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Paris "Off The Beaten Path Three Days to Explore Itinerary OCTOBER 12-14 2010 Tuesday, October 12: Exploring the Place d’Aligre, Rue Paul Bert and Faubourg St. Antoine quarters. Lunch at Bistro Paul Bert or similar gourmet bistro. The Faubourg St. Antoine is still a quarter that is home to fine artisans, furniture makers and craftsmen. This walk will take you to the bustling covered Place d’Aligre market and its small flea market on the place, to notable food shops along the rue d’Aligre, and along the multiethnic rue du Faubourg St. Antoine to the foodie nexus of the rue Paul Bert. We will also stop in at Ble Sucre, an excellent patisserie whose killer pain au chocolates were voted in the best top two in all of Paris. Sally will point out shops that still sell stunning historic door knockers and other very French decorative hardware, a terrific and well priced table linens shop, a sweet little bookshop focused on food books and cookbooks and much more. Time permitting, we will take a walk along the Viaduc des Arts to visit the various artisans ateliers and climb up to the Promenade Plantee for a walk in this lovely elevated greenspace with its remarkable birds-eye view of architectural details on surrounding buildings. Wednesday, October 13: A Day in the 9th and 17th. Exploring the Batignolles quarter, the rue de Levis market street, and, South of Pigalle/rue de Martyrs.. Lunch at gourmet bistro such as Ripaille, Hier et Aujourd Hui, or other. Tasting macarons at L’Ecureuil. We will begin this day with a walk to explore the excellent rue de Levis market street. Stops will include a top Paris fromager, a patisserie voted best new patisserie in the 2008 Pudlo Guide, and also a sweet little shop specializing in delicious products from the Auvergne. Then we cross over the railroad tracks into Batignolles to explore this charming neighborhood and its verdant park. Batignolles is replete with lovely, one of a kind shops and good bistros. This is a very real, charming Paris neighborhood with absolutely no ‘traditional’ tourist temptations but loaded with tempting stops for discerning travelers. After lunch we will metro over to the 9th to explore ‘South of Pigalle’. The 9th has seen an influx of creative bo-bo (bourgeois bohemian) residents including lots of young families in recent years. These folks know a good thing when they see it. The rue de Martyrs and its surrounds have to be one of the best market streets in Paris. Sunday mornings it is pedestrianized to encourage strolling and chatting. Lined with wonderful food shops and interesting clothing boutiques, the rue de Martyrs is a delightful Sunday morning destination. We will stop in at Arnaud Delmontel’s beautiful bakery (best baguette in Paris in 2008), at the popular organic fresh-food epicenter of the Rose Bakery, and at Les Papilles Gourmandes to check out their comprehensive selection of fresh and packaged foods from the French southwest. We will also stop in Natier, an artisanal chocolatier, to taste some classically delectable French chocolates. Thursday, October 15: Tour 3: Exploring Multicultural Belleville, Walking the Canal St. Martin. Lunch at either Le Baratin, Astier, or Auberge Pyrenees Cevennes. We will sample the delicious Algerian patisserie at La Bague de Kenza. Belleville is an energetic, multicultural quarter perched in the hills of northeast Paris. Young artists are migrating to this historical working class/immigrant quarter and mingling with an Arabic, Asian and orthodox Jewish population. Once the home of Edith Piaf, the quarter is fascinating and unique in Paris. We will walk through the verdant, terraced Parc de Belleville enjoying the views out over central Paris and walk along the atmospheric Canal St. Martin with its locks, barges, gardens and charming iron foot-bridges. Amelie fans will recognize this scene. The Canal St. Martin quarter, always charming but until recently a gritty working quarter, is now seeing an influx of young, artistically inclined residents. Time permitting, we may visit Pere Lachaise cemetery. Interested? Contact Sally: sally@yourgreatdaysinparis.com or call 781 391 6183 |
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