Paris User’s Guide

Number 1
Purchase your picnic supplies at an outdoor market
Parisians adore their outdoor markets, their style often defined by the market they frequent.
So shed your sheets a bit earlier in the morning, get your hands on a woven straw “panier”, and shop with the Parisians at one of the many markets scattered through out Paris.

For the Bohemian - Marché Aligre
Mediterranean ambiance in the 12th arrondissement, this market “populaire” is open 6 days a week and is one of the least the expensive markets in Paris.

Do not leave without:
Sur les Quais - Fragrant mustards and Mediterranean olive oil
Les Plasirs d’Anna - Decadent breads made with goat cheese and tomato confit, pain de veau and jams
La Graineterie du Marché - Pasta and spices
Aux Caves d’Aligre - Wine
Chez Philippe - Butter and cheese
La Ferme du Bruel - Pounti Terrine (made of pork, swiss chard and prune)
Moisan - Bread

Rest your feet:
Le Baron Rouge - Wine bar, the perfect stop for a Kir au cassis
La Ruche à Miel - Oriental tea room, vegetarian crepes and pastries
Le Square Trousseau - Parisian brasserie, dine with a French celebrity (if you can recognize one)

Upscale - Marché Biologique Raspail
The place to see and be seen, Paris’ bustling organic market bursts at the seams on Sunday morning where residents from the surrounding upscale neighborhoods come to buy their organic fruit and vegetables.

Don’t leave without:
Michel Beucher - Cider
Roberto Banfi - Hot chocolate
Claude Conard - Fruit and vegetables

Number 2
Shop ’til you drop
Parisians adore window shopping, strolling down hip streets, admiring the classic and trendy labels displayed in small boutique windows.

Best shopping streets:
Rue Francs-Bourgeois
Rue des Saints-Pères
Rue des Abbesses
Rue du Bac
Rue Etienne-Marcel
Rue Saint-Honoré
Rue Cherche-Midi

Number 3
Watch the city from your seat at a sidewalk café. There is no doubt about it, Parisians love to whittle away hours in one of the city’s trendy sidewalk cafés.

Where to have café crème, or a glass of bubbly:
Le Café de Flore
Les Deux Magots
Café Charbon
Le Fumoir
Bercy Village
L’Ecritoire
Chez Prune
Café Beaubourg

Number 4
Enjoy the melody of classical, jazz or rock music
Do not forget that the city offers a large selection of musical events every evening of the week. Catch a glimpse of evening entertainment at one of the city’s concert halls:

Where to listen:
Salle Pleyel - Classical music
L’Olympia - Large selection of choices
Bataclan - Rock, Alternative
Duc du Lombard - Jazz
Élysée Montmartre - Rock, Alternative
Le Zénith - Rock, Alternative
Radio France
Théatre des Champs-Elysées
Cité de la Musique