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Nearest place to get a decent baguette. Avoid the two boulangeries between this one and rue Saint Maur.
135 Rue Oberkampf
135 Rue OberkampfNearest place to get a decent baguette. Avoid the two boulangeries between this one and rue Saint Maur.
My favourite bakery in the quarter. Grab a tarte au citron on your way to lovely Square Maurice Gardette and fetch a baguette de campagne on your way home.
7 localnici recomandă
Boulangerie Saint-Maur
76 Rue Saint-MaurMy favourite bakery in the quarter. Grab a tarte au citron on your way to lovely Square Maurice Gardette and fetch a baguette de campagne on your way home.
School kids, hobos, bohos and lovely old ladys relax twixt musical pavilion and skating rink, tree lined walks and sunny benches, palms and plane trees, surrounded by elegant façades. Très français!
80 localnici recomandă
Piața Maurice-Gardette
2 Rue du Général BlaiseSchool kids, hobos, bohos and lovely old ladys relax twixt musical pavilion and skating rink, tree lined walks and sunny benches, palms and plane trees, surrounded by elegant façades. Très français!
Cheapest supermarket in the area. Some products are not so bad, really. Case in point: the salami aux noix. Plus, it's on the way to Square Maurice Gardette...
83 localnici recomandă
Lidl
83 Rue Saint-MaurCheapest supermarket in the area. Some products are not so bad, really. Case in point: the salami aux noix. Plus, it's on the way to Square Maurice Gardette...
The most comfortable supermarket in the area: Next to the metro station, open mon to sat until midnight plus sunday morning, short queues, great range of beverages... sole drawback: very expensive.
561 localnici recomandă
Monop'
42 Rue Saint-MaurThe most comfortable supermarket in the area: Next to the metro station, open mon to sat until midnight plus sunday morning, short queues, great range of beverages... sole drawback: very expensive.
A good compromise between Lidl and Monop'. Hop in on your walk into or back from town.
187 localnici recomandă
U Express et Drive
109 Rue du TempleA good compromise between Lidl and Monop'. Hop in on your walk into or back from town.
Le métro. Fast, cheap, packed. If you get a "carnet" of 10 tickets, the price of a single fare drops to 1,40. Check out the monument to potato hero Antoine Parmentier on the platform of this station!
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Parmentier station
Le métro. Fast, cheap, packed. If you get a "carnet" of 10 tickets, the price of a single fare drops to 1,40. Check out the monument to potato hero Antoine Parmentier on the platform of this station!
The blessings of being nosy! Many of the most charming corners of Paris are hidden behind private looking gateways and narrow passages. This private street doesn't bear it's romantic name in vain...
Cité du figuier
106 Rue OberkampfThe blessings of being nosy! Many of the most charming corners of Paris are hidden behind private looking gateways and narrow passages. This private street doesn't bear it's romantic name in vain...
A hidden jewel. A quiet square with a beautiful rose garden against the backdrop of elegant rococo façades.
Rue de Hesse
Rue de HesseA hidden jewel. A quiet square with a beautiful rose garden against the backdrop of elegant rococo façades.
Venture through the passageway in the far righthand corner of the cour d'honneur of the Hôtel Soubise and enter a suite of gardens that manage to be feel stately and intimate at the same time.
168 localnici recomandă
Jardins des Archives Nationales
60 Rue des Francs BourgeoisVenture through the passageway in the far righthand corner of the cour d'honneur of the Hôtel Soubise and enter a suite of gardens that manage to be feel stately and intimate at the same time.
A particularly charming and well preserved survivor of the many 'passages' that were once so typical of the 'capital the nineteenth century'. Don't miss the adjacent Place des Petits Pères, either!
198 localnici recomandă
Galerie Vivienne
Galerie VivienneA particularly charming and well preserved survivor of the many 'passages' that were once so typical of the 'capital the nineteenth century'. Don't miss the adjacent Place des Petits Pères, either!
Great architecture and a splendid view onto the Île de la Cité from the free rooftop terrace.
247 localnici recomandă
Institutul Lumii Arabe
1 Rue des Fossés Saint-BernardGreat architecture and a splendid view onto the Île de la Cité from the free rooftop terrace.
Food Scene
The friendly staff serves hearty algerian cuisine for astonishingly little money: Starter, tajine, sweets, mint tea and a coffee for hardly more than 20 Euro - feels like Berlin...
The Miyanis
132 Bd de MénilmontantThe friendly staff serves hearty algerian cuisine for astonishingly little money: Starter, tajine, sweets, mint tea and a coffee for hardly more than 20 Euro - feels like Berlin...
The place is tiny and bleak, and the selection of dishes is restricted to variations of chinese ravioli. But since those are excellent and cheap, what more could you ask for? Well worth the walk.
64 localnici recomandă
Raviolis Nord Est
115 Rue Saint-DenisThe place is tiny and bleak, and the selection of dishes is restricted to variations of chinese ravioli. But since those are excellent and cheap, what more could you ask for? Well worth the walk.
Excellent, authentic japanese cuisine, reasonably priced. Reservation recommended, even on weekdays!
31 localnici recomandă
Kyobashi
117 Rue Saint-MaurExcellent, authentic japanese cuisine, reasonably priced. Reservation recommended, even on weekdays!
Friendly athmosphere, hearty and generous dishes of basque cuisine, attractively priced.
68 localnici recomandă
Les Fabricants
61 Rue Jean-Pierre TimbaudFriendly athmosphere, hearty and generous dishes of basque cuisine, attractively priced.
Rub shoulders with complete strangers in this canteen gone chalet while enjoing very good vietnamese food! Unique. And affordable.
74 localnici recomandă
Cô My Cantine
18 Rue de MénilmontantRub shoulders with complete strangers in this canteen gone chalet while enjoing very good vietnamese food! Unique. And affordable.
Enjoy very good maghrebi cuisine under the tarpaulin canopy of this charming market tucked away at the center of a block of buildings.
1003 localnici recomandă
Marche des Enfants Rouges
39 Rue de BretagneEnjoy very good maghrebi cuisine under the tarpaulin canopy of this charming market tucked away at the center of a block of buildings.
Drinks & Nightlife
Boho binge. Cheap beer, nice staff, hipster crowd. Go make the difference...
36 localnici recomandă
Au Chat Noir
76 Rue Jean-Pierre TimbaudBoho binge. Cheap beer, nice staff, hipster crowd. Go make the difference...
Nice bar on the foot of Montmartre. Local, rather studenty crowd, friendly and competent service, decent prices.
178 localnici recomandă
Francis Labutte
122 Rue CaulaincourtNice bar on the foot of Montmartre. Local, rather studenty crowd, friendly and competent service, decent prices.