INSIDE THIS ISSUE: * Heather’s News * * Free Kids Adventure Park at Les Halles * Gregorian Chant at Eglise de la Trinité * Paris Plage at Night * It’s Festival Time! * Storm Topples Open-Air Movie Screen * Gourmet and Organic Produce * Christmas (ornaments)...
Insider Tips
80 Rue Mouffetard, 5th. Tel 01 47 07 47 07. Youth hostel on a bustling Latin Quarter street full of pubs and shops.
32 rue St-Anne, 1st. Tel 01 40 20 02 35. The Hotel Louvre Sainte-Anne is centrally located near the Opéra and Louvre, with 20 air-conditioned rooms.
9 rue des Gobelins, 13th. Tel 01 47 07 26 90. The Residence les Gobelins is a small hotel on a quiet, cobblestone street in the 13th (near Latin Quarter).
Roissy CDG Aéroport. Tel 01 49 19 19 19.A convenient and inexpensive hotel at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport, located at terminal 3 right next to the RER station into Paris.
12 rue Greffulhe, 8th. Tel 01 47 42 26 26. An excellent bargain located on a quiet side street in the Madeleine business and theatre district.
63 rue Saint Lazare, 9th. Tel 01 48 74 78 24.Originally built as a bank in 1870, the building was converted into a hotel in 1896 and has retained many of its beautiful Belle Epoch architectural details.
6 rue Greneta, 3rd. Tel 01 42 72 89 91.The Roubaix has a faded elegance that’s certainly past its prime but this centrally-located hotel near the Marais is not without charm.
There was a small detour on the Sunday Canadian Club hike to take in La Fête de la Jeep in the village of Sagy. It’s an annual reenactment of the August 1944 battle between US liberation troops (led by Captain Murray Pulver) and the Nazi Germany...
Last Sunday I went on one of the Canadian Club hikes, a day-long trek from Chars to Meulun (23.6k). Two things should be known: always get to the train station EARLY to have time to buy a ticket at the window in case the automated machine is out of order (or...
Déli-Cieux at Printemps, 64, boulevard Haussmann, 9th. Panoramic views of the city from this contemporary rooftop cafeteria...
Last week I took a walk around the Parc de Bercy (12th). After opening just over a decade ago, the park and its gardens finally have a "lived in" feel. All of the flowers are in bloom, the trees shrubs have grown big enough to provide plenty of...
