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Paris is full of parks and green gardens where it is pleasant to rest or have a picnic in the summer.

Here is a list of some Parisian gardens where it is good to walk.

The Parisian gardens on the right bank of Paris

The Champ de Mars gardens was opened in 1780 and extends between the Ecole Militaire and the Effel Tower. It is especially the place of great national manifestations.

Not far from here you can also walk in the gardens of Trocadero which give a magnificent view of the Effel Tower and which have in their center the famous fountain of Warsaw and its 20 water cannons ! They were opened in 1937. Some sculptures adorn some parts of the garden.

The Jardin d’Acclimatation brings together green spaces, an amusement park and activities for the whole family. It was created in 1860 in the Bois de Boulogne. Catering services are also available within the park for a break.

The tuileries gardens is located between the Louvre Museum and the Place de la Concorde. It is a place for walk for Parisians and foreign visitors. There are statues of Giacometti, Rodin and Maillol. In South of the gardens, you will find the Orangery Museum.

The Parisian gardens on the left bank of Paris

The Jardin des Plantes near the Austerlitz train station is a good place for a stroll and where you will also find the natural history museum, the large botanical greenhouses as well as the menagerie and zoo plant garden.

The Jardin du Luxembourg is located near the Saint-Michel district in the 6th neigborhood. It has an area of 25 Hectares and is divided into two parts: a French garden and an English one. You will also find an apple orchard, an apiary and greenhouses. The garden also has 106 statues and the famous Medici fountain. Free exhibitions and concerts are held in the bandstand.

The gardens of the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th neigborhood is one of the largest gardens in Paris. You will discover the Floral Park, a lake where you can ride a boat and many activities for the whole family.

To know other places and gardens of Paris, do not hesitate to ask to your Aloha’s team.

The capital is full of museums to do alone or with the family. For all tastes and all the year round museums offer fun activities for adults and children under 18 years.

Here is a list of museums in Paris to visit with your family

General museums to visit with your family

The Louvre museum offers for young and old courses around canvases and artistic objects: Egyptian antiques and other countries, the famous Joconde …

The museum also offers fun courses for children and the small Gallery, an educational space equipped with digital tools.

The Museum also offers luggage storages, strollers and wheelchairs for families.

The Musée d’Orsay on the left bank offers family games and fun tours for children around paintings by famous painters.

A tablet application entitled “The Musée d’Orsay with the family” dedicated to the museum allows you to discover the collections by theme in a connected way!

Specialized museums to do with your family

The Musée Grévin is a museum exhibiting wax statues of famous personalities.

To do: the “discovery” course on the manufacturing history of these statues for 7-12 years!

The “Choco Story”, gourmet chocolate museum offers children’s playgrounds with a gift for the winners!

The Musée d’Art Ludique in the 13th neighborhood is dedicated to comics (recent exhibition on Wald Disney), cinema and manga, ideal for young and old with interactive animations.

The National Marine Museum offers fun activities ideal for 7-12 year olds while parents will discover objects and other models of historic and famous boats.

Warning: the museum is closed until the end of 2021!

New Year’s eve is approaching and you still do not know what to do? The capital is full of places to party on December 31st. Here are some good plans to spend the New Year’S Eve in Paris.

Celebrate the New Year’s Eve in unusual places

The Batofar offers for New Year’s Eve an evening aboard a boat with the record labels Livity Sound among others. The evening starts from 10 p.m (from 9.pm to enjoy a meal) and costs between 18 and 22 euros the entrance.

Enjoy a gospel concert on December 31st at the Saint-Roche Church from 8:30 pm to 10 pm. The price is between 27.50 and 33 euros.

The New Year Concert at the Madeleine offers from 8 :30 compositions by Mozart, Vivaldi performed by the Sacred Choir of Paris and the Chamber Orchestra among others. The price range is from 33 to 55 euros for an entry.

Spend the new year’s eve in front of a Flamenco show at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées at 8pm. The show will be performed by dancer and choreographer Sarah Baras surrounded by her troupe.

Why not spend your new year’s eve at the Aquarium of Paris surrounded by 60,000 liters of water and exotic fishes? The entrance fee is around 49 euros and the evening starts from 21H.

Celebrate the New Year’s Eve by attending a world music concert

For 37 euros spend the New Year’s eve at the Bellevilloise on a swing, tropical or cumbia sound. The concerts are spread over four spaces from 9pm.

Travel to Latin America then Africa on December 31 at the Chinese Hall in Montreuil. From 10.pm and before midnight you will enjoy an entry at 10 euros with a glass of champagne.

Spend an eve in the electro-swing club music La Java cabaret from 9pm. You will be able to enjoy this evening animated by the groups The New Sisters and Scratchophone Orchestra among others. The entrance fee is 22 euros.

Or choose to spend your evening at New Morning. From 10 .pm and for 20 or 50 euros you will dance to the sound of soul, funk or groove and RNB.

To discover other addresses, visit www.timeout.fr

In winter the sun goes down early and we are more tempted to stay at home in peace. But did you know that it is pleasant to walk in winter in Paris at night and discover the illuminations of the capital?

Here are three ideas of ballads to do alone or accompanied at dusk in the City of Light!

1. Walking in Paris at dusk

Start your walk at the Place de la Concorde where you will also discover the Obelisk of Luxor with its Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Then go up to the Champs-Elysées to discover and enjoy the illuminations. You arrive then at the level of the Arc de Triomphe which dominates the avenue on the Place de l’Etoile.

Then head to the Effel Tower to admire its nocturnal illuminations.

GOOD TO KNOW: The Effel Tower sparkles for 5 minutes at the beginning of each hour until 1am.

Finally walk along the quays to the Town Hall with its neo-renaissance style in the 4th neighborhood where you will find entertainment on the forecourt on some days.

2. Take a cruise on the Seine at dusk

Winter is the perfect time to take a night cruise on the Seine and discover Paris differently.

It begins with the Effel Tower and continues towards the Notre-Dame cathedral to the Louvre and Orsay museums. An ideal moment to discover the great monuments of Paris by night.

For your Parisian cruise, choose Bateaux Parisiens, Bateaux mouches or the stars of Pont-Neuf or the “Croisière la Parisienne” by Canauxrama.

3. Quad riding in Paris at dusk

Also choose to discover Paris at night in Quad or 2 CV. An original way to discover the capital.

Quad is allowed from 16 years old. You will leave from the Place de la Bastille at 9:30 pm for an hour of ballad. Rates start from 60 euros per person.

For more information on night walks, visit www.parisinfos.com

When you think of The Christmas holidays, you think ofChristmas markets but also with tasting the best Parisian restaurants.

Here are some addresses of restaurants to test with your family or friends during Christmas.

A dinner aboard the flies boats to celebrate Christmas.

You can enjoy a meal for two on the 25th of December for 90 euros with appetizer, starter, main course, dessert and wine.

You can also enjoy a cruise aboard the Parisian boats of 2:30 the evening during the Eve of December the 24th between 145 and 220 euros depending on the service including an appetizer, a starter, a main course, cheese, a dessert, drinks and wine.

The restaurant La Maison Blanche

It is located on the rooftops of the Champs-Elysées with a view of the Effel Tower. You will taste for 135 euros a menu with oysters, foie gras with whiskey, guinea fowl and Christmas log.

Lunch formulas are between 50 and 60 euros.

The Opera restaurant

It is located within the Opera Garnier. You will enjoy a meal for 88 euros per person on December 24th. It is surrounded by a chic decor dating from the 19th century.

The restaurant also offers brunches and a valet parking.

The restaurant La Fermette Marbeuf

It is located near from the Champs-Elysees in the 8th neighborhood. this traditional restaurant with beautiful decor offers a tasting menu for 55 euros with chicken supreme or snail laminated among others.

The Cesar Palace to celebrate Christmas

This cabaret and Parisian restaurant is located in the 15th neighborhood and offers both shows and entertainments as well as formulas for lunch or dinner including a grilled cockerel or vacherin iced between 53 and 78 euros.

The Alcazar restaurant to celebrate Christmas

This chic restaurant is located in the sixth neighborhoodt in the district of Saint-Germain des Prés and offers a formula between 50 and 70 euros including scampi and cream morels and a vacherin iced. This restaurant can welcome 220 covers and is overhung by a glass roof of 12 meters.

To find more addresses, visit http://www.selectionrestaurant.com/brunch-de-noel-le-25-decembre-resto.php
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When you stay in Paris, you will visit museums and traditional places recommended for tourists. But do you know that there are places you should visit recommended by Parisians or to good plans to meet them? Here is how to live Paris by the Parisians.

Living Paris by meeting Parisians

Living Paris by eating at Parisians’home

The VizEat application and website (available on the Apple Store and Google Play) allows anyone to have a good plan to discover the culinary products of the capital. For example, it offers a cooking class or a market tour or a dinner at a parisian’s home to share a convivial moment typical of the capital. These good plans are for french and tourists.

The application is available in English, German, Spanish, Italian and Chinese and is also aimed to school, business or leisure groups.

Living in Paris by being hosted by a resident

You can also stay for free at the habitant thanks to the Tranpolinn application which operates by a system of points gain. It allows you to find a room, or accommodation for example among more than 4000 destinations or you can purpose your own room for a short stay. The person then informs her profile, her photo and exchange with the possible owners when she wishes to host to the habitant in a city or a specific country. Following his passage she can add a comment on the housing she occupied.

Living Paris by Parisians through the CIWY application

This application (CIWY: Can I welcome you) will allow you to discover the good addresses and good plans of the Parisians who wish to make you discover their daily life in the cultural and leisure fields. You will discover shops of districts which will reserve you a warm welcome and products of quality for example or even ideas of thematic outputs of the moment.

For more ideas of good plans, go to the website of the Tourist Office.

While your stay in Paris, you can go shopping in one of the many commercial streets of Paris : in clothes’ shops and in specialized stores. Discover different places for shopping in Paris.

Where to go shopping on the Right Bank of Paris?

Shopping centers and big stores

In the neighborhood of Châtelet you will find two large places for shopping.

1. The BHV in the Marais is a place that sells fashion accessories, designer clothing, cooking utensils and cultural objects.

2. The underground gallery at Les Halles offers a variety of shops selling clothes, shoes, books, cooking utensils, jewelry and beauty and perfumery (Sephora, Bourgeois for cosmetics and Minelli and San Marina for Shoes for example).

GOOD TO KNOW: the gallery has been recently renovated, you will discover its new architecture outside and new shops and restaurants to eat.

Further North in the neighborhood of Saint-Lazare you will find the famous store the Printemps and the Galeries Lafayette which offer the same types of items as the BHV. The Galeries Lafayette also offers food products.
Neighborhoods with specialty shops for shopping in Paris

The Franc-Bourgeois street in the Marais purposes various trendy clothing stores such as Zadig and Voltaire or Mellow Yellow. You will also find cosmetic products from the Bobby Brown or Kiehl’s brands.

The street of Rivoli offers traditional stores such as Promod, Yves Rocher, Bocage, Sephora or Mango.
The street Saint-Anne on the side of the Pyramides district is full of shops of Japanese products.
The Saint Pierre market at Barbès offers many fabrics and accessories for sewing.

Where to go shopping on the Left Bank of Paris?

The shopping centers of the Left Bank of Paris

The shopping center Italie 2 in the south of Paris has traditional brands such as Promod, Camaieu, Zara and Fnac, and offers food shops such as Kusmi Tea or fruit juice stands (Zumo) by example.

The Beaugrenelle shopping center in the 15th neighboorhood offers less conventional stores: Hollister, Sandro, Tommy Hillfiger …

Neighborhoods with specialty shops for shopping in Paris

The rue de Rennes in the sixth neighborhood invites you into the traditional clothes shops (Naf Naf, Pimkie, Zara, Etam …) and offers some atypical boutiques (toys store, plastic accessories).

Not far from there, in the boulevard Saint-Germain, there are shops of the brands Sisley, Carroll, Bruce Fields.
To find more addresses go to www.guideduparisien.fr
Where to go for shopping in Paris ?

You have a little bit hungry or you want to taste a dish for free without spending a penny? Eating for free in Paris is possible! Here is a list of good places to eat for free.

Free appetizers in Paris are possible!

Bars and restaurants in Paris offer during all the yea a free appetizer before the main course:
– L’Olive in the 18th arrondissement offers a free plate of chips for the order of a pint of beer during the Happy Hour.

– Au Penty in the 12th arrondissement, an appetizer is served for a drink or a cocktail ordered.

– At the Culture Rapide in the 20th neighborhood a buffet of appetizer is served every Friday evening.

– In Lockwood in the 2nd neighboorhood, free appetizers are served from 6pm.

A complete free meal in Paris is possible!

– At the Trois Frères restaurant in the 18th neighborhood, you can enjoy a free couscous-merguez on Thursdays from 9pm.

– At the Tribal Café in the 10th neighborhood, you can enjoy a mussel-fries every Wednesday and Thursday evening from 9pm or a couscous every Friday and Saturday from 9pm.

– A balanced meal will be served at the Association l’Un est l’Autre every Saturday and Sunday as well as on Thursday evening at La Villette in the 19th neighborhood.

– Le Bouillon Belge in the 20th neighborhood offers a free mussels meal on Wednesdays from 5pm.

– At the Grenier in the 11th neighborhood, a couscous is also offered on Friday and Saturday evenings.

To benefit from more good plans and addresses, go to parisinfos.com.
Eating in Paris is possible!

© LWYang

Summer is the ideal period to visit and discover Paris enjoying the fresh air. Here are some ideas of excursions and visits to discover paris while enjoying the fresh air.

Discover Paris by foot and enjoy the fresh air

Different walking in the summer are a good mean to discover Paris. You can thus discover the banks of the Seine by walking on the pedestrian ways. From the Pont Marie metro station to the Louvre, you will discover some of the great historical monuments of Paris: the Pont des Arts, the Palais de Justice and the Louvre. Take a break at the terrace of one of the ephemeral bars on the right bank and enjoy the view of the Seine and its boats in the sun.

The Fresh Street Art tour of Paris invites you in the Marais, Ménilmontant or in the 13th neighboorhood to discover the Street Art of Paris. The visit lasts 3 hours and takes place in the late morning or in the early afternoon and costs between 10 and 20 euros.

Discover Paris by boat enjoying the fresh air

Make a trip on the Parisian flying boats and discover several historic bridges and monuments of Paris such as the Orsay Museum, the Alma Bridge, the Effel Tower or the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. The departure takes place at the Pont de l’Alma at the Port of the Conference and the cruise costs 13,50 euros between April and September for an adult and 6 euros for children who are under 14 years old.

Similarly you can opt for dinners or lunch on cruise ships all for about 60 euros for lunch for one person or 99 euro for dinner.

Discover Paris by bus enjoying the fresh air

Enjoy to visit Paris at the top of panoramic bus such as the Big Bus or the Open Tour. The first takes you to the north of Paris in the Montmartre district or in the heart of the capital to discover the main monuments (Opéra Garnier, Champs Elysées …).

The second offers 4 different circuits in the northern districts or eastern Paris for example. The rate for a day of bus ride for an adult is 33 euros with a bus every 15/20 minutes in summer time.

To discover other ideas of outdoor visits, go directly to parisinfos.com
Discover Paris while enjoying the outdoors.

© Bruno Monginoux