My husband are looking at the Champs Elysees andoirssement #8 or the Opera location by Rue de Lafayette and are torn. I want to stay in a place or location that scream PARIS also a place that offers good cheap eats and supermarkets if we wanted to buy drinks bread chesses ect and also location, location, locaton. Any suggestions or am I just fooling my little old self? Thanks.... :-)
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Champs Elysées = No way, you will be sadly disappointed. No cheap eats or supermarkets or food markets, and no pittoresque local scenery that SCREAM Paris.
Rue Lafayette = Better, but I am not sure if that is what you are looking for, as I read your post.
What is your hotel budget (and expectations) ?
Take a look at the description of the arrondissements at the website %26quot;Jack-Travel%26quot; here:
jack-travel.com/Paris_Visit_Main_Page3.htm
http://www.parisnet.net/parismap.html
And for some pictures:
http://www.insecula.com/salle/EP0570.html
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And if you read German this also can give you some idea of how the city is laid out:
parisinfo.de/arrondissements-ueberblick.htm
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Actually, if you look for a place around Place de la Madeleine, there are lots of little shops and alimentaires (small grocers)... and you%26#39;d be in walking distance (500-700 meters) of Jardin des Tuileries and the Seine...
There are gourmet food stores around Madeleine,such as Fauchon, Lauderee and Hediard ...
There is a food market - Marché Aguesseau, at Place de la Madeleine, on Tuesday and Friday. Also a Monoprix at 30 rue d%26#39;Astorg, or 52 av Champs Elysées ...
There are about 5 bus lines and 3 metro lines at Place de la Madeleine..
Here is an inexpensive hotel that looks kinda cute to me (but I have no personal experience with it):
Hotel Madeleine Opera http://www.hotel-madeleine-opera.com/
Also:
Hotel la Sanguine parishotelsfrance.com/paris/08/sanguine.html
so you, see you can stay near the Champs yet have everything %26quot;Parisian%26quot; around you.
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we stayed in the 9th right on Hausseman @ the Millennium Hotel.
the big shops were near by -
airport shuttle to the Opera a few blocks away -
metro stop in front of hotel -
small wine / cheese / food shops near by -
and we could walk to alot of the sights
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Montmartre if you want PARIS---but stay away from the Moulin Rouge area.
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Thankyou-How about the Opera area? i am leaning towards staying there and just wanted your opinions.
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The Opera area is especially nice when you like the department stores like Galeries Lafayette, and the location is very Parisian, there are also all kind of restaurants there, only I%26#39;m not sure about the cheeses and supermarkets (the department stores have great supermarkets, but these are really expensive, nice to see, though). I think Golden Tulip Opera Nouailles is a great hotel in this area, but I don%26#39;t now what your budget is.
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lilybelle:
Have you looked into the 7e arrondissement...it%26#39;s near the Eiffel Tower, on the south side of the river. There is a neat street market there called Rue Cler...open every day except Monday...it has a lot of what you are looking for. Another great street is Rue Mouffetard in the 5e arrondissement.....also south of the river on the east side of Paris.
My suggestion to you would be to get a good guide book and a good map of Paris...perhaps Rick Steves%26#39; Paris travel book would be helpful to you. I suggest his book because it is user-friendly and very easy to understand. Good luck with your decision......ton amie..........happy travels!
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hi lilybelle
I don%26#39;t think that the Rick Steves guidebook gives a very good overview of the city - it had only some sketchy handdrawn maps and no photos. It has a lot of informations about hotels and restaurants, but for a firsttimer I would find it confusing. Plus he tends to be a little Mr.Know-It-All about what is worth seeing and what is not worth seeing in Paris.
I haved posted this numerous times, but here it comes again:
I have had much use of the DK Eyewitness Travelguide PARIS, as it has many beatiful colour photos, some history, a logical way of presenting the areas, and many practical things about food, restaurants, shopping, means of transport etc.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/002-4413554-3988838?url=search-alias%3Daps%26amp;field-keywords=DK+Eyewitness+travel+guide+paris
If you really want the Opera-neighbourhood how about the litlle Hotel Chopin ? It is located quietly and very romantically in one one the covered passages: Passage Jouffroy: Only a stones throw from the Grand Boulevards, the other covered passages with all the exciting boutiques - and most important: the big department stores Galeries Lafayette and Printemps.
I have not stayed there myself, but I have seen the hotel and it looks so cute:
HOTEL:
http://www.hotelbretonnerie.com/chopin.htm
PASSAGE JOUFFROY:
http://www.insecula.com/salle/MS01141.html
HOTEL REVIEWS (RAVING !): tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g187147-d196829…
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The opera area is nice to visit and the great department stores are there, but I remember thinking that I am glad I didn%26#39;t stay there - it doesn%26#39;t have that nice cobbled streets little Parisian shops type feel to it.
My favourite place to stay is on the left bank 5e, 6e in the Latin Quarter...near Blvd St Germaine ...between that and the river and on either side of St Michel Boulevard. My favourite area is the left bank between where ythe Louvre and the Notr Dame are. There are lovely streets, restaurants and tiny little shops and cobbled streets. The Louvre, the Notre Dame, the Champs Elyse - tis all walkable from there and I love it. There are little markets and little shops that sell cheese ,and baquets, and salami and yogurt, and little cute supermarkets. I stayed at Hotel Des Carmes on Rue des Carmes in 4e or 5e.
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