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It's a huge mall beneath the Louvre Museum itself. You can find there whatever you want, more or less, and also enjoy the beautiful and modern architecture of the place, after having scrutinized the cultural wealth of the most famous french Museum. But, it's an expensive place, don't forget it either : if you take some time, you might find in the close neighbourhood loads of cheaper stores that sell the same stuff...
CDs, books, food, jewels, parfumes, food...
Probably too much. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherDirections: Metro : Palais-Royal |
Large and crowded located in the Louvre.
An extensive book store with lovely art books in many languages. Posters, games, t-shirts, and other souvenirs
can be found here. A good selection.
Prices vary, but I think it's about average for Paris. Leave a Comment Theme: Art |
In the Louvre Museum book shop you can find practically anything from the First Visit mini-guide to the beautiful art books. There's also the largest book shop (both in size and selection) specialising in ancient art in France, not to mention the extensive children's art section. The museum boutique has also over 250 different pieces of jewellery on sale, plus gifts, souvenirs and nearly 450 casts made from works on display in the museum. The multimedia audio visual space has a wide range of CD-roms, video tapes, music CD, photo CDs and slides. There's also a choice of over 16,000 prints and engravings by the greatest artists from the 17th century onwards as well as posters, reproductions, greetings cards... several thousand pictures from the Louvre's collections are available in different formats.
Open daily, except Tuesdays, from 9.30am to 7pm (9.45pm, Mondays and Wednesdays).
Tel.: (33)01 40 20 52 06
Fax.: (33)01 40 20 54 45 Leave a Comment Theme: BooksWebsite: librairie.louvre@rmn.fr |
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It's a bit suprising to find it there - but it seems to work very well - a shopping mall right under the Louvre.
The shops are mostly small - apart from a decently sized Virgin Megastore, and include a Louvre shop (books, postcards and reproductions of artworks) as well as a post office. If you don't want to get caught up in the main queue for the Louvre, there's an entrance in the Carrousel gardens on the north side. It's a nice place to spend an hour or so, and even more so if it's raining, as it's completely under cover. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherDirections: Metro : Palais-Royal Musée du Louvre or Tuileries |
The underground mall between the Rivoli/Louvre metro station and the museum mimics the museum's glass pyramids. It is a useful route for entering the museum as the security line tends to be shorter here.
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There is an underground parking lot for those who must drive. Daily 11am-8pm, some boutiques close Tuesday when the museum is closed
There is a wide variety of upscale ships. The biggest is a Virgin megastore. The Louvre itself has an outpost of its bookstore here. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherPhone: +33 1 43 16 47 10Directions: Palais Royal / Musée du Louvre Metro. |
The Carrousel du Louvre or the never closed shopping center is a wonderful mall under the Louvre Museum!
The Boutiques of the Carrousel du Louvre are open daily including Sundays from 11am to 8 pm!
In the Carrousel du Louve , you will admire Ieoh Ming Pei's Reversed Pyramid, a 180 metric tons structure spreading out over 53 ft (16m) and measuring 23 ft (7m) in height! It's gorgeous!
Boutiques are :
-Bernardaud
-Bodum
-Esprit
-Lalique
-Virgin Megastore
-Swatch
-Agatha
-Sephora
-Nature & Découvertes
etc. Leave a Comment |
This indoor mall has a fantastic food court with a variety of ethnic foods and some nice shops including Sephora and a Virgin Megastore. In addition, there is a RATP travel agency where you can get train tickets out of Paris and loads of train info. Best of all, they speak English which helps a lot when you're trying to purchase tickets. Also of use is the small post office with English speaking employees for your post questions. There's also the Louvre souvenir shops where you can purchase Louvre-related souvenirs.
Cologne (or perfume for women) at Sephora, a quick and easy meal at the food court, some postal stuff, train tickets to Brittany and postcards of Louvre artwork.
Typical pricing Leave a Comment Theme: OtherDirections: There's an entrance to the Carrousel off the street opposite the Seine and close to the Metro stops (I think it's Rue de Rivoli). This helps because you don't have to stand in the line to get through the security check at the Louvre pyramid. |
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L'escalier en colimaçon, spectaculaire, à l'intérieur du Louvre, sous la pyramide, vous permet d'accéder à un centre commercial souterrain. Vous y trouverez toutes les cartes postales des oeuvres exposées dans le musée (où l'utilisation des appareils photos est strictement réglementée), de nombreux livres d'art, des CD-roms et des souvenirs pour touristes.
A bas de l'escalier sont situés les entrées principales pour le musée.
The spiral staircase, spectacular, inside the Louvre, under the pyramid, permits you to reach an underground shopping mall. You will find all post cards of the works exposed in the museum there (where the use of the cameras is regulated strictly), many books of art, the CD-ROM and memories for tourists.
To bottom of the staircase are situated the main entries for the museum. Leave a Comment Theme: Art |
Its located in the Carrousel du Louvre and sells really pretty, inexpensive jewelry. If you're looking to purchase a nice gift for someone back home, this would seem like a nice place to do it. Everything says "made in France" on it, so that's always a bonus!
I bought a chain with a pendant. There are A LOT of options if that is something you are looking for, but they also sell bracelets, earings, and other accesories.
40+ euros |
There is Sephora - (like their drugstore) and lots of souvernirs on books, and artifacts of the museum pieces... if you like a Mono Lisa reproduction, you can get them here - a bust or just jewelries from AG. There is also a Lalique store as well as a toy store inside... Leave a Comment Theme: Books |
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