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Best place to visit in Paris that is not a tourist trap? |
Travel Info Anyone who has lived there or knows the city well. Can you please recommend a place that is not usually mentioned in the tourist books but is a real hidden gem? Travel Tips Try the 10th arrondissement, near the "Canal Saint Martin". It is trendy but not a tourist trap. Nice walk when it's sunny, some interesting shops, caf茅s and restaurants. Nearest m茅tro station: Jacques Bonsergent or R茅publique. Otherwise, I can also recommend the area called La Butte aux Cailles. Lovely area, with caf茅s and restaurants. In some streets, you feel like you are in Paris 50 years ago. Very few tourists there. Nearest m茅tro station: Corvisart or Place d'Italie. Then ask for "La butte aux cailles" or go to the "rue de la butte aux cailles" Belleville: especially the top of the street. A bit run down in places. But you can see some nice streets. Not very touristic. You might not like it, but it is Paris! M茅tro: Jourdain, Pyr茅n茅es. From there, you can see the beautiful park Parc des Buttes Chaumont. Have a great time. Addition: yes, I agree with Tiramisu (cute name!) about the 11th, except that I think that Bastille is a tourist trap. I would rather go a bit further north, rue Oberkampf, for bars and clubs. Source(s): Me. Born in Paris. Live in Paris. Other Travel Tips Paris is one monster raving tourist trap, believe me. I have looked at Paris from various angles via their city based web-cams and you can tell they're just waiting for you as they put up the prices in the cafes, bistros and restaurants. 'Paris sera toujours Paris鈥? warbled Maurice Chevalier, whereas Rick did his hard-boiled best to comfort Ilsa with the notion that they would 鈥榓lways have Paris鈥? and Oscar Wilde reckoned Paris was the place good Americans go to when they die. Mention the French capital, it seems, and forever-ness 鈥?鈥榓lways鈥? 鈥榯oujours鈥?鈥?is never far behind. Well, it鈥檚 hardly surprising. When was a city so often filmed, photographed, f锚ted, painted, hymned, sung about, written up, talked up, dreamed of, reported, coveted? Its museums and monuments are household names all over the world, its way of life 鈥?something to do with long lunches, red wine, caf茅 terraces, cigarette smoke, illicit liaisons 鈥?a byword. Paris? It鈥檚 been around forever. And yet familiarity poses a challenge: to see the eternal clich茅s for what they are 鈥?nice things, but far less than the whole picture. In our view, you should take Paris as you might a detective novel, riddled with all-too-obvious clues. In other words, look again, and look harder. Even on your first visit, you鈥檒l have a strong mental picture of the place; try, if at all possible, to erase it. Try to stop thinking of Paris as a tourist destination. And if you don鈥檛 get to see Sacr茅 Coeur at close quarters on this trip, don鈥檛 worry: it will still be there next time. Instead, stand still and look about you. Shove the map to the bottom of your bag and follow your nose. Venture out from the monument-heavy centre to the outer districts 鈥?the villagey parts of the 13th arrondissement, say, or buzzing Belleville at the junction of the 10th, 11th, 19th and 20th. And another piece of advice: if at all possible, even haltingly, even in pidgin French, talk to the locals. In most cases, especially in the already-convivial setting of bars and caf茅s, Parisians are much friendlier than their reputation for aloofness suggests. Do all this, and you鈥檒l take home memories and knowledge that your friends and colleagues will never have. Most of the writers of this guide have lived in Paris for years, and each will tell you that new finds and surprises are a weekly, if not daily occurrence. 鈥楯鈥檃i deux amours鈥? sang Josephine Baker, born in Missouri and resident for most of her life in the French capital: 鈥榤on pays et Paris鈥? Two loves 鈥?home and Paris. You won鈥檛 have to spend much time in this city before you see what she meant. http://www.timeout.com/paris/feature/209... latin quarter is nice The Arc De Triomphe http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/371/arc_d... I had to look up how to spell it hehe ... I have seen this is so many movies I like it so much especially at night! |
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