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Pick-Pockets Paris
190 Reviews The view from Monmartre/ Sacre Couer is overwhelming, stunning, but so is the pick pockets in this section of town. I was travelling with a large group of women, there were about forty of us, but pick...
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Dangerous Areas Nice
11 Reviews 3 friends and I were sitting at the beach, minding our own business when some crazy North African fellow came over and wrongly accoused us of being gay. After many attempts at befriending him and...
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Stony beaches Nice
9 Reviews Though the Baie des Anges looks picture postcard perfect from the viewpoint of the Chateau, close up, don't expect a sandy beach!. Nice beaches are pebbles - "galets" - and stones. Hard underfoot, you...
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Beggars and Aggressive Vendors Paris
109 Reviews There are many beggars in Paris. Many operate round the churches, and other tourist destinations. Apparently in Paris it is illegal for the beggars to approach people, they risk imprisonment if they...
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Pickpockets Nice
14 Reviews Keep your valuables close and be alert for pickpockets. Be aware of any person who is bumping into you, coming up too close, wants to stop and talk to you. But although you should be alert, don't be...
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Safety Paris
56 Reviews This along with my other warning about traffic can not be stressed enough. If you are crossing a street that has traffic going in both directions, observe the lights very carefully. They may not be...
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Tourists Nice
5 Reviews Nice seemed like a great place to celebrate my 18th with my other two female friends....NOT. Don't get fooled by the overall exterior appearance of Nice. It's a beautiful and vibrant place to visit,...
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Métro & Trains Paris
100 Reviews It's a good idea to check to make sure your train is operating as usual on the day you plan to take it to CDG or Orly. I have listed two websites where you can check...
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Dog Droppings Nice
5 Reviews The Nicois love their little dogs. They cosset them, they dress them in coats in Winter, they walk them constantly, they pop them in shoulder bags on excursions, and those little dogs are very...
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Long Lines and Queues Paris
21 Reviews Most of what I do in Paris involves little or no queuing, so I can't speak from personal experience, but I have recently come to realize that for some people the queuing situation in Paris can be a...
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Driving & Drivers Paris
58 Reviews Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, the catchy title of the 1992 bestseller by John Gray, succinctly expresses an ancient dilemma. What--if anything--do men's and women's brains do...
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Toilets Paris
20 Reviews FYI, since 2006 (February 15) Public Toilets are free in Paris. Sanisette (public toilets / closets like) are pretty clean but decade old. Since begin of this year, brand new toilets are replacing...
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Parlez-Vous Anglais? Paris
19 Reviews The sterotype of rude Parisians is just not true if you try and use a little French. I only speak a rudimentary amount but I did try to speak French first. In almost all cases I was rewarded with a...
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Food, Dangerous Food... Paris
18 Reviews When traveling in Paris it would be wise to bring your own bottled water if possible. Soft drinks and water are expensive, often costing 5euro per bottle. Having spent a fortune to stay hydrated while...
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Taxis Paris
18 Reviews i too have had the same thing happen with paris shuttle, are flight was late and the ride had left, i was told to find a taxi thats it, and that my card would be credited right then, then i asked...
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Money Matters Paris
23 Reviews While wandering around the park next to the Eiffel Tower my friend and I were approached by mulitple women collecting monetary donations for one cause or another. Some scams are easy to spot, but...
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Dog Souvenirs Paris
20 Reviews If you have a dog in Paris, you'd better clean up after it, otherwise they'll fine you 183 Euros (if they catch you). This poster on the garbage truck reads: "Pas de ça chez vous? Paris c'est chez...
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Labour Strikes (Greves) Paris
12 Reviews We were in Paris in November of 2007 during a transport strike that lasted at least a week. We were surprised to discover that busses and metro and RER were still running though some lines were quite...
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During the months of Late June and July the roads become packed with north Africam immigrants returning home for a break..their cars are usually over loaded and they drive fast and in their thousands...i saw quite a few accidents involving them...also in Spain.
Be carefull if travelling by road when you pass thriugh some toll stations....the French Doane are waiting to take aside any foriegn car they choose and generaly be nasty...demanding paperwork..inspecting your car and generally giving you a bad time...courtesy is lacking.
Women: if you are staying at a caravan park and need to use the bathroom facilities, try not to be the only one in there. I was spied on in the shower in a Cabourg caravan park by what I assume was one of the (male) workers who had been working in the yard and saw me go in alone. One consolation is that the would-be spy must have had a very sore head after I had kicked the wall hard enough to make his head bounce off of it (it made a very satisfying smack) and assaulted his ears with a string of English swear words. Had it been me spying however, I would have chosen a much more exciting target.
Be wary of pick-pockets. This is a growing problem is Paris. In the metro stations, you'll hear announcements over and over again warning you to be wary. If you can, buy a moneybelt and use it. I didn't use one when I was there but my wallet was always in my jacket pocket where I could feel it.
We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down.Nebezpecenstvom pre turistu zvyknuteho na kludny presun automobilov su motorky, ktore jazdia vo Francuzsku skoro vsade a dost velkou rychlostou, coho nasledkom byvaju caste kolizie aut prave s tymito tatosmi ciest.
BEWARE PICKPOCKETS!!! While in the Louvre, my friends and I actually watched a pickpocket at work. We were trying to keep an eye on him while someone went to get security, but unfortunately he got away. Always keep your bag as close to you as you can because it's amazing how fast pickpockets work.
for those who dont't speak french: 'avez-vous dix centieme' seems to mean 'do you have ten cents', but really it's a direct translation of, 'show me where you keep your money because i'm about to pickpocket/rob/mug you'.
Don't get into what is called the 'cité',because it's very dangerous ,even for the police.In almost every French city there is a 'cité'.Beware of people who want to sell you items through blackmarket.
Since Jacques Chirac's mayoral days in Paris when he instituted 'moto-crottes' to tidy up the numerous tons each year of Parisian dog droppings, things are supposedly a bit better. Still, it's a genuine concern for tourists who may venture into some of the more residential neighborhoods where residents walk their dogs. One important tip: 'Look DOWN before looking UP at all the beautiful old buildings!'
Most French people can be nice, especially the non-Parisians. It seems the farther south you go, the better they get. But watch out for SNCF, the rail service. When I was going through France this summer on my way to London, I was dead tired. It was the middle of my 30 hour train ride from Wroclaw to London. I had just left Basel, Switzerland on my way to Paris to pick up the Chunnel train at midnight. I sat in the very last car, on the very last seat and put on bag over my head, the other in the bin behind me. Some Algerian-immigrant students came on and I went back to bed. Around 5 or 6 in the morning, I woke up and the bag behind me was gone, and so were the Algerians. I was hoping an SNCF guy took it, as was almost done on my Easter trip. But the guy in Paris doubted it. I had to wait forever to get a police report filled out. Since I had been living in Poland, it had quite a few...
Four Seasons George V Paris Paris
5 Reviews and 556 Opinions The Four Seasons George V is truly one of the world's great hotels. I really, really love to stay...
Palais de la Mediterranee Nice
3 Reviews and 674 Opinions The hotel was amazing, right on the beach. It was very clean and the rooms were of excellent...
Hotel Gutenberg Strasbourg
1 Review and 183 Opinions I toured Alsace by bicycle in mid-September, 2008. After the group ride was over, I stayed for 3...
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