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Travel Info I am going Paris for 5 days. Please give me some tips. I will stay 75015, 34, Boulevard Garibaldi. What is walking distance places I can see? What kind of metro passes and museum passes I need to buy? Is it any passes for both, museums and metro? If you can give me any useful advises, THANK YOU SO MUCH. Also, what area is good and bad for walking? What pleases to eat? How to talk with franch people in english? Thank you for any help you can give me in this question. Travel Tips The 15th is in the southwest of the city and it is a long walk to see most tourist sights. No problem though because the metro will whisk you to everything you will want to see in just minutes. For example, to get to the Notre Dame Cathedral just go to the Segur metro stop and take the line 10 metro marked "Gare d'Austerlitz" to the Cluny-La Sorbonne stop and you'll be a 5 minute walk from the cathedral. You can buy a pass for the metro and another for museums but frankly I don't think these are good value although the museum pass has the benefit of allowing you to bypass waiting in line to buy tickets. Still, I don't think its worth the cost unless you will spend all your time in museums (which I do not recommend you do). For the metro I suggest you just buy books of ten tickets (called a "carnet"). They are sold at every metro ticket booth. Just say "carnet" (khar-ney). They will understand. When using the Metro you just insert a ticket in the slot and go thru the turnstile. The ticket will pop back up and you must take it with you. You may be asked by Metro guards to show your ticket. Just about everywhere is worth walking in Paris but this is especially true for the districts that border the Seine (which bisects the city into Left (south) and Right (north) Banks. Eating in paris has a huge number of possibilities. One secret to eating well but not spending very large amounts of money is to follow local customs and avoid places which serve large numbers of tourists. The French each very lightly at breakfast and if your custom is to have a large breakfast you will find it expensive in Paris. Eat lunch at a cafe or bistrot away from the tourist streets. Daily specials are usually posted on a chalk board. These are usually good value for the money. The food offered at small street stands is often very good and can be very reasonably priced. Crepes and Greek sandwichs can be a good choice for a light meal. Others If you're under 25, you're entitled to sooooo many discounts. From shopping to museums to travel and basic transportation. Otherwise, there's a tiny weekly magazine called Pariscope (about 80 cents) that tells you all types of goings-ons, their locations and prices. Cabs are expensive, so avoid them. Take the metro to and from the airport. Buy a one week pass for the train/bus (it's the same carte orange). Ask them for a map. No need to buy one, because you can always find one free somewhere. Touristy areas are fun to walk around in, but just walking around and exploring is the most fun. And don't listen to idiots teling you that certain neighborhoods are dangerous. That's just code for "minority" neighborhood. You can be wary, but anything can happen in even the "best" of neighborhoods. Sacred Heart, a most famous church, is located in one of those so-called "unsafe" neighborhoods. Do you think that stops people from trekking up those hundreds of steps? Of course, not! I was shocked to see a graffi-tagged section of Rome. Did that stop me from exploring and the city and falling in absolute loooooooove with some of the most beautiful people in the world? Hell's no!!! So when in doubt, just take a friend along. You can eat cheap by avoiding the touristy areas. Paninis and greek sandwiches are a popular set of cheap lunches -- as are baguette sandwiches (about 3.50). They're not big on soda, so be prepared. (I almost had a stroke when all I was finding was the occasional coca cola.) :( And don't forget to take lots of pictures! (Develop them when you get back; or if you can't wait, there's a photo place that has decent prices called Photo Station.) It'll be totally worth it. Enjoy your trip! some tips http://www.english4france.com/ |
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