Guidebook for Paris
Food Scene
Excellent, affordable non-veg & veg. Afghani cuisine. Laid back friendly service, good traditional music. Nice atmosphere/decor. Out of the way of the tourist circuit. Mostly local customers.
16 Rue Paul Albert
16 Rue Paul Albert
Excellent, affordable non-veg & veg. Afghani cuisine. Laid back friendly service, good traditional music. Nice atmosphere/decor. Out of the way of the tourist circuit. Mostly local customers.
Superb creative Asian/ Vietnamese food. Waitresses in "ao dai" (Vietnamese traditional dress). Beautiful decor and atmosphere. Mid-range price category. Can be a bit loud.
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Le Sourire de Saïgon
54 Rue du Mont-CenisSuperb creative Asian/ Vietnamese food. Waitresses in "ao dai" (Vietnamese traditional dress). Beautiful decor and atmosphere. Mid-range price category. Can be a bit loud.
Restaurant/bar -
Untainted by the tourist-trap nature of some restaurants in Montmartre. Reasonably priced home made French food. Polite, helpful, smiling waiters. Not so common in Paris (-:
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La Pizzetta
22 Avenue TrudaineRestaurant/bar -
Untainted by the tourist-trap nature of some restaurants in Montmartre. Reasonably priced home made French food. Polite, helpful, smiling waiters. Not so common in Paris (-:
Moroccan tea room and creperie where you can enjoy oriental cakes while smoking the chicha in comfortable sofas. Lovely oriental decor. An authentic taste of Morocco.
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43 Rue de Clignancourt
43 Rue de ClignancourtMoroccan tea room and creperie where you can enjoy oriental cakes while smoking the chicha in comfortable sofas. Lovely oriental decor. An authentic taste of Morocco.
Another bistro popular among young people. Very busy in the evening. Typical atmosphere.
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17 Rue de Clignancourt
17 Rue de ClignancourtAnother bistro popular among young people. Very busy in the evening. Typical atmosphere.
A nice place to have dinner or a drink. Located by the canal. Quality French food is served. Very affordable. Good wine. Friendly laid back staff. Popular with locals.
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Chez Mezig
44 Quai de la LoireA nice place to have dinner or a drink. Located by the canal. Quality French food is served. Very affordable. Good wine. Friendly laid back staff. Popular with locals.
Right in the heart of Little India. They serve delicious vegeterian food. Good mango lassy. You can eat for 6€.
21 Rue Cail
21 Rue CailRight in the heart of Little India. They serve delicious vegeterian food. Good mango lassy. You can eat for 6€.
Arts & Culture
La Cigale -
Most famous parisian venue for music lovers. Great sound and perfect size for intimacy and ambiance. Also hosts plays, one man shows ...
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120 Blvd de Rochechouart
120 Boulevard Marguerite de RochechouartLa Cigale -
Most famous parisian venue for music lovers. Great sound and perfect size for intimacy and ambiance. Also hosts plays, one man shows ...
1 Place Charles Dullin
1 Place Charles DullinOne of my favourite theatres in Paris.
A fairly good cinema, along the canal, where you can see films in English. Lovely cafés and restaurants around. Avoid the café restaurant of the cinema, the staff is amazingly unfriendly.
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Quai de la Seine
Quai de la SeineA fairly good cinema, along the canal, where you can see films in English. Lovely cafés and restaurants around. Avoid the café restaurant of the cinema, the staff is amazingly unfriendly.
Oldest cinema in Paris, good programme. Even if you don't want to see a film, you can enjoy the hidden café and open patio. Highly recommended. Closed in august.
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10 Rue Tholozé
10 Rue TholozéOldest cinema in Paris, good programme. Even if you don't want to see a film, you can enjoy the hidden café and open patio. Highly recommended. Closed in august.
Museum + gallery located in old covered St Peter’s Market near the base of the funicular. Focuses on the primitive and Art Brut schools.
Nice café on site + a very good bookshop.
2 Rue Ronsard
2 Rue RonsardMuseum + gallery located in old covered St Peter’s Market near the base of the funicular. Focuses on the primitive and Art Brut schools.
Nice café on site + a very good bookshop.
Architectural oddity built in 1921. Egyptian-inspired art deco cinema closed for decades, restored and re-opened on April 18th 2013. worth the visit. Mostly foreign films.
http://www.cinemalouxor.fr
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170 Boulevard de Magenta
170 Boulevard de MagentaArchitectural oddity built in 1921. Egyptian-inspired art deco cinema closed for decades, restored and re-opened on April 18th 2013. worth the visit. Mostly foreign films.
http://www.cinemalouxor.fr
Everything Else
Beautiful, romantic park, with vine-covered pergola, fountain. Lovely view over the rooftops, the back of the Sacré Coeur and even the Stade de France. My favourite spot to relax, or for a picnic.
Parc Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Dit Parc de la Turlure
Beautiful, romantic park, with vine-covered pergola, fountain. Lovely view over the rooftops, the back of the Sacré Coeur and even the Stade de France. My favourite spot to relax, or for a picnic.
A handy place to do your laundry. 50 meters away from the studio.
Open 7/7
7 am - 10 pm
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47 Rue de Clignancourt
47 Rue de ClignancourtA handy place to do your laundry. 50 meters away from the studio.
Open 7/7
7 am - 10 pm
39 Boulevard Barbès
39 Boulevard BarbèsOpens mon-fri : 9AM- 8PM
sat : 9AM-1PM
Sun: closed
Oh gosh! I'm supposed to explain the reason why I recommend this place. There's no way I can recommend a bank , but well, you'll probably need to withdraw cash at some point.
32 Rue de Clignancourt
32 Rue de ClignancourtOh gosh! I'm supposed to explain the reason why I recommend this place. There's no way I can recommend a bank , but well, you'll probably need to withdraw cash at some point.
Oh gosh! I'm supposed to explain the reason why I recommend this place. There's no way I can recommend a bank , but well, you'll probably need to withdraw cash at some point.
33 Boulevard Barbès
33 Boulevard BarbèsOh gosh! I'm supposed to explain the reason why I recommend this place. There's no way I can recommend a bank , but well, you'll probably need to withdraw cash at some point.
De la Gare du Nord
Only 2 stops from the studio.
Gare de l'Est station
Rue du 8 Mai 1945Only 3 stops from the studio
79 Rue de Clignancourt
79 Rue de ClignancourtI hope you won't need it.
41 Rue Ramey
41 Rue RameyIn case of an emergency.
Essentials
Good area for shopping. Close to rue du Poteau. You'll find fresh fruit, vegetables, fish, meat stalls, bakeries, several delicatessens.
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Rue Duhesme
Rue DuhesmeGood area for shopping. Close to rue du Poteau. You'll find fresh fruit, vegetables, fish, meat stalls, bakeries, several delicatessens.
There you'll find fresh fruit, vegetables, fish, meat stalls, delicatessens, chocolate shops, home decorating supplies. The Fromagerie de Montmartre at #9 will vacuum-seal your cheeses for travel.
14 Rue du Poteau
14 Rue du PoteauThere you'll find fresh fruit, vegetables, fish, meat stalls, delicatessens, chocolate shops, home decorating supplies. The Fromagerie de Montmartre at #9 will vacuum-seal your cheeses for travel.
It's not only about cheese/wine. The shop is filled with the latest books the owner read, art that is the rage in the neighborhood or music he composed. He'll vacuum-seal your cheese. Best deli around
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Fromages et Ramage
22 Rue RameyIt's not only about cheese/wine. The shop is filled with the latest books the owner read, art that is the rage in the neighborhood or music he composed. He'll vacuum-seal your cheese. Best deli around
12 Rue Poulet
12 Rue PouletTo make a phone call, print your documents, have access to the Internet.
The closest supermarket.
Mon-sat : 07:00-21:00
Sun : 09:00-13:00
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31 Rue Ramey
31 Rue RameyThe closest supermarket.
Mon-sat : 07:00-21:00
Sun : 09:00-13:00
Drinks & Nightlife
A good, cheap place with atmosphere. Trendy, loud and filled with all manner of people, good spot to have a drink after a trek around Montmartre, or to find a neighbourhood feel. Service can be slow.
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La Fourmi
74 Rue des MartyrsA good, cheap place with atmosphere. Trendy, loud and filled with all manner of people, good spot to have a drink after a trek around Montmartre, or to find a neighbourhood feel. Service can be slow.
Typical Parisian wine bar/restaurant. Definitely off the beaten track. Large selection of wine, I usually rely on the waiter to recommend wine after I place my order. Good food also.
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Le Nansouty
38 Rue CustineTypical Parisian wine bar/restaurant. Definitely off the beaten track. Large selection of wine, I usually rely on the waiter to recommend wine after I place my order. Good food also.
Don't miss it ! Not in guidebooks. Doesn't look like a bar from the outside. West indian Arsène opens as he fancies = at the week-end. Decent food, great "rhum arrangé". Amazing atmosphere ! Cheap.
12 Rue Doudeauville
12 Rue DoudeauvilleDon't miss it ! Not in guidebooks. Doesn't look like a bar from the outside. West indian Arsène opens as he fancies = at the week-end. Decent food, great "rhum arrangé". Amazing atmosphere ! Cheap.
Elegant old building. Mix of old-school items with fancy-looking designers' stuff. Alternative (yet boho) atmosphere thanks to great leafy terrace. Great for drink. Don’t know about the food.
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La Rotonde Stalingrad
6-8 Pl. de la Bataille de Stalingrad
Elegant old building. Mix of old-school items with fancy-looking designers' stuff. Alternative (yet boho) atmosphere thanks to great leafy terrace. Great for drink. Don’t know about the food.
Shopping
Award-winning Christophe Miton owns the best butcher shop around. Home made traditional French dishes available. A must for meat lovers and traditional French food amateurs.
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3 Rue Ramey
3 Rue RameyAward-winning Christophe Miton owns the best butcher shop around. Home made traditional French dishes available. A must for meat lovers and traditional French food amateurs.
11 Rue Ramey
11 Rue RameyAn excellent wine shop.
Definitely the best macaroons in Paris, and I've tried them all ! And delicious chocolates with different fun flavors (lavender, daiquiri plus very friendly staff.
5 Rue Tardieu
5 Rue Tardieu Definitely the best macaroons in Paris, and I've tried them all ! And delicious chocolates with different fun flavors (lavender, daiquiri plus very friendly staff.
For beer lovers.
A place where you can get local made beer, brewed in La Goutte d'Or area.
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A la Biere comme a la Biere
20 Rue CustineFor beer lovers.
A place where you can get local made beer, brewed in La Goutte d'Or area.
Sightseeing
Cité Véron
Cité VéronA lovely alley. Boris Vian and Jacques Prévert used to live at number 6bis.
Charming alley. Jean Renoir, his brother and actor Pierre Renoir once lived in their father's atelier, Auguste Renoir, at #6.
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Allée des Brouillards
Allée des BrouillardsCharming alley. Jean Renoir, his brother and actor Pierre Renoir once lived in their father's atelier, Auguste Renoir, at #6.
7 Rue Girardon
7 Rue GirardonAnother park to have a break.
No need to introduce this famous graveyard where Berlioz, Truffaut, Nijinski, Degas, Stendhal, George Feydeau, Sacha Guitry, Picabia, to name but a few, are buried. Worth the visit.
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20 Avenue Rachel
20 Avenue RachelNo need to introduce this famous graveyard where Berlioz, Truffaut, Nijinski, Degas, Stendhal, George Feydeau, Sacha Guitry, Picabia, to name but a few, are buried. Worth the visit.
Special village-like feel, but very busy. Take the lift to get out of the metro station, otherwise, you'll climb a HUGE stretch of winding stairs. Don't miss le mur des je t'aime, square Jehan Rictus.
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14 Rue Cortot
14 Rue CortotSpecial village-like feel, but very busy. Take the lift to get out of the metro station, otherwise, you'll climb a HUGE stretch of winding stairs. Don't miss le mur des je t'aime, square Jehan Rictus.
Only 50 meters from the studio. You'll hear the bells on sunday mornings at around 11 am.
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Sacre-Coeur
35 Rue du Chevalier de la BarreOnly 50 meters from the studio. You'll hear the bells on sunday mornings at around 11 am.
Small museum with a garden which gives an insight into the history of Montmartre. An English audio guide is included in the entry price. Once the home of Utrillo, Suzanne Valadon, Renoir, Dufy ...
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Arenes de Montmartre
25 Rue ChappeSmall museum with a garden which gives an insight into the history of Montmartre. An English audio guide is included in the entry price. Once the home of Utrillo, Suzanne Valadon, Renoir, Dufy ...