thebishbus Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Hi. Later in the month we are staying for 3 nights at Camping Indigo, just outside Paris. Could anyone advise us what public transport is like into Paris from there, also any must see sights or pitfalls to avoid. Thank you. Brian B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggyd Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 No doubt they will provide you with all the information you need at the site :-D sorry I cant be more help we have never been there, it will be very busy though all the schools will have broke up then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithl Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Pitfalls to avoid... Watch out for pickpockets on the Metro! I nearly lost my wallet there last year, felt a movement and stepped back to find pocket open but wallet still intact. Lucky escape!!! Keith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwendolyn Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 2 Metro Stations and 2 RER stops serve the Bois. Hope that you are not booked in there during the 3 day annual "rave" held in July if you value peace and quiet - if it's still happening. In Paris - walk - it's very compact and you see more, but do take a trip on a boat to rest your feet. Apart from the usual, busy, Must Sees, the quieter alternatives are: - Pere Lachaise Cemetery [graves of Piaf; Jim Morrison; Oscar Wilde among others] very atmospheric - Canal St Martin - Parc Montsouris, Parc Monceau and Parc Buttes Chaumont - Saint Chapelle [stunning] instead of the busier Sacré Coeur and Notre Dame - The Catacombs - Mooch around the Ile de St Louis - Explore the "Passages" in the 2nd Arrondissement - great café in La Galerie Vivienne: A Priori Thé - The "material" quarter. Unique! Eat at Chartier and Le Polidor - for the ambience alone, never mind the food. Have a drink / coffee at Les Deux Magots [note the aprons], Closerie des Lilas, Café de Flore ... amongst many others If you go to Le Louvre just decide which paintings / sculptures you want to see and make for them - it's vast. Spent best part of a week in there once. Musée d'Orsay for the Impressionists Watch out for the "I found this ring on the floor, is it yours ?" scam. Cheers Gwen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Kirby Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 For sheer opulent atmosphere in a shop, have a mooch around Galeries Lafayette, and for ditto in an eaterie, get a meal at the Brasserie Flo. Superb fauve interior plus good, reasonably affordable, food. But as Gwendolyn says, walk once into the centre. Oh yes, and La Defence is also worth a visit, especially the Grand Arche and its external climber lift to the roof, if it's still accessible. I understand the Montparnasse Tower is also worth a ride to the top for the views - not least because it is the only viewing point in Paris from which you can't see the Montparnasse Tower! :-) Have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwendolyn Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Galeries Lafayette? Ooh there's posh! Monoprix! Or Printemps.... if you must shop. For Robert Crumb comics, scour the bouquinistes along the Left Bank. But for shopping, the material quarter every time. Such fabrics to be had! Shakespeare & Co also... but not quite as it was in Hemingway's day. Little shops around the Le Palais Royal. Oh yes...another place to eat.... Ma Bourgogne in an arcade overlooking La Place de Vosges. Lovely place to have lunch on a hot day. Look out for the wonderful Art Nouveau Metro signs. There are still a few to be seen. Climb the steps to Montmartre and walk back to the centre down the hill past little, quirky shops. If you eat at Chartier, order haricots verts as a vegetable. They will no doubt forget. They always have done, and I have to request that the item is removed from the bill. I'd love to know if anyone gets them served! Cheers, Gwen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebishbus Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 Thank you all for the advice and suggestions, combined with the usual main sights plenty there for us to do. Our last very rushed visit to central Paris, was some years ago when returning from Spain. I was driving my wife's Spitfire and towing a very large trailer tent, parking that combination near the Eiffel Tower was difficult , just enough time to stop on the bridge for a photo shoot, with my wife and the combo in front of the tower, then move on. Looking forward to a more relaxed visit this time. Thank you again. Brian B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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