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What's your favorite indoor passage In Paris?

Old Feb 14th, 2016, 07:45 AM
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What's your favorite indoor passage In Paris?

After several trips to Paris, I have visited a few of the indoor passages but I know have not seen them all. I am not even certain which ones I have been to, to be honest. Just curious about ones you really enjoy and why. I feel sure there is tons still left to see and experience. Legends, stories and history of any of the passages is also of interest
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Old Feb 14th, 2016, 08:57 AM
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This is an interesting topic... bookmarking!
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Old Feb 14th, 2016, 08:57 AM
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Hi Denise!

Planning a new trip to Paris may be? Always a good idea!
I think the following link can give you some information:
http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...es-revised.cfm

If the link doesn't work, you can search for fodorite Degas.
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Old Feb 14th, 2016, 09:15 AM
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Food for thought: http://anyportinastorm.proboards.com...s-paris?page=1
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My favorite at the moment is Passage Jouffroy because of the dollhouse furniture and the Hotel Chopin, which looks as if it popped out of Harry Potter Goes to France.

If you want to go down some interesting rabbit holes (far from Harry Potter), Walter Benjamin's writings on the passages have been collected in a book called The Arcades Project. He saw them as a development that gave 19th century Parisians a way to be inside and outside at the same time, which encouraged voyeurism, consumption (shopping, window shopping), the flaneur, in short, modern city life. There are lots of anecdotes about the denizens of the passages in their heyday.
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The following link is for a PDF document from the Mairie of Paris and is a guide to a number of passages, beautifully presented which, if you like, can be printed. Copy and paste it into the address line of your browser and it will download:

next.paris.fr/viewmultimediadocument?multimediadocument-id=120848
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Hotel Chopin ensures for a special experience
The passage in front of it hosts an excellent small Lebanese restaurant
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You guys are awesome....thank you for the responses and links! The Degas post was great and kerouac, I am staring on yours and I know it will be interesting!
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From south to north, start with the Passage des Panoramas, at the end of it cross the street to start the passage Jouffroy, and do the same at the end of this passage to do the passage Verdeau. Essentially it is one long passage interrupted by two cross streets.
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Old Feb 15th, 2016, 06:08 AM
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MPerdu...thanks for the PDF. Great resource. All great suggestions and Kerouac, as expected..great report. Hoping to explore these more on this year's trip to Paris.
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I have a day set aside on my spring trip, marked "Passages". No more hit & miss, a comprehensive tour. It will likely appear in the summer on travelgumbo.com and I'll mention it here if/when it does.
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Old Feb 15th, 2016, 08:19 AM
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Oh, that would be wonderful if you would post. Would love to hear all about it.

I know what you mean. I also have decided that while we don't want to plan too much on this trip, we do want to get a few things done this time!! You have to commit!
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Denisea - I made an inquiry with Paris Greeters recently for my March trip. They proposed a 2 hr walking tour of the covered passages. Sounded great to me, so I'll be doing that next month. I've been to a few of the passages but looking forward to hearing the history, etc from a local.

Hope you have a great trip!
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What a fascinating thread! Definitely watching this topic!
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Thanks, MmePerdu for the passages brochure link.

A few years ago we took the Degas walk (or our slightly modified version of it) and loved the passages.

We'll undoubtedly visit some more passages on our upcoming trip now that we have that brochure.

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Great thread, Denise! I knew there was yet another reason to go back.

~Roberta
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Great thread, Denise! I knew there was yet another reason to go back.

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