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�� PARIS AND ITS REGION �Paris and its Region .................................. 8

Paris ............................................................. 8Sightseeing .............................................. 8Restaurants ............................................. 23Sleeping .................................................. 34Hauts-de-Seine ................................. 39Malakoff .................................................. 39Saint-Cloud ............................................. 40Sceaux .................................................... 41

Seine-Saint-Denis ...................................... 41Saint-Denis ............................................. 41

Seine-et-Marne .......................................... 43Marne-la-Vallée ....................................... 43Fontainebleau .......................................... 43Meaux ..................................................... 45Provins .................................................... 46

Val-d’Oise ................................................... 48Auvers-sur-Oise ...................................... 48Cergy ...................................................... 50Enghien-les-Bains ................................... 54L’Isle-Adam ............................................. 54Roissy-en-France .................................... 58Saint-Prix ................................................ 58Vétheuil ................................................... 60Yvelines ............................................ 60Chambourcy ............................................ 60Gambais .................................................. 62Mantes-la-Jolie ....................................... 63Montfort-l’Amaury ................................... 63Neauphle-le-Château .............................. 64Poissy ..................................................... 65Rambouillet ............................................. 65Saint-Germain-en-Laye ........................... 66Restaurants ............................................. 68Versailles ................................................. 70

�� SOUTH-WEST �Aquitaine ..................................................78

Dordogne ................................................... 78Belvès ..................................................... 78Bergerac ................................................. 78Beynac-et-Cazenac ................................. 80Brantôme ................................................ 81Domme ................................................... 82Le Bugue ................................................. 84

Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil..................... 86Monbazillac ............................................. 88Périgueux ................................................ 89Sarlat-la-Canéda ..................................... 92Sorges..................................................... 94

Gironde ...................................................... 96Andernos-les-Bains ................................. 96Arcachon ................................................. 97Bordeaux ............................................... 101Cap Ferret ............................................. 106Lacanau-Océan ..................................... 108Le Verdon-sur-Mer ................................ 110Pyla-sur-Mer ......................................... 111Saint-Emilion ......................................... 112Restaurants ........................................... 113Sauternes .............................................. 114

Landes ..................................................... 115Biscarrosse-Plage ................................. 115Dax ....................................................... 115Eugénie-les-Bains ................................. 117Hossegor ............................................... 118

Lot-et-Garonne ......................................... 119Agen ..................................................... 119Duras .................................................... 122Pujols .................................................... 123

Pyrénées-Atlantiques ................................ 124Ainhoa ................................................... 124Bayonne ................................................ 126Biarritz .................................................. 129Cambo-les-Bains ................................... 133Pau ....................................................... 134Saint-Etienne-de-Baïgorry ..................... 137Saint-Jean-de-Luz ................................ 138Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port ........................ 140

Limousin ................................................ 142Corrèze ..................................................... 142

Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne ......................... 142Brive-la-Gaillarde .................................. 143Collonges-la-Rouge ............................... 143Turenne ................................................. 143

Haute-Vienne ............................................ 144Limoges ................................................ 144

Midi-Pyrénées ........................................ 148Aveyron .................................................... 148

Conques ................................................ 148Millau .................................................... 148Najac..................................................... 150Rodez .................................................... 151

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Haute-Garonne ......................................... 153Toulouse ................................................ 153

Gers ......................................................... 156Auch ..................................................... 156

Lot ............................................................ 158Cahors .................................................. 158Padirac .................................................. 160Rocamadour .......................................... 160Saint-Cirq-Lapopie ................................ 164

Hautes-Pyrénées ...................................... 165Bagnères-de-Bigorre ............................. 165Cauterets .............................................. 166Gavarnie ................................................ 167Lourdes ................................................. 167

Tarn .......................................................... 169Albi ....................................................... 169

Tarn-et-Garonne ....................................... 171Moissac................................................. 171Montauban ............................................ 172

Poitou-Charentes ....................................173Charente .................................................. 173

Cognac .................................................. 173Charente-Maritime ................................... 173

Ars-en-Ré ............................................. 174La Palmyre ............................................ 175La Rochelle ........................................... 176Rochefort .............................................. 178Fouras ................................................... 179Royan .................................................... 179Saint-Martin-de-Ré ............................... 180Saint-Pierre-d’Oléron ............................ 182Saintes .................................................. 183

Vienne ...................................................... 184Poitiers .................................................. 184

�� SOUTH-EAST �Auvergne ................................................ 188

Allier ......................................................... 188Vichy ..................................................... 188

Haute-Loire .............................................. 189Le Puy-en-Velay .................................... 190

Puy-de-Dôme ........................................... 191Clermont-Ferrand .................................. 191La Bourboule ......................................... 192

Corse ..................................................... 194Corse-du-Sud ........................................... 194

Ajaccio .................................................. 194

Bonifacio ............................................... 196Porto ..................................................... 198Porto-Vecchio ........................................ 199Sartène ................................................. 199

Haute-Corse ............................................. 200Bastia .................................................... 200Calvi ...................................................... 201Corte ..................................................... 203L’Ile-Rousse........................................... 205Lumio .................................................... 206

Languedoc-Roussillon ............................207Aude ......................................................... 207

Carcassonne ......................................... 207Gruissan ................................................ 211Lagrasse ............................................... 211Narbonne .............................................. 212

Gard ......................................................... 214Aigues-Mortes ....................................... 214Le Grau-du-Roi ...................................... 215Nîmes ................................................... 217Vers-Pont-du-Gard ................................ 219

Hérault ..................................................... 221Montpellier ............................................ 221Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert ........................ 223Sète ...................................................... 223

Lozère ...................................................... 224Sainte-Enimie ........................................ 224

Pyrénées-Orientales ................................. 224Collioure ................................................ 224Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via ........................ 225Perpignan .............................................. 226

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur .................. 229Alpes-de-Haute-Provence ......................... 229

Les Mées .............................................. 229Manosque ............................................. 229Moustiers-Sainte-Marie ......................... 230

Alpes-Maritimes ....................................... 231Antibes .................................................. 231Beaulieu-sur-Mer .................................. 233Cannes .................................................. 233Grasse ................................................... 235Juan-les-Pins ........................................ 236Menton .................................................. 235Nice ...................................................... 238Vallauris ................................................ 242Vence .................................................... 242

Bouches-du-Rhône ................................... 243Aix-en-Provence .................................... 243Arles ..................................................... 245

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Cassis ................................................... 248Eygalières ............................................. 249Fontvieille .............................................. 249Les Baux-de-Provence .......................... 250Marseille ............................................... 250Saint-Rémy-de-Provence ...................... 254Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer ..................... 256

Hautes-Alpes ............................................ 258La Grave ................................................ 258

Var ........................................................... 260Grimaud ................................................ 260Porquerolles .......................................... 261Saint-Raphaël ....................................... 261Saint-Tropez .......................................... 262

Vaucluse ................................................... 264Ansouis ................................................. 264Avignon ................................................. 264Gordes .................................................. 265

Rhône-Alpes .......................................... 266Ain............................................................ 266

Pérouges ............................................... 266Drôme ...................................................... 266

Buis-les-Baronnies ................................ 266Grignan ................................................. 267La Garde-Adhémar ................................ 267

Isère ......................................................... 268Alpe d’Huez ........................................... 268Grenoble ............................................... 268Vienne ................................................... 271

Loire ......................................................... 273Saint-Etienne......................................... 273

Rhône ....................................................... 274Lyon ...................................................... 274

Savoie ...................................................... 277Aix-les-Bains ......................................... 277Courchevel ............................................ 278Les Menuires......................................... 279Méribel .................................................. 279

Haute-Savoie ............................................ 280Annecy .................................................. 280Avoriaz .................................................. 283Chamonix-Mont-Blanc ........................... 284Châtel ................................................... 288Evian-les-Bains ..................................... 289La Clusaz .............................................. 292Les Gets ................................................ 293Megève ................................................. 295Morzine ................................................. 296

Saint-Gervais-les-Bains ......................... 298Samoëns ............................................... 298Thonon-les-Bains .................................. 299

�� NORTH-WEST �Bretagne ............................................... 302

Côtes-d’Armor .......................................... 302Dinan .................................................... 302

Finistère ................................................... 303Bénodet................................................. 303Brest ..................................................... 303Concarneau ........................................... 304Crozon................................................... 304Douarnenez ........................................... 305Huelgoat ................................................ 306Morlaix .................................................. 306Ouessant ............................................... 306Pont-Aven ............................................. 307Quimper ................................................ 307Roscoff .................................................. 308

Ille-et-Vilaine ............................................ 309Cancale ................................................. 309Dinard ................................................... 310Rennes .................................................. 311Saint-Malo ............................................ 314

Morbihan .................................................. 315Auray .................................................... 315Carnac .................................................. 315Ile-aux-Moines ...................................... 318Lorient................................................... 318Quiberon ............................................... 320Vannes .................................................. 322

Centre ................................................... 324Eure-et-Loir .............................................. 324

Chartres ................................................ 324Indre-et-Loire ........................................... 325

Amboise ................................................ 325Azay-le-Rideau ...................................... 326Chenonceaux ........................................ 327Chinon................................................... 328Villandry ................................................ 330

Loir-et-Cher .............................................. 330Blois ...................................................... 330Chambord ............................................. 331Chaumont-sur-Loire .............................. 333Cheverny ............................................... 334Saint-Aignan ......................................... 334

Loiret ........................................................ 335Orléans ................................................. 335

Normandie ............................................ 338Calvados .................................................. 338

Bayeux .................................................. 338Caen ..................................................... 339Deauville ............................................... 341Honfleur ................................................ 341Lisieux .................................................. 342Ouistreham ........................................... 343

Manche .................................................... 344Avranches ............................................. 344Barfleur ................................................. 346Barneville-Carteret ................................ 346Cherbourg-Octeville ............................... 347Sightseeing .......................................... 347Restaurants ........................................... 348Le Mont-Saint-Michel ............................ 349Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue .......................... 350Sainte-Marie-du-Mont ........................... 350

Seine-Maritime ......................................... 352Etretat ................................................... 352Fécamp ................................................. 352Le Havre ................................................ 353Rouen ................................................... 354

Eure ......................................................... 356Giverny .................................................. 356Pont-Audemer ....................................... 357

Pays de la Loire ..................................... 358Loire-Atlantique ........................................ 358

Guérande .............................................. 358La Baule-Escoublac ............................... 358Le Croisic .............................................. 358Nantes .................................................. 359Pornic .................................................... 361Saint-Joachim ....................................... 362

Maine-et-Loire ......................................... 364Angers .................................................. 364Fontevraud-l’Abbaye ............................. 366Saumur ................................................. 367

Sarthe ...................................................... 368Le Mans ................................................ 368

Vendée ..................................................... 370L’Ile-d’Yeu ............................................. 370Les Sables-d’Olonne ............................. 371Noirmoutier-en-l’Ile ............................... 373Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie ....................... 375Saint-Julien des Landes ........................ 377

La Roche-sur-Yon .................................. 378Picardie .................................................379

Oise .......................................................... 379Beauvais ............................................... 379Chantilly ................................................ 380Compiègne ............................................ 381Pierrefonds ............................................ 382Senlis .................................................... 383

Somme ..................................................... 384Amiens .................................................. 384Le Crotoy ............................................... 386Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme ....................... 386

�� NORTH-EAST �Alsace ................................................... 388

Bas-Rhin .................................................. 388Le Hohwald ........................................... 388Marmoutier ........................................... 389Obernai ................................................. 389Sélestat ................................................. 390Strasbourg ............................................ 391

Haut-Rhin ................................................. 395Colmar .................................................. 395Eguisheim ............................................. 399Ferrette ................................................. 400Guebwiller ............................................. 401Kaysersberg .......................................... 402Mulhouse .............................................. 404Ribeauvillé............................................. 406Riquewihr .............................................. 407Rouffach................................................ 409Thann .................................................... 410Turckheim ............................................. 411

Champagne-Ardenne .............................. 413Aube ......................................................... 413

Troyes ................................................... 413Marne ....................................................... 415

Mareuil-sur-Ay ...................................... 415Châlons-en-Champagne ........................ 416Epernay ................................................. 417Reims .................................................... 419

Bourgogne ............................................ 422Côte-d’Or ................................................. 422

Beaune .................................................. 422Dijon ..................................................... 426Sleeping ................................................ 432Gevrey-Chambertin ............................... 433

Meursault .............................................. 434Nuits-Saint-Georges .............................. 436Pernand-Vergelesses ............................. 438Semur-en-Auxois .................................. 439

Saône-et-Loire ......................................... 440Autun .................................................... 440Cluny ..................................................... 441Mâcon ................................................... 442Tournus ................................................. 444

Yonne ....................................................... 446Auxerre ................................................. 446Sens ...................................................... 447Vézelay.................................................. 448

Franche-Comté ...................................... 450Doubs ....................................................... 450

Arc-et-Senans ....................................... 450Besançon .............................................. 450

Jura .......................................................... 451Arbois.................................................... 451Baume-les-Messieurs ........................... 452Château-Chalon..................................... 453Dole ...................................................... 454

Territoire de Belfort ................................... 455

Belfort ................................................... 455Lorraine .................................................457

Meurthe-et-Moselle .................................. 457Nancy .................................................... 457

Meuse ...................................................... 459Verdun .................................................. 459

Moselle .................................................... 461Metz ...................................................... 461

Vosges...................................................... 463Epinal .................................................... 463Gérardmer ............................................. 466Vittel ...................................................... 467

Nord-Pas-de-Calais ................................ 468Nord ......................................................... 468

Dunkerque ............................................ 468Lille ....................................................... 470

Pas-de-Calais ........................................... 473Arras ..................................................... 473Calais .................................................... 474Lens ...................................................... 476Le Touquet-Paris-Plage ......................... 477Montreuil ............................................... 478Wimereux .............................................. 480

PARIS And Its Region

In collaboration with: ACH Marie-Catherine • ALEZINE Rémi • ALVAREZ Lise • ANDRES Laurie • ARCHAMBAULT Stacy • ARNOUX Ingrid • AYME Karen • BAJAS Chloé • BAL Marie • BALACH-FUMERY Nicolas • BARCZYK Alice • BARDEL Benjamin • BARRAS Hélène • BASENACH Marie • BASTIDE Marc • BAUDOIN Pascal • BAYOL-SORET Marie-Chantal • BECAM-CUNIASSE Catherine • BEHAGUE Caroline • BENZIANE Cynthia • BERNAR Gérard • BERRUER Manon • BERSON Pierre-Philippe • BER-TIER Marie • BEYOU Cécile • BIHAKI GAUTHIER Anne • BINET Caroline • BIROT David • BLONDY Florian • BLUM Fabienne • BONNEMERE Laura • BONNET Krystell • BOSCH Yannick • BOST Stéphanie • BOUTHELOUP Estelle • BRIE Marielle • BUIRETTE Odile • CABRERA Elodie • CADIER Florence • CALVAYRAC Fabienne • CAMARASA Claire • CAPPADORO Robert • CARRAU Margot • CASBI-PHOBERE Rudy • CASSOTTI Isabelle • CHABAUD Céline • CHALAYE Isabelle • CHARPENTIER Cyrille • CHAU-LOT Stéphanie • COGNARD Elodie • COMPERE-MOREL Elvire • COUILLENS Isabelle • COURTOIS Juliette • COUTARD Eric • CREON Marie-Pierre • DAKI Nadia • DALLOZ Aline • DAMIAN Nathalie • DAMIDE-BALDJI Nathalie • DANDRIEUX Julie • DANGER Enora • DAUTANCOURT Hélène • DELBARD Claire • DELMAS Vincent • DELPEYROUX • Marie-Hélène • DELTOUR Florence • DEMAREST Marie-Anne • DENGERMA Clément • DERAMOND Julie • DEROUARD Hugues • DEROUBAIX Marie • DESCHASEAUX Etienne • DESPREZ Karine • DEVIGNAC Marie • DEVOS Caroline • DIDIER Benoît • DJEBALI Olivier • DODE-NAY Stéphanie • DRAY Maxime • DUCHOSSOY Anne-Claire • DUFAU Anais • DULAC Pierre • DUMAS Sandrine • DURAND Anne • ERIAU Anne-Charlotte • ESPIEU Laure • EUSTACHE Guillaume • FAUCHEUX Catherine • FAVRE-COQUERET Noémie • FEIREISEN Camille • FERRAND Carla • FERRUS Maureen • FESSELIER-HAGUET Anne-Sophie • FIESINGER Virginie • FINET Emmanuelle • FOARE Pierre • FODIMBI Joffrey • FONS Frédéric • FONTAINE Guillaume • FOUCARD Camille • FOUQUET Mar-tin • FRESNEAU Anne-Céline • GASC Marine • GASTALDO Cécile • GATARD Maurine • GAUMER Sandrine • GAY-FULCONIS Bianca • GAZEAU Camille • GIL Christine • GIRAUD Eva • GOUEROU-MANGEAT Armelle • GRASSI Clémence • GREYER Cindy • GUENDOUZI Mélisa • GUYOMARD Katia • GUYOT-DELOCHE Anne • HACK Juliana • HENRY Philippe • HERNANDEZ Antonio • HITTE Hermance • HUELLOU Michel • IGOS Oïhana • INNATO Julie • JAEG Bernadette • JAFRATE Emilie • JANIK Amandine • JONCKEAU Thomas • JONCQUEZ Marie • JULIEN Pauline • KEBOUR Malik • KERMARREC Sylvie • KREB Carine • KUHN Valérie • LABORDE Marie-Françoise • LACRAMPE Corine • LAFAYE Quentin • LAGUILLE Christian • LAMOUILLE Roxane • LAROCHE Charlotte • LAURO Julie • LAUZET David • LAZZERINI Rébecca • LE GALL Pierre • LE RIDER Béatrice • LEBORGNE Stéphanie • LEMOALLE Sandrine • LERMA Anaïs • LETERTRE Pascale • LEVEQUE Eva • LOUPIAC Elsa • MABA Laetitia • MACQUAREZ Florence • MAIRINE Frank • MALHERBE Emilie • MALINJOD Christina • MARCQ Mélodie • MARGOTTEAU Natacha • MARIN Stéphanie • MASFERRER Sarah • MELENDEZ Elsa • MENEGHELLO Sarah • MENEGHIN Fanny • MENUSIER Clément • MERCIER Matthieu • METAIRIE Samuel • MIETURKA Fabien • MILONE Robert • MONNERAIS Thomas • MOSSMANN Martial • MOULIN Mylène • MOUROT Michaël • MUSQUET Caroline • NATELLA Céline • NICAISE Elisabeth • NOEL Nathalie • NURET Camille • OLIVARES Silvio • ORENGA Marine • OTTONELLI Audrey • OUALI Hassna • PAPIN Alice • PARTAIX Axelle • PASQUET Amélie • PAULIAN-PAVAGEAU Adeline • PAVIA Martine • PENTSCHEFF David • PERAUD Emmanuel • PIN Isabelle • PLAQUETTE Haud • PLET-WYCKHUYSE Melissa • PLUWAK Eva • PRATDESSUS Valérie • PRATELLI Pauline • PROVIN Charlotte • PRUVOT Virgine • RACINE Morgane • RENARD Aurélie • RENE Nadège • RENEVOT Camille • REZENDE Célina • RICHARD Antoine • RICHARD Aude • RICHTER Carole • RIVIERE Samia • ROESCH Christine • ROMANO Ludovic • RONGET Maxime • ROSSIGNOL Séverine • ROUJOU Amélie • ROY Lucille • RUSSIER Elsa • SALIOU Charlotte • SALVI Nicolas • SANJOSE Sylvie • SANQUER Laura • SELO-RON Julie • SIBILLE Charles • SOUPERBIE Thibaut • SPIERS Elsa • SPIRI Isabelle • STEIMETZ Laëtitia • SZKARADEK Isabelle • TA-BARY Delphine • TAFFARELLI Emmanuel • TANNEAU Lucie • TEOULE Benjamin • THIBAUT Jean-Baptiste • THIEFAIN Elodie • THOMAS Mathilde • THUBERT Louis • TISSOT Tatiana • TOMASSONE Emeline • TROSSAT Céline • TURECK Yoann • VALENTI Caroline • VALENTIN Julia • VALES Catherine • VAN DE VYVER Pauline • VENANCIO Laetitia • VERGEZ Isabelle • VERGUET Alexandre • VERNET Jean-François • VIGNY Auriane • VOINSON Fanny • VOISIN Charlène • WEILL Hervé • YVON Juhel

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PARIS And Its Region

Paris � OFFICE DE TOURISME

ET DES CONGRÈS DE PARIS25, rue des Pyramides (1er)& +33 (0) 1 49 52 42 63 – www.parisinfo.comM° Pyramidesonl Open Monday to Saturday from 9am to 7pm; Sunday from 10am to 7pm.

Sightseeing � PLACE DE LA CONCORDE

M° ConcordeHistorical place, the Place de la Concorde did not always deserve (and given) this name, and for good reason! It was the theatre of decapitations of the Revolution and was going close to 1 200 heads aristocrats, antirevolutionary or just suspect, ranging from the crowned heads like those of Louis XVI and his wife, to the desperados like Charlotte Corday and Danton. Designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel starting from 1755 for king Louis XV, it will be the model of the royal squares of French cities. At the North

end, two identical buildings in the east the hotel de la Marine, former royal furniture store, and in the west the Crillon luxury hotel. In the North Champs-Élysées and in the South the Tuileries gardens leading directly to the Louvre. In the centre and marking the huge perspective skilfully linking the Arc De Triomphe and the Palais royal, the ancient Egyptian obelisk offered by Méhémet Ali in 1836 (in thanks to the help brought by Champollion in the translation of the hieroglyphics) has praised the pharaoh Ramses II for more than 3 300 years. The statues of the place was the work of Coysevox for group of Mercury and reputation, then Coustou for the Horses of Marly (the originals are visible in the courtyard of the Louvre Marly). Each corner of the square received the allegory of French city (Brest and Rouen, Lyon and Marseille, Bordeaux and Nantes, Lille and Strasbourg) to find who is who!

� PLACE VENDÔMEM° Opéra or TuileriesOpen all year. Free. Guided tour (to consult the site of the Tourist Office of Paris or to print the card concerning the neighborhood on page HTTP: //www.paris.fr/loisirs/se-promener-a-paris/se-promener-a-paris-copy/parcours-d-architecture-un-autre-regard-sur-le-patrimoine-parisien/rub_9947). Shop.Vast urban planning undertaken by Louis XIV and designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Place Vendôme must first of all houses prestigious public buildings that will overlook the square where the equestrian statue of the king stands; however the project must be abandoned for lack of funds. Those with great fortunes then took possession of the already built buildings and converted them into sumptuous private mansions. When the Revolution occurred, the name of the place, which was a symbol of the former regime of privileges, was changed into Place des Piques (bloody name recalling a group of women who butchered and carried the bodies of several assassinated royalists), the statue of the monarch was unbolted. Danton installed the temporary government of the Republic there. In 1810, Napoleon had built the Vendôme Column, like the Trajan’s Column of Rome, thus paying tribute to his great army. The same column will be reversed during the Commune on the initiative of the painter Courbet who will pay the toll all his life as he had to finance its reconstruction. He died before seeing the column built again on the famous place, under the third Republic. Today, this place is the high place of French and international jewellery. The windows offer the most beautiful and most precious contemporary creations. Note that the last (full time) inhabitant of the place was the singer Henri Salvador who spent 46 years at the number 6 before dying in 2008.

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� PLACE DES VOSGESM° Bastille, Chemin Vert or Saint-PaulIt is on this square closely linked to the kings of France history that was born first the great Tournelles hotel, residence privileged of Valois until Catherine de Médicis makes it demolished. The queen can not suffer any more this place that was a fatal fire to her husband King Henry II who died there because of a wound on his eye during a tournament. The place becomes a horse market and a place that is not very recommended to the people of good virtues. Then, the king Henry IV had built a royal square in honour of the engagement of Louis XIII and Anne d’Autriche. The polychrome architecture of bricks, stone and slate very typical of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th century recalls the age of this place.The Revolution can not decide in favour of a republican name for this place marked by royalty. It will be the turn of Federated place, Parc d’Artillerie place or a place of Indivisibility before becoming a Vosges place in honour of the same name department that was the first to pay tax during the Revolution.Today the statue of Louis XIII stands in the centre of the square. You will recognize the king’s pavilion to the profile of the good King Henry in a medallion in front, then you can go to the front door of Cardinal Richelieu at n° 21. The Victor-Hugo museum took place in the apartment of the famous poet and novelist. Full of the prestige of its past, the place still hosts famous residents.

� PLACE DU TERTREM° Anvers or Abbesses then the cable railway or Lamarck CaulaincourtThe place du tertre is the old village square of Montmartre. This area that is so important to the tourists and postcards of Paris from the beginning of xxth century situated in this place the quintessential of Paris nostalgic. It is in this area that the artists like Picasso worked and created a real myth specific to Paris: the city of artists, bistro, the Bohemian life. A little corner of paradise at dawn, before the metro does not pour its hordes of tourists and the place does not spoil portraitists. Take the time to have a drink At the Mère Catherine, the establishment was founded in 1793 and there is no doubt that many famous people have frequented these chairs!

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2, impasse Saint-Eustache (1er)& +33 (0) 1 42 36 31 [email protected]° Les Halles. RER Châtelet Les Halles.Open all year. Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 7pm; the weekend from 9am to 7pm. Free. Activities.It took more than a century, between 1532 and 1640, for this church to be constructed on the edge of the Halles garden. With a gothic and renaissance design,

the Saint-Eustache church has an eighteenth century façade. Overlooking Rambuteau street, a turreted portal offers another entry. This large church has twenty-four chapels which contain paintings and sculptures from different eras. You need to see a triptych by Keith Haring (twentieth century) and the tomb of Colbert, shaped by Coysevox Tuby according to Brown (XVII). Here, you can also admire the beautiful stained glass windows dating from 1631 in the choir, and an organ from 1854 with eight thousand pipes. Note that concerts are frequently organised in this church with excellent acoustics. A church service with an organ and choirs are given every Sunday.

� PYRAMIDE DU LOUVREM° Louvre – RivoliIt is the centrepiece of the Grand Louvre, desired by François Mitterrand and designed by the architect Pei. It is 21.64 metres high and its base is 35.42 metres large. It is made of glass and metal. It is located at the centre of the Napoléon courtyard of the Louvre Museum. Three pyramidions surround it.

� SAINTE-CHAPELLEPalais de Justice de Paris6, boulevard du Palais (1er)& +33 (0) 1 53 40 60 80M° Cité or Saint-MichelOpen every day. From March to October, from 9.30am to 6pm; from November to February, from 9am to 5pm. Closed on weekdays between 12.45pm and 2.15pm. Last access 30 minutes before closing or earlier in the event of attendance. from May 1st to September 30th from 9.30am to 12.45pm and from 2.15pm to 10pm. Adult: E8.50. Reduced rate: E5.50. Free for under 18-year-olds (accompanied by an adult), the 18-25 years, disabled people and their guide, unemployed people. Ticket twinned Sainte-Chapelle and Conciergerie: E12.50. Reduced rate: E8.50. Reservation for the [email protected] groups. Guided tour (free guided tour every day at 11am and 3pm. Conference visit: +33 (0) 1 44 54 19 33). Shop. Bookstore-shop.Better say it: you need patience in order to visit this Gothic art jewel located within the courthouse of Paris. The crowd is huge – people come from all over the world to discover it – and security measures are taken right from the entrance – it is forbidden for one to have metal objects on themselves. The Sainte-Chapelle was built in xiiith century on the order of Saint Louis, aka Louis IX, in order to receive relics of Christ. Particularly slender compared to its surface area, topped by a spire of 33 metres, it has two levels. That at the top was reserved for relics and the king, that at the bottom to the parishioners. Haven suffered from many damages during its existence, it was renovated and its beauty restored. Your patience will be rewarded by the performance offered at the nave of the upper chapel. Equipped with blue vaults, it is illuminated by high decorated glass windows with exceptional stained-glass windows dominated by red and blue colours. They express religious scenes of Old and the New Testaments.

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The ensemble formed by these wonders that one never gets tired of admiring is completed by a pink of nine meters in diameter. This masterpiece is composed of nine dozens of panels evoking the Apocalypse. Statues representing the apostles are also worth a visiting.

� CATHEDRALE NOTRE-DAME DE PARISPlace Jean-Paul-II – 6, parvis Notre-Dame (4e)& +33 (0) 1 42 34 56 10 & +33 (0) 1 53 40 60 80 / +33 (0) 1 53 10 07 00www.notredamedeparis.frM° Cité or Saint-Michel. RER Saint-Michel Notre-Dame.Open all year. Monday to Friday from 8am to 6.45pm; the weekend from 8am to 7.15pm. Treasury of the cathedral: Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 6pm, Saturday from 9.30am to 6.30pm, Sunday from 1.30pm to 6.30pm. Rate: E4. Free. Circuits: tlj from 10am to 6.30pm (5.30pm from October to March; 11pm Saturday and Sunday in July and August). Last visit 45 minutes front. Closed: January 1st, May 1st, December 25th. E8.50. TR: E5.50. Free: 0-18 years, 18-25 years of the EU, unemployed people. Access disadvised to the electric armchairs. Guided tour. Shop. Concerts.The construction site of the Notre-Dame Cathedral of Paris is one of the most Pharaonic that the French history has ever known. Two centuries of work started in 1160 on the order of Maurice de Sully. At that time, the bishop of Paris wanted to replace two small churches that were setup in the southeast side of the city’s island. Concerning its architecture, the dimensions of this cathedral express the magnitude of this Gothic art masterpiece: 5,500 m ² of floor surface area, a 130 m long, 48 metres wide, 35 m high under vault, 69 meters at the summit of the towers. Visitors enter the monument by a majestic façade, composed of three portals: that of the Virgin, the last judgement and Sainte-Anne. Overlooking the structure are two towers having «Emmanuel», the famous bell of 13 tons on one side and a staircase of 387 steps offering an impressive view over Paris on the other. During the 850th anniversary of the cathedral, many events punc-tuated the year 2013. The splendour of the cathedral was honoured through various musical and cultural events (congress, shows, exhibitions, concerts, books...). Extensive restoration work is equally expected, it is expected to have a new tenor with eight new bells, the repairing of interior lighting, the restoration of the great organs, etc. Do not miss this great appointment!

� MÉMORIAL DE LA SHOAH17, rue Geoffroy-l’Asnier (4e)& +33 (0) 1 42 77 44 [email protected]° Saint-Paul or Pont MarieOpen all year. Every day, except Saturday from 10am to 6pm and Thursday until 10pm. Closed on Saturdays, certain national public holidays and certain days of Jewish holidays. Free. Children welcome. Guided tour

(free every Sunday at 3pm for the individual ones. Visit of the institution and the permanent exhibition. Duration 1.30am). Catering facilities. Shop. Activities. Library.Like a duty to remember, the Memorial of Shoah is presented in a permanent exhibition which tells the story of the Jews of France during the Second World War by presenting documents resulting from the reference library of this institution. Organized in a chronological course, the adopted angles evoke as well the individual destinies as the general fate of the Jewish community. A manner of paying homage to the victims of the segregative laws of the mode of Vichy and the geno-cidary policy of the occupying German forces. A special program is intended to the children, as from 8 years. To the visit of this museum temporary exhibitions are added, as well as meetings, debates, conferences, projections and concerts. Travels in Auschwitz or in other places of memory are also organized. To also see: the crypt where are frays of ashes of victims collected in the camps of death and the ruins of the ghetto of Warsaw; the wall of the Names where the list of the 76,000 off-set Jews of France is displayed, including 11,000 children; the wall of Right (outside) where one can identify nearly 3,000 nonJewish people who, in France, contributed to save their human brothers. To also note that the memorial of Drancy, area of transit of the French deportees, accommodates also the public.

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� MÉMORIAL DES MARTYRS DE LA DÉPORTATIONSquare de l’Ile-de-France (4e)& +33 (0) 1 46 33 87 56M° Cité, Pont Marie or Maubert Mutualité. RER Saint-Michel Notre-Dame.Opening in May 2015. Open every day except Monday from October 1st to March 31st from 10am to 5pm. From April 1st to September 30th from 10am to 7pm. Outside and crypt: free access every day. Free. Duration of the visit: 30 minutes (complete tour: outside, crypt and rooms higher). Guided tour.Opened in 1962, this moving memorial designed by architect Georges-Henri Pingusson pays tribute to the men, women and children deported of France in the concentration camps Nazis during the Second World War. Consisting of a crypt and galleries, it houses the remains of an unknown deportee, from the urns containing the ground from camps and ash taken in combustion furnaces.

� LE PANTHÉONPlace du Panthéon (5e)& +33 (0) 1 44 32 18 00http: //pantheon.monuments-nationaux.frM° Cardinal Lemoine. Luxembourg RER.nlmBecause of the climatic risks, the monument is likely to modify its schedule of visits. The pendulum of Foucault was deposited and is not visible any more. Schedule provided: open every day from April 1st to September 30th from 10am to 6.30pm and from October 1st to March 31st from 10am to 6pm. Last access 45 minutes before closing. Closed January 1st, May 1st and December 25th. -18 years, 18-25 years, 1st Sunday of the month from January to March and from November to December, disabled person and her guide, unemployed, RSA. Adult: E7.50. Group (20 people): E6. Reduced rate: E6 (from 18 to 25 years old young people nonamenable to the European Union). Label Tourism & Disability. Guided tour. Shop.Directed by Jacques-Germain Soufflot in 1758, the construction work of the Pantheon, commissioned by King Louis XV in honour of St. Genevieve, was completed in 1793, thirteen years after the death of the architect. The building is 110 meters long and 84 meters wide, it is built in the shape of a Greek cross. The décor also is worth visiting: the academic painters of Puvis de Chavannes, Gros ou Cabanel were mandated to achieve this work. It is from 1885, that the Pantheon became the place of worship we all know today. It is the resting place of the great historic French figures! The first great person to enter was Victor Hugo. Among the great personalities who rest in the crypt are: Voltaire, Rousseau, Jean Moulin, Condorcet, Pierre and Marie Curie, Dumas...

� ÉGLISE SAINT-SULPICEPlace Saint-Sulpice (6e)& +33 (0) 1 42 34 59 98pss75.fr/saint-sulpice-parisM° Saint-Sulpice or Mabillon

Open all year. Every day from 7.30am to 7.30pm. For the guided tours, a permanent reception service is proposed each Saturday from 2.30pm to 5.30pm, (sacristy). A visit each Sunday at 2.30pm, go to the bottom of the church, under the organ loft. Visit of the crypts: to contact the church. Free. Guided tour. Activities.The building of this vast church began in the seventeenth century – Queen Anne of Austria laid the first stone – on the basis of a twelfth century building. It is characterized by a monumental façade which is the work of Jean-Nicolas Servandoni (eighteenth century) and consists of two superposed different porticoes styles, Doric and Ionic. The two towers that surmount the building are asymmetrical and one is incomplete. The interior of the church was richly decorated in the nineteenth century by the painter Eugène Delacroix, to whom we owe the frescoes in the Saints-Anges chapel. You will also see a sculpture of the Virgin of Pigalle and the gnomon, a marble obelisk which is «lit» by a ray of light during the solstices and equinoxes. Since the international success of the novel «Da Vinci Code», Saint-Sulpice has additional people visiting; many readers try very hard so as to find the sites of the church mentioned in this book.

� EGLISE SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRES3, place Saint-Germain-des-Prés (6e)& +33 (0) 1 55 42 81 10www.eglise-sgp.org/site_v3/[email protected]° Saint-Germain-des-PrésOpen every day from 8.30am to 7.30pm. Until 8pm Saturday and concert evenings. Concerts.Owner of a vast agricultural area, The Saint-Germain-des-Prés abbey has existed for centuries, from the sixth century to the French Revolution and today, only the abbey palace (sixteenth century; Abbaye Street) and the church (eleventh century) remain. Though it has been extensively revised several times, only its bell tower; the part that rises up to the top of its arches, made in the twelfth century has not been damaged. The interior of the building mixes Romanesque and Gothic styles, note that important restoration works of this church were undertaken in the nineteenth century, particularly by the architect Victor Baltard.

� PONT ALEXANDRE-IIIQuai d’OrsayCours de la Reine (8e) (7e)M° Invalideso Open all year round. Free.On one side the Invalides, on the other the Grand and Petit Palais... A breathtaking perspective! This bridge bears the name of the terrible Tsar Alexander III, whose son, Nicolas II, the one who was executed by the Soviets with his family, laid the first stone during his official visit to France in 1896, thus expressing the Franco-Russian friendship, which would then make up an essential alliance in the course of the First World War. It is at the Universal Exhibition of 1900 that it was inaugurated.


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Composed of a single steel arch, this typical structure of the Belle Époque has a fussy decoration: in the centre, nymphs of the Seine and the Neva (famous river in Saint-Petersburg), candelabras, four of which are decorated with angels gilded with fine gold, garlands of shells with masks... On each side of the bridge, there are two monumental pylons of 17 metres. They present and evoke the great moments in the history of France: the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the reign of Louis XIV, the modern and industrial era whose success was celebrated at that time. At the top soar the famous, sets of antique inspiration statuaries including the winged horse Pegasus and a woman holding a trumpet. The first symbolizes Arts, others Science, Combat and Industry. They are golden, like many decors. A masterpiece that will remain etched in your memory!

� THE EIFFEL TOWERChamp-de-Mars (7e)& 08 92 70 12 39www.tour-eiffel.frM° Bir-Hakeim or Trocadéro. RER Champ de Mars – Tour EiffelonlOpen all the year. Every day from 9pm to midnight from mid-June to at the beginning of September and 9:30am to 11pm the rest of the year. Easter weekend and spring holidays: opening prolonged until midnight. Free for under 4-year-olds. Admission ticket lift (to the 2nd floor) E9. Admission ticket lift with top E15.50. Admission ticket staircase (to the 2nd floor) E5. The disableds (wheel chairs, disability of motricity...) can reach 1st and 2nd floors by lift. For safety reasons, the top of the Eiffel Tower is not accessible for them. Guided tour. Catering facilities. Shop. Discount granted to the disabled person with her guide on presentation of a written proof.The tower built by Gustave Eiffel for the Universal Exhibition of 1899 - which marks the centenary of the revolution – and whose destruction was scheduled 20 years later, was finally preserved for scientific reasons. The foot of the building coincides with the four cardinal points, they weigh more than 10,000 tons. It was the highest monument in the world until 1931. The tower rose to over 320 metres since 1957, when the antenna was hoisted for the French television. From the second floor, located 115 metres above the ground, it is estimated that we can see clearly up to 55 kilometres to the South, 60 to the North, 65 to the East and 70 to the West. The Jules Verne restaurant, taken over by the group of Alain Ducasse, is a gourmet restaurant open seven days a week. It is very popular. The third floor is a closed space punctuated with viewpoints where you can see a reconstruction of the style «Grévin museum», showing Gustave Eiffel with Thomas Edison. If you are courageous enough to climb the 750 steps leading from the bottom to the second floor, it is cheaper (4.50 E), much more sportive and much easier when you buy your tickets.

� ARC DE TRIOMPHEPlace Charles-de-Gaulle (8e)& +33 (0) 1 55 37 73 77M° Charles de Gaulle ÉtoileolClosed on January 1st, May 1st, May 8th (morning), July 14th (morning), November 11th (morning) and December 25th. because of the climatic risks, the monument is likely to modify its schedule of visits. Schedule provided: from April 1st to September 30th from 10am to 11pm and from October 1st to March 31st from 10am to 10:30pm. Last access 45 minutes before closing. Adult: E9.50 (reduced fares: E7.50). Group (20 people): E7.50. Free: -18 years, -26 of the EU, disabled people and unemployed. Label Tourism & Disability. Chance of visit for people in armchair. Free admission for the disabled people and their guide on presentation of a written proof. Guided tour (booking required for the groups: [email protected]). Shop. Free tour or with conference.The Arc de Triomphe is located on a beautiful perspective: in the East you have the Champs-Elysées, the Concorde square, the Tuileries Gardens and the Louvre. In the West lies the neighbourhood of La Défense and its Grande Arch. To help you identify the important sites of the capital, you have orientation tables on the terrace where you will find a small museum that tells the story of the building. The latter was commissioned by Napoleon I with the aim of paying homage to the French armies. Started in 1806, its construction was completed 30 years later, during the reign of Louis-Philippe. Designed by the architect Jean-François Chalgrin, the Arc has a height of 50 metres and a width of 45 metres. It is decorated with high and low reliefs sculpted by about fifty artists. The most famous work is «La Marseillaise» by François Rude. On the arch you can still read the names of generals and victories won by the revolutionary and imperial armies. Under the monument, in 1921, was installed the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in memory of soldiers who died during the First World War. A flame is revived every day at 6:30 pm.

� CATHÉDRALE SAINT-ALEXANDRE-NEVSKY12, rue Daru (8e)& +33 (0) 1 42 27 37 34www.cathedrale-orthodoxe.comM° Ternes or CourcellesOpen on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday from 3pm to 5pm.This amazing religious monument is located away from the Monceau park. It is a church dedicated to Orthodox Christian worship and owes its name to a Russian national hero of XIIIth century who sent the Swedes and the Teutonic knights out of his country. This hero of the Russian popular culture was immortalised by the great Soviet director Eisenstein in a film of the same name. Built in 1861, the building has the traditional shape of a Greek cross and is topped by five turrets ending with bulbs. Many eye-catching works of sacred art and icons are to be discovered inside this cathedral, will catch your attention. If you have an opportunity, do not hesitate to attend a mass, you will be surprised!


� ÉGLISE DE LA MADELEINEPlace de la Madeleine (8e)& +33 (0) 1 44 51 69 [email protected]° MadeleineOpen all year. Every day from 9.30am to 7pm. Mass at 12.30pm with the church Monday to Friday and Tuesday to Friday at 6.30pm with the chapel of week. Anticipated mass Saturday at 6pm and mass Sunday at 9.30am (songs and organ), at 11am (solemn mass, vocal ensemble of the Madeleine) and at 6pm. Free. Guided tour. Concerts.An exceptional site, a majestic building! The Madeleine Church dominates the Saint-Honore district and the wide boulevards with its entire splendour. It has an ancient temple-shaped facade that is in perfect symmetry with the Bourbon palace, located opposite it on the other side of the Seine via the rue Royale and place de la Concorde. Its construction started in 1763 and saw a succession of several architects until its inauguration in 1842. Meanwhile, there were plans to transform it into the National Assembly, a temple of the Revolution or a temple dedicated to the Grande Armée de Napoléon I, before finally being consecrated to the Catholic worship. Surrounded by Corinthian columns, the church is rich in carved and painted works, including a large fresco of Jules Ziegler, adorning the choir and telling the story of Christianity. Thanks to Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, the great organ of La Madeleine is renown as well as the acoustics of the building. Note that some Masses are musical and the church frequently hosts classical concerts. If you have a few minutes, take time to admire the exterior pediment of the church carved by Henri Lemaire. Just below, you can read the Latin inscription: «D.O.M. SVB. INVOCAT S. MAR. MAGDALENÆ» that can be translated as: «To God almighty and great by the invocation of Mary Magdalene». This quote is an invitation to discover the patron saint of the church on the pediment, kneeling to the right of Christ. You will also admire the bronze doors of the monument that are unique in size. They are even larger than the bronze door of Saint-Pierre of Rome.

� OBÉLISQUEPlace de la Concorde (8e)It is on October 25th, 1836 that the obelisk offered by Mohammed Ali, viceroy of Egypt, was erected on Place de la Concorde in the presence of Louis-Philippe. He had left Luxor in 1830. In 1998, to celebrate two centuries of strong friendship between the two countries, a pyrami-dion made of bronze and gold was placed. Composed of pink granite, the obelisk measures 33 metres high and weighs 222 tons.

� GRANDE SYNAGOGUE DE PARIS44, rue de La Victoire (9e)& +33 (0) 1 40 82 26 [email protected]° Le Peletier or Notre-Dame-de-Lorette

Open all year round. Offices every Friday evening at 6:30pm and every Saturday morning at 9:30am. Free. Guided tour (group). Entertainment.The Victoire Synagogue is the testimony of the history of the Parisian Jewish community since the 19th century. Built between 1867 and 1874 by the architect Alfred-Philibert Aldrophe, it combines two styles, the roma-nesque and the Byzantine, giving a particular alchemy to this building. Damaged during the dark moments of the Occupation, it regained its glow only in 1967. The services of the Central Consistory and the Consistory of Paris are established in the outbuildings. Within this spectacular place of worship, we find among others a series of twelve stained-glasses symbolizing the tribes of Israel.

� OPÉRA NATIONAL DE PARIS – PALAIS GARNIERPlace de l’Opéra (9e)& 08 92 89 90 90 034www.operadeparis.frM° OperaOpen every day from 10am to 5pm (last visit at 4.30pm). From 10am to 1pm at the time of the representations in morning. Closed on January 1st, on May 1st and the days of events. Shows mainly at 7.30pm and 2.30pm. Until 6pm from July 16th to September 5th. Free for under 10-year-olds. Adult: E10. Reduced rate: E6. Guided tour. Shop.The Palais Garnier is one of the cornerstones of major renovations of the capital led by Baron Haussmann during the Second Empire. Charles Garnier was the architect. This magnificent temple of opera and ballet was inaugurated in 1875 after 15 years of work. It is admired for its architecture as for its programs. It has the famous double helix staircase which rises in a marble nave of varied colours – from its opening, it was adopted by the «high society» who loved to be seen. The house itself contains sculptures and paintings in abundance. As for the room, dominated by red and gold colours, it has a great and legendary crystal chandelier – 8 tons! – And a ceiling painted by Marc Chagall in 1964. It can accommodate up to 1900 people. A museum, through its collections and temporary exhibitions, tells the three-century history of the opera – it can be seen during a visit to the palace. The institution has an orchestra that interprets most of the works of the program. The Palais Garnier shares its opera productions with the Opéra Bastille, but remained a key place for ballets. Some recitals and orchestral concerts are also organised here.

� LE MANOIR DE PARIS18, rue de Paradis (10e)[email protected]° PoissonnièreVariable closings. Open on Friday from 6pm to 10pm; the weekend from 3pm to 7pm. Adult: E25. Child (from 10 to 15 years old): E20. Fast Pass (priority entrance): E35.A tour in a haunted house? Oh well... It has already seen, you may think! You know all the stuff and now,


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it is you who frighten the extras in ghost trains... isn’t it? Nonetheless, try Le Manoir de Paris, just for the plume! Get ready to face the obscure face of the capital. Le Manoir de Paris offering is to make you discover the least corners of a conceal city, that of darkness, cabbale and Sabbaths. This particular building was converted into a sort of museum/amusement park of Parisian legends. If it is a daring bet, there is no doubt that its 17 interactive activities will scare you. It is a journey into the horrour, through a maze of 1,000 m2 populated by the most awful creatures and ghosts that will make you tremble with fear... Or simply to have some thrilling feelings. Don’t be surprised by this baker of the Middle Ages, who served human meat to his customers! Avoid at all costs crossing Armand, dean of all vampires, immortalised in the screen by Antonio Banderas in the film Interview with the vampire... Here, legends stab you at the back, the screams become the soundtrack of this hell... The settings and characters are really scary! Then, you will take back a little of the bloody baker pie? No? Still not scared?

� BASILIQUE DU SACRÉ-CŒUR DE MONTMARTREParvis du Sacré-Cœur (18e)& +33 (0) 1 53 41 89 00www.sacre-coeur-montmartre.comM° Anvers or Abbesses then funicular.o Open all year. Every day from 6am to 10.30pm. Schedule of the dome: Every day from 8.30am to 8pm from May to September; and from 9am to 5pm from October to April. Schedule of the crypt: Every day except Tuesday and Wednesday, from 10am to 5pm. Free. Visit of the dome: E6. Shop.Immediately after the tragic events of the years 1870 and 1871 - the defeat of the war against the Prussians and the ephemeral Paris Commune which experienced its beginnings in Montmartre and was terribly repressed – two laymen appointed; Alexandre Legentil and Hubert Rohault vow to build an expiatory church dedicated to the worship of sacrificial heart of Christ. Their project was approved by the National Assembly in 1873 and took the of Roman-Byzantine basilica style, which was later called Sacred Heart. The work took nearly half a century to be completed. Six different architects succeeded in completing this work begun by Paul Abadie. Important foundations were necessary, 83 pillars supported the building constructed on a former lime quarry. Completed in 1914, the basilica waited until 1919, before being dedicated, until the end of the First World War. Famous worldwide, the Sacred Heart welcomes all year round flood of impressive visitors. From its square, and also from the dome of the basilica, the view over Paris and its environs – south side – is striking. Inside, the decor presents a large mosaic, a great Cavaillé-Coll or again

an encrypted treasure. Note that religious services are held several times throughout the day and even at night. As a result, there is no guided visit inside and it is recommended that visitors be as quiet as possible. In contrast, a guidebook is available in several languages in the bookshop at E5 (closed on Mondays) as well as a more religious booklet entitled Visiter... Prier à la basilique du Sacré-coeur. There is also an audio guide course in 4 stages (French and English) and accessible to all smartphone users: you just need to flash the code at the entrance!

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(DECORATIVE ARTS MUSEUM)107, rue de Rivoli (1er)& +33 (0) 1 44 55 57 50www.lesartsdecoratifs.frM° Tuileries, Pyramides or Palais Royal Musée du Louvreonlm Open on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday to Sunday and public holidays from 11am to 6pm (last visit at 5.30pm); Thursday from 11am to 9pm. Free for under 18-year-olds (citizens EU (18 to 25 years old), handicapped and guide). Adult: E11 (reduced rate E8.50). Pass decorative Arts at E19 (decorative Arts, Nave, museum Nissim de Camondo). Guided tour. Catering facilities. Shop. Library.Located in a wing of Palais du Louvre, next to the Advertising and Fashion museums, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs has incredible collections that were formed thanks to donations and legacies. Most of the existing techniques are being honoured: cabinet work, wood sculptures, silverware, ceramics, leatherwork, painting, embroidery, etc. This large treasure chest (150 000 artworks) is divided into five sections, each covering an era: The Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the 17th and 18th centuries, the 19th century, Art Nouveau and Art deco, Modern and Contemporary. Moreover, five other sections are devoted to a theme: graphic arts, jewellery, toys, wallpaper and glass. Amazed, you will go from one gallery to another. Here, you will find medieval altarpieces and painted enamels from the Renaissance era. Further on, there is a cabinet decorated with gilding from the 18th century, extraordinary porcelain from this same era, very sophisticated ornaments of the 19th century, 1900 furniture from Marjorelle, design things made of plastic from the 1960s... Do not miss the gallery of Jean Dubuffet, who donated to the museum a series of works (paintings, drawings, sculptures). Finally, note that temporary exhibitions are organised in the Nave of the museum.

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� MUSÉE DU LOUVREPlace du Carrousel (1er)& +33 (0) 1 40 20 50 50 / +33 (0) 1 40 20 53 17www.louvre.fr [email protected]° Palais-Royal Musée du LouvreOpen Wednesday to Monday from 9am to 6pm. Until 9.45pm Wednesday and Friday. Closed on January 1st, on May 1st and on December 25th. Collections: E12. Free for under 18-year-olds, less than 25 years of the EU, unemployed people, the recipients of social minimums, the disabled people and their guide; for all 1st Sunday of each month and on July 14th. Temporary exhibitions of the lobby Napoleon: E13. Exhibitions, collections and national museum Eugene Delacroix: E16. Guided tour. Restaurant. Coffees. Bookstore. Shops. Auditorium.This museum originates from the twelfth century when Philippe Auguste decided to build a fortress. François the 1st transformed it into a luxurious residence and Henri IV into a palace. By building the castle of Versailles, Louis XIV abandoned the Louvre. The idea of opening a museum only came up during the Revolution. At the end of the twentieth century, under the presidency of François Mitterrand, Pei the architect built a trio of glass pyramids in the courtyard of carousel. Only a 58 470 m² piece of land out of the 160 106 m² host collections! The works include Western art from the Middle Ages to 1848, but also arts of Islam and ancient civilizations especially those that influenced Western art. Eight major departments, divided into three wings (Richelieu, Sully and Denon) serve as benchmarks: Oriental, Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Islamic Art, sculptures, art objects, paintings and graphic arts. Visits need to be spontaneous and at will. For those fleeing from La Joconde or Le Radeau de la Méduse, there is the furniture which is most of the times wrongly shunned or silver pieces. An alternative is a tour in the footsteps of heroes from the Da Vinci Code novel and film, along places, artworks and themes that make up the centre of the story... Finally, another magical place is the basement where remains of medieval bases, rediscovered during renovation work can still be seen.

� LES STARS DU REX1, boulevard Poissonnière (2e)& 0825 05 44 05www.legrandrex.comM° Bonne NouvelleOpen all year. Wednesday to Sunday from 10am to 7pm. Every day during school holidays of the areas A, B et C, except Monday morning. Adult: E11. Reduced rate: E9. Guided tour of the building: E16. Reduced rate: E14. Guided tour. Shop. Activities.Have you ever dreamed of being behind the big screen? Then go to Les Etoiles du Rex, in a historic backstage. A unique adventure that takes you to several places that is unknown to spectators, just like the editing room or the director’s office. In a fully interactive audio-guided tour, you will discover what happens behind the scenes, and not just any. If the biggest stars have been on the stage

and cheered on the comfortable chairs in the hall since the creation of this great Cinema, none have actually entered the shade of the eaves or the projection booth. Half an exhibition with real archives – number of entries at Le Grand Rex in 1961, the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, retrospective Rex -, set of dialogues with «Stars» who brought them to the top and of course a word about the little hands that make every manifestation successful... It is half a show with special effects, tricks and tips on the sequences of filming and special effects. You wanted to make an unusual trip? Take the footsteps of professionals when you visit and pay attention to details! An impressive staging is at reach of everyone so that everyone can discover the many facets of the seventh art and enjoy a few minutes of fame just like the biggest names in cinema.

� MUSÉE CARNAVALET16, rue des Francs-Bourgeois (3e)& +33 (0) 1 44 59 58 31 / +33 (0) 1 44 59 58 32www.carnavalet.paris.frM° Hôtel de Ville or Saint-PaulClosed public holidays. Certain rooms are closed in alternation. Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm (last visit at 5pm). Free. Temporary exhibitions: variable rates. Shop. Activities.Located at the heart of Marais, Carnavalet Museum has the city of Paris as theme. Located around two buildings, Carnavalet hotel and Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau hotel, constructed in the 16th and 17th centuries, this magnifi-cent place offers a rich collection of drawings, sculptures, photographs, engravings, paintings, coins or furniture that tell the story of the French capital, from prehistory to present days. Among the many interesting pieces include canoes from the Neolithic era, funeral prints of a child’s face from the third century, work of Gallo-Roman surgeon, the roll of Saint-Eloi, the brands of the 16th to the 20th century, old Paris plans, photographs from all periods (signed by Nadar, Marville, Atget, Doisneau, Cartier-Bresson, Brassaï etc.), the mortuary chair from Voltaire, Parisian interior decorations from the 17th to the 20th century, the photographs of all times (by Nadar, Marville, Atget, Doisneau, Cartier-Bresson, Brassaï etc...), the mortuary chair from Voltaire, the cradle of the imperial prince, the decor of Parisian reconstructed interiors, including that of the writer Marcel Proust, the portraits of personalities such as Madame de Sévigné, painted by Lefebvre. He recalled that this woman of letters remained twenty years in Carnavalet Hotel. A visit to the museum is completed by temporary exhibitions which are regularly organised. Until 2015, an exhibition on the Liberation of Paris will be available. Do not hesitate to walk in the beautiful adjoining garden of this historic place.

� MUSÉE D’ART ET D’HISTOIRE DU JUDAÏSME71, rue du Temple (3e)& +33 (0) 1 53 01 86 60www.mahj.orgM° Rambuteau or Hôtel de Villeonlm


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Open Sunday to Friday from 11am to 6pm. Temporary exhibitions: Sunday to Friday from 10am to 6pm. Permanent collections: E6.80. Reduced rate: E4.50. Exhibition and museum: E9.50. Reduced rate: E7. Free: -18 years, unemployed people, beneficiaries of social minimum, disabled. Shows and conferences: variable rates. Label Tourism & Disability. Guided tour.This museum is located in the Saint-Aignan hôtel, built by Pierre Le Muet from 1644 to 1650 for Claude Mesmes, Count of Avaux. It was bought in 1688 by Paul de Beauvilliers, Duke of Saint-Aignan. In short, this is one of those splendid mansions that contributed to the reputation of the Marais. Since 1998, it houses the Museum of Art and History of Judaism, the successor of the Museum of Jewish Art of Paris created in 1948. Its collections contain religious objects, ancient and contemporary works of art and furniture among others. Apart from the fact that this place is beautiful, it worths to be visited for its varied exhibitions – photos of Magnum agency, Sophie Calle, Rembrandt, the Jews in Morocco, the Yiddish world ... – and for its thematic concerts which are always attractive – klezmer music, tribute to composers like Leonard Bernstein... – given in an auditorium of one 198 places. Readings, conferences and activities for children complete the program.

� MUSÉE NATIONAL PICASSO-PARIS5, rue de Thorigny (3e)& +33 (0) 1 42 71 25 21www.museepicassoparis.frM° Saint-Sébastien-FroissartlOpen Tuesday to Friday from 11:30am to 6pm; the weekend from 9:30am to 6pm. Night until 9pm third Friday of the month. Free for under 18-year-olds. Adult: E12.50. Free first Sunday of each month.The Picasso museum was completely restored after 5 years of work. Exhibition space went from 1,600 to 3,800 m2 m2. It is the largest public collection in the world because it underwent 2 donations and gifts. 5,000 works, 200,000 rooms of personal records, and its private collection of 150 works of other artists (Renoir, Matisse, Cézanne, Le Douanier Rousseau...). To discover them three different courses are followed: Le Magistral Picasso on the ground floor and the first 2 floors. Les Dialogues with the 3e floor, and Les Ateliers and their memories with under sol. -

� MUSÉE NATIONAL D’ART MODERNE – CENTRE POMPIDOUPlace Georges-Pompidou (4e)& +33 (0) 1 44 78 12 33www.centrepompidou.frM° RambuteauonlmClosed on May 1st, and at 7pm 24 and December 31st. Open Wednesday to Monday from 11am to 10pm (last visit at 8pm); Thursday from 11am to 11pm. Night for certain exhibitions with level 6. Free for under

26-year-olds. Adult: E13. Label Tourism & Disability. Exemption from payment granted to the disabled person on presentation of a written proof and to its guide for the Museum and the exhibitions. Guided tour. Catering facilities. Shop. Activities.The museum is located on the 4th and 5th floor of the Pompidou Centre. It has a collection of 60,000 works which make up the first European funding and the second in the world after the MoMA in New York. From this fund, 1500 to 2000 works are exhibited in rotation. The presentation is done in a chronolo-gical order and allows you to better understand the evolution of plastic art during the last hundred years. You will find works dating from 1905 to 1960 on the 5th floor of the centre and on the 4th floor, you will find contemporary artwork. From these floors, you can access the halls where major exhibitions are offered regularly on a theme related to the history of a creator’s modern artwork. Finally, three terraces extend these spaces with imposing sculptures of Henry Laurens, Joan Miro and Alexander Calder. The tour of the museum is almost maddening as you can see masterpieces of painters and sculptors who have changed our view of the world. All major trends and movements are represented: the fauvism (Derain, Matisse, Vlaminck, Dufy, Van Dongen, Rouault, etc...), the cubism (Braque, Picasso, Léger, Gris, Gleizes, etc...), the dadaism and the surrealism (Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia, Magritte, Dali, etc...), the futurism (Boccioni, Russolo, Magnelli, etc...), the expressionism (Kirchner, Kokoschka, Dix, etc...), the School of Paris (Chagall, Modigliani, Soutine, etc...), the different patterns of abstract art (Kandinsky, Mondrian, Malevich, Pollock, Rothko, de Kooning, Hartung, Soulages, Zao Wou Ki, etc...), the brut or informal art (Fautrier, Dubuffet, Tapies, Chaissac, etc...), the New Realism (Arman, Klein, Tinguely de Saint-Phalle, Caesar, etc...), the Pop Art (Warhol, Rauschenberg, Johns, etc...), Fluxus (Beuys Paik, Filliou, Ben, etc...), the minimalism (LeWitt, Serra, Stella Buren, Morellet, etc...), the Arte Povera (Manzoni, Penone, Kounellis, Pistoletto, etc...), the Narrative Figuration (Adami , Cueco, Erro, Fromanger, Rancillac, etc...). It is impossible to mention them all! In addition to the above mentioned artists who often went from one movement to another during their journey, it is important to mention individuals like Rousseau, Signac, Delaunay, Klee, Giacometti, Arp, Rivera, Kahlo, Bourgeois, Bacon, etc... To all these treasures can be added depicting pieces of the architecture history and design during the same period (Le Corbusier, Mallet-Stevens, Prouvé, Loewy, Paulin, Garouste & Bonetti, Starck, Nouvel, Portzamparc, etc...). Finally, note that, in front of the centre, the Atelier Brancusi is the last place of employment for the Romanian sculptor, Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957). This establishment designed by Renzo Piano allows you to see the works as well as tools and personal belongings of artists, through windows from a small closed garden.


� MUSÉE NATIONAL DU MOYEN ÅGE6, place Paul-Painlevé (5e)& +33 (0) 1 53 73 78 16 & +33 (0) 1 53 73 78 [email protected]° Cluny La SorbonneClosed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th. Open Wednesday to Monday from 9.15am to 5.45pm (last visit at 5.15pm). Adult: E8. Reduced rate: E6. E0.50 extra in period of temporary exhibition. Free for under 26-year-olds of the EU; for all 1st Sunday of each month. Guided tour. Shop. Activities.In the beginning of the 17th century, a wealthy art lover bought the former residence of the Cluny abbots so as to setup his Middle Ages Roman collections. A few years back, a 5000 m² garden of medieval inspiration was added between the museum and the Saint-Germain boulevard. Children will be delighted to see prints in slabs of unicorns, rabbits, foxes, monkeys and lions. Aromatic plants, a garden or a «carpet (plant) of a thousand flowers», in the image of typical tapestries of the Middle Ages which transports visitors back in time. The baths (which were once used as public baths) contains collections from the Antiquity period, where works considered as a source of influence to other works are found. Romanesque art is presented (sculptures, illuminated manuscripts, frescoes, stained glass and stones) as well also Gothic (represented by a few capitals, sculptures and stained glass, the remains of the abbey church of Saint-Denis, birthplace of Gothic art). Among the jewels of the museum, there are sumptuous pieces of silverware and enamelling of the Middle Ages. One cannot visit the Musée national du Moyen Âge without stopping to admire its collection of tapestries and silks: some say the Lady of the Unicorn (set of six tapestries, immortalized by many novelists) is undoubtedly the most famous in the world!

� MUSÉUM NATIONAL D’HISTOIRE NATURELLE – JARDIN DES PLANTESRue Cuvier (5e)& +33 (0) 1 40 79 56 01 & +33 (0) 1 40 79 54 79www.mnhn.fr – [email protected]° Gare d’Austerlitz, Jussieu or Censier DaubentononlmClosed on May 1st and Tuesday (except the Menagerie). Grande galerie of the Evolution: every day from 10am to 6pm. Last access to the cash desks 45 minutes before closing. Full rate E9, reduced E7 + E2 with the temporary exhibition. Gallery of the Children: every day from 10am to 6pm. Full rate E11, reduced E9 (coupled with the visit of the Grande galerie of the Evolution). Gallery of Mineralogy and Geology/exhibition Treasures of the Earth: E6, reduced: E4. Gallery of Comparative anatomy and Paleontology: E7. TR: E5. Gallery of Botany: E4. Menagerie: E13. TR: E9. Jardin des plante: open every day 7am 30 at 8pm in period of summer. Open every day from 8am to 5.30pm in period of winter. Free admission

safe for the alpine garden (single Rate: E2) and the eco-friendly garden. Accessible in guided tour only Saturday, For reservation call 08 26 10 42 00 (E0.15 including all taxes). Label Tourism & Disability. Guided tours. Catering facilities. Activities.The Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle offers to visit both a menagerie, the plantations of the Jardin Des Plantes, the Galerie de Botanique, Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy and the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution. The estate that form all these sites was born from the royal Garden of medicinal plants created here in XVIIth century. A hundred years later, thanks to the scientist Buffon, the garden is enriched by buildings dedicated to the study of nature where scholars meet. It has been under the French Revolution that the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle is truly founded, which houses the teacher- researchers and their students for more than two centuries. Experts and beginners walk with an equal pleasure from one gallery to another. As far as mineralogy and geology are concened, do not miss the works of art designed by nature that are exposed. On the slope palaeontology and comparative anatomy, you will be fascinated by very old fossils and dinosaur skeletons. For its part, the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution is found under a large glass roof. The visit deserves several hours if you want to discover everything. Around specimens of stuffed animals broad themes such as the diversity of lively, the evolution of life and man and his factors are detailed. The scenography blends sounds, lights, sets of decorations, interactive terminals. The Galerie des Enfants completes this offer. Note also that in November 2013 the Galerie de Botanique, which houses the national Herbarium, the most prestigious collection of plants from around the world, open to the public. In addition to the presentation of its collections, the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle organizes temporary exhibitions and activities for all ages and all levels of knowledge. Finally, you must know that this institution is also in charge of the museum of Man and the Zoological Park of Paris at Bois de Vincennes.

� MUSÉE DE L’ARMÉEHôtel national des Invalides129, rue de Grenelle (7e)www.musee-armee.frM° Invalides, La Tour-Maubourg or VarenneEvery day from April 1st to October 31st from 10am to 6pm and from November 1st to March 31st from 10am to 5pm. closed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th. Fence of the cash desks 30 minutes before closing. During Christmas holidays and in winter vacation, the museum is open until 5.30pm. Free for under 18-year-olds. Adult: E9.50 (reduced rate: E7.50). A ticket Museum gives you access to the permanent collections of the museum of the Army, with the Church of the Dome (tomb of Napoleon I), in Historial Charles de Gaulle, the museum of the Plan-Reliefs, the museum about the Release (closed until June 2015). Guided tour. Catering facilities.The Musée de l’Armée tells the story of weapons and the


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art of war from the Middle Ages to the Second World War. You will discover beautiful weapons and armours, uniforms such as the marshals of the Empire or Poilus blue horizon uniform, as well as historic souvenirs like François I’s sword, the frock coat and hats of Napoleon I. Extremely rich, the museum is divided into four sections which follow a chronological order. Connoisseurs will be delighted to visit the exceptional Artillery department that showcases guns, cannons, small sizes of all kinds of artillery. The Emblems department (flags, banners, pennants etc.), gathers a collection of 150,000 figurines, without forgetting the works in the Painting depart-ment, sculptures, collection of prints, drawings and photographs. An extensive museum and it will take you more than a day for a full tour.

� MUSÉE D’ORSAY1, rue de la Légion-d’Honneur (7e)& +33 (0) 1 40 49 48 14www.musee-orsay.frM° Solferino or RER Musée d’OrsayonlmClosed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th. Open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9:30am to 6pm; Thursday until 9.45pm. Last admission 30 min before the closing of the museum. Night Thursday until 9.45pm. Free for under 18-year-olds (free admission 1st Sunday of the month. Free for the -26 years amenable to the European Union, teachers of 1st and 2nd degree (except temporary exhibitions). For unemployed people). Adult: E11. Label Tourism & Disability. Children welcome (child workshop, 2 hours, E7. by reservation). Guided tour (E6). Catering facilities. Shop. Activities.In 2011, renovation works in certain areas were completed. For the gallery dedicated to Impressionists, the architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte created a place that recalls the dark gray bourgeois interiors where the paintings were exhibited. Solid glass benches designed by Tokujin Yoshioka were installed. The same Wilmotte has also transformed the Hall of Columns in a space devoted to temporary exhibitions. Dominique Brard in his turn created five levels of exhibition in the Upstream pavilion, which is dedicated to decorative arts, with large painting formats and wall paintings by nabi artists. The collections of the Orsay museum reflect the diversity of artistic creation of the Western world from 1848 to 1914. Masterpieces presented here are countless. Regularly, large and prestigious exhibitions attracts a large crowds of visitors to this must-see museum. Finally, you will no doubt appreciate the restaurant which is located on the site (chandeliers, painted ceilings, gilt ...). Don’t miss it for anything, both for its collections and for its building!

� MUSÉE DU QUAI BRANLY37, quai Branly206 or 218, rue de l’Université (7e)& +33 (0) 1 56 61 70 [email protected]

M° Alma Marceau, Bir Hakeim or RER Pont de l’AlmaonlmClosed on May 1st and on December 25th. Open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday from 11am to 7pm; Thursday to Saturday from 11am to 9pm. Open on Monday during school holidays. Free for under 26-year-olds (and 1st Sunday of the month. Free for the -26 years amenable to the European Union, teachers of 1st and 2nd degree (except temporary exhibitions). Free for the disabled visitors and their guide). Adult: E9. Reduced E7. Label Tourism & Disability. Guided tour (duration 1.30am: E8). Catering facilities. Shop. Activities.A lot has been said and written about the Arts Museum that was first initiated by Jacques Chirac. Forget about your principles and visit it as soon as possible. The Jean Nouvel building exposes its gigantic figure opposite the Seine, with earth colour, fire, wood, an amazing mass of metal and glass. The façade seems to have been invaded by vegetation just like a cascade of greenery. The garden is designed as a plant museum: 18 000 m² of trails, small hills, roads paved with stone, streams, ponds, 169 trees and thirty plant species. Start the visit by passing through a smooth ramp that bypasses a huge glass column in which we have thousands of tom-tom and other artefacts: a fascinating effect! The ground of holograms which flickers invites visitors to read the words that appear between their feet, other projections on the walls, sounds and light effects, and along a strange white pleated curtain, created by a fashion designer called Issey Miyake. In an organic maze, neophytes discover masterpieces and various objects setup by continent according to a scenography which is sometimes confusing.

� MUSÉE MAILLOL59-61, rue de Grenelle (7e)& +33 (0) 1 42 22 59 [email protected]° Rue du BacOpen all year.Place cherished of in love with the sculpture, the Maillol museum must cope with some financial vexations but benefits from opportunity to make new skin! All his reopening is thus expected because in addition to its rich permanent collections of sculptures, paintings and drawings of famous Aristide Maillol, the museum is also perfectly known for its exhibitions with success whose hot lines allow a great freedom to the police chiefs of exhibition. The latest was that devoted to the intrepid family Borgia, the next one is on standby of the reopening of the museum and will treat «kiss in art», of the Renaissance at our days. A whole program which will surely make it possible to the visitors to again fall in love with this beautiful museum.


� MUSÉE GRÉVIN10, boulevard Montmartre (9e)& +33 (0) 1 47 70 85 05www.grevin.com – [email protected]° Grands BoulevardsonlmOpen all year. Flexible schedules depending on the days and of the seasons. Take the trouble to check the schedule of the precise day of your arrival. Free for under 6-year-olds. Adult: E24.50. Exemption from payment and discounts disabled people: E13.50. Label Tourism & Disability. Guided tour (all Saturday and Sunday at 2.30pm). Shop.Created in 1882, the Musée Grévin displays now a collection of three hundred wax figures representing almost perfectly the personalities from the world of entertainment, politics, sports and history. It is very successful and is always full, especially since it is regularly renewed. You can also see the Mirages palace, a room that gives you the impression of being in a fantasy worlds through light effect and mirrors. Here, you have the feeling of being inside a giant kaleidoscope!

� MUSÉE D’ART MODERNE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS11, avenue du Président-Wilson (16e)& +33 (0) 1 53 67 40 00 / +33 (0) 1 53 67 40 95www.mam.paris.frM° Alma Marceau or IénanlmOpen Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm (cash desks closing at 5.15pm). Night Thursday until 10pm (exhibitions only, cash desks closing at 9.15pm). Closed public holidays. Permanent collections: free access. Temporary exhibitions: from E5 to E12 depending on the exhibitions. Half-fare: from 14 to 26 years old young people included, holders of the social minimums, allowance isolated parents, personalized allocation of autonomy, social security of the State for the refugees. Reduced rate: + 60 years, unemployed, documentalists of the schools in activity, teachers in activity, large family, Paris-Family, Safeguard of French Art, Company of the French History of art. French company of archaeology, National company of the Antique dealers of France, holder of the card Amethyst, holder of the card Emerald. Partial access for wheel chairs. Catering facilities. Shop.Inaugurated in 1961, this museum has a rich collection of over 8,000 works, all representing the 20th century art. Many temporary exhibitions embellish the two permanent paths: first, the historical one takes the year 1901 as the starting point. You will discover Fauvist, Cubist, Post-Cubist, École de Paris, Surrealists artists, etc. over the years. The second course is more contemporary: it starts with the 1960s and introduces the visitors to more recent movements which are less known to the general public. Do not leave without admiring the famous Fée Electricité of Raoul Dufy. The decor was supposed to cover the about 600 m² of surface area of one of the two halls of Pavillon de l’Electricité and La Lumière at the International Exhibition of 1937, built by the architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens. The great modern

fresco represents more than 100 characters, scattered around the scenes and praising the great work. It is also interesting due to its historiographical point of view and for the technicality of its realization. Restored since 2006, the museum made headlines in 2010 after the theft of five paintings worth a total of 100 million euros. These works by Picasso, Matisse, Braque or Léger Modigliani have not been found although the thieves were found and arrested.

� MUSÉE DE L’HOMMEPalais de Chaillot17, place du Trocadéro (16e)& +33 (0) 1 44 05 72 87www.museedelhomme.frM° TrocadéroClosed on January 1st, on May 1st and on December 25th. Open Thursday to Monday from 10am to 6pm; Wednesday from 10am to 9pm. Evacuation of the rooms 30 minutes before closing time. Adult: E10 (reduced fares E8). Single ticket for the Gallery of the Man, the temporary exhibitions and the Balcony of sciences. Guided tour. Catering facilities. Shop. Entertainments.Depending on the Natural history museum, this insti-tution was created in 1937. The objective is to design a place where the history of humanity from its origins, its organic features, fashions of social organisation, its relation to the environment etc. will be presented. In the meantime temporary exhibitions and its activities take place outside.

� MUSÉE MARMOTTAN-MONET2, Rue Louis-Boilly (16e)& +33 (0) 1 44 96 50 33www.marmottan.comM° La MuetteClosed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th. Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm. Thursday until 8pm. Adult: E10. Reduced rate: E6.50. Free for under 7-year-olds and disabled people. Shop. Activities.The Marmottan Monet Museum is found in a beautiful nineteenth century mansion where Jules Marmottan and his son Paul collected ancient arts works of the First Empire. Bequeathed to the Fine Arts Academy, their residence became a museum in 1934. It has collections of their paintings, drawings, prints, miniatures, medals, sculptures, furniture, bronzes, porcelain... Over time, the museum was enriched with other funds. One of its rooms is devoted to French, Italian, Flemish and English illuminations dating from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries. The third strength of this place is its collection of Impressionist works. At the heart of it, one hundred paintings and major drawings of Claude Monet (1840-1926) cover the whole of his career. Among these treasures are famous paintings like «Impression Soleil Levant», and «Nymphéas», landscapes of Trouville, Argenteuil, Paris or London. Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) is another artist whose museum also has a unique collection: oil paintings, watercolours, pastels, drawings, notebooks. See also: works by Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley, Caillebotte, Signac, Gauguin, Jongkind...


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� MUSÉE NATIONAL DES ARTS ASIATIQUES GUIMET6, place d’Iéna (16e)& +33 (0) 1 56 52 53 00www.guimet.fr – [email protected]° Iéna or BoissièreonlmClosed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th. Open Wednesday to Monday from 10am to 6pm (last visit at 5.15pm). Public holiday day before: closing of the rooms at 4.45pm. Adult: E7.50 (reduced: E5.50). Exhibition. temporary: E8, reduced: E6. Collar. and exhibition: E9.50, reduced: E7. Free for under 26-year-olds of the U.E. (collar. only), less than 18 years, unemployed people, recipients of social minimums and the disabled. Guided tour. Catering facilities. Shop. Activities. Library.The Lyon industrialist Emile Guimet (1836-1918) brought back many treasures from his travels across the world, notably from India and the Far East. After showca-sing his collections in his hometown, he built a museum in Paris in 1889. The latter was taken over by the State in 1927 and was then greatly expanded over the decades. The interior which was renovated in 2001 by archi-tects Henri and Bruno Gaudin is divided into several departments where one can admire the sculptures and paintings on different stands, ceramics, furniture, jewelleries, weapons, textiles. .. Several millennia covered by these sections are devoted to Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, China, Korea and Japan. Tens of thousands of items tell the evolution of major civilizations marked by Buddhism and Hinduism, among others. We are amazed in front of such wonders ... You can also see: the Buddhist Pantheon, its Japanese garden and pavilion which hosts series of tea ceremonies, found nearby, at number 19, Iena Avenu. It is highly recommended to call before going there (tel.) +33 (0) 1 40 73 88 00. Finally, note that the museum offers shows (acoustic music, dance, theatre, puppetry, Shadow Theatre ...), films cycles, workshops, conferences...

� CITÉ DES SCIENCES ET DE L’INDUSTRIEParc de La Villette30, avenue Corentin-Cariou (19e)& +33 (0) 1 40 05 70 [email protected]° Porte de la Villetteonlm Closed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th. Open Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 6pm; Sunday from 10am to 7pm. Specific schedule for certain sites of the City. Free admission but access fee with certain sites. + Planetarium explored E12. + Geode explored E19.50. Label Tourism & Disability. Children welcome. Catering facilities. Shop.It is one of the biggest scientific museums in Europe. This vast city will allow you elucidate many mysteries in a pleasant way. It is recommended to visit it several times if you want to discover all the wealth of the place. Access

to information areas is free but many sites are visited at a fee (note that several pass options are offered). One of the most famous is the Géode, cinema in the shape of a metal ball: it is dedicated exclusively to large format films projected on a 1,000 m2 semicircular giant hemispheric screen. In the Planetarium, embark on the discovery of planets, the Milky Way and the galaxies thanks to a system known as immersive image 360°. The City also invites you to visit Argonaut, a submarine which was the flagship of the French Navy in 1950, as well as exhibitions dedicated to the Earth, the Universe, technical innovations, sound, images, light, mathematics, steel... Another strong point: two Cités des Enfants (for 2-7 years and 5-12 years) that allow children take part in smart and funny activities.

Walks & Strolls � JARDIN DES PLANTES

57, rue Cuvier2, rue Buffon – 36, rue Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire – place Valhubert (5e)& +33 (0) 1 40 79 56 [email protected]° Gare d’Austerlitz, Jussieu or Censier DaubentonLow season: opened every day from 8am to 5:30pm. High season: every day from 7:30am to 8pm. Free access, except for the alpine Garden E2 and the Large Greenhouses.Created in the seventeenth century for Louis XIII to preserve medicinal plants, the former king’s garden has evolved considerably over time. This estate having several sections of the Museum of Natural History and a small zoo also has numerous thematic gardens. To know more about the site, the Histoire du Jardin des Plantes office is at your disposal. Moving from the north-west entrance, you will find the Labyrinth, a small hill on which Mediterranean species and evergreen plants grow. It dates from the eighteenth century with a kiosk erected on its peak in honour of Buffon, one of the most important scientists who managed the Garden. Near this labyrinth is the bees and birds garden. Its shrubs and perennials offer a variety of natural habitats to these animals. It is closed so come with binoculars! Then you will find greenhouses, each housing specific collections devoted to tropical rainforests, deserts and arid environments, the New Caledonia and the history of plants. Opposite the greenhouses are French gardens and the alpine garden, which contains two thousand mountain and rock plants of diverse origin, the garden of the Botanical school which has nearly five thousand plants presented according to family and genus, a rich rose garden with four hundred ancient and contemporary varieties; the iris garden and perennials; the ecological garden dedicated to the presentation of the natural environments of Ile-de-France; the garden of peonies and rocks... Finally, note that, between the Mineralogy gallery and Buffon’s house, a vegetable garden will make you discover fruit trees and vegetable plants and around the stegosaurus reproduction area found near the Palaeontology gallery, plants that existed during the dinosaur era are planted.


� JARDIN DU LUXEMBOURGPlace Edmond-Rostand – Place André-HonnoratRue Guynemer – Rue de Vaugirard (6e)www.senat.fr/visite/[email protected]° Saint-Sulpice, Vavin or Notre-Dame-des-Champs. RER LuxembourgOpen all the year. Guided tours, ensured by one of the gardener of the Luxembourg Garden, are generally organized 1st Wednesday of the month, from April to October contact: +33 (0) 1 40 71 75 60. Open the every day between 7:30am and 8:15am and closed between 4:30pm and 9:30pm according to the season. Free. Children welcome. Catering facilities. Shop. Playgrounds. Puppets. Courts of tennis.This «official» garden – which depends on the Senate – however has a charming piece of land nicely fitted for locals and casual walkers, all lovers of the Latin Quarter and its tourist-student atmosphere. For young children, it’s really ideal! Playgrounds – sandpits, wooden horses, swings ... – being closed, young children can roam freely around the place. And their parents, settled on the green wrought iron chairs can calmly flip the magazine pages! One can later on take the stroller to visit the exhibition or stroll through the alleys of the park – there are only few stairs. It is beautiful ... The vegetation is presented as in a setting, with the name of shrubs highlighted on their trunk. Ponds and fountains soothe the atmosphere. Something to delight the entire family, and makes everyone forget the hour!

� PARC FLORAL DE PARISBois de VincennesEsplanade du château de Vincennes (12e)& 39 75 www.jardins.paris.frM° Château de Vincennes n°112 then bus stop, Parc FloralOpen every day from 9.30am. Closed between 5pm and 8pm depending on the season. Free. Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday from June to September: E5. Reduced rate: E2.50. Free for under 7-year-olds. Children welcome. Guided tour. Catering facilities. Shop. Activities.Passing the garden of the Four Seasons to the Valley of Flowers – where a mirror of water with aquatic plants are found- going from the Living Wall – on which plants grow by hydroculture – at the pine forest or butterfly garden, you can admire the collections of iris, dahlias, tulips, camellias, rhododendrons, ferns, perennials or bonsai in changing landscapes and pavilions. Contests and exhibitions are regularly organized here, as well as during the summer, jazz festivals, classical music shows for children. They are on site with a great amount of leisure: playground, train rides, foosball tables, bibliography toy library, Puppet Theater, while the Astral theater troupe offers its shows for 3-8 years...

� PARC ZOOLOGIQUE DE PARISAvenue Daumesnil and Route de la Ceinture du Lac (12e)& 08 11 22 41 22www.parczoologiquedeparis.fr/frM° Porte DoréeOpen all year. Monday to Friday from 10am to 6pm; the weekend and public holidays from 9.30am to 7.30pm. Attention in winter closing at 5pm. Adult: E22. From 12 to 25 years old: E16.50. Child (from 3 to 11 years old): E14. Free for under 3-year-olds. Catering facilities.Nice gift for its 80 years! The animal park of Paris from the Natural History national Museum of Natural History, spread over 15 acres, created in 1934 in the bois de Vincennes, reopened its doors in spring 2014 after six years of closure for amazing work. The new zoo has over 1.8 million visitors a year. Its opening was expected with much impatience by all lovers of this jewel of the Parisian heritage. Zoological Le Parc of Paris, known as Vincennes Zoo, because on the edge of the bois de Vincennes, had never known real renovation, apart from its famous Large Rock promontory, emblematic of 65 metre high restored in 1997. Facing the rock stands a huge glass roof of 4,000 square feet with a tropical greenhouse. The ground was remodelled into five biozones: Patagonia, Sahel-Soudan, Europe, Guyane-Amazonie, Madagascar. New trees are established. As for the animals, except the giraffes, too large to find a new shelter, were all rehoused during the travaux.restent still a thousand animals from 179 different species. The animal welfare is in the heart of the project of renovation of the Zoological Gardens of Paris. And the concern for the conservation of biodiversity remains one of the top priority of the zoo and the concern of raising the public to preserve the environment. From the entrance, an access of continuous ARIANE guide visitors over 4 km in advance. A main tour the leads to 5 regions of the planet evoked through 16 reconstructed environments. Secondary circulations offers a diversity of complementary courses that allow greater privacy at each biozone, by offering views some scenes of the park (clinical veterinary surgeon, cuisine...). The views were designed in order to reduce as much as possible the visual barriers between public and animals. The visitor, immersed in the surroundings of the animal, can understand its behaviour and place which it stands in the ecosystem. The meeting is done in the middle of the animal, the visitor is invited «being». It is therefore encouraged to respect its well-being, acceptor for instance that the animal can contain up to its view in the areas of tranquillity that are designed to him. Wild animals are in Paris! Discover them with the Zoological Park of Paris.

� PARC DES BUTTES-CHAUMONTPlace Armand-Carrel – rue Manin – rue Botzaris – avenue Simon-Bolivar (19e)& 39 75M° Botzaris or Buttes-Chaumont

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Open all year. Every day from 7am. Closed between 8pm and 10pm depending on the season. Catering facilities. Shop. Playground. Roundabout. Puppets.In a few years, the Parc des Buttes-Chaumont has become a popular place of Parisian families. In this 19th district in the change, the park is a real place of retreat for walkers who want to escape the crowds and the traffic, rather dense in this neighbourhood. Located on a hillside, it was created during the Second Empire on the site of an old gypsum quarry by the engineers Jean-Charles Alphand and Eugène Belgrand, and also by the landscape gardener Jean-Pierre Barillet-Deschamps. Real tribute to the romantic ideals, stretches below a lake watered by a waterfall on top of which stands a kiosk nicknamed Temple de la Sibylle. It is the work of Gabriel Davioud, which was inspired by an ancient building in Tivoli, Italy. It is accessed through a gateway or a bridge. Guaranteed superb viewpoints! Add to that a cave with stalactites, small and large alleys lined with beautiful trees, the sloping lawns to lie down, entertainment and facilities for children (roller rink, carousel, puppet theatres...), as well as places to eat, including the very trendy Rosa Bonheur... It is not surprising that this park has a lot of success!

Restaurants � BLISS

8, rue Coquillière (1er)& +33 (0) 1 40 28 99 99www.welovebliss.fr [email protected]° Les HallesOpen every day from 11am to 2pm. À la carte: Around E40. Children’s menu: E12. Lunch menu: E14.50 (entrance/main course or main course/dessert, E18.50 3). Wine by the glass. Brunch at E29 Sunday. Terrace.In the Halles district, the Bliss covers 500 m² where cocktail bar, pizzeria and restaurant mix. In the kitchen, the chef Nicolas Papin offers fusion cuisine varying between revisited French traditional dishes (scallops burger, beef tartar with roquefort) and dishes with foreign inspiration (hot duck or a duck-based hot dog, fricassee of monkfish with beans in yellow curry stock, penne with ginger chicken – lemongrass). At the pizzeria, you can taste the Margarita classics with original recipes (Mare e monti with scallops, spinach, thick cream, walnut, Alle Pere: buffalo mozzarella, speck, pear, rocket, parmesan, walnuts) while in dessert, nostalgic people rush at cheesecake with Toblerone or the brioche lost in coconut milk. If the place is pleasant with its regular concerts, board games and typical cuisine, we regret a cold service, if not downright unpleasant depending on the day, and excessive prices.

� CAFÉ BORDS DE SEINE1, place du Châtelet (1er)& +33 (0) 1 42 33 79 [email protected]° ChâteletOpen every day from 7am to 0:30am. Continuous service. Menu from E16.50 to E21.50. Children’s menu: E9.50. Terrace.Ideally located place du Châtelet, overlooking the monuments of the City such as Palais de Justice and Notre-Dame, Café Bords de Seine offers a varied menu. In the morning, six breakfast menus are available: there is something for all tastes, all sizes and all prices. It is then a comprehensive selection of classic of parisian brasseries: seven kinds of salad, the snacks (omelettes, crunch clubs, sandwiches...) and a very abundant menu, where you will find the classics (snails, frogs’ legs, tartar, burgers...). The dishes are homemade and you can also devour meats or cheese for the aperitif (at happy hours you can enjoy cocktails for less price). It is possible to hire out the upstairs dining room (43 seats), while the terrace is heated and covered during winter.

� AU CHIEN QUI FUME33, rue du Pont Neuf (1er)& +33 (0) 1 42 36 07 [email protected]° Châtelet or Pont NeufOpen Sunday to Friday from 12pm to midnight; saturdays from 12pm to 1pm. Menu from E28.60 to E47. À la carte: Around E50. Children’s menu: E12 (up to 12 years). Wine by the glass. American Express, Chèque Vacances, Chèque Restaurant. Groups welcome. Terrace.This house was founded in 1740, which actually makes it the most authentic traditional Parisian brasseries! It was in 1920 that the place was named «Smoking dog» with an owner whose poodle and Griffin smoke cigar for the first and pipe for the other. Smoking today is Bazil, and here everything honours its species, from paintings to statues. We love this kind of typical addresses of Halles with an alert staff, a cheerful customers and a brasserie cuisine to be savoured without hiding his pleasure. The menus allow you to satisfy everyone, especially seafood lovers! Why not starting from ravioli with prawns and cream from shellfish? Unless you plays the bistro atmosphere with a young rabbit terrine with fresh herbs. To follow for lovers of calf ’s head in stew and its gribiche sauce or the inevitable speciality: grandmother roast suckling pig. And for a gourmet conclusion, rum baba, whipped cream and candied fruit, or light, the caramelised pineapple carpaccio. It is always a pleasure to walk through the door of this place full of history and delicacies!

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� CLÉMENTINE5, rue Saint-Marc (2e)& +33 (0) 1 40 41 05 65www.restaurantclementine.competitfute@restaurantclementine.comM° Bourse or Grands Boulevards«Maître Restaurateur» label. Open Monday to Friday from 12pm to 2.15pm and for dinner from 7pm to 10.30pm. Closed Monday for dinner. Booking advised. Menus E25 and E35. Groups welcome (privatizable show on the 1st floor, for about fifteen people).At the Clementine restaurant, the vineyard is the king! Lovers of fine wines and genuine products are welcome to this historic bistro of the Bourse neighbourhood dating from 1906. Here, France and small producers are honoured. We are in sincerity and precision; the products are enhanced by fast cooking preparations and are carefully controlled. Corsican sausages, salmon tartare marinated with herbs, poached eggs in red wine sauce to start, Scallops with white butter of citrus, veal T-bone form Dordogne or chicken breast with Fourme d’Ambert cheese to continue, baba with rum and Chantilly, tarte feuilletée au citron, and profiteroles to finish. This is classic and tasty, we will come back without hesitation. A very nice wine list with many Corsican references. Theatre lovers, Clementine restaurant is the perfect place to dine before booking a room, (you are welcomed as from 7 pm) but still think to indicate it when you arrive so that you don’t miss the dessert!

� KING MARCEL166, rue Montmartre (2e)& +33 (0) 1 42 36 42 85www.kingmarcel.fr [email protected]° Grands BoulevardsOpen Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner. À la carte: Around E15. Fixed rate formula: E14.A newcomer in the landscape of the Parisian burgers but oiled its recipes in two Lyon restaurants already well. Typical French burgers with fresh ingredients, French and buildings. The bun come here from the bakery of Moulin de la Vierge, French beef is 100% race limousine and it is the cheese factory of Mère Richard that ensures the full of one cheeses all burgers. Le Marcel Michelin makes cardboard full furnished with beef with race Limousine, Saint-Nectaire cheese AOP, cream mustard house, grilled bacon and chives. For those who would like to be played it chicken, Marcel Pagnol will provide a good sun amount with a French chicken cutlet, goat cheese, green pesto house, roasted marinated peppers, fresh tomatoes and basil. Finally, in addition to the 5 recipes on the menu, the Burger of the Market changes 2 times a month with the seasons, the market and the desires of the Chef. The decor of néo-bistro is pleasant and you can enjoy the possibility to taste his gourmet burger accompanied by wine thanks to the selection of the sommelier Laurent Turrel.

� PASSAGE 5353, passage des Panoramas (2e)& +33 (0) 1 42 33 04 [email protected]° Grands BoulevardsOpen Tuesday to Saturday from 12.30pm to 2.30pm and from 8pm to 9.30pm. Booking is essential. Set menu at E130. Lunch menu: E60. Wine by the glass.This small address of immaculate white, hidden in the superb Passage des Panoramas, is awarded with 2 Michelin stars. A largely deserved reward that crown the work of a japanese chef, Shinishi Sato (formely at L’Astrance) from the selection of fine ingredients (meat from Desnoyers or vegetables from Thiébault) to the precision of cooking including seasonings. His dishes, rigorous and uncluttered, often monochrome, are a succession of delicate emotions offering French and local products. You can taste for example a Breton Lobster, green cabbage, cocoa powder, emulsion lobster juice and apricot puree, veal tartar an Gillardeau oysters, Foie Gras grilled with corsican juice and jasmine, or a nice peach cream, mascarpone with fennel flavoured with anise.

� AUBERGE NICOLAS FLAMEL51, rue de Montmorency (3e)& +33 (0) 1 42 71 77 [email protected]° Rambuteau or Arts et MétiersOpen Monday to Saturday from 12pm to 2:30pm and 7pm to 10:30pm. Menu from E55 to E65. Children’s menu: E9.90. Lunch menu: E20. Starter, main course and dessert at E25 midday. Groups welcome.Do you know Nicolas Flamel? No? It is quite logical! He was born in 1330 and after being copyist, notary and bookseller, he opened with his wife at 51 rue Montmorency, a hostel for the poor, who in exchange for dishes could say a few prayers. This house, in addition to being one of the oldest in the city is also the oldest restaurant. Taken over few years ago by Alan Geaam, this inn today emerges from its torpor. Alan thought about everything, decor, service, wine and of course the cuisine. If you opt for the gourmet menu, accompanied by burrata eggplant, radish, arugula pesto and tomato chips will be an excellent introduction to the veal medallions in pistachio crust and polenta to conclude with the sweets of Nicolas Flamel. For those who will not be able to choose, the tasting menus offer a real discovery of the Chef’s cuisine during a gourmet course of 5 or 7 meals.

� LE BARRICOU1, boulevard du Temple (3e)& +33 (0) 1 42 72 20 53M° Filles Du CalvaireOpen Monday to Friday from 7am to 9pm; saturdays from 8am to 9pm. À la carte: Around E25. Lunch menu: E12. Wine by the glass. Groups welcome. Terrace.


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It did not take much time to Michel Gineston to put his bistro on the highest step of the podium of the best wine bars in Paris. Opened at the beginning of the millennium, Barricou was elected the best wine bistro in 2003. Admittedly, the award is now old but it keeps it to life just as the players from the Stade Toulousain (its other passion) who all their life can display their title of France champion. You would have understood, Barricou is a den of epicures who love popular dishes, local wines and the atmosphere of after match celebration. Patrons mingle with visitors passing through, each feeling quickly at home in this welcoming place with caring service. Just as we did, we encourage you to enter this temple of blow out celebration to enjoy the wine from the latest discoveries of Michel and enjoy the cuisine of the moment: the grilled andouillette, aligot and its sausage, charcuterie from Auvergne, grilled sirloin and especially, great speciality of the house: tripe of Rouergue. Tart with prunes later, a coffee that can be enjoyed on the terrace by saying that in this kind of place, life is beautiful.

� AU BASCOU38, rue Réaumur (3e)& +33 (0) 1 42 72 69 [email protected]° Arts et MétiersOpen Monday to Friday from 12pm to 2pm and from 8pm to 10.30pm. À la carte: Around E45. Lunch menus from E18 to E25. Wine by the glass. Checks are not accepted. American Express, Chèque Restaurant. Groups welcome. Terrace.Bertrand Gueneron, from Brittany, never ceases to amaze us with his ability to prepare Basque dishes ... But he also perfectly masters the preparation of delicious traditional French dishes such as pressed calf ’s head gribiche sauce. When you walk into his inn, you can have varied pleasures and pick up some flavours of Pays Basque or our culinary heritage. You can start by exploring the Basque ham cut with a knife and continue with Basque sausage, or go to the specialties of the house: roasted pigeon, duck breast, hare à la royale, etc. The menu changes according to seasons and the desires of the Breton. You will adore the chanterelle dish and the crunchy scallops with mushroom cream or a lobster or octopus fricassee. To have some coffee, you need to try a dessert; the raspberry shortbread, raspberry coulis with rose and mascarpone has proven its worth, unless you prefer the millefeuille with Tahiti vanilla.

� LE TRUMILOU84, quai de l’Hôtel-de-Ville (4e)& +33 (0) 1 42 77 63 98www.letrumilou.frM° Hôtel de VilleClosed from July 31st to August 22nd. Open Monday to Saturday from 12pm to 3pm and 7pm to 11pm; Sunday from 12pm to 3pm and 7pm to 10:30pm. Menu from

E17.50 to E21.50. À la carte: Around E30. Groups welcome. Terrace.This «province in Paris» style establishment seems to stand against the erosions of time. Chandeliers, red moleskin banquettes, copper pans hanging on the walls, the setting is still unchanged. We love the old-fashioned side of this restaurant where tradition is honoured. Lovers of Lyon cuisine can start with hot sausage, and will find it difficult to resist a homemade specialty: duck with prunes or sweatbread. To end your meal, you can have classic desserts like Trinity cream or a floating island. A daily menu is offered based on the produce found in Rungis by the Trumilou team. Obviously, we are fond of such an address which is essential when strolling in Paris and wishing to discover the Parisian bistro brasserie.

� COMME CHAI TOI13, quai de Montebello (5e)& +33 (0) 1 46 34 66 12www.commechaitoi.frRER Saint-MichelOpen Tuesday to Sunday from 12pm to 2.30pm and from 7.30pm to 11pm. Closed Saturday for lunch and Monday. À la carte: Around E50. Lunch menu: E17 (at E23).Comme Chai Toi, it is a genuine bistro: wooden tables and chairs, tablecloths, and especially a very «Latin Quarter» atmosphere where we meet with friends for a good bottle and eat an unfussy cuisine. Do not expect great cuisine, but dishes like at home where the chef puts a little touch of originality and especially he changes his menu according to the seasons daily: pan-fried foie gras with French toast and poached pear as a starter. Continue with a rack of lamb with thyme and pan-fried vegetables. Very honest. For dessert not very good for the line but excellent for our tastebuds half-baked chocolate and salted butter caramel. The welcome is friendly and the service is efficient.

� LE COUPE-CHOU9-11, rue de Lanneau (5e)& +33 (0) 1 46 33 68 69www.lecoupechou.com M° Maubert-MutualitéOpen every day from 12pm to 3pm and from 7pm to 11.30pm. Menu from E27 to E33. À la carte: Around E30. Lunch menu: E14 (and E20). Wine by the glass. American Express. Groups welcome. Terrace.Mythical in Paris for the number of celebrities who had dinner there, Le Coupe-Chou is a restaurant whose setting reminds of the beautiful hotels of high mountain. Fireplace, stones and beams participate in the cosy atmosphere of the place, just like the wood-burning stove, the chairs, the daybeds and the green or red velvet drapes. Frames of another time decorate the walls. In this old-fashioned atmosphere where you forget you are in Paris, guests enjoy traditional homemade cuisine, like the chestnut and squash soup, cod roasted in the oven, terrine with three purees, and finally a crème brûlée with orange. Nothing is super daring, but the setting and a fine cuisine are worth the visit. In summer, a few tables are set outside.


� LE JARDIN DES PÂTES4, rue Lacépède (5e) & +33 (0) 1 43 31 50 71M° Place Monge, JussieuOpen every day from 12pm to 2.30pm and from 7pm to 11pm. À la carte: around E18 (for lunch), E25 (evening).This place serves only pasta but not just of any kind! Here, pasta is made daily on the spot from various cereal grains: rice, wheat, barley, rye, buckwheat, chestnut... transformed into flour on site. Although they are good and also generous, alone they would not be enough to satisfy us. As a result, they are combined with sautéed vegetables, fresh salmon, chicken livers, etc. We recommend you an amazing omelette with pasta and vegetables served with a green salad. They are preceded by starters: cucumber with farm yoghurt, avocado with melon sorbet and moistened with Pineau des Charentes ... The desserts are worth tasting especially the chocolate tart along with orange marmalade and lemon zest, the clafoutis with seasonal fruit ... As for the setting, the numerous green plants remind us that we are in a garden, a short distance from Jardin des Plantes... where you can take a digestive and poetic walk!

� LÉVÊQUE10, rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre (5e)& +33 (0) 1 46 33 98 80www.chezlevequeparis.comM° Saint-MichelOpen every day from 10am to 10pm. Set menu at E32. À la carte: Around E30. Daily special: E16. Terrace.To lunch or dine Chez Lévêque vis-a-vis the cathedral Notre-Dame that is not invented. Moreover Francis Lévêque, it host which one knew in Restaurant du Marché in the 15e, has fun some. On the facade a portrait of monk carried out starting from a painting of family... One penetrates in a very original restaurant, designed by Francis and his friend Stephan. A kind of house which makes us pass by a very rural corner pointing out a garden. One enters then the spaces thought like rooms: on the left cuisine and the dining room. On the right the library-desk and the room. Do not imagine on the other hand that you will be restored lying... One installs you on pretty iron bed banquettes in the shade of large affluent curtains. Does one finish nevertheless by the toilets where the tiled walls are offered to the guests to express itself by words, drawings, etc the evening, clickety-clack in the box and all will the photographs be exposed on the door of the toilets... You will say themselves all that is quite beautiful but what does one eat? It should be known that here it is open 10: 00 at 22: 00 to be restored. Midday it is with the à la carte, the evening a set menu and all is fresh. The main courses are simple but tasty because the touch of Francis brings this more which levels us. The salad of quinoa is furnished with spring vegetables and the sauce is containing citrus fruits. The marinated salmon is accompanied by an

avocado mousse. The duck skewers have their apples with the stove... In dessert one finishes by an excellent fresh fruit salad of the moment. And for those which want to rinse the eye on the cathedral, Francis posed some tables in terrace.

� BOUILLON DES COLONIES3, rue Racine (6e)& +33 (0) 1 44 32 15 64www.bouillondescolonies.comM° Odéon or Cluny − La SorbonneOpen every day from 12pm to 3pm and 7pm to 11pm. Menu from E25.90 to E29.90. À la carte: Around E26. Children’s menu: E14.50. Lunch menu: E15.95. Sunday brunch: E17.50.It is the exotic address of Bouillon Racine, the legendary brasserie founded in 1906 by the Chartier brothers This Bouillon is located nearby. In a setting with dimmed lights, the dining room is shared between the African and Asian atmospheres taking us from Japan to Australia, from Africa to North America, from the Caribbean to Thailand through a varied carte. The flavours of curry, coriander, lemongrass mix with chicken, fish and vegetables. Cochinchine vapours (shrimp, vegetables, beef and pork) and the East African dishes are unavoidable dishes that are always found on the carte. The chef knows how to seduce us with his innovative dishes that vary with seasons. For dessert, you should try the orange salad as well as dates and cinnamon. Want to travel? It is open every day, even on Sundays for a brunch that combines Levant (scrambled eggs with cumin, tchoutchouka, zaalouk, hummus) or Couchant (fried eggs with bacon, guacamole and corn chips), all accompanied by bread, butter, jam, pastries, Mariage Frères tea, coffee, homemade chocolate, orange juice, etc...

� BOUILLON RACINE3, rue Racine (6e)& +33 (0) 1 44 32 15 [email protected]° Cluny − La Sorbonne or OdéonOpen every day from noon until 11pm. Menus from E31.90 to E41.90. À la carte: around E40. Children’s menu: E14.50. Lunch formula: E15.95. Wine by the glass.Classified as a Historical Monument, Bouillon Racine is both an unusual and fascinating place. With its art nouveau style on two floors, you will surely be moved by it. Created by the Chartier brothers at the beginning of the 20th century, its decoration is sumptuous: bevelled mirrors, opalines, stained-glass windows and gilded initials, floral patterns and celadon green. As for the cuisine, the chef, Alexandre Belthoise, prepares classic dishes. As a starter, you will have to choose one of the traditional stocks that change with the seasons (smooth Dubarry cream in Scallops, invigorating gratin of the onion stock), unless you choose a generous marrow


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gratin with mustard or a terrine game in season. Then you will continue with the specialty of the house, stuffed suckling pig roasted on a spit, homemade mashed potatoes with smoked bacon, or another classics like pot au feu of Bouillon, bone marrow, and fleur de sel and horseradish, stew of pork shank with red Rodenbach beer and spices, sauerkraut or scallops and prawns, creamy rice to lobster sauce. Dishes that smell of good local and French gastronomy. For dessert, we love Waffle filled with crème brûlée or Pressé of apples with gingerbread. It is good, sincere, all in a unique setting, we 100% approve this typical 1900 brasserie!

� LES BOUQUINISTES53, quai des Grands-Augustins (6e)& +33 (0) 1 43 25 45 [email protected]° Saint-MichelOpen Monday to Saturday from 12pm to 2:30pm and 7pm to 11pm; Sunday 12pm to 2:30pm and 6:30pm to 11pm. Booking advised. Set menu at E89 (« in 6 services»). À la carte: Around E80. Lunch menu: E32 (and E45). Wine by the glass. American Express, Diners Club. Groups welcome. Valet.A new decor designed by Jean-Michel Willemotte: set of mirrors, glass partition walls and glass bottle walls reflecting the show of the banks of Seine. The whole forms of different spaces to suit the desires of each client. This restaurant is of one of the best value lunch in the district. It is the work of a whole team led by Guy Savoy and Stephen Perraud. It is to him that we owe dishes à la carte such as caramelized half-cooked tuna with spices, «ratte» apples and herring mousse, or braised suckling pig, cooked Paimpol beans. What to say? It’s perfect, just like this figs-milk flavoured almond served for dessert. You will come back every year to dig for dirt, which will bring down this restaurant from its pedestal, there is nothing to complain about.

� LE BOSQUET46, avenue Bosquet (7e)& +33 (0) 1 45 51 38 [email protected]° Military AcademyOpen Monday to Saturday from 8am to 11.30pm. Set menu at E22 (starter/main course/dessert). À la carte: Around E30. Lunch menu: E22 (starter/main course/dessert). Wine by the glass. Groups welcome. Terrace.Located not far from the Eiffel Tower and the very commercial Cler street, is found the angle bar known as Le Bosquet. The place is large, perfect for hosting groups, but it is also warm and comfortable, a real cocoon for romantic meals... We love the perfect service that proves that in Paris, we can also be friendly and caring! The food is simple, traditional but tasty, prepared with great dedication. So you can enjoy French specialties such as a cream of vegetable soup, roast camembert

with cider caramel, duck confit from the Arnabar farm and its new potatoes, bar with thyme à la plancha or warm lamb shank with herbs. It has a lovely terrace opened on sunny days.

� LES BOTANISTES11 bis, rue Chomel (7e)& +33 (0) 1 45 49 04 54www.lesbotanistes.comM° Sèvres-BabyloneClosed from August 1st to August 21st. Open Monday to Saturday from 12pm to 2.30pm and from 7.30pm to 10.30pm. À la carte: Around E40. Lunch menu: E20 (starter, daily special, coffee). Wine by the glass. Groups welcome (up to 40 people). Terrace.Nestled between rue de Babylone and boulevard Raspail, this traditionally decorated Parisian bistro is the den of Jean-Baptiste Gay who offers a daily renewed slate menu consisting of 7 starters, 7 main courses and 7 desserts. The cuisine of this pastry chef who made his first kitchen classes alongside starred chefs is bistronomic, that is to say a traditional and rustic but revisited and, above all, modernised cuisine. For example, we think of a fresh octopus salad with warm potatoes or a remoulade of crab and celery with curry. At the end of the meal, the financier with cherries and its pistachio ice-cream will not ruin your pleasure, it is quite the contrary. A very good quality/price ratio for the district.

� L’AMI JEAN27, rue Malar (7e)& +33 (0) 1 47 05 86 [email protected] C Pont-de-l’AlmaClosed from December 24th to January 1st. Open Tuesday to Saturday from 12pm to 2pm and from 7pm to midnight. Booking is essential. Menu from E42 to E80. À la carte: Around E70. Lunch menu: E35. Wine by the glass. American Express.Even Stéphane Jego displays his Breton origins, his inn and kitchens have Basque accents. This den of fellows is always full, proving that Stéphane has succeeded. Naysayers say it is difficult to get a table and that you will eat elbow to elbow. So what? This is what gives it its double charm. Promiscuity and open-mindedness is what we love in this kind of place: you will never feel lonely as you eat and share your emotions with the Italian, Australian or Japanese neighbour. As for emotions, our friend Stéphane knows it best. Roasted veal chop on bones and reduced juice, roast beef fillet of «choice race» with anchovy, roast pork chop with semi-salted butter, simply roast red partridge: if this cuisine seems to be a simple one, there is something brought to each dish and gives them an arty and gourmet touch in the detail that changes everything. You think you are visiting an ordinary trendy bistro and then you stand in front of an inspired chef. With also attention to detail: no dish leaves the kitchen without being finalized and checked by Stéphane Jego.


� CHEZ ANDRÉ12, rue Marbeuf (8e)& +33 (0) 1 47 20 59 [email protected]° Franklin D. Roosevelt or Alma-MarceauOpen every day from 12pm to 1am. À la carte: Around E50. Wine by the glass. Terrace. Valet.A sincere and authentic brasserie in the heart of the «Golden Triangle», which transports you immediately to the old Paris in the 1930s thanks to the brightness of zinc, omnipresent, and the typical bistro tables. The hotel opened in 1936 has managed to retain its charm. The restaurant welcomes businessmen, world of luxury, fashion and media which treat themselves to updated classics: frogs’ legs, bouillabaisse of the chef, legs of lamb «Allaiton de l’Aveyron» or seafood (in season). For meat lovers, there is the gourmet traditional hamburger in Chez André way, the grilled Châteaubriand with Béarnaise sauce or the duck breast of the Southwest with caramelised pears. Finally, all the traditional desserts are present on the menu including the Chez André traditional millefeuille, or the chocolate mousse served in a bowl with its warm brioche.

� BISTROT DU SOMMELIER97, boulevard Haussmann (8e)& +33 (0) 1 42 65 24 [email protected]° Saint-Augustin or MiromesnilOpen Monday to Friday from 12pm to 2.30pm and from 7.30pm to 10.30pm. Menu from E70 to E115 (including wines). À la carte: Around E65. Lunch menu: E34. Wine by the glass. Lunch menus from E34 to E55. Checks are not accepted. American Express. Groups welcome. Parking.In this restaurant, even the most serious indulge in taking a glass of wine at lunch, as it would be pure heresy that not to enjoy the precise food and wine pairings offered by the brilliant sommelier Philippe Faure-Brac. The cooking is traditional and well-reputed, homemade products selected with precision because the menu is changed every month according to the market and the chef Guillaume Saluel’s inspiration. You will find the prawns from Madagascar in open ravioli, trimmed leek with citrus fruit and stock of shellfish which leads to the duck breast roasted on the bone with seasonal fruit and Sichuan pepper before ending on the cacaotées brick pastries double bottom, trimmed with chocolate sauce and its chocolate mousse hazelnut praline. You will obviously tell us that it is not always easy to find the wine that will be most harmonious on these preparations. Let yourself guide, you will be surprised by some proposed agreements!

� LE BŒUF SUR LE TOIT34, rue du Colisée (8e)& +33 (0) 1 53 93 65 55www.boeufsurletoit.comM° Saint-Philippe-du-Roule or Franklin D. Roosevelt

Open every day from 12pm to 3pm and from 7pm to 11pm. Menu from E29 to E36. À la carte: Around E30. Children’s menu: E14.50. Wine by the glass. Valet. Activities. Evening Jazz 2 Mondays per month. Pianist in the end of the week. Free Wifi access.Created in 1922, this house represents perfectly the Brasserie de Paris. A famous place for a party, having hosted the greatest artists of the end of the 20th century, Cocteau to Picasso, via Man Ray or Fernand Léger, all the avant-garde of Arts and Letters has one day embarked on this fabulous standard steamer Art deco. More than 90 years later, the brasserie invites Tout-Paris, that of finance, letters, politics and media nowadays. All enjoy around a beef tartare Charolais or beef rib grilled hereford. Among the pleasures offered by the restaurant, enjoy the duck foie gras, scallops roasted in verdurette with its rice venerated and mousseline of butternut, and the profiteroles cabbage craquelin with its ice cream with bourbon vanilla and its hot chocolate.

� LE CARRÉ12, place Saint-Augustin (8e)& +33 (0) 1 44 69 00 22www.restaurant-le-carre.com«Maître Restaurateur» label. Reservation by phone or via form Internet midnight before minimum. Open Monday to Friday from 12pm to 11pm; Saturday from 10am to 1am. Continuous service. Breakfast from 8am. Bar part with tapas and cocktails open until 1am on weekdays and the weekend. À la carte: Around E40. Groups welcome. Terrace.First of all, a chef, Christophe Binet, sacred Maître restau-rateur in 2012 as a result of hard work and talent he has shown between Paris, Spain and the United Kingdom. There is, of course, a pure and simple setting where the beige stands out from other colours depending on the lounges used for business meals or dinner with friends, just after a cocktail at the bar. Here, we are primarily interested by the plate where the presentation matches with the taste. À la carte, seasonal products, high-end and well valued, prepared with precision. Thus, we will remember the traditional dishes like rossini steak with its beautiful slice of pan fried foie gras. Asia is found in the Wok of beef fillet marinated with a crying tiger sauce, as well as a Wok of grilled gambas with cashew nuts and both accompanied by crunchy vegetables, fried onions, Chinese noodles and black mushrooms. Sea side, homemade ravioli with scampi and emulsified cream of shellfish like scallops roasted with Noilly Prat cream and chips of pancetta are fine and sophisticated. As for desserts, revisited classic, mark the final touch: homemade soufflé with grand marnier, royal gala apples tart, cream chiboust with bourbon vanilla or the fabulous homemade melting sphere, organic Andoa to black chocolate mousse, hot chocolate and vanilla sauce will rejoice the most discerning palate. In the morning, you can also enjoy the cosy velvet armchairs to have breakfast in a serene atmosphere. A place to be enjoyed without restrain.


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� L’ARÔME3, rue Saint-Philippe-du-Roule (8e)& +33 (0) 1 42 25 55 [email protected]° Saint-Philippe-du-RouleOpen Monday to Friday from 12pm to 2pm and from 7.30pm to 10pm. Booking advised. Menu from E79 to E120. Lunch menu: E59. Wine by the glass. American Express. Groups welcome. Valet.Thomas Boullaut, the chef of this popular restaurant of the district, began his career in Royal Monceau and George-V. His cuisine is bright, cheerful, it titillates the palates of guests and incites curiosity. Diners come for the first time to see and end up with a subscription. Enjoy vegetable tart of spring or the squeezed one of Breton crab with the balsamico bianco and you will understand why we carry this address in our heart. Continue with a yellowtail refreshed with yuzu or veal milk oven to herbs from the scrubland and finish with a baked apple cooked in a tatin way accompanied by a green apple water, a Chantilly with salted caramel and an ice-cream cheesecake. When you read the menu, you want to reserve already. Do not say the opposite, no one would believe you... Delicate and very professional welcome from Éric Martins, and nice wine list.

� HARD ROCK CAFÉ14, boulevard Montmartre (9e)& +33 (0) 1 53 24 60 00www.hardrock.com/parisM° Grands Boulevards or Richelieu DrouotOpen Sunday to Thursday from 11:30am to 1am; Friday and saturdays from 11:30am to 2pm. À la carte: Around E35. Children’s menu: E7.95. À la carte: Around E35. Children’s menu: E7.95. Lunch menu: E9.70 (then E11.50 and E14.10). Wine by the glass. American Express. Terrace. Shop. Entertainments.The famous Hard Rock Café brand is present in the world for over 40 years. On the menu of the authentic American specialties, foremost among them the unavoidable burgers, fajitas and other salads in XXL format Ceasar type, cooked on site with fresh and quality ingredients in an atmosphere that will doubtlessly delight the rock and pop music fans. You can select songs that you want to listen during your meal and visit the café with a member of staff who will present to you the history of each item hanging on the wall and which belonged to the greatest pop-rock artists. Children are not left behind as entertainment is provided for them every Sunday between 1pm and 4pm.

� AU PETIT RICHE25, rue Le Peletier (9e) & +33 (0) 1 47 70 68 68www.restaurant-aupetitriche.comM° Richelieu-Drouot or Le Peletiernl Closed on January 1st, on May 1st, on July 14th and on December 25th. Closed the evening of December 24th. Open every day from noon to 2: 30pm and from 7pm to

midnight; on Sunday from noon to 2: 30pm and from 7pm to 10: 30pm. Menus from E31 to E37. À la carte: around E40. Lunch formula: E26 (starter/main course or main course/dessert). Wine by glass. American Express, Cheque Restaurant. Tourisme & Handicap label. Groups welcome (4 private lounges for 6-44 persons).1854! You do realize! This house is there, on the corner of two streets with its beautiful exterior woodwork for nearly 160 years. How not to bow to such longevity? But how not to bow to such regularity of culinary level? Without forgetting a cellar that makes put your knee on the floor, specializing in Loire wines. Au Petit Riche, it is the beautiful Parisian brasserie but without the anonymity of large numbers. Here, you are known, you are greeted, your presence is appreciated and you are guided to the land foods that are called meat pate of crusted sweetbreads, foie gras and wild mushrooms, snails puff pastry with garlic cream, homemade quenelle of pike, shellfish sauce and duxelles of mushrooms, long simmered beef chuch steak, Chinon sauce and for amateurs, a superb calf’s head and its brain, gribiche and ravigote sauce. Desserts, all homemade, offer the timeless ones as rum baba and chantilly or rice pudding with salted butter caramel, tuile with almonds to finish your meal in assumed gluttony. An attractive restaurant where you will not tire of returning because here you always spend an exceptional moment that honors the French gourmet meal as you like, that is registered in the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

� LE P’TIT BARCELONE10, rue de la Boule-Rouge (9e)& +33 (0) 1 40 22 96 39www.leptitbarcelone.frM° Cadet or Grands BoulevardsOpen Monday to Saturday from 11:30am to 2am. Continuous service. Booking advised. À la carte: Around E25 (tapas between E5 and E8, cocktails at E6). Lunch menu: E15 (starter and main course or main course and dessert E20 starter + main course + dessert). Wine by the glass. Happy hour from 6pm to 8pm.Festive and friendly atmosphere in this cozy bistro, all dressed in red, with a menu inspired by the Catalan cuisine and the best Iberian products. After some tapas and others tortilla, croquetas, patatas bravas, manchego, we can not advise you too strongly the Huevos estrellados (fried egg, potatoes and sausage) the chisteras (small sausages from there served grilled) or the Pescaditos Fritos (small fish the size of your little finger perfectly fried and served generously that is swallowed whole after being decorated them with a dash of lemon juice, caliente)! All is sprayed with tinto de verrano (red wine, lemonade, lemon slice), sangria or cocktails (El Toto, Nino, Barcelonito) that blooms well in the summer. For those who are never satisfied, the Spanish Burger (meat of Galicia, Espelette pepper, garlic, parsley, homemade aioli, sheep’s milk cheese and range of belotta) or the piece of meat (between 500 and 600 grams) are perfectly made, like the Spanish plates of charcuterie and cheese. Young and charming service in the room and in the bar. Everything is homemade.


� CHEZ CASIMIR6, rue de Belzunce (10e)& +33 (0) 1 48 78 28 80www.restaurant-chez-casimir.comM° Gare du NordOpen all year. Monday to Friday from 11.45am to 2.30pm and from 6.45pm to 11pm; the weekend from 10am to 7pm. Booking advised. Menu from E24 to E32. À la carte: Around E40. Wine by the glass. Brunch Saturday and Sunday: E28. Terrace.Do you love Chez Michel, the neighbour? You will love Chez Casimir, its little bistronomic brother that could also have been called Bonne Franquette. Here, everything is simple, just like at home. From the charcuterie plate to the cheese plate passing through a series of bistro dishes such as breaded pig’s ear, roasted lamb with beans, toast, chocolate mousse. Never disappointing, always exciting. The must? Le Brunch of Saturday and Sunday continuously served, called «Traou Mad» which means «good things» in Breton. Buffets richly filled and unlimited in starter and in dessert, do not get too attached to neither the terrine of pudding or that of countryside, nor the ssalmon salad or the whelks, because there is also service at the table: soup, a starter (often based on eggs, but sometimes mussels in season), and casseroles (preferably game!). Will you still have place for the festival of desserts, its tiramisu, its crunchy biscuits, its fruit mousse and its pancakes to covered with salted butter caramel? As for wine, for the occasion, you will directly serve yourself in the cellar and pay the price in wine shops, really royal this brunch!An establishment we all like where one will appreciate having customized napkins.

� JULIEN16, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis (10e)& +33 (0) 1 47 70 12 06www.julienparis.comM° Strasbourg-Saint-DenisOpen Sunday and Monday from 12pm to 3am and 7pm to 10pm; Tuesday to Saturday from 12pm to 3pm and 7pm to midnight. Menu from E32 to E39. À la carte: Around E52. Children’s menu: E14.50. Lunch menu: E25. American Express. Valet.This attractive bistrot was built in 1924 and its interior was designed in 1903. You can be sure to forget the young leek toast with tapenade, cod loin roasted on its skin, pan-fried duck foie gras and spinach shoots, lamb shank braised with spring vegetables and rosemary, tiramisu with raspberry or tart with strawberries, mashed bourbon, etc. Stop by this mythical place after a show on the Grands Boulevards, for the bistrot serves till late in the night and there is something for everyone.

� CHEZ MICHEL10, rue de Belzunce (10e)& +33 (0) 1 44 53 06 20restaurant-chez-michel.comM° Gare du Nord

Booking advised. Set menu at E35. À la carte: Around E65. Lunch menu: E29 (starter/main course/dessert). Wine by the glass.Thierry Breton, a pure Breton is still loyal to his duty in his inn which is always full like an oyster at lunch and dinner. Among his customers are gourmet passers-by, tourists in transit to the North station, Bretons who wants to amaze their taste buds with flavours of the West, you and I, eager to taste the food that everyone finds delicious. You will find the best Breton produce, whether land or sea, prepared with a rare skill. Whether you choose pig’s head carpaccio or the mackerel rilettes, the Breton lobster, the Kig ha farz – the Breton pot au feu – or the beef cheek with string, you will be delighted by flavours of Brittany. In season, the game is king, from the wood pigeon to the sumptuous hare à la royale, via the breast of roasted grouse with foie gras and mushrooms and pâté en croûte. For dessert, the inevitable Kouign Amann and Paris-Brest as well as the delicious rice pudding and the blackcurrant compote. This restaurant has satisfied visitors for over fifteen years, and it is not ready to stop.

� L’AMI PIERRE5, rue de la Main-d’Or (11e)& +33 (0) 1 47 00 17 [email protected]° Ledru-Rollin or Faidherbe-ChalignyOpen Monday to Saturday from 7.30pm to 11.30pm; Tuesday to Saturday from 12pm to 2.30pm. À la carte: Around E38. Lunch menu: E15.20. Wine by the glass.On the window you bed «To the former bonesetter Bistro with wine»... Yes Ami Pierre before it was actually a cabinet of bonesetter who positioned back the ruffled nervous breakdown and the tendons who had sautéed... Since 1990 it became a wine bar, now run by Robin and Nico’s, two of the bonesetters soul thanks to their warm welcome, their good bottles and what accompany them. You feel at home in this small neighbourhood bistro to the simple charm and unpretentious. The chef offers a traditional bistro cuisine you will never tire of: marinated cooked meat, fish, or duck confit of duck, steak with shallots, crème brûlée, rice pudding... Homemade desserts are made and perfectly are many guests enjoy lunch menu that includes a main course and a starter or a starter and dessert and coffee. The wine selection is varied, about sixty wine references of all sources, and will suit all tastes. Do not hesitate to ask to find the best wine corresponding to your meal like your taste. The service, and especially the atmosphere, are orchestrated by Master hand by friendly Robin who yields into four to satisfy its guests.

� ASTIER44, rue Jean-Pierre-Timbaud (11e)& +33 (0) 1 43 57 16 [email protected]° Parmentier or OberkampfOpen all year. Every day from 12pm to 2.30pm and from 7.30pm to 10.30pm; from 12pm. Until 11pm Saturday.


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Set menu at E45. Daily special: E15. Wine by the glass. Groups welcome. Terrace.Since 1956, Astier offers a regional «French Cuisine», which blows up our analysis of cholesterol. This is a bistro in all its splendour with checked tablecloths, diploma from l’Ordre de la Confrérie des Compagnons de la Défense de l’Oignon just to mention the ones on the wall and bistro furniture that reminds you of antique dealers. As for its cuisine, it offers local and popular dishes like chicken terrine with figs, roasted rack of lamb, braised pork belly, baba rum with cream and eggs. Dishes to which must be added some specialties like the soup, rabbit in all its forms or white pudding. Have lunch, savour some good wine, have a sit on the pavement and smoke a cigarette. If this is not paradise, then we are not far.

� AUBERGE FLORA44, boulevard Richard-Lenoir (11e)& +33 (0) 1 47 00 52 [email protected] Lenoir M°Open every day from 12pm to 2.30pm and from 4pm to 8pm. Booking advised. Menu from E32 to E42. Lunch menu: E19 (and E23). Wine by the glass. Brunch the weekend and public holidays: E29. Groups welcome. Terrace.Flora Mikula claims innkeeper since it took on boulevard Richard-Lenoir old hotel and restaurant at the end of the lifetime to restore it a character that is worth the detour. Who could say inn relaxation, nibbles at any time, from breakfast to dinner, the bar or on the terrace, around a large table or food – standing. So nibbling is really the spearhead of this inn, Flora created a cuisine rather version tapas but still some thoughtful dishes including the bone marrow and chorizo and its broad beans or the red rice of Camargue and squid juice of bouillabaisse. Before and after, tapas range of hot and cold starter and dessert. One of our favourite for the content of your plate as for the decor and the happiness of Flora.

� BISTROT PAUL-BERT18, rue Paul-Bert (11e)& +33 (0) 1 43 72 24 01M° Faidherbe ChalignyOpen Tuesday to Saturday from 12pm to 2.30pm and from 7.30pm to 11pm. Set menu at E38. À la carte: Around E42. Lunch menu: E19. Wine by the glass. Terrace. Valet.Everyone in Paris loves this establishment, a real esta-blishment for bistronomie. Weathered by time, but comfortable with its original look, Le Paul-Bert goes through the years without flinching. Here kindness is the key word. The boss, soul of the place, prices which are not exorbitant in regards to the quality of food and wines with great references which have been carefully selected so as to rotate one’s eyes. On the plate, everything is carefully prepared using quality products.

Have you ever enjoyed the steak? No, go then with your eyes closed. Same thing for the pigeon roasted with juice, bone marrow and French fries, side pork with chestnuts, pommes grenailles et champignons des bois. This restaurant has never disappointed us. Sometimes we try so hard to look for the slightest fault, but we must acknowledge the fact this restaurant fully meets are biggest expectations.

� LE CHARDENOUX1, rue Jules-Vallès (11e)& +33 (0) 1 43 71 49 [email protected]° CharonneOpen all year. Every day from 12pm to 2.30pm and from 7pm to 11pm. Set menu at E39. À la carte: Around E42. Lunch menu: E22 (and E27). Checks are not accepted. American Express. Terrace. Valet.This Chardenoux with a completely awesome décor is among the best addresses of the neighbourhood where one preserves its business card in the wallet for the evenings when the refrigerator is empty. The cuisine is in the image of the place, bistro, the opposite of the bling-bling of the Quinzième, the other restaurant of Cyril Lignac. Here one is carried away by the authentic, by the mitonnage, by the household tradition. On the plate, it results in a poached egg piperade Basque chorizo and glazed croutons, a yellow Landes poultry roasted salted butter, carrot puree with turmeric, and for dessert a baba rum whipped cream with vanilla or French toast to raspberry, Pistachio ice cream in Sicily. Quality food, not necessarily surprising but well controlled and that’s what matters to us.

� CASA DE ESPANA72, avenue Ledru-Rollin (12e)& +33 (0) 1 43 41 58 [email protected]° Ledru-RollinOpen every day from 10:30am to 3pm and 7pm to 1am. À la carte: Around E25. Lunch menu: E12.In a setting dominated by flamenco, Mathias, the owner of the restaurant who manages so well the host welcome and the cuisine offers Spanish delicacies to his guests. Serrano ham thrones on the counter and an LCD screen broadcasts live sports events. This warm atmosphere will get you totally immersed into the Iberian Peninsula. Its specialities include the famous hot and cold tapas. You can then go for paella de la casa which you can take-away after ordering two hours in advance, Spanish meats, grilled cuttlefish, octopus with potatoes, olive oil and paprika to name just these delicious homemade dishes. For desserts you can go for rice pudding (arroz leche) and Catalan cream (crema catalana de la casa) which are also a best-sellers of the house.


� JODHPUR PALACE42, allée Vivaldi16, rue Hénard (12e)& +33 (0) 1 43 40 72 46www.jodhpurpalace.comM° MontgalletOpen every day from 12ppm to 3pm and 7pm to 10:30pm. Menu from E26 to E30.50. À la carte: Around E38. Lunch menu: E14. Meal vegetarian: E12.The decor of this restaurant reflects its status and name: large, bright room with long orange curtains, arches, paintings and carved wood and festive meals, small room with sky painted ceiling and the atmosphere is serene and refined. The cuisine is also in the picture of the restaurant for the menu offers typical and famous dishes of all lovers of Indian food and other specialities for the pleasure of other gourmets. The chef seeks the best products for processing in accordance with the culinary traditions of his country. As a starter, the murgh tikka are pieces of chicken breast marinated cooked in tandoor that can be prepared in various ways with various spices with crushed cashew nuts and cream, or spinach, spices and coriander. For fans of classic: punjab lamb and Tikka masala chicken biryani or are a treat. Seafood and fish are treated in the same way, with much subtlety. Vegetarians also have a beautiful menu with a mushroom curry with peas flavoured with really excellent saffron. Nans wether they are with cheese, garlic, vegetables or minced meat is a delicious accompaniment and even a starter. As for the classical Indian cardamom and pistachio but homemade, it enables to finish this excellent meal on a nice note of freshness. On sunny days enjoy the terrace, one more reason, to come back!

� AU BISTROT D’À CÔTÉ18, rue Lalande (14e)& +33 (0) 1 43 20 00 28M° Denfert-RochereauOpen Tuesday to Saturday from 12pm to 3pm and 7pm to 11pm. Menu from E26 to E34. À la carte: Around E37.Toulouse Laurent Cazaux one is impassioned of Rugby but especially of wines. He even received Gold the Bottle, a trophy of Tradition of the Wine,... to accompany these Bottles in 2013 - almost all available to glass he sends to us a cooking of pals well of on our premises and bistrotière with wish with friendly welcome, effective – one does not expect three hours the water and the bread like very often in the restau-rants – and of course of very good advice for the wine. The à la carte is as well bistro but all is made or besides almost at the minute, one sees the conductor of affairer. It is simple but some small attentions show that here care of the guest is taken. The lawyer with crab, very hearty and furnished with crab of quality, is accompanied by two beautiful shrimps cooked with the plancha and by lumpfish roe. The crusty one of pig’s trotter is used on a bed of slightly seasoned broad beans for fresh onions. Beef are used with a sauce with pepper or the fourme as Ambert. The desserts are classical:

creme brulee, profiteroles, fresh pineapple. All the main courses, entrances and desserts are at the same price in their category what simplifies the accounts at the end of the meal amusingly when one is in group.

� CHÂTEAU POIVRE145, rue du Château (14e)& +33 (0) 1 43 22 03 [email protected]° PernetyOpen Monday to Saturday from 7pm to 11pm; Tuesday to Sunday from 12pm to 3pm. Set menu at E32. À la carte: Around E38. Lunch menu: E16. Take-away. Activities.In the family of the bistro at the 14th arrondissement, Château Poivre managed to stand out as a particularly welcoming table, offering traditional products of our land. The dishes are prepared, reinterpreted and change during seasons. With a contemporary style, they offer you the terrine of pork and chicken liver with herbs, a carpaccio of swordfish marinated with caper flowers, a confit of rack of lamb «long» to lentils cooked with bacon or a beef cheek simmered with spices. Next to the food, the chef serves wine, recommended with intelli-gence according to the dish (Pacalet, Bornard, Lapierre, Plageoles...). We almost skipped desserts because the dishes are copious but we could not resist the amazing craquelin of roasted pineapple to milk caramel.

� LA FORCHETTA85, rue Daguerre (14e)& +33 (0) 1 43 22 06 [email protected]° GaîtéClosed in August. Open Tuesday to Saturday from 12pm to 2.30pm and from 7pm to 11.30pm. À la carte: Around E20. Children’s menu: E12. Lunch menu: E14. Wine by the glass. Chèque Restaurant.This is a good address especially if we are skilled in forchetta! The cuisine, illuminated by the sun, is authentic and rich. You will quickly go through some suggestions of pizzas, because it is mainly for the excellent pasta, whatever their side dish that people come here. Dishes can vary depending on the mood of Antonin Savaresse: you will not get tired of the truffle risotto nor the very fresh antipasti. The Parma and mozzarella skewers are simple but what a great idea... After coffee, you can savour a glass of limoncello, lemon liquor, served chilled. The reception is excellent but if you speak Italian, you will have a greater chance of having the waiter and the cook on your side! The place is recommended primarily for those who are homesick because here, you will feel like you were in an Italian trattoria. Unbeatable at the for its value for money!

� RESTAURANT ÎLE DE LA RÉUNION96, rue Daguerre (14e)& +33 (0) 1 42 18 48 70 / +33 (0) 6 19 32 84 23www.restoiledelareunion.frM° Gaîté, Pernety or Raspail


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Open Monday to Saturday from 12pm to 2:30pm and 7pm to 10:30pm; Sunday from 12pm to 2:30pm. Booking advised. Set menu at E20. À la carte: Around E35. Lunch menu: E13.50. Brunch Sunday at E20. Groups welcome. Terrace.In an exotic atmosphere of colonial house, we just get away with a dip in a menu where the Reunion dishes are prepared with all the required know-how. You will first start by the inevitable homemade punch (coco, mango, passion lychee, lemon or pineapple or by a glass of lemon rum «ti’punch» before launching into a creole dish made to the choice of cod or aubergine fritters, a gratin «pet shrimps», by samoussas or vegetable achars. Do not hesitate to share your dishes as they are copious. You can then tests the zourite stew (octopus) to well-balanced flavours. The rougails cod, sausage or the pork belly (cooking steamed with tomatoes, onions and turmeric) are to be tasted at least once. For dessert impossible to resist banana tart and sweet potato cake... Brunch every sunday around specialities of the Island.

� AU DERRICK CATALAN346, rue Lecourbe (15e)& +33 (0) 1 45 58 48 75www.auderrickcatalan.comM° LourmelOpen every day from 12pm to 2.30pm and from 7pm to 11.15pm. À la carte: Around E35.This Catalan restaurant, open since a very long time pays tribute to the Southern, Roussillon and Barcelona cuisines with a procession of sunny and tasty dishes. In the dining room, which can accommodates up to 70 guests, the atmosphere is perfect. The menu is extremely varied, everything is homemade and the team is Spanish and the outstanding chef is the owner of the restaurant. For a trip to the South, we start with a sangria before getting to a tasty and not rubbery roasted cuttlefish. It is with impatience and greed that we expect more between two glasses of fruity Catalan wine. The paellas, catalane and marinera are extra like over there in the same way as prawns, roasted monkfish, parillada, zarzuella or squids. The specialty of the house, rare enough to be remarkable, is the black rice with squid ink. You will have understood, only one trip in this address will not be enough to go around the pleasing suggestions. To conclude, in the South, a generous Catalan cream, a coffee accompanied with turron! The welcome is friendly and smiling, you are well advised and pampered. On Fridays and Saturdays, two guitarists will come for dinner. This place offers a total change of scenery.

� COMME CHEZ MAMAN5, rue des Moines (17e)& +33 (0) 1 42 28 89 53www.comme-chez-maman.comM° Brochant or La Fourche

Open every day from 12pm to 2:30pm and 7pm to 11pm. With the lunch. À la carte: Around E30. Daily specials: E20. Wine by the glass. Groups welcome. Take-away.You must dare to be called Comme Chez Maman because you will not fail to make the immediate comparison between the dishes of the chef, Wim Van Gorp, and those of our mothers. What is certain is that mom does not display the mayo eggs still warm. A good point for the chef. However, the mayo of mom is better because it is less vinegar. For the rest, difficult to compare as the chef ’s cuisine is creative with for example a cucumber gazpacho with passion, with basil and shrimps, a ceviche of royal sea-bream, lime, ginger and condiments, veal kidneys roasted with the miso and ginger or a crusty of duck with a tamarin sauce. The concept of the restaurant: to serve these dishes made of family casserole on the table and to share. For the desserts, usual procession of delicacies that always give pleasure like the crème brulée with vanilla, the shortbread tart with apricots, the chocolatecake or the waffle.

� CRÊPERIE ARMORIC SAVEURS95, rue de Saussure (17e)& +33 (0) 1 40 53 93 47www.creperie-armoric-saveurs.comMalesherbes M°Open Monday to Saturday from 12pm to 3pm and 7pm to 10. À la carte: Around E20. Chèque Restaurant. Groups welcome. Shop.Here is a creperie which is not completely like the others. Its characteristic? To use products resulting from the organic farming and to carry out gluten-free pancakes. The housewife could add that it makes her market the every day and that pancakes and pancakes are cooked with the simmered fresh ingredients and ingredients. That will not moreover see with a classical egg and ham good, but with the first blow of fork in the «regional» suggestions quality is remarkable: «Pen Hir» (paved cod and ratatouille), «Mortanaise» (black pudding, browned apples, camembert), but also «Garden» (thin slice of leeks, tomatos and zucchinis)... One will with pleasure discover pancakes with the sorbet, fresh and scented welcome at the fine days. One also adores «Ageno», made up of smoked bacon roasted, cooked onions, egg mirror or scrambled and prunes. The desserts are quite as gourmet: pancakes «Cotentine» with caramelized apples and blaze with the pommel, «Whim», with the vanilla ice cream accompa-nied by fresh fruits of season, and «the Irrational one» with the frangipane with the pieces of fishing and pear and in chantilly. The bilberries organic of Agen them – Baths in season, accompanied by a sorbet of the same fruit give delicious pancakes! The ice creams and the sorbets are organic. All is realized with the order, the ciders are artisanal and farmers. The frozen cuts bear names of fairies well deserved so much they are good: ice cream large-marnier with apricot or with pale of Die, dice of melon and chantilly. Great art!

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� ROCA31, rue Guillaume-Tell (17e)& +33 (0) 1 47 64 86 04www.rocaparis.comM° Porte de Champerret or PereireOpen all year. Monday to Friday for lunch from 12pm to 2.30pm and for dinner from 7.30pm to 10.30pm. Booking advised. Set menu at E19. À la carte: Around E35. Wine by the glass.Having lunch at Roca’s new restaurant located in a small street in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, necessary means meeting unusual celibrities since at the beginning of this project, we meet the Alexander Giesbert (in the kitchen) son of famous journalist and Julien Ross (indoors), cousin of Charles Mate (Richer, Office). Pork cheeks confit with mushroom broth, square roast veal flavored with fennel confit, snacked Scallops on mashed sweet potatoes flavored with vanilla, the young chef joins an uncluttered hamonious cuisine that is and without superfluous, realized from a limited number of products of the moment. An effective and delicious work nicely rabbled and quite in tune with the times. Contemporary.

� AU PAYS NATAL (ZAVICAJ)16, rue Simplon (18e)& +33 (0) 1 42 52 13 12www.zavicaj.fr – [email protected]° Simplon or Marcadet-PoissonniersClosed in August. Open every day from 12pm to 2: 45pm and 7pm to 10:45pm. Brunch dimanches from 11am to 2:45pm. À la carte: Around E30. Lunch menu: E15.This little serbian restaurant offers a rustic and warm atmosphere of the XIXth century with wood panelling and serbian crafts. The waitresses are in traditional dress. On typical musical background, near a fireplace, you can discover Balkans specialities with authentic flavours. Here, it is better not to be on a diet because red pepper is stuffed with feta cheese and breaded, choumadienne chicken is a stuffed chicken cutlet with cheese, wrapped in bacon and grilled without forgetting the laminated cherries! Suckling pig awaits you every 3rd Saturday of each month, remember to book... Everything is homemade, even the bread. A flat-screen TV that you can switch-on in the evening to watch matches are placed behind paintings... The perfect place to explore an unknown and gourmet cooking in an authentic and very pleasant restaurant.

� LE BARATIN3, rue Jouye-Rouve (20e)& +33 (0) 1 43 49 39 70M° Pyrénées or BellevilleClosed in August. Open Tuesday to Saturday from 7pm to 11.30pm; Tuesday to Friday from 12pm to 2.30pm. Booking is essential. À la carte: Around E45. Lunch menu: E19. Wine by the glass.Some people go to this bistro nestled on the heights of Belleville to drink a glass of natural wine recommended by the enigmatic Philippe Pinoteau. Others wait patiently

for a free table while others come to join friends on a table. Here, the sound volume reaches the peaks for a good reason, that of saying in a loud voice all the good things you think about the brain veal poached in lemon butter, the Saint-Jean-de-Luz bonito marinated with green tomato water and basil, a grilled lamb, new potatoes and sautéed vegetables, or the Bresse duckling in two cooking with ginger and grapefruit. It must be said that each dish offered by Raquel Carrena is seen stripped of all unpretentious, any unnecessary, for an essential, namely the extreme simplicity of the ingre-dients and taste, in a completely innovative economy of the gesture. In 25 years in charge of the kitchen, the chef from Argentine probably invented something as the shape of refined bistronomic that has spread everywhere in our capital since.

� LE CHANTEFABLE93, avenue Gambetta (20e)& +33 (0) 1 46 36 81 76www.chantefable.frM° GambettaClosed from August 11th to August 22nd. Open every day from 11.45am to midnight. Continuous service. À la carte: Around E35. Wine by the glass. Groups welcome. Terrace.Le Chantefable, a nice bistro with a particularly relaxed atmosphere, know how to pamper its customers. It starts right from the setting, authentically Art deco, rich with reproductions of Toulouse-Lautrec paintings, its antique bar and its old advertizing posters. But mostly, there is the cuisine, French and classic, sometimes mixed with some European influences. Duck confit, board of the butcher, andouillette 5A, beef steak on grilled, filet of beef, for which you should add a nice choice of salads (with warm goat cheese, perigourdine, Auvergne or vegetarian) and desserts (apple tart, half-cooked chocolate or crème brûlée) – none classic dishes lacks in this establishment, for our delight. In Short, the menu and the slate are there to satisfy all needs and as soon as the sun comes out, don’t hesitate to enjoy the terrace to prolong the pleasure of being in this place.

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5, rue de Marivaux (2e)& +33 (0) 1 42 97 59 83www.lamaisonfavart.comM° Richelieu-Drouot or SeptembreuAbcwajOpen all the year. Reception 24/24. 37 rooms. Double room from E330 to E750; suite from E750 to 1 E300. Breakfast included. Parking: E33. Babysitting. Free Internet access. Free Wifi. Satellite TV, Canal+. Whirlpool, sauna.This hotel has a wonderful story. In 1745, the director of the Opera Comique, Charles Simon Favart is captivated by a young actress Justine Duronceray, known as miss Chantilly. He married the same year and they lived in

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this house. The hotel was completely renovated, but we however dive into their world through objects and antique furniture. Fabrics such as silk or velvet or Toiles de Jouy wallpapers recreating a new eighteenth century atmosphere. The rooms each have a very evocativesug-gestive meaning: Chantilly is the result of the iconic house – decorations are inspired by the film Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola-, Sweet Kiss, Swedish Boudoir, etc.. what is more interesting is the small swimming pool with waterfalls and its wall mirrors, sauna in the vaulted cellar and the table of automatic free massage are the extras.

� HOTEL JULES & JIM11, rue des Gravilliers (3e)www.hoteljulesetjim.comM° Arts-et-MétiersAbcaOpen all year round. Welcome 24/24. 23 rooms. Double rooms from E 260 to E 289; suite from E 350 to E 400. Buffet breakfast: E 19. Free for children under 2 years in a baby cot and a child under 12 years for a bed available. Animal accepteds (on request with supplement). Free wi-fi. Satellite TV.Remember: the whirlwind of life, the whirlwind of love, Truffaut, Jeanne Moreau, Jules & Jim. This is all what Antoine Brault and Geoffroy Sciard wanted to integrate in their hotel all in height. The bar is open to everyone, cozy atmosphere in winter with crackling fireplace and serene summer in the beautiful courtyard with a green wall. The rooms are housed in three buildings. The «Hi-Macs» have a composite backlit hull which isolates noise and light in the middle of which stands a very spacious bed. The hotel offers breakfast and late check in or out. Acoustic live parties or DJ’s are organized regularly.

� HÔTEL CARON DE BEAUMARCHAIS ...3 Stars12, rue Vieille-du-Temple (4e)& +33 (0) 1 42 72 34 [email protected]° Hôtel de Ville or Saint-Paulc Open all year round. Welcome 24/24. 19 rooms. Double rooms from E 145 to E 160. Breakfast: E 13. Extra bed: E 20. Childcare. Free wi-fi. Satellite TV.This hotel that blends history and hospitality is set at the center of the Marais. The place is a faithful recons-titution of an 18th-century building, modelled on the house in which the insolent and famous Mariage de Figaro’s author, Beaumarchais would have been able to live (he grew up in this street). The decoration was designed by the owner, Alain Bigeard who researched documents on the era: walls of embroidery according to the originals, Burgundy stone floors, plaster medallion, antique furniture, chandeliers and crystal chandeliers. The entrance hall looks like a musical cabinet with a 1792 piano forte, a harp, a card table and a Louis XVI fireplace. The rooms are refined, very pleasant

and very comfortable. The bathrooms are made with earthenware and inspired by Rouen and Nevers models. The lounge with wood fire during winter is very warm. The welcome is attentive and the hotel is ideal for those who wish to travel back in time and revive the spirit of Enlightenment.

� FAMILIA HOTEL ...............................2 Stars11, rue des Écoles (5e)& +33 (0) 1 43 54 55 27www.familiahotel.comM° Jussieu, Cardinal Lemoine or Maubert – MutualitécOpen all year. Reception 24/24. 30 rooms. Breakfast: E7. Parking: E25. Single room E101, double 1 or 2 people E124, twin E126, double deluxe or balcony E133, large double room E143, triple room E179, four-people room E204, cot E12. Free Wifi. Satellite TV.Built in 1865 in Haussmann style, Le Familia Hotel is an outstanding establishment. In one part, the hall serves as a breakfast room with its tapestry which adorns the wall and we sit on small pedestal style chairs so as to enjoy croissants and coffee. The rooms, with wood panelling, exposed beams and soothing tones are comfortable. The most pleasant ones are those with a balcony – on the 2nd, 5th and 6th floors -. They are equipped with tables and chairs overlooking Notre-Dame and its towers and rooftops of Paris, ideal for a romantic breakfast. The places are decorated with frescoes made by an artist from the Beaux-Arts School, representing Parisian monuments. Overlooking the courtyard, the rooms have a view of the mural fresco wall depicting the great Impressionists: Sisley, Van Gogh and many more...

� DESIGN SORBONNE HOTEL ...............3 Stars6, rue Victor-Cousin (5e)& +33 (0) 1 43 54 58 08M° Odéon or RER B LuxembourgAbcOpen all year round. Welcome 24/24. 38 rooms. Single room from E 207; double rooms from E 212 to E 229. Buffet breakfast: E 14. Free for one child under 2 years for an extra bed. Free wi-fi.The new Hotel Design de la Sorbonne, located near Saint-Germain-des-Prés. It is quite surprising with its decoration based on «Photography in all its forms» with different unusual themes. The staircase is covered with a printed fabric we can say «overlooking the rooftops of Paris to the Pantheon.» In the breakfast room, up to the «touristic photography.» On the first and second floors are «Before photography and documentary photography and reportage» on the third and fourth floors «Fine art photography», and finally the fifth floor, «The family photograph.» Rooms, with bright and warm colours are equipped with an iMac, permitting you to browse on the Internet, check your electronic mails, listen to music or watch movies on request.

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� HÔTEL SAINT-JACQUES .....................3 Stars35, rue des Écoles (5e)& +33 (0) 1 44 07 45 [email protected]° Maubert – Reciprocity or Saint-MicheluAcOpen all year round. Welcome 24/24. 36 rooms. Single room from E 139; double rooms from E 160 to E 276; triple room from E 255. Buffet breakfast: E 14. Free for one child under 2 years in a baby cot. Childcare. Internet corner. Free wi-fi. Satellite TV.This charming and recently renovated hotel will delight fans of the Belle Époque atmosphere and yesteryear aesthetics. The rooms with a romantic and cosy decor (flowery fabrics, paintings, trompe-l’oeil frescoes, ceiling mouldings, etc.) have a small eighteenth century side and some overlook Pantheon. Those on the ground floor have ancient ceilings, higher than the others. At the end of the day, you can rest in the Toulouse-Lautrec lounge, extended by a zinc bar and a charming breakfast room decorated in a cabaret style, where you can taste an absinthe drink. For cinema fans: Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn shot Riddle scenes here. The reception is particularly pleasant.

� SUNNY HOTEL .................................2 Stars48, boulevard de Port-Royal (5e)& +33 (0) 1 43 31 79 [email protected]° Les Gobelins or RER Port-RoyalAOpen all year. Reception 24/24. 37 rooms. Single room from E90 to E110; double room from E110 to E116; triple room E152. Breakfast: E7.20. Free for a child of less than 3 years for the use of a cot. Free Internet access. Free Wifi. Satellite TV, Canal+.This family hotel is very well located on the borders of the 5th and the 13th districts, close to the Latin Quarter and the Luxembourg Gardens. Located in a beautiful early twentieth century building, its decoration is outstanding and very warm. You would immediately love its sober decoration and warm tone colours. The rooms are simple, soundproofed with different tones and well equipped. The breakfast room is modern and elegant. It is recommended for those who love cosy and calm places.

� THE BEST WESTERN HOTEL TRIANON RIVE GAUCHE .............4 Stars1 bis and 3, rue de Vaugirard (6e)& +33 (0) 1 43 29 88 [email protected]° Cluny, Odeon or RER LuxembourgAbcaOpen all year. Reception 24/24. 110 rooms. Single room from E120 to E205; double room from E150 to

E255; triple room from E190 to E295. Breakfast: E16. Free Wifi. Business center with free internet access. Satellite TV.Within walking distance from the Luxembourg Garden, ideal for a morning jog, this hotel included in the Best Western chain displays an Empire style decoration. A cosy and flamboyant atmosphere gives us the impres-sion to live back in another century when the luxury and the beautiful combine to yield a stunning pleasure. The rooms are fully equipped and offer comfort and serenity. Some have a balcony; others have a view of the rooftops of Paris including some monuments (Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, Montmartre, Centre George Pompidou, Sorbonne, the Pantheon, etc.). The bathrooms are refined and elegant. A hotel suitable for both business men and tourists who love distinguished places.

� HOTEL DES 2 CONTINENTS25, rue Jacob (6e)& +33 (0) 1 43 26 72 [email protected]° Saint-Germain-des-Présubc 39 rooms. Single room fromE125 to E205; double room from E135 to E225; triple room from E177 to E270; suite from E190 to E340. Parisian breakfast at E12 (in room: E13). Free Wifi. Internet Corner. Satellite TV.This charming hotel in the shadow of the Saint-Germain-des-Prés church is an oxygenating break during your stay in Paris. This is the refinement in all its splendour, luxury and pleasure put together to give a cosy and friendly atmosphere. The idea of the designer was to blend Europe to North America. Breakfast is also served in front of a beautiful fresco depicting the moment when the Treaty of Independence of the United States and England was signed in the Jacob street. Each room has its own atmosphere, romantic, functional, flowered. In addition, the bathrooms are modern and all in marble. The rooms on the 2nd and 3rd floors are less expensive because they are not accessible through an elevator.

� VILLA DES PRINCES SAINT-GERMAIN ..................................2 Stars19, rue Monsieur-le-Prince (6e)& +33 (0) 1 46 33 31 [email protected]° OdéoncOpen all year round. 11 rooms. Single room from E 130; double room from E 141. Buffet breakfast: E 11. Extra bed: E 20. Free for one child under 2 years in a baby cot. Animal accepteds (on request with supplement). Free wi-fi. Satellite TV.A beautiful name for this charming hotel found in a stone building built in the seventeenth century and acquired by the Prince of Condé in 1612. This elegant and welcoming hotel has incorporated a cosy decor with

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modern design touches of today. The rooms, warm and personalized are clear and are combined with a touch of classicism. The colours chosen are trendy: taupe, grey, white, black. Some have a small seating area and they are all serviced by a lift. Breakfast is served in an authentic vaulted cellar of the seventeenth century.

� WELCOME HOTEL .............................2 Stars66, rue de Seine (6e)& +33 (0) 1 46 34 24 [email protected]° Odéon or Saint-Germain-des-PréscOpen all year. Reception 24/24. 29 rooms. Single room from E99 to E130; double room from E109 to E168; triple room from E115 to E184. Continental breakfast E12. Free Wifi. Individual air conditioning. Safe. Satellite TV.Welcome Hotel is a charming hotel in this popular touristic area with a friendly atmosphere and offers affordable prices. It occupies the top five floors of a building at the corner of Seine Street and the Saint-Germain Boulevard. Its decoration is simple with a warm rustic side. The bathrooms have been refurbished in a contemporary style and are very bright. The rooms overlooking the lively Seine Street have double glazing. Note that a small attic room – No. 62 - offers a beautiful angle view of the Saint-Germain Boulevard.

� HOTEL DE LA TULIPE ........................3 Stars33, rue Malar (7e)& +33 (0) 1 45 51 67 [email protected]° La Tour-Maubourg or InvalidesAbpOpen all year round. Welcome 24/24. 20 rooms. Single room from E 186; double rooms from E 204 to E 218. Breakfast: E 11. Free for one child under 2 years in a baby cot. Animal accepteds (extra 10 E per night). Free wi-fi.This is a magical enclave in the heart of the 7th district... Get through the doors of this charming hotel and escape the bustle emanating from the street so as to find peace and tranquillity in an indoor garden, with great vegetation that reminds one of Italian terraces. The short vegetation on the walls and windows enters into the bedroom and bathroom. One will almost think a garden is found inside, with a particularly warm interior, accented with beautiful wooden beams. The rooms are very comfortable and they all have a country style. You will have difficulties leaving this former seventeenth century convent, now a very friendly hotel.

� HÔTEL DE VARENNE .........................4 Stars44, rue de Bourgogne (7e)& +33 (0) 1 45 51 45 [email protected]° VarenneuAbpa

Open all year round. Welcome 24/24. 24 rooms. Double rooms from E 169 to E 249; suite from E 349. Buffet breakfast: E 15. Parking: € 35 (by day without reservation). Childcare. Free wi-fi. Satellite TV.Jean-Marc Pommier is the owner and manager of the Hôtel de Varenne. His main concerns are to welcome his guests and the general maintenance of his establishment which he renovated in a classic and traditional style. The rooms are calm and you will enjoy the garden which you discover as you get close to it. It is very green and you can stay for a drink or breakfast. Wood panelling from the 18th century style lounge brings a soft warmth and sets the tone of this hotel which offers a Parisian and French atmosphere.

� LES PLUMES ....................................4 Stars10, rue Lamartine (9e)& +33 (0) 1 55 07 88 [email protected]° CadetuAcaOpen all year round. Welcome 24/24. 35 rooms. Double rooms from E 266 to E 304; suite from E 342 to E 384. Breakfast: E 15. Parking: E 34 (per day). Free for one child under 2 years (in baby cot). Animal accepteds (on request at no extra cost). Free wi-fi. Satellite TV.Les Plumes is a unique institution that combines, humourously, historical allusions and technology. It is a beautiful guest house in modern times in which the past and the future perfectly blend together... It is also a journey of the 21st century in to the romantic Paris of the 19th century. The lobby has two small alcoves that accommodate the portraits of George Sand and Alfred de Musset. The elevator is dressed with trompe l’oeil lattice. The rooms are divided into five versions with evocative names. Cabane for rooms with «whipping stories» as an invitation for a romantic moment with soft colours and charming items like the bed suspended like a swing on a tree... The George and Alfred rooms vary between female lace and male costumes, pink and grey, boots and top and a bed wearing high heels. The Hugo and Juliette rooms in a palette of blue and grey have the setting of a cosy, intimate and charming living room that invites for a conversation. A frieze shows one of the famous acrostic of the correspondence of George and Alfred. Paul and Arthur, an ultra-chic dress code for this men’s room atmosphere in which Prince of Wales check, Scottish, striped or houndstooth fabrics invade curtains, cupboards and wallpapers, all under a stormy sky. The Grenier et Secrets bedrooms are on the last floor, lined with strips of different wallpapers, inspired by recycling craft with antiquated lighting and printed ticking in which you will find love notes, love letters and poems. On the ground floor, the Cabane room is surprising by its light, wallpaper imitating bleached wood, large bed in the middle of the room and its small garden terrace. This address is suitable for lovers, business trips or tourism.

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� HOTEL MARCEL................................4 Stars11, rue du 8-Mai-1945 (10e)& +33 (0) 1 73 03 22 22http: //[email protected]° Château LandonlmuAbcOpen all the year. Reception 24/24. 28 rooms (standard room from E94. Superior room from E112). Double room from E212 to E260. Breakfast: E15. Extra bed: E50. Free for a child of less than 3 years (in baby’s cot). For a from 4 to 12 years old child, the use of a bed available is invoiced E50 per night. Babysitting. Animal accepteds (on request with supplement). Free Wifi. Cleaning service. Concierge. Newspaper at disposal. Business corner. TV LCD with international channels, DVD player and game console on request.Want a simple getaway in the middle of Paris, or need an address during your business trips? The Marcel hotel, located at the East train station close to the main attrac-tions sites that are the hallmark of the capital, will meet all your expectations. Opened in January 2013, the rooms have a typical Parisian and avant-gardist decor that we owe to the designer, Claudia Del Bubba. Large and bright, all the rooms inspire relaxation and quietness with their harmonious colours where white, accompanied by indigo touches, predominates. Real tribute to Marcel Proust from which the hotel takes its name, he is never far: in the library or in Madeleine host products that makes our memories to resurface. So do not wait: escape to this haven where we take good care of you.

� THE ELEMENT HÔTEL .......................3 Stars3, rue d’Aix (10e)& +33 (0) 1 42 08 09 04www.theelementhotel.frM° GoncourtuWelcome 24/24. 36 rooms. Single room from E 158 to E 170; double rooms from E 164 to E 238; triple room from E 208 to E 258. Breakfast included. Parking: € 2.50 (per hour without reservation). Childcare. Free wi-fi. Satellite TV.Fully renovated in 2014 the young people couples for his atmosphere and its decor designer like much this hotel. All the rooms of very correct size are equipped bathrooms or with walk-in shower. They are very clean and quite soundproofed.

� LES SANS CULOTTES27, rue de Lappe (11e)& +33 (0) 1 48 05 42 92M° BastilleOpen all year round. Single room from E 53.50; double room from E 61. Breakfast included. Not accepted cheques. Free wi-fi. Restoration. Canal +.A hotel for a little broke young people and who like to have fun because Lappe is a little street of thirst… The advantage is that you do not need to take the metro

or a taxi, you are on site. It is a bit noisy but alcohol is a good sleeping pill… The rooms are very simple but very clean TOILETS and showers. The brasserie is also unpretentious but the food is not bad for cheap.

� GRAND HÔTEL DORÉ ........................3 Stars201, avenue Daumesnil (12e)& +33 (0) 1 43 43 66 [email protected]° DaumesnilcOpen all year round. Welcome 24/24. 40 rooms. Single room from E 117 to E 135; double rooms from E 144 to E 165; suite from E 304 to E 320. Buffet breakfast: E 12. Free wi-fi. Satellite TV.Grand Hôtel Doré is ideally located at two steps from Viaduc des Arts, the historic Marais district, Bastille, the Bercy business district and Gare De Lyon. It has been an interesting stopover for families and business travellers for more than 100 years now. The hotel was fully renovated in a modern style that suits all tastes. The rooms are very comfortable and are all individually decorated using a theme declined by paintings on the wall above the bed. The atmosphere of the hotel is cozy and the hotel lounge is well suited for rest and relaxation.

� HOTEL DE BLOIS ..............................2 Stars5, rue des Plantes (14e)& +33 (0) 1 45 40 99 [email protected]° AlésiaOpen all year round. Welcome 24/24. 25 rooms. Single room from E 86; double room E 95; triple room from E 141. Buffet breakfast: E 8.80. Free for children under 2 years in a baby cot and a child under 3 years for a bed available. Animal accepteds (with a supplement). Free wi-fi. Satellite TV.Blois hotel belongs to Paul Bénichou who is also the owner of Claude Bernard Saint-Germain hotel. He bought and renovated the establishment in the same style as his three-star hotel located at Quartier Latin. He mixes modern and old touches; this contrast brings a simple and original «cosy» touch to the place. The rooms are all individually decorated and functional with a desk. The hotel is ideally located close to the Montparnasse train station, Denfert-Rochereau where one comes in contact with the RER that serves the French Stadium or the Charles-de-Gaulle airport, Orly- Bus and close to the at Porte De Versailles exhibition centre.

� HOTEL CARLADEZ CAMBRONNE ........3 Stars3, place du Général-Beuret (15e)& +33 (0) 1 47 34 07 12www.hotelcarladez.com [email protected]° VaugirardAcp

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Opened all the year. Reception 24/24. 28 rooms. Double room from E80 to E165; suite from E175. Breakfast: E10. Extra bed: E22. Parking nearby with special rates. Free for child of less than 2 years for the use of a baby’s cot and a child of less than 12 years for the use of an extra bed. The best prices are on the official site of the hotel. Animal accepteds. Free Wifi. Satellite TV, Canal+.This charming hotel is located on a place planted with trees. It is in the middle of the 15th arrondis-sement in a lively, shopping and very safe district. The exhibition centre of the Porte de Versailles, the Eiffel Tower and the Montparnasse district, are just minutes away by subway. All the rooms are regularly renovated and all the bathrooms have been refur-bished. Colours, furniture and fabrics offer you a cosy and intimate atmosphere. The rooms located on an inner courtyard are very quiet even if the others are soundproofed. A suite of 26m2 is ideal for a family. It consists of 2 separate communicating rooms and a large bathroom. A large bed of 160x200 and two single beds are available for a peaceful and restorative night. Promotions and the best prices are on the official site of the hotel and a parking with negotiated rate is nearby.

� HOTEL HAMEAU DE PASSY ...............2 Stars48, rue de Passy (16e)& +33 (0) 1 42 88 47 [email protected]° La Muette or PassyAbp

Open all year round. Welcome 24/24. 32 rooms (prices vary depending on the crowd). Single room from E 113 to E 166; double rooms from E 120 to E 179; triple room from E 180 to E 208. Breakfast included. Parking: € 35 (by day without reservation). Free wi-fi. Satellite TV.You have to push the gates of a cul-de-sac overlooking an extraordinary garden to discover this charming hotel hidden in the heart of the village of Passy. It is a place of calm surprising with bird song as a unique diversion: the countryside in Paris. All the rooms have armchairs with colourful plexiglasses and, some of the windows open onto the trees, with well-equipped bathrooms. Those in the attic are the prettiest, but you have to climb three floors to deserve them. On sunny days, you can have breakfast on the terrace. And for lovers of a golf course is less than three kilometres!

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� LA CAMARGUE1, avenue Jules-Ferry& +33 (0) 1 42 53 59 47www.brasserielacamargue.frM° Malakoff Plateau de VanvesOpen all the year. Sunday to Friday midday from 12pm to 3pm The bar is opened from 7am to 8am. Daily special: E11.80. Fixed rate formulas starter and main course or main course and dessert: E14.50. Fixed rate formula starter + main course + dessert: E17.50. Café or gourmet tea: E6.80. Chèque Restaurant. Terrace.That he had good, this day when we went to the Camargue. Located in an incredibly quiet corner, in a building covered with ivy, near the metro, it is first of all the large terrace- that can be shaded- which attracted the eyes. A pleasant culinary discovery was followed from here, with dishes made on site (you can see the chefs at work) and a friendly service. The day

of our visit, the clientele mainly- patrons- could enjoy delicious kebabs of prawns and fried zucchini- all are impeccable. Special mention also homemade foie gras. Also note that the planches- mixed or meats- can be consumed throughout the day in this place closed in the evening. A favourite in this part of Hauts-de-Seine.

� LE NEW MAIL31, rue Eugène-Varlin& +33 (0) 1 40 84 83 42M° Malakoff Plateau de VanvesOpen all year round. Monday to Saturday noon. Menu: Around € 15. Daily special: E 9.50. Terrace.A small place without claim, with current, vast decora-tion and in a quiet corner of Malakoff! In New E-mail, not need to hold, it will always have there room in this place where the cuisine is as simple as the prices are soft. Grilled meats, traditional and hearty dishes, the useless quickly been useful and unfussy unit, it is par excellence the good address for a fast lunch.

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� AU TIMBRE POSTE1, rue Rouget-de-L’Isle& +33 (0) 1 46 56 79 69www.timbre-poste-malakoff.frM° Porte de Vanves or Malakoff – Plateau De VanvesOpen every day from 9 am to 2 am. Lunch menu: E19 (starter, main course and dessert). Evening menu at E21. Terrace. Bar. Concerts.This is certainly one of the most unusual restaurants in the Paris region: indeed, bargain hunters may feel as in a flea market! Inside, very old rooms, old enamel signs or advertisements, adorn the walls; outside, a considerable number of old advertising signs will undoubtedly remind you that the property is unique. The dishes will take you straight to the Southwest, especially towards the Basque Country: fish soup to lobster, homemade bisques confit cassoulet, Bayonne ham dish, royal garbure confit, cassoulet to homemade confit, duck breast with pepper or cassis... The menu also has a good choice of meats including Black Angus beef, a sausage from Troyes, fish and even the frogs’ legs with mushrooms. The atmosphere is as colourful as the interior of the restaurant, where you will be welcomed with open arms, provided that places are free. The place is indeed very busy and it is advisable to book.

Saint-CloudThe name of Saint-Cloud derives from the name Clodoaldus, a monk canonised in the 7th century. The castle of this city that is located on a hill played an important role in the history of France, especially when Napoléon Bonaparte made his coup there, the 18 brumaire year VIII (November 9th, 1799). The castle was burned down during the siege of Paris via the Prussians in 1870. It will be later destroyed, but its famous park stayed. Today, Saint-Cloud has nearly 30,000 inhabitants.

� MUSÉE HISTORIQUE DU DOMAINE NATIONAL DE SAINT-CLOUDAccès par la grille d’honneur côté pont de Saint-Cloud & +33 (0) 1 41 12 02 90www.saint-cloud.monuments-nationaux.frM° Pont de Sèvres or Boulogne – Bridge Saint-Cloud,Open at weekends from 10am to 1pm and from 2pm to 6pm. Park open every day. Free.In 1577, Catherine de Médicis offers its rider a small estate on a slope overlooking the Seine. In 1658, Louis XIV bought the property for his brother, the future duke of Orleans. In the second half of the 17th century, the residence was transformed into a castle by Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Le Nôtre drew a 460 hectare park with a waterfall, which you can still see today. This property will become the summer residence of the

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French sovereigns until the fall of Napoleon III. Burned during the war of 1870, the castle was razed in 1892. Through paintings, sculptures, porcelain, photographs and various documents, the museum tells the history and the domain. Fans of history (but not only) and adults and children will be fascinated by the beauty of these historical testimonies.

SceauxSceaux is a town located on a top and the two slopes of a hill of 102 m high with nearly 20,000 inhabitants, a stable population since the 1960s. Its existence is attested since 1203, when it was established as an independent parish. This city is famous for its huge park designed by André Le Nôtre, vestige of a personal domain of Colbert, whose imposing castle was destroyed under the Consulate. Two-thirds of the 181 hectares of the park are on the territory of the Commune, the remaining are on that of Antony. It can hosts huge concerts: Supertramp, Madonna and Johnny Hallyday, for example, performed there. Another castle was built by the Duke of Treviso under the Second Empire. It houses the museum of Ile-de-France, and many architectural beauties, just a short distance from Paris.

� TOURIST OFFICEPavillon du jardin de la Ménagerie70, rue Houdan & +33 (0) 1 46 61 19 03http: //tourisme.sceaux.frRER B SealsLow season: open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 12.30pm and from 3pm to 5.30pm. High season: Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 12.30pm and from 3pm to 6.30pm.Not only do they provide information about the city and its attractions, but you will also find books on heritage, postcards, as well as information on community life. The activities organised in the city, the county and the region, and even purchase tickets for various events. Note that the office for tourism offers guided tours of downtown Seals with an MP4 player, which permits you to discover the places and characters that have made history.

� DOMAINE DÉPARTEMENTAL DE SCEAUXMusée du domaine départemental de SceauxChâteau de Sceaux & +33 (0) 1 41 87 29 [email protected] B Bourg-la-Reine, Parc de Sceaux or La Croix de BernyonlmPark open every day. January: 8am - 5pm. February: 8am - 6pm. March: 7: 30am - 7pm then 7am - 8:30pm starting from the national change of hour. April: 7am - 8:30pm then 7am - 9pm. May: 7am - 9:30pm. June: 7:00 -10pm. July: 7am - 10pm. August: 7am - 9pm. September: 7: 30am - 8h30pm (8pm starting from September 10th). October: 8am - 7pm then 8am - 5pm starting from the national change of hour. November: 8am - 5pm. December: 8am - 5pm. Free admission for the park. Museum: E3 adult. Guided tour (paying). Shop. Pavillon de l’Aurore opened for group tours, only on booking (+33 (0) 1 41 87 29 71). Jardin remarquable label.The Domaine de Sceaux straddles the towns of Sceaux and Antony. There, Colbert built a castle in 1670. Le Nôtre takes care of the park: two perspectives, large waterfall that extends into the basin below the Octagon ... This organisation is in the purest classical French style of the seventeenth century. On the death of Louix XIV’s finance inspector, his son expanded the field which reached 220 hectares. Le Nôtre comes in again and the architect Jules Hardouin -Mansart builds the Orangerie. The Park buildings can be visited freely. The castle rebuilt in the nineteenth century, welcomes the collections of the Ile-de-France Museum. The Orangerie contains statues from the park and is transformed into a concert hall for a summer festival dedicated to the renowned chamber music. In the park, there still exists kiosks where you can drink and have snacks, a restaurant, a playground for children, a fitness trail ... Note that some bodies of water are available to anglers and fans of naval models (inquire) . As far as the park is concerned, its large space gives room for the organisation of huge concerts. Starting from June, it is good to watch an opera in the open air. In 2014 La Flûte enchantée de Mozart is expected, styled by Patrick Poivre d’Arvor and Manon Savary...

Seine-Saint-DenisSaint-DenisBorn in the Gallo-Roman period, the city of Saint-Denis is named after the first bishop of Paris. It owes its fame to its Gothic Basilica and royal necropolis, which is a major attraction for any visitor of the Paris region. Industrial city from the 18th century, Saint-Denis experiences a new growth for the past twenty years, especially in La Plaine

district where the Stade de France was built in 1998, for the football World Cup, and where tertiary companies are installed, as well as television studios, even the city of cinema, designed by Luc Besson, and opened in late 2012... The town has today 108,000 inhabitants and has the largest population growth of the region, reaching nearly 2,000 inhabitants per year on average since the 1990s.

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� BASILIQUE CATHÉDRALE DE SAINT-DENIS1, rue de la Légion-d’Honneur& +33 (0) 1 48 09 83 54www.saint-denis.monuments-nationaux.frM° or T1 Basilica of Saint-DenisOpen all year. Closed the January 1st, May 1st, December 25 and during certain religious offices. Low season: Monday to Saturday from 10am to 5.15pm; Sunday from 12pm to 5.15pm. High season: Monday to Saturday from 10am to 6.15pm; Sunday from 12pm to 6.15pm. Access 30 minutes before closing. Attention, throughout the year, of the exceptional schedule can occur depending on the calendar. Free for under 18-year-olds. Adult: E7.50 (reduced rate: E4.50). Group (20 people): E6. Free for the 18-25 years, disabled people, unemployed people. Guided tour (at 10.30am and 3pm on weekdays, and 12.15pm and 3pm Sunday). Audioguide: + E4.50 (+ E2 for under 18-year-olds).The construction of the basilica was organised for centuries around the tomb of saint Denis, martyred around 250. Various architectural succeeded 5th of the 13th century. In addition to a Carolingian crypt, remains of the building consecrated by Charlemagne in 775, the basilica preserve the testimony of two buildings for determines the evolution of religious architecture: the chevet of Suger, hymn to the light, expresses new Gothic art and rebuilt the part, during Saint Louis, whose transept, an exceptional wide, was designed to accommodate the royal tombs. The impression height is very strong in the basilica. The project superintendents used especially pillars formed by several engaged columns, each corresponding to the ribs of the various arches of the vaults. Forty-two kings, queens, thirty-two sixty-three princes and princesses, ten large of the kingdom founded here. More than seventy recumbent and monumental tombs are still visible. The basilica is also a popular meeting place for music lovers who come to stay here each June with classical music concerts.

� LA CITÉ DU CINÉMA20, rue Ampère& +33 (0) 1 49 15 98 98www.studiosdeparis.frM° Pleyel Crossroadso To obtain the dates of the visits, to go on the site of the Tourist Office of Seine-Saint-Denis (www.tourisme93.com). Adult: E15.This is the story of an extraordinary conversion of industry due to the will of one (and) illustrates man: Luc Besson. It is fine 2012 qu ‘ opened the City of

cinema of Saint-Denis. Built around huge and lobby, topped with a glass roof sublime, used to once with electricity supply the Parisian metro system, the place is simply breathtaking in size. We understand that the objective of the film director, power to make a film A To Z in a unique place, is now possible, after twelve years of projects and work. Over 60,000 m2, with you the discovery of joineries, shops and light camera, plates and various workshops. The kids, and adults, will take the full views of it! Note that the place is also a school for 7e art and that many movies were already made there. For visits, the dates are not fixed but (almost) regular. They are especially popular and the long enough in advance. Note that the place is a great place for exhibitions of scale. For example, it is here that will be held, from April 4th to September 6th, 2015, the exhibition Harry Potter, already view by more than three million spectators. Enjoy a dignified suffering, are far-sighted, and maybe who knows, your visit on site will give you the opportunity to cross a star... cinema!

� STADE DE FRANCE& +33 (0) 1 55 93 00 45www.stadefrance.comM° Saint-Denis – Porte De Paris, the RER La Plaine Stade de France or Stade De France – Saint-DenisonmEvents: schedule and variable rates. Guided tour of the stadium. Schedule: ask for information. Adult: E6. Child: E4. Label Tourism & Disability.Stade De France is visited except event. In addition to the discovery of the building and its facilities, the site offers since a gazebo, panoramic city views, the basilica of Saint-Denis and, further on, the Sacred Heart, the Eiffel Tower... It is here that on July 12th, 1998 France beat Brazil 3 to 0 during the final of the Football World Cup, resounding event if it is. Le Stade de France is equipped with 80,000 seats, assisi and covered. He asked for three years of work. It is in preparation for this famous World Cup that it was built according to the plans of the architects Michel Macary, Aymeric Zublena, Michel Régembal and Claude Costantini. It is the largest flexible stadium in the world. It is built around three galleries, one, the low, you can head back to leave room for the athletics track and the saltires. The roof is remarkable, succeeding in housing the public without darkening land. The high – level sporting events of course are part of the events organised in this enclosure. Great shows also the space that is necessary for them, as well as the pop star the French or international.

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� DISNEYLAND RESORT PARISMARNE-LA-VALLÉE & 08 25 30 60 30 015www.disneylandparis.fronlm Open every day from 10am. The park Walt Disney Studios is open until 10pm and the Disneyland park until 7pm. Attention the schedule can change depending on the periods. Pass 1 park: E65 (adult) E59 (child). Label Tourism & Disability. Children welcome. Pets allowed: reception reserved with meals included.Welcome to dream! The American mouse of reference in the France for 20 years has brought in your suitcase its magical world that he has put in most beautiful life paths. The details are neat that we look at the walls of Wall Street (the main arch which leads to the castle of Sleeping Beauty, nerve centre of the park), facing the costumes of all employees (the girl installing in a roundabout at the server of the restaurant) or in the heart of attractions. To capsize and believe yourself far, very far from Paris... it is the small miracle which takes place. Attractions are varied, most really being for small (from 3 years). The palm attractions? Hard to say. Children are always fascinated by the Crush’ coaster, an attraction built around the fascinating world of Nemo. The bold children will happily let yourself be tempted by the Tower of Terror, with impressive effects. A simu-lation of fall of a 13 storey building will give their content with strong sensations. In fabulous Toy Story Playland, children can relive the history of Darling I narrowed the kids and will be offered brought back to a dimension of toy into a world of giants. For the intrepid ones, train mine is undoubtedly the most appropriate choice, be careful not to put too impres-sionable children at it because the bends are taken care of and it is not possible to slow down this train of the devil! Do not miss new attraction, Ratatouille, where you will be transported to the incredible cuisine from the large Parisian restaurant Chez Gusteau for epic adventure! The only downside of Disneyland is the price once more. By adding the transport costs and food, the bill becomes savoury! Then an advice if you go for the day, plan snack and bottles of water for children. As for a package of chips and a bottle purchased on site you will soon have made a E10, an to which is added to the others and you can do blithely.

FontainebleauAs an imperial city, Fontainebleau was a hunting lodge in the 12th century. It was named after «Fontaine-Belle-Eau» or «Fontaine-Bliaud» and it became

Fontainebleau thanks to the desire of the kings who succeeded one another until the 16th century. The city expanded and became royal under Francis I who transformed the castle into a real palace. Its proximity to the Court draws a large population and nobles had large buildings constructed around the royal residence. The Ferrara gate is an example of it, remains of one of the most magnificent hotels in the city. Louis XIV built the Saint-Louis church in 1661 and, when Napoleon Bonaparte lived there, the city continued growing. Fontainebleau and its castle witnessed many events. Philippe le Bel, the first king born in the castle in 1285, died there in 1314 as a «victim» of the curse of the Templars, followed by Louis X and Louis XIII. In 1685, the Edict of Nantes was signed there by Louis XIV. In 1725, Louis XV got married to Marie Leszczynska. Pope Pius VII was imprisoned there from 1812 to 1814. And on April 20th, 1814, Napoleon bade farewell to the old guard in the courtyard which has been called Cour des Adieux since then. Fontainebleau is also known as the city of horses with a long equestrian tradition linked to the past. It is partly thanks to the different sovereigns who were riding and hunt enthusiasts, and to Napoleon I, that what two hundred years later became the Sports Centre of military riding, a major equestrian centre forming high-level riders, was founded. Since Napoleon III, Fontainebleau is a hotbed of competition. The horserace track of the Grand Parquet host major events involving horses and emeritus riders. The forest completes the history of this unique attraction, with 25,000 ha, including 17,000 in the national forest, making it the largest forest area of Ile-de-France. It is a place where the sandstone allows for climbing, a world-renowned place... Just forty minutes from Paris, the forest is for the inhabitants of the capital, an idyllic place to spend a green weekend or even a day.

� FONTAINEBLEAU TOURISME4, rue Royale& +33 (0) 1 60 74 99 99www.fontainebleau-tourisme.comOpen Monday to Saturday from 10am to 6pm. Low season: Sunday and public holidays from 10am to 1pm. High season: Sunday and public holidays from 10am to 1pm and from 2pm to 5.30pm.Located in front of the castle, the tourist office of Pays de Fontainebleau provides all the information relating to events, tourist attractions, catering and lodging in the area. For this, guides, maps and brochures for walking routes are available to explore the city, the castle gardens, the Fontainebleau forest, the Franchard gorges... With leaflets provided by the Office, we see that cycling tracks allow to connect Fontainebleau to Barbizon or to go around the forest massif.

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& +33 (0) 1 60 71 50 70www.chateaudefontainebleau.frcontact@chateaudefontainebleau.frlClosed on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th. Low season: open Wednesday to Monday from 9.30am to 5pm (last visit at 4.15pm). High season: Wednesday to Monday from 9.30am to 6pm (last visit at 5.15pm). Classes and gardens open every day at 9am; closing at 5pm from November to February, at 6pm in March, April and October, at 7pm from May to September. Park open permanently. Free for under 18-year-olds. Group: E9. Large apartments: E11. Reduced: E9. Free: 18-26 years of the EU, unemployed people. Petits Appartements (guided tour): E6.50. Reduced: E5. Apartment of huntings and Gallery of furniture (guided tour): E6.50. Reduced: E5. Label Tourism & Disability. The access to the disabled people and their guides is free, except guided tours. Guided tour. Catering facilities. Activities.Napoleon I designated it as the «House of centuries, true home for kings». It is also the only monument of a continuing testimony to the history of France from the 12th to the 19th century. The enthronement of Louis VII in 1137 to the fall of the Second Empire in 1870, thirty-two French kings had stayed there. Hunting manor in the 12th century, its renovation actually starts under Francis I – 1515 to 1547. The Renaissance replaces all medieval elements. Only the thickness of the walls in the royal apartments still retain the traces. The new castle is organized around four main courtyards: the Cheval-Blanc courtyard of the 16th and 18th centuries and its horseshoe staircase, best known as «Farewell courtyard» since Napoleon bade farewell when leaving for the Elba island in 1814, the Fontaine courtyard, the Ovale courtyard, the oldest of the castle with its keep of the 12th century. Finally, the Offices courtyard of the early 17th century. The king’s water was fetched in the Fontaine courtyard, where a statue of Ulysses stands – 1812. Inside, the decor is also changing with time and events. You can visit the apartments said to be «for the Pope» and the Saint- Saturnin chapel. Pope Pius VII made two visits to Fontainebleau in two different circumstances. He came to France in 1804 for the coronation of Napoleon, and returned there in 1812 to 1814, but this time under house arrest because he refused to yield to the demands of the Emperor. The apartments, with eleven rooms in total, emptied during the Revolution, were built in no time, that is, in nineteen days to welcome the Pontiff. Among the several lounges, lobbies and offices, we discover the reception room and its ceiling said to be «to planets» and especially the bedroom, once occupied by Anne of Austria, and the extraordinary profusion of its decoration. Ceilings, wood paneling which sets in Gobelin tapestries and painted panels.

� MUSÉE NAPOLÉONIEN D’ART ET D’HISTOIRE MILITAIREVilla Lavaurs88, rue Saint-Honoré& +33 (0) 1 60 74 64 [email protected] with the public for one indefinite duration.Third military museum of France with Label Musée de France, the napoleonic museum of Art and military History has an exhibition of 3,500 rooms. Eight rooms each offer a theme, the history of weapons, various armies... Uniforms on dummies, creations of military painter Hugo de Fichtner and the universe which illus-trates the Grand Army. Dive into the heart of the first and second Empire or the colonial army – army of Africa -, a collection of weapons and the very rich and different eras. For amateurs, combination of introduction to the dance of the time. The tours are temporarily impossible, the museum is closed to the public for an indefinite period. Closed since 2010 due to construction of collection. Date of unknown reopening.

� PARC ET JARDINS DU CHÂTEAU DE FONTAINEBLEAU& +33 (0) 1 60 71 50 70www.chateaudefontainebleau.frThe castle is opened the every day except the mardis, as well as on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th. Open from 9:30am to 5pm, from October to March and 6pm from April to September. The park is opened every day from 9am to 5pm from November to February; until 6pm in March, April and October and 7pm from May to September. The English garden closes one hour before the other gardens. Free for under 26-year-olds (and first Sunday of each month). Adult: E11. Access to the free park. Guided tour. Shop. Entertainments.In the heart of the forest of Fontainebleau, the castle, surrounded by magnificent gardens and varied was the favourite residence of François Ist passionate about the place, the sovereign undertook its renovation by 1528 and called upon the largest Italian artists – including Le Primatice – working gardens of them. If they still retain the lines that their drew the Renaissance, the gardens of Fontainebleau has evolved with time and illustrate now three centuries of landscaped art in France.

w The Large Floor. In the south of the castle, Le Nôtre made its larger floor. Under Napoleon I, the terraces that surround it were planted with lime trees and the central pool – a long time with a fountain in the shape of the rock, called the boiling Pot – welcomes a large basin today. Le Grand Parterre covers part of the castle and offer a view of the park of 80 acres, made under Henri IV. It is crossed by the grand canal, length of almost 1,200 metres away.

w The garden of Diana and the English garden. Created during the reign of François I, the garden of Diane acquired its current appearance during – work undertaken under Napoleon I and Louis-Philippe

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– which give it a more romantic appearance. The fountain of Diane – who gave his name to the garden – was built by Francini in 1603 and the statue of the goddess which you can admire today comes from Marly. From 1810 to 1812, Maximilien-Joseph Hurtault arranged what was the Pines of François I in English garden. Among the spruce, the cypress bald, the tulip trees of Virginia or take them sophoras from Japan – planted when Napoleon – winding alleys offer pleasant shaded walk. An artificial river and various sculptures also provide moments of charm to the walker. In the hollow of a grove, towards the end of the garden, pool hides marks the location of the Belle Eau fountain, which gave its name to the castle.

Restaurants � LE CAVEAU DES LYS

24, rue du Ferrare& +33 (0) 1 64 24 60 56Open Tuesday for dinner; Wednesday to Sunday for lunch from 12pm and for dinner from 7.15pm to 10pm. Booking advised. Set menu at E45 (stater and main course or main dish and dessert; menu at E48: enter-dish-cheese-dessert). À la carte: Around E35. Lunch menu: E29. Wine by the glass.This restaurant does not lack character. This old cellar of the seventeenth century – four rooms adorned with medieval decoration made of stone and vaults – immerses you in a refined and serene atmosphere. The chef François Le Touche offers both modern and traditional gourmet cuisine, with very creative dishes, very pleasant at the sight, as well as in the palates. Among the numerous dishes on the menu, we can mention: the melon rosace to the pink salt from the Himalayas and crunchy vegetables, smoked Scallops crack with black salt and beetroot, free-range Poultry stuffed with black pudding sauce périgord and its vegetables or salmon Steak virgin pan sauce and basmati rice. As for desserts, the choice is difficult: the Millefeuille raspberry lavender, the Marquise with the sparkling chocolate with vanilla mango coulis, the range of desserts is fantastic. Reception and impeccable service. Booking recommended during the weekend.

� L’ESCAPADE111, rue Grande& +33 (0) 1 60 70 92 04www.escapade-fontainebleau.frOpen Tuesday to Thursday from 7.45am to 9pm; Friday and Saturday from 7.45am to 1am and for dinner. À la carte: Around E16. Starter from E9, grills from E10, salads from E11 and desserts from E6.This small restaurant does not lack character. Long with high ceilings, a mezzanine, decorated in warm colours and contemporary, this place can accommodate about forty people. The atmosphere is friendly, the staff is very friendly and available. It serves creative cuisine and the house speciality is the cuisine of the Southwest. The

duck is revisited and the foie gras cooked in a thousand different ways. As for desserts, they are delicious and generous. The owner has a reasonable selection of wines and it advises you according to your tastes, but also of your budget. In summer L’Escapade increases slightly thanks to its terrace where you can eat or just a drink. An address with an excellent value for money.

Sleeping � AIGLE NOIR HÔTEL

27, place Napoléon-Bonaparte& +33 (0) 1 60 74 60 [email protected] all year. Double room from E190. Breakfast in the room: E16. This package at E190 understands the night for two in “classical” room, the breakfasts and two entrances for the visit of the castle. Satellite TV.Built in xve century and remodelled in xviie mansion, this very well located for a long time a luxurious residence for guests visiting the castles of Are Worth or Fontainebleau. Until the year 1980, the First Empire furniture seduced, with some fears when were hung on the green wallpaper Empire of prints of retiring Napoleon of his tomb! Today, all was redesigned in fashion «super cocooning», with sand, blue of France and polished wood, making this a charming residence holiday resort, style and glamour. It is better to go in couple and choose the package Culture and Relaxation at E190, with a night with two, breakfast in the room and the pass castle tours for couples. If you see bigger and more luxurious, the deluxe rooms are from E260 and the deluxe suite from E400.

MeauxSituated in the heart of a loop of Marne, the ancient capital of the Gallic tribe of Meldi can be seen from afar, with the high tower of the Saint-Etienne cathedral. The archaeological site of La Bauve attests that it was an urban centre from the Gallo -Roman era. Meaux is now a sub-prefecture of 50,000 inhabitants, which blends past and present with its rich historical heritage and neighbourhoods with futuristic architecture like the courthouse and administrative centre. Meaux is classified as a City of Art and History. Its monuments reveal a prestigious past: the Saint -Etienne Cathedral in Gothic style from the twelfth to fifteenth centuries, which houses the tomb of Bossuet, the famous bishop of the city, the courtyard of Vieux-Chapitre, the Episcopal palace, which is animated every summer by a historic show, or the Bossuet Museum and hall of brie of Meaux. With its cultural and social mosaic, Meaux is also part of original projects such as the reopening its beach on the Marne since summer 2007 or the opening of the Pâtis park in 2006. With its 150 acres of open public amenities, today it is the largest urban natural area of Ile -de- France.

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There are walking tours and bird observatories. Among the sights of the city to be discovered is the Dam: metal structure on the Marne, at the boundary between Meaux and Villenoy (near downtown), the market bridge and the Cornillon channel: ancient canal (certified in 1235 in the chapter of Thibaut de Champagne), cutting the loop of the Marne and retaining some of the traces of the old fortifications of market neighbourhood. Its lock dating from the late eighteenth century and restored around 1995, collapsed in late 2007. Finally, for gourmets, the capital of the Brie country remains the city of the king of cheeses, Brie de Meaux, or the famous mustard whose secret recipe remains closely guarded.

� TOURIST OFFICE1, place Doumer& +33 (0) 1 64 33 02 [email protected] season: open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 12.30pm and from 1.30pm to 5pm; Sunday from 2pm to 5pm. High season: every day from 10am to 6.30pm.The City of the Bossuet bishop is known for its famous funeral orations and also as the largest town of the county (51 398 inhabitants). Known for its local products (brie, mustard ...), it is also famous to have been at the heart of the battle of the Marne. The Bossuet museum, its episcopal city makes it a historic town and, a city of art. Do not miss the town of Meaux during your stay.

� MUSÉE DE LA GRANDE GUERRE DU PAYS DE MEAUXRue Lazare-Ponticelli& +33 (0) 1 60 32 14 18www.museedelagrandeguerre.euonlClosed from January 6th to January 24th. Closed on January 1st, on May 1st and on December 25th. Closed weekly Tuesday. From May to September from 9.30am to 6.30pm. From October to April from 10am to 5.30pm. Fence of the cash desks 30 minutes before the closing of the museum. Free for under 8-year-olds. Adult: E10 (reduced E9. Student – 26 years E5. Family package E25). Reservation Tourist Office to the +33 (0) 1 64 33 10 99. Holiday voucher. Label Tourism & Disability. Free: guide of a disabled person. Dogs guides of accepted blind man or assistance. Guided tour. Shop. Catering facilities. Bookstore. Cultural programming. Reference library. Free parking.This museum opened on November 11th, 2011 became, thanks to the centenary of the First World War, one of the major sites in France on this issue. It is as well as a gateway to the northeast of France and its memorial places. At the beginning of the project, there was Jean-Pierre Verney’s collection, a self-taught and a specialist of the Grande Guerre. The private collection of this specialist of the Grande Guerre had an interesting orientation that two major museums – one in the United States and the other in Germany – each wanted to become the purchaser. But this collection remains finally in France, becoming the property of the Agglomération

du Pays de Meaux in 2005 and the new museum serves as a backdrop. The American Monument indicates its location on the site. It occupies a land of 16 hectares fully landscaped and the museum itself has a surface area of 7,000 m² with 3,000 m² reserved for permanent exhibition. Using multimedia and audiovisual media, the exhibition starts outside, with images of the battles of the Marne projected on the floor of the forecourt. Once you are inside, the tour begins with a panoramic movie giving a chronological overview of the conflict. Then there are the rooms where the conflict is seen in its geopolitical and social context, to get an idea of the mood that prevailed before the war. The main space or the Grande Nef exposes new technologies of that time, equipments and uniforms showing the war of 1914-1918 mark the transition from the 19th to the 20th century. It also leads to several themed rooms. Two trenches with their no man’s land; one German and the other French, are reconstructed in order to position the artillery and the daily life of the trenches. Finally, the conclusion of the permanent exhibition takes visitors to the consequences of this unprecedented war until today. The Grande Guerre du Pays de Meaux museum is first and foremost a museum of history and society, witness of social, technical, military and geopolitical upheavals, during this decisive period in the understanding of contemporary history.

ProvinsProvins, a medieval walled city, known as the «Carcassonne du Nord» is since 2001 listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The discovery of the 58 classified monuments of this ancient market town, the Saint -Jean or Jouy gates giving access to the upper town and the walkway, medieval festivals and events punc-tuating the year, all combine to make the city a tourist destination. During its golden age in the 12th and 13th centuries, Provins minted its own coins and Thibaud IV of Champagne led crusades of the famous pink Damascus which became «rose de Provins». At the time of the great Champagne fairs, you could find throngs of men from all countries that exchange not only goods but also ideas. The end of the 13th century marked the decline of fairs and the county of Champagne reattached to the royal estate in the 14th century. A stroll through the city reveals its medieval character: Chatel square and the cross where the counts’ edicts were proclaimed, the Saint-Quiriace collegial, built in the 12th century, wearing her magnificent dome of the 17th century, the César tower – military dungeon -, underground, Grange aux dîmes, beautiful stone and half-timbered houses... In the lower part of town, the Saint-Ayoul church is a place of pilgrimage since the 10th century through the saint’s relics deposited there by monks of the Abbey of Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, and the Holy-Cross church are also to be discovered. Every Saturday, the Honoré-de-Balzac market square and Val street animates the lower town.

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the ground floor is articulated around a large square bar. It there the second space of upstairs catering facilities. The cuisines of bottom are half-open. Le Corner serves a traditional cuisine: steak tartare; mitre with shallot; prime rib, fish, salads, etc the atmosphere is pleasant and the service, attentive. This new brasserie lensoise quickly gained its letters of nobility and very often fills the tank at the time of great festive evenings.

� LENSOTEL .......................................3 StarsCentre commercial Lens 2Rue des CanadiensVENDIN-LE-VIEIL & + 33 (0) 3 21 79 36 36www.lensotel.com – [email protected] room from E83 to E94; double room from E89 to E104. Breakfast: E12. Parking. Pets allowed. Free wi-fi. Catering facilities (service from 12 pm to 2: 30 pm and from 7 pm to 10 pm; menus from E20 to E39.50).Lensotel is one of the first to be erected on the commer-cial area of the hypermarket Cora Lens II, forty years ago. The building is «U». In the center are, garden, terrace and pool. The hotel has 70 recently renovated rooms. They are equipped with complete bathroom, separate toilet, flat screen TV, wifi with free internet access. Some have a mini-bar. The rooms are decorated in a spirit trend, mixing lines and colors, hot and sour. The restaurant offers fine dining and neat dishes made with fresh products. On the ground floor you a direct access to the walled garden and outdoor pool. There are possibilities to organize weddings, parties and seminars.

Le Touquet-Paris-PlageAlphonse Daloz bought the Touquet estate in 1837, a set of dunes on which he planted pine trees. A few years later, his friend Hippolyte Villemessant, founder of Figaro, charmed by the appearance of the station he calls «L’Arcachon du Nord», convinced him to make it a seaside resort of the capital. From then, the town took the name of Paris-Plage, that has always been known as a place for relaxation and leisure. Golf , race track, tennis courts, luxury hotels and luxury residences record growing success there. From Paris on horseback, at the end of the nineteenth century, since 1930, it is by plane that you will reach this resort. The Touquet was a testing ground for young architects who will reconcile imagination and respect for natural environment. The plots being narrow, it is on a vertical space that stand the opulent villas where lovers of social life like to hide, away from prying eyes, well hidden in the shelter of the trees. With forest environments, Hardelot in the north and beaches in the south, it is a whole area of distinguished refinement making your stay original and exotic. Sea-wise, the beach hosts each summer, thousands of tourists who enjoy the fine sand and the dunes, overrun by the sounding engines of the famous Enduro. In recent years, the competition takes place on reconstituted dunes to preserve the natural environment. For the record, the Touque-Paris-Plage station celebrated its centenary in 2012.

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� TOURIST OFFICEPalais des CongrèsPlace de l’Hermitage & + 33 (0) 3 21 06 72 00www.letouquet.com – [email protected] every day from 9am to 6pm. Guided tours: from E3 to E11 for an adult.Business or tourism customers, the Tourist Office of Le Touquet has, all year round, opening hours of large amplitude for information and guidance. Moreover, the team organises guided tours on the program which is classic (lighthouse or seaside architecture...), thematic (celebrities who came in Le Touquet, the British Tour...) as well as nature discoveries (the Touquet forest, birds of the seaside...). You are even invited to combine business with pleasure with a Sightjogging, a tourist running! In July and August, the departures of the visits are daily, from Wednesday to Sunday in the middle season and only on weekends in low season.

� L’HÔTEL DE VILLEBoulevard Daloz & + 33 (0) 3 21 06 72 72Becoming a fully-fledged commune in May 1912, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage has equipped itself with a magni-ficent building classified on the French Supplementary Historic Monument List. With an Anglo-Norman style, this town hall which was built in 1931 by the archi-tects Drobecq and Debrouwer has a majestic belfry of 38 metres. This building combines several different styles. The stones of Bainchtun and Hydrequent are typical of the region, the cemented timber framing are of Norman style and the arched windows, typical of an English Gothic style.

� LES 2 MOINEAUX12, rue Saint-Jean& + 33 (0) 3 21 05 09 67restaurant-les2moineaux.com/[email protected] on Tuesday from 7pm to 10pm; Wednesday to Sunday from 12pm to 2pm and from 7pm to 10pm. Menu from E35 to E42. À la carte: Around E22. Children’s menu: E8. Groups welcome. Terrace.A romantic stopover? Romantic and discreet address of the Rue Saint-Jean, Les Deux Moineaux offers you in the most cosy setting a desired cuisine with impeccable presentation. The menu changes four times a year but you will find, at each time, a market food, fine and original dishes. We can mention the gilded guinea fowl stuffed with shallots, milk cappuccino with argan oil or the roasted sweetbreads, pan-fried gnocchi and beans with smoked spinach cream, just to make your mouth water...

� HÔTEL WESTMINSTER – LE PAVILLON5, avenue du Verger& + 33 (0) 3 21 05 48 [email protected] from January 2nd to March 31st. Menu from E55 to E130. À la carte: Around E90. Wine by the glass. American Express. Terrace.

The Westminster is part of the legend of Le Touquet. This four-star hotel is housed in an imposing building, in a pure Anglo-Norman and Art deco style, which majestically stands at the entrance of Le Touquet. Access one of the 115 luxury and spacious rooms by the ancient central lift that takes you back to the Roaring Twenties. The gourmet restaurant Le Pavillon, one Michelin star, is open every evening except Tuesdays and Wednesdays in low season and menus from E60 to E95. On the menu of William Elliot: fish specialties and seasonal ingredients. Also discover the Les Cimaises brasserie, recently renovated. It is accessed through the hotel lobby and you will find the spirit of the years 1930 here, the ivory and chocolate tones, and a beautiful stained glass window on the ceiling. The open kitchen is a real attraction for all the senses and whets appetite for the superb starter and dessert buffets. You can enjoy wok dishes or revisited local flavours thanks to the inventive cuisine of the chef and his teams. Les Cimaises is open every day, for lunch and dinner. The menus are between E30 and E40, and there is even a slimming menu! As for the so british bar of Westminster, it offers a variation of of more than 100 whiskies and a real tradition chocolate. The atmosphere is so inviting that you will hesitate to leave it...

� PIERRE & VACANCES LE PHARE .........2 StarsAvenue des Phares & + 33 (0) 3 21 05 32 73www.pierreetvacances.com/Open all year round. 75 rooms (studios of 26 m2, 4 beddings). Studio/apartment from E330 to E540 per week. Pets allowed (supplement of E55 per week).Practical! A stone’s throw from the beach and city centre, the aparthotel Le Phare offers studios with a good price/quality ratio for families up to four people with bunk beds and sofa beds. The kitchen area is equipped with fridge, oven and a dishwasher. Each studio has a balcony or terrace. A closed parking is available.

MontreuilMontreuil is a city of history and heritage , located at the top of a hill at the edge of Pas-de-Calais and Picardy . Strolling along narrow the streets, it is browsing through the pages of history . Here the past is told by churches, chapels, mansions and streets, so picturesque , almost medieval. It is also a monastery monasteriolum in Latin, from which the city takes its name . Overlooking the Valley Canche 40 m, Montreuil-sur-Mer inherited his vocation stron-ghold from the privileged geographical position which offers sweeping views of the hills and Ponthieu walks of Côte d’ Opale . Its impressive citadel and its 3 km of ramparts earned it the nicknames Porte de la Côte d’ Opale and Carcassonne North . At the time when the waves came undermine the hillside , Montreuil was the only access to the sea of the kingdom of first sovereigns of the Capetian line . This then brought prosperity to the town in the eighth century . The silting Canche will gradually slow this growth. More than ten centuries later, in 1837 , Victor Hugo walks under the trees of the ramparts of Montreuil-sur-Mer. He wrote to his wife Adele

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