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The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Paris
Paris Métropolitain
Sacre Coeur
The Arch of TriumphCheap Paris - Old tips but still valuable
Paris Bargains / Alexander Lobrano
paris-touristoffice.com.
9 a.m. to 8 p.m. - 127 ave des Champs Elysees free info on maps, events/exhibition and advice.
currency-exchange
Cirrus ATM card from home, no commission.
Change traveler's checks or cash with no fee:
Comptoir de Change Saint-Germain - 30 rue Gregoire de Tours, 6th arr., Metro: Odeon
Comptoir de Change Opera - 9 rue Scribe, 9th arr., Metro: Opera
Baguette Shops
Kayser - 8 rue Monge, 5th arr., Metro: Maubert-Mutualite
Jean-Luc Poujauran - 20 rue Jean Nicot, 7th arr., Metro: La Tour-Maubourg
Le Moulin de la Vierge - 105 rue Vercingetorix, 14th arr., Metro: Pernety or Plaisance
Andre Cleret - 11 rue Jean Lantier, 1st arr., Metro: Chatelet
Gosselin - 125 rue Saint-Honore, 1st arr., Metro: Louvre-Rivoli
Julien - 73 ave. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 8th arr., Metro: Saint-Philippe-du-Roule
Blondeau - 24 rue des Abbesses, 18th arr., Metro: Abbesses
Open-air markets:
$
Marche Belleville, Tue & Frid 7 am-1 pm - blvd. de Belleville, 20th arr., Metro: Belleville
Marche d'Aligre - place d'Aligre, 12th arr., Metro: Ledru Rollin- Mon to Sat 8 am-3:30 pm & 5:30-8:30 pm
$$
Marche Maubert - 5th arr., Metro: Maubert-Mutualite - Tue, Thu & Sat 8 am-noon;
2nd branch - daily from 9 am-1 pm & 4 pm -7 pm - 1st arr., Metro: Les Halles
Batobus
Get tickets at any of the stops or any Metro station.
Restarants
Le P'tit Gavroche - Marais - 15 rue Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie, 4th arr., Metro: Hotel-de-Ville
Le Petit Keller - Bastille - 13 bis, rue Keller, 11th arr., Metro: Bastille
Chez Max - Chatelet-Les Halles - 47 rue Saint-Honore, 1st arr., Metro: Les Halles
Chartier in Montmartre - 7 rue du Faubourg-Montmartre, 9th arr., Metro: Montmartre
Chez Germaine - Faubourg-Saint-Germain - 30 rue Pierre Leroux, 7th arr., Metro: La Tour-Maubourg
Carte telephonique
Sold at tabac (tobacco) shops and post offices, Department store finds
Monoprix:
good bets for inexpensive wines, as are the supermarket chains. One caveat: avoid the dirt-cheap "La Petite Villageoise"
budget traveler's best ami. Shop for a picnic, buy postcards cheaper here than elsewhere),hunt for real-life French souvenirs. A bar of scented Mont Saint Michel soap goes for only 8F ($1.10), for example, while high-quality Bourjois makeup - made in the same factory that produces Chanel cosmetics - goes for vastly less than designer counterparts (a lipstick runs 29F/$3.95). Most Monoprixs also stock souvenirs like scarves, Paris-labeled T-shirts (both 39F/$5.30), and tote bags (59F/$8), and for 12F ($1.65) you can pick up "Le Petit Camembert" cheese that will drive gourmet friends back home into ecstasy or a bottle of Corbieres red wine for only 14F ($1.90). Strategically located branches on the Right Bank: 21 avenue de l'Opera (1st arr., Metro: Palais Royal) and 52 rue la Fontaine (9th arr.; Metro: Pigalle); on the Left Bank: 50 rue de Rennes (6th arr., Metro: Saint-Germain-des-Pres) and 15 rue de la Convention (15th arr., Metro: Convention).
Grape expectations
You can find fine table wines for $2 a bottle and less all over Paris. The Nicolas chain of wine stores carries a special selection of vins du pays (country wines) under the heading of "Les Petites Recoltes," ranging from a pleasant Syrah from the Ardeche for 14F ($1.80) to easy-drinking whites from Gascony for 12F ($1.55). The most central of Nicolas' 70 stores on the Left Bank: 189 rue Saint-Honore (1st arr.), 35 rue Rambuteau (4th arr.); on the Right Bank, 31 place de la Madeleine (8th arr.), 5 rue Monge (5th arr.), 13 rue de Buci (6th arr.), and 34 avenue Bosquet (7th arr.)
