Public toilets are now free
by codrutz
If I remember correctly toilets were not free in Paris, as they are not free in any city in France, you are supposed to pay 40-50cents to automatic toilets or to the ones that are supervised.
There are now on the streets of Paris these automatic toilets that were transformed from "payant" (with a fee) to "non-payant" (free). Just check the availability and push the button to open.
Pay attention if you never used this automatic toilets! Don't enter the toilet immediately after another person, as after each use the door is closing and a washing cycle of up to one minute begins. So wait for the wash to finish then push the button to open the door for you.
IN ST-DENIS: AN OASIS FOR WOMEN
by thinking
Parisian women in the know make the trek out to the end of the Métro Line 13. They head to Hammam Pacha, an authentic women-only Maghrebi bathhouse.
Hammam Pacha knows its worth. On a gray Sunday, a steady flow of Parisians and St.-Denis residents gladly handed over 29 euros (about $35 at $1.21 to the euro) for a day pass plus 13 euros for a body exfoliation, or gommage. Other services like épilation (waxing), massage, a "masque de beauty" or body wrap together can run around 120 euros. Visitors shuck their layers and stuff them in metal gym lockers (keys are provided), and slip on white freshly laundered cotton waffle robes, snap together disposable flip-flops, and join the tide of women as they shuffle to the wet rooms through the salle de repos — the harem-style resting room where visitors can sip tea while lying on straw tatami mats cushioned with embroidered pillows from Arab lands while admiring the Middle Eastern tiled ceilings.
Paris Friends
by gaechka
I've been hosted by Fabien.Great guy,W-hospitality+super motorbyke+exselent couch, and very nice flatmate,Willem! Ian very glad aou contact and proud of myself,caous I've been 1st "couchsurfiger" for him.