Passages, Paris

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Passage du Havre

Located near Saint Lazare station, Passage du Havre is a good alternative for shopping as you can find in one place a lot of renowned brands (Zara, Etam, H&M).

Easily accessible, it is not very crowded (at least in the week days).

Women / Men Clothes
Bath and beauty products

Affordable prices.

Theme: Women's Clothes

Address: Passage du Havre

Directions: Near Saint Lazare. M: Saint-Lazare (lines 3, 9, 13 and 14)


	Passages: Go back to the childhood	Tip Rating:

Updated By GUYON

on June 11, 2005

by GUYON
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Pain d'Epice

Forget the computers and the electronic games and play as our grand parents played.
Pain d'Epice sells traditional toys hand made with wood and paper.
You will find several doll houses and an incredible collection of tiny furniture.
If you are in love with the wooden toys go there : the wooden rocking horse is great.
There are also a large range of mecanisms for music box.

Toys and toys.

Everything there is rare. So everything is expensive.
But you can look, it is free.

Theme: Toys and Games

Address: Passage Jouffroy 9° arrondissement

Directions: Metro : Grands Boulevards. Near Blvd Montmartre


	Passages: Shopping undercover ...	Tip Rating:

Updated By shrimp56

on January 22, 2004

Passage de Panoramas

The covered passages, or galeries, in Paris are among the first enclosed "shopping centers". You will find them in the 1st, 2nd and 9th for the most part. They vary from the fancy to the ordinary and provide a nice slice of Parisian life.

Depending on the economic "scale" of the passage -- you will find almost anything from old postcards and "antiques", to very upscale wine bars.

Theme: Other


	Passages: Elegant shopping out of the rain.	Tip Rating:

Updated By shrimp56

on June 28, 2005

Galerie Vivienne

Galerie Vivienne was built between between 1823 and 1826.
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It is one of the most elegant of the passages near Palais Royal -- here you can see the care that is taken with the maintenance.

Obviously the shops and cafes are also very elegant! Among them are Cave Lucien Legrand filles et fils, where you can buy wine and eat a lunch in chic surroundings; The beautiful artificial flowers of Emilio Robba ; and " A Priori The ", a tearoom with great incredible hot chocolate and superior scones.

Theme: Other

Address: Rue des Petits-Champs


	Passages: A simple passage will do	Tip Rating:

Updated By shrimp56

on June 30, 2005

Passage Verdeau

Not all of the old shopping "passages" are upscale and elegant -- but even those that aren't, are full of fascinating shops and little cafes.
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Passage Verdeau was built at the same time as Passage Jouffroy in 1847 by the same architects.

Theme: Other

Address: Passage Verdeau


	Passages: Flowers on the cutting edge ...	Tip Rating:

Updated By shrimp56

on August 2, 2006

Emilio Robba

Modern French floral design is one of the delights of looking in Paris shop windows.
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You can pay a lot of money for a class at The Ritz Hotel, or you can come here and make your own arrangement from the artifical flowers on display !!!

Such an experience is not inexpensive, but would be a wonderful introduction to the French view of flower arranging.

Theme: Flowers

Address: Galerie Vivienne

Website: http://www.emiliorobba.com/decor.asp


	Passages: By Baby Doll	Tip Rating:

Updated By GUYON

on June 11, 2005

by GUYON
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Miniature(s) World

This tiny shop is adjacent to Pain d'Epice (see my previous tip).
Outdoor there is a collection of mecanisms of music box, you can make working turning the handle.
Indoor, strolling in the narrow aisles, have a look at the amazing miniatures : furnitures for doll house, tiny tea sets and copper cake pans. Everything you have at home but it is missing in your daughter's doll house.

The little things are more expensive than the large ones.

Theme: Toys and Games

Address: Passage des Panoramas - 9e arrondissement

Directions: On Blvd Montmartre. Metro : Richelieu-Drouot


	Passages: Paper Products in Passage Choiseul	Tip Rating:

Updated By BeatChick

on January 22, 2008

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Lavrut - Passage Choiseul

Located in one of the beautiful passages in the 2nd arrondissement, Passage Choiseul, is a papeterie called Lavrut, where I picked up some "moleskine" notebooks, the kind Hemingway used, for Mr. Connolly and a pink pen with fluffy feathers on the end for my daughter. I know moleskin notebooks may be purchased in the US but it's just more fun to purchase them in Paris. Besides, they wrap them up so beautifully if you tell them "un cadeaux, s'il vous plait".

I love shopping in these little shops that only the locals seem to know!

I purchased blank, lined, a graph lined moleskine notebooks along with a fun pink pen with fluffy feathers! Perfect for inexpensive gift items.

Photos: February 2006

Theme: Stationery

Address: 52, Passage Choiseul 75002 Paris

Phone: 01 42 96 95 54

Website: 01 40 20 94 89 (Fx#)


	Passages: All dolled up!	Tip Rating:

Updated By shrimp56

on June 28, 2005

How much is that dollie
in the window?

M. Capia's curio shop is known for its antique doll collection. The Galerie Vero-Dodat gets its name from the two butchers that started it in 1824.

Theme: Toys and Games

Address: no 26 Galerie Vero-Dodat


	Passages: Old fashioned shopping	Tip Rating:

By OrlandoBR

on March 2, 2003

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Galerie Vivienne

There are a few of these old-time shopping galleries around Paris, linking the streets. They're usually specialized in antiques, used books or collectibles in general, and some have really beautiful designs.