Guidebook for Paris

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Guidebook for Paris

Arts & Culture

Major contemporary art museum and public library. One block south, IRCAM, an internationally-known contemporary music center.
2590 locals recommend
The Centre Pompidou
2590 locals recommend
Major contemporary art museum and public library. One block south, IRCAM, an internationally-known contemporary music center.
Great yearly season of theater plays, contemporary danse, chamber music and world music at quite reasonable prices.
29 locals recommend
Théâtre de la Ville
2 Pl. du Châtelet
29 locals recommend
Great yearly season of theater plays, contemporary danse, chamber music and world music at quite reasonable prices.
Well-known venue for concerts, operas and operettas.
108 locals recommend
Théâtre du Châtelet
2 Rue Edouard Colonne
108 locals recommend
Well-known venue for concerts, operas and operettas.
Interesting museum.
1067 locals recommend
Musée National Picasso-Paris
5 Rue de Thorigny
1067 locals recommend
Interesting museum.
The French national archives are definitely worth the visit: the building and its gardens, sure, but the contents too!
168 locals recommend
Jardins des Archives Nationales
60 Rue des Francs Bourgeois
168 locals recommend
The French national archives are definitely worth the visit: the building and its gardens, sure, but the contents too!
Museum of the City Hall of Paris in a beautiful mansion.
521 locals recommend
Carnavalet Museum
23 Rue de Sévigné
521 locals recommend
Museum of the City Hall of Paris in a beautiful mansion.
If you want to see a good movie, that's the place to go to. NOTE : Google Maps incorrectly displays it, it is actually on the north side of the Pompidou Center.
82 locals recommend
MK2 Beaubourg
50 Rue Rambuteau
82 locals recommend
If you want to see a good movie, that's the place to go to. NOTE : Google Maps incorrectly displays it, it is actually on the north side of the Pompidou Center.

Shopping

Major department store on several blocks. Recently redone.
612 locals recommend
BHV PARIS
52 Rue de Rivoli
612 locals recommend
Major department store on several blocks. Recently redone.

Essentials

Good supermarket.
131 locals recommend
Supermarché G20
15 Rue du Grenier-Saint-Lazare
131 locals recommend
Good supermarket.

Everything Else

Remarkable museum in a splendid 17th mansion.
70 locals recommend
Museum of the Art and History of Judaism
71 Rue du Temple
70 locals recommend
Remarkable museum in a splendid 17th mansion.
A nice and quiet public garden.
51 locals recommend
Anne-Frank Garden
14 Imp. Berthaud
51 locals recommend
A nice and quiet public garden.

Sightseeing

A 19th cent. reconstruction of a 15th cent. building worth the visit. From there, cross the Seine and visit the islands too.
502 locals recommend
Hôtel de Ville
Place de l'Hôtel de Ville
502 locals recommend
A 19th cent. reconstruction of a 15th cent. building worth the visit. From there, cross the Seine and visit the islands too.
Architecturally outstanding square. When there, don't miss the Hôtel de Sully (south west corner for back entrance).
1047 locals recommend
Place des Vosges
Place des Vosges
1047 locals recommend
Architecturally outstanding square. When there, don't miss the Hôtel de Sully (south west corner for back entrance).
One of the three large neo-oriental looking 19th century synagogues of Paris.
Synagogue de Nazareth
15 Rue Notre Dame de Nazareth
One of the three large neo-oriental looking 19th century synagogues of Paris.

Food Scene

One of the two oldest houses in Paris (1409) with medieval inscriptions on its façade.
46 locals recommend
Auberge Nicolas Flamel
51 Rue de Montmorency
46 locals recommend
One of the two oldest houses in Paris (1409) with medieval inscriptions on its façade.