andre or the city run museums including places like the Musée Cognacq-Jay.

To avoid the crowds look at the Eiffel tour from the Tour Montparnasse.

Hope these help and that you have a great time.

brubenow

First time seeing your blog, Welltraveledbrit... Love it!

welltraveledbrit

Thanks Brubenow - I really appreciate your comment

denisea

One more thought would be to check out some of the indoor shopping passages that you can find all over Paris. They are all interesting and unique in their own way.

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/20...shopping-shops

kerouac

How about the Rosa Parks urban art wall?

http://anyportinastorm.proboards.com...urban-art-wall

denisea

Kerouac...very interesting! Love the birds and the girl whose hair is "made" of words.

TDudette

What brubenow said, welltraveledbrit! And, denisea and kerouac, I've saved your links as well.

I'll be in Paris in May--will do a separate GTG thread!

Coquelicot

Does attending a polo game in the Bois de Boulogne appeal to anyone here? If you have two sponsors and the 10-15,000 euro required to join the club, you can even sit inside the fence.

ssander

kerouac...

Where, exactly is that graffiti wall? I can't find it on Street View. (Maybe the images are too old.)

Thanks.

ssander

kerouac

It wouldn't be on Street View yet because the art is no more than two months old. It is the wall along rue d'Aubervilliers from rue Riquet to rue de Crimée. It faces the CentQuatre.

The Street View photo dates from May 2015 and shows a totally blank wall -- not even any "ugly" graffiti on it, which is remarkable in itself.

ssander

K...

Thanks...I see the wall now. Maybe we'll take a look at it during our spring visit.

ssander

welltraveledbrit

Keroac, Thanks for sharing the street art link -I really enjoyed your photos as always. The birds are reminiscent of ROA but I think he only works in black and white.

AJPeabody

A while back, a poster made a serendipitous typo, saying that it would be fun just "wonder around" Paris. I think that's a great idea.

frenchaucoeur

I always enjoy a stroll around the Batignolles section of the 17th arrondissement and the nearby (and easily missed) Cite des Fleurs, a long pedestrian street with wrought iron gates at either end (you can enter just off the Ave de Clichy at the rue Guy Moquet). It was constructed in the mid-1800s and combines small houses and grander ones, each behind metal fences and beautifully landscaped. I read somewhere a cell of the Resistance was based here during WW II and that Sisley worked and Catherine Deneuve was born in a clinic in the street--don't know if either is true But the street and the whole Batignolles area (including the indoor market on rue Lemercier, which has all kinds of stuff beyond food) is very real Paris and very charming.

https://frenchmoments.eu/cite-des-fleurs-paris/

http://www.secretsofparis.com/batignolles/

frenchaucoeur

Oops, didn't realize this is a dead thread. Tant pis.

Dukey1

It died when somebody said that food which appeals to a visitor's palate is automatically mediocre.

Cjar

Bookmarking for future reference.

menachem

OP, have a look at messynessychic.com.

For years, Vanessa has been unearthing what you desire.

or

spottedbylocals.com

http://www.messynessychic.com/catego...-be-a-tourist/

tuscanlifeedit

bookmarking a great dead thread

menachem

exactly!