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(2012/2013)Walking guide for

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Just how you imagined it Paris has something for everyone in a mul-tifaceted, magical, mythical and sometimes surprising capital that isalways exciting.

People come to Paris to admire its exceptional architectural and culturalheritage, which makes it one of the worlds most beautiful cities. Thisdynamic heritage is constantly being updated and enriched.Paris is also the capital of gastronomy, fashion and shopping a city wheresomething is always happening. It is committed to the notions of qualityof life and sustainable development and offers its inhabitants and visitorsa particularly pleasant setting. Innovative, audacious and vibrant, Parishas leapt boldly into the 21st century

The Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau has created this guide to help

you discover the many aspects of the city and the surrounding areas, toaccompany you as you visit Paris, all of Paris, according to your time here,your interests or simply your spur of the moment impulses.

Thirteen walks will take you on a relaxed discovery tour of different neigh-bourhoods, with their different atmospheres and lifestyles. And whateveryou may feel like doing going out, shopping, relaxing, etc. you will getthe most out of the French capital with pages on useful tips and addressesthat alternate with the walks.

We are delighted to share the citys treasures with you. So, here is Parisfor you. Have a great stay!

Paris for you,Welcome!


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This new edition of the Paris for you! guide invites you to choose how you wouldlike to discover the French capital. It also reveals the places that are an essentialpart of the identity of our city.

A dynamic city, Paris welcomed 29 million visitors in 2011, and with its20 arrondissements it always has many surprises and discoveries in store.

Cultural life in Paris boasts 200 museums and monuments, 145 theatres and380 cinemas. Parisians and visitors have much to choose from: outdoors withNuit Blanche, Paris-Plages, Paris Face Cache, the CENTQUATRE an outstandingarts centre , with the literary festival Paris En Toutes Lettres, the Trois Baudetsevents venue, or the Gat lyrique a venue entirely devoted to digital culture.

Nightlife in Paris offers night owls mythical venues: prestigious jazz clubs, Latino

cafes, night clubs and cabarets The Nuit Capitales event and the websitewww.parisnightlife.fr will guide you around the Paris Nightlife scene with the newiPhone application.

Everyone can find the typical Paris of yesteryear and the diversity of the Parisof today just around a street corner in districts like Montmartre, Belleville, theMarais, or in one or our 82 local markets. With the Vlib self-service bicyclehire network, everyone can explore our entire city in a relaxed way on a fun andenvironmentally-friendly means of transport. A similar service, Autolib, is nowavailable with self-service non-polluting cars for hire throughout the city.

Cosmopolitan Paris is also about creativity, fashion and design, and arts &crafts where you will encounter crafts people in Faubourg Saint-Antoine and atthe Viaduc des Arts, as well as the Cit de la Mode et du Design which opens itsdoors this year.

On behalf of Parisians, and myself, I wish you a wonderful stay in our city, withmany magical experiences and new discoveries.

By Bertrand Delano,

Mayor of Paris

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Thirteen walks, useful suggestions and addresses

to get the most out of the French capital.

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WalKsp.12 riVer seine Paris

Rivers Seine / Bridges / Quays /Ports

p.18 Timeless Parisle de la Cit (4th) / Quartierlatin (5th) / le Saint-Louis (4th) /Jardin des Plantes (5th)

p.28 TrenDy ParisMarais (4th) / Montorgueil (2nd) /Htel de Ville (4th) / Les Halles (1st)

p.36 Glamorous ParisPalais Royal (1st) / Madeleine (8th) /Opra (9th) / GrandsBoulevards (9th)

p.46 VillaGe ParisMontmartre (18th) / Pigalle (9th) /Saint-Georges (9th) / Trinit (9th) /

Batignolles (17th)

p.54 arTisTs ParisMuse dOrsay (7th) /Saint-Germain-des-Prs (6th) /Luxembourg (6th) /Montparnasse (14th)

p.62 monumenTal ParisTour Eiffel (7th) /Champ-de-Mars (15th) /

Invalides (7th) / Trocadro (16th)p.70 cHic Paris

Auteuil (16th) /Bois de Boulogne (16th) /Porte Maillot (16th) /Passy, La Muette (16th)

surrounding area:Hauts-de-Seine

useful TiPsanD aDDresses

p.16 Along the waterp.25 Architecture and heritagep.34 Parisian nightsp.44 Fashion and shoppingp.53 Gourmet capitalp.60 Artistic creationp.68 Culture and museumsp.75 A taste for luxuryp.82 Visiting the capitalp.90 Outdoor city lifep.98 Meeting the Parisiansp.104 Music and shows

p.76 myTHical ParisConcorde (8th) /Champs-lyses (8th) /Tuileries (1st) / Louvre (1st)

p.84 unDiscoVereD ParisViaduc des Arts (12th) /Place dItalie (13th) / Bercy (12th),Tolbiac (13th) /Bois de Vincennes (12th) surrounding area:

Val-de-Marnep.92 cosmoPoliTan Paris

Canal Saint-Martin (10th) /

La Villette (19th) / Buttes-Chaumont (19th) / Belleville (20th) surrounding area:

Seine-Saint-Denis

p.100 PeoPles ParisRpublique (10th) / Bastille (11th) /Oberkampf (11th) /Pre-Lachaise (20th)

p.108 siGHTseeinG in le-De-france

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The Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau is your key

contact for preparing your trip to Paris, and for helpingyou to have a wonderful stay when you arrive.

WeBsiTe Parisinfo.com

All the latest events, museums, walks, hotels, transport, practical information,and more. Discover the destination and organize your stay with the help of theBureaus website (in French, English, German and Spanish).

At the online boutique, book your accommodation and purchase all the essentialtourist products.

maPs anD GuiDeBooKs

In addition to this guide, the Bureau provides complimentary publications, notably:- the map-guide in ten languages (French, English, German, Spanish, Italian,

Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean);- the French-English Paris gourmand/Good food guide;- the French-English Paris Shopping Bookguide;- the French-English brochure of guided thematic visits Paris se visite/ Visiting Paris.

Ask for these at the Bureaus information centres!

informaTion cenTres

The Bureaus reception staff will answer your enquiries and give you advice inyour own language, in our offices (see below times subject to change).At the information centres, you can:- purchase passes for cultural venues or theme parks;- choose a coach tour, a cruise on the Seine, an evening at a cabaret, etc;- book the accommodation of your choice, in Paris or le-de-France.

Main welcome centre25 rue des Pyramides (1st).M Pyramides, Tuileries and Opra; RER A Auber.2 May to 31 Oct: daily, 9am to 7pm.1 Nov to 30 Apr: daily, 10am to 7pm.Closed 1 May.

Gare de Lyon

20 bd Diderot (12th). M and RER A and D Gare-de-Lyon.Daily: 8am to 6pm, except Sun and public hols.

Anvers72 bd de Rochechouart (9th). M Anvers.Daily: 10am to 6pm, except 1 Jan, 1 May and 25 Dec.

Gare de lEstPlace du 11-Novembre-1918 (10th).On the arrival side of the TGV international Rue dAlsace side. M Gare-de lEst.Daily: 8am to 7pm, except Sun and public hols.

Gare du Nord18 rue de Dunkerque (10th).At the kiosk, under glass roof of train station.M and RER B and D Gare-du-Nord.

Daily: 8am to 6pm, except 1 Jan, 1 May and 25 Dec.

Paris-Expo Porte-de-Versailles1 place de la Porte-de-Versailles (15th).Gate A, M Porte-de-Versailles.11am to 7pm during trade shows and fairs.

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Welcome ambassador kiosks(summer season).

Tickets on sale in the offices of the Bureauand/or on parisinfo.com

Sites included in the Paris Museum Pass(see p.68).

Sites with activities for children.

abbreviations

M: metro station.Mon: Monday, Tues: Tuesday, etc.Jan: January, Feb: February, etc.RR: reduced rate.

W/e: weekend (Saturday, Sunday).Wk: weekday (Monday, Tuesday, etc.).7th: 7th arrondissement.Sch hols: school holidays.Res: reservation.Public hols: public holidays.Info: information.EU: European Union.

Welcome ambassador kiosksDaily during summer season, except 1 May.

Champs-lyses ClemenceauCorner of av. des Champs-lyses/av. de Marigny (8th).M Champs-lyses Clemenceau.

Notre-DameParvis de Notre-Dame (4th). M Cit.

Htel de VillePlace de lHtel-de-Ville, rue de Rivoli side (4th).M Htel-de-Ville.

Bastille4 place de la Bastille (11th). M Bastille.

Partner welcome centres

Paris City Hall29 rue de Rivoli (4th). M Htel-de-Ville.Mon to Sat: 10am to 7pm (during exhibitions)and 10am to 6pm (outside exhibitions).Tel: 39 75 (0.15/min). www.paris.fr

Comit rgional du tourismeParis le-de-FranceInformation points: at the airports of Charles-de-Gaulle and Orly, Versailles and Disneyland Paris.www.nouveau-paris-ile-de-france.fr

Montmartre tourist office21 place du Tertre (18th). M Abbesses.Mon to Fri: 10am to 6pm, except 1 May.Sat and Sun: 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 6pm.

Tel: 01 42 62 21 21.www.montmartre-guide.com

DisaBleD PeoPle

Consult parisinfo.com for information on tourist facilities accessible to disabledpeople and adapted services essential for an enjoyable stay (transport, specializedequipment, toilets, etc.).

Tourisme & HandicapThe national Tourisme & Handicap label provides accurate information for disabled

people on the accessibility of venues (physical, mental, auditive or visual disabilities).Cultural and leisure sites with the label are indicated in this guide by the logoshowing accessibility for one or more categories of disability.

InfomobiInfomobi is a free service of the le-de-France transport authorities (STIF). It givesinformation on facilities for accessibility on the public transport system and helpspeople prepare their journeys according to their disability. Ask for the Parisian

transport network free maps, adapted for disabled people, at the welcome officeof the Bureau or by mail by telephoning 0 810 64 64 64 (price of a local call from a landline).Telephone answering service daily, 6am to 12-midnight. www.infomobi.com

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Following the Seine through Paris is a wayof enjoying a thousand different escapadeson the river, its bridges and islands. Daytimeor night time, Left Bank or Right Bank,

you will appreciate the buzz of activity alongthe quaysides and the lapping of the waves.

There are any number of ways to relax aboarda boat, cycling, walking briskly, saunteringlazily, or working out, dining, dancing onbarges, exploring an area between twoexhibitions, taking a post-shopping break,

or sunbathing in a swimsuit. You never failto be filled with wonder at these riverbanks,classed as a world heritage site by Unesco.

Through the arch of a bridge youll catch sightof the Grand and Petit Palais, people fishing,mallard ducks circling in the water, the Louvreplaying hide and seek with a pleasure boat,

Notre-Dame looming up to the soundof a street musician playing a violin and,in the distance, the silhouette of a crane ina naval construction yard between weepingwillow trees

Paris owes its motto to the Seine, fluctuat necmergitur it is buffeted by the waves but does

not sink. The Seine tells the story of Paris,from its birthplace on the le de la Citto the transformation of the quays at Bercyupstream and the triumphant Eiffel Towerdownstream.

River Seine Bridges Quays Ports

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wooden footbridge, which linksthe weighty knowledge of theBibliothque Nationale library tothe gardens of Bercy in a graceful,uplifting arch. That leaves thirty-twobridges: discover your favourite.

see rverdebooksellers

For four hundred years, booksellersoffering an array of great andless familiar literature have linedthe embankment walls on both

sides of the river, from the PontRoyal to the Pont de Sully. Eachof these small green boxes offersup a marvellous assortment ofrare books, original editions,engravings, postcards, illustrated

journals, comic strips, novels,or intriguing odds and ends,to passers-by.

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These thirty-seven bridges offerstunning views of the city seenfrom the river and recount thirty-seven wonderful stories of kings,battles, legends, etc., to discoverwith the wind in your hair. Sinceit was built in 1604, the Pont Neuf,Pariss oldest bridge with its

385 sculpted masks and famoushalf-moon-shaped turrets, hasseen the entire history of Parisgo by. The Pont Alexandre III,star of the 1900 ExpositionUniverselle, is a celebrationof Franco-Russian friendshipwith an exuberance of sculptednymphs and garlands, bronzecandelabras and gleaming gold

equestrian statuary. The Pontdes Arts the haunt of lovers is also a favourite place to lingerfor dreamers and picnickers,as is the Lopold-Sdar-Senghorfootbridge, which links theMuse dOrsay to the Tuileriesgardens. The citys most recentbridge is the Simone de Beauvoir

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Maybe you didnt know, butfloating baths were alreadyfashionable in the 18th century.There were once several onthe Seine. The Josphine Bakerswimming pool, moored onthe Left Bank, reaffirms the genre

in a version that is high-techand ecologically-friendly,with all modern comforts.Facilities include a main pooland a 50 sq.m. paddling poolfor children. There are alsosolariums, saunas, a hammam,a jacuzzi, and a fitnessand weights room.Qua Franos-maurac (13th).

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