Paris

Pros: a great meal in a wonderful setting
Cons: they are closed on the weekends

Don’t you just love it when you stumble across a great “find”? I have one for you – Restaurant La Cordonnerie in Paris.

While I was in Paris, I didn’t make reservations for my meals. I wasn’t really looking to go to any place fancy and I...

Pros: Wonderful food and value, good location
Cons: None

Over the years, my wife and I have had reasonably good luck in visiting restaurants recommended by Frommer’s. We were favorably surprised far beyond our expectations when we recently visited Compagne et Provence, 25 Quai de la Tournelle, Paris.
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Pros: never out of things to do, excellent food in non tourist trap restaurants
Cons: not the ideal city for short pleasure visits, not an English-speaking city

Undoubtedly one of the most famous cities in the world, Paris is home to one of the most famous landmarks. But Paris is far more than the Eiffel Tower. With its rich history, impressive architecture and delectable cuisine, Paris has a lengthy list of...

Pros: Amazing selection of teas. Delicious food to accompany the teas.
Cons: Can be pricey

There is a charming little tea salon that I always visit whenever I find myself in Paris. Founded in 1854, Mariage Freres features the most exhaustive selection of teas of any tea store that I am acquainted with. Although there are now a few branches...

Pros: PRICE, clean, location, service, private bathrooms
Cons: NONE, unless you are a pessimist

After HOURS upon hours of research for stay in Paris, I finally found the perfect budget hotel! Le Grand Hotel Leveque, in the 7ieme arrondissement.

I stayed there in August (high season) 1998, and it only cost 380FF per night for a...

Pros: Great for art and culture.
Cons: Living there can become expensive.

Impressions of Paris depend heavily on why you are there: As a tourist its a wonderful place, full of culture and life. If you live there as I have done for the last 5 years, your point of view becomes a little jaded.
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Pros: Great seafood
Cons: Cramped, noisy, expensive

One of Paris most famous brasseries—indeed, one of its best known restaurants—is La Coupole, 102 blvd. du Montparnasse, located in the 14th in the heart of the Montparnasse nightlife district, a couple of miles south/south west of the intersection of St. ...

Pros: Beautiful city, easy to get around using the subway.
Cons: Never enough time to see it all.

There is a reason Paris is often called the city of lights, and heralded as “the” place for lovers and aspiring artists and writers; the city is without a doubt one of the most, if not the most beautiful city in world. The only city in my mind that can...

Pros: History, culture, excitement, easy to get around without knowing French
Cons: Can be expensive

About three years ago a friend of mine decided to hop on a plane and spend the holidays in Paris. She was learning French and I am always interested in visiting foreign countries. So we picked up a book, booked the hotel and plane tickets, and went....

Pros: a techie museum in a very fuzzy city
Cons: may not be do-able on your first visit

The Palais de la Decouverte is a science museum, dedicated to scientific discovery in 1937. It is housed in the magnificent Grand Palais, to the south of the Champs Elysees and West of the Place de la Concorde.

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Pros: A most civilized vacation.
Cons: Not a whole lot.

It was an opportunity that was too good to pass up: a week in Paris for about $800 per person, hotel and airfare included. Even we could raise that much money. Granted, it was spring break and the weather promised to be cold and damp, but for a pair of...

Pros: So much history!
Cons: can be expensive!

I went to Paris as a foreign exchange student when I was in high school! It was the single best travel experience I have had in my life! I was scared to death when I first arrived because I could'nt speak french! I may as well have landed on mars as far...

Pros: as stated
Cons: none

Located in the Opera District, this comfortable and charming 4 star hotel is one I would return too and for someone who has a history of blacklisting hotels, that's saying something.

The rooms were medium sized and beautifully decorated...

Pros: budget, central location, character, clean
Cons: none

The Monpensier hotel is an excellent place to stay in Paris! It is central and cheap! I have stayed here about ten times in the past fifteen years. Details:

1) Central location. The Monpensier has a wonderful, central location. It is...

Pros: Beautiful, elegant and the good life
Cons: the way tourist misbehave

It makes me angry when anyone says the French are rude or they don't like Paris. Going to Paris, for me is about as close as I can get to heaven on earth.

In all of my trips to France I have never had a Frenchman be rude. Reserved, formal...