Paris - How safe is 2nd arrondissement to stay for a month?
Jan 10th, 2008, 07:56 AM
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Paris - How safe is 2nd arrondissement to stay for a month?
Planning on renting an apartment on Rue du Sentier near Bonne Nouvelle Metro. Is this a relatively safe area. Does anyone have any suggestions for local cafes, grocery or specialty shops? Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
Jan 10th, 2008, 08:13 AM
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It's fine.
Look at
Www.pagesjaunes.fr
enter address and you can get a photo of the location, maps of the area, satellite photo, etc..
Mike
Look at
Www.pagesjaunes.fr
enter address and you can get a photo of the location, maps of the area, satellite photo, etc..
Mike
Jan 10th, 2008, 08:23 AM
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Virtually any area in Paris is relatively safe. I personally do not care for that area in terms of ambience, shops, appearance, etc., but it's not because of safety reasons. I just don't find it very attractive, and I don't like a lot of the cheap shops.
Jan 10th, 2008, 08:48 AM
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It's safe enough, but not particularly interesting. It's essentially the garment district and full of small wholesale stores.
The historic Rex theatre is near there, and it's a few minutes walk south to the rue Montorgueil/rue Montmartre shopping and eating area, probably the best place for you to get groceries, etc.
A few minutes to the west are the passages and the Bourse area. A new café/wine shop getting a lot of press lately is Racines, 8 passage des Panoramas in the 2nd, 01 40 13 06 41, open Monday-Friday, 12pm-12am.
There is a Pain Quotidien café on rue Vivienne, just north of the Bourse (also one on rue Montorgueil) and several place to dine just there, including Brasserie Vivienne and Gallopin. There is a market set up in front of the Bourse, but I can't recall
which days.
The historic Rex theatre is near there, and it's a few minutes walk south to the rue Montorgueil/rue Montmartre shopping and eating area, probably the best place for you to get groceries, etc.
A few minutes to the west are the passages and the Bourse area. A new café/wine shop getting a lot of press lately is Racines, 8 passage des Panoramas in the 2nd, 01 40 13 06 41, open Monday-Friday, 12pm-12am.
There is a Pain Quotidien café on rue Vivienne, just north of the Bourse (also one on rue Montorgueil) and several place to dine just there, including Brasserie Vivienne and Gallopin. There is a market set up in front of the Bourse, but I can't recall
which days.
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