Paris: To Tip Or Not To Tip Tip includedContrary to dinners and bars in the US, Parisian restaurants and bistros add a 15% service charge to the check when they tally up your account. This is required by law as the French tax authorities assess their levy on tips as well.Your check clearly shows the 15% service charge as well as the TVA charge (a distant relative to the sales tax) also paid to the government. The inclusion...... Similar Editorial : Paris Hilton by Christopher Kyalo. | Source : Paris Travel
Bringing Back Gifts From Paris Honey, we are going to Paris! Ah, the joys of preparing for the occasion...The pleasure of diving into your favorite travel guides (I suggest visiting website Paris-Eiffel-Tower-News.com) to plan out your everyday itinerary... The sheer excitement of stuffing a large suitcase with the entire appropriate garb...But hold on! Have you thought of leaving enough room in your luggage to bring a few...... Similar Editorial : Bringing Home Baby by Mom Index. | Source : Paris Travel
Paris Touring With Little Money And No Legwork Hop on the deck, and roll!There are at least two advantages to a double-decker: you sit higher so you see farther, and it smells better on the open deck than at traffic level. Overall, the top platform is very pleasant excepted of course during rainy days.The Open Tour operator offers you 4 circuits, each one giving you an opportunity to tour several well-known areas of Paris. The longest tour is...... Similar Editorial : I Love Touring Paris by Levi Reiss. | Source : Paris Travel
Places In Paris Where To Romance Your Love Finding your cafe terraceI will start with an obvious spot: the sidewalk cafe terrace. There are thousands of such in Paris, and lovebirds are a common sight there. The cafe terrace is an enjoyable spot in more than one way. First, they offer a nice resting spot. Second, they make an ideal observatory. The streets become an aquarium, passer-bys are the fish, and you two become the observers. Third...... Similar Editorial : I Love Touring Paris by Levi Reiss. | Source : Paris Travel
Paris Off The Beaten Path: Try Small Museums Fan of Klimt, Schiele & Co., I recently wanted to take a leisurely look at the Grand Palais blockbuster exhibition on Vienne 1900. I picked a weekday mid-afternoon, assuming I could whizz in and loiter through. Oops! I lined up before the entry (in freezing weather) for over an hour. And when I got a glimpse of the over-populated jostling going on inside, threw in the towel. If body-contact...... Similar Editorial : Off the Beaten Path by Marcela Devivo . | Source : Cheap Disneyland Paris Holidays
Paris Is Safe And Well, Thank You! If you watched CNN or Fox News like I did a few evenings ago, you might have been impressed at the student demonstrations in France. Both TV channels had us sold on the idea Paris was being mobbed by the angry multitude. Pictures of Mad Max-like police trucks hosing thousands of protesters. Scenes of massive gatherings around Bastille square. Interviews of malcontent students. Some pyrotechnics to...... Similar Editorial : Paris Hilton by Christopher Kyalo. | Source : Cheap Disneyland Paris Holidays
Three Spots Where To Take Time Off In Paris The China HouseIn America when we think of a social venue where to spend a couple of hours reading and sipping on some hot beverage, the local Starbucks shop comes to mind almost immediately. Starbucks is slowly building a beach head in Europe where Italian coffee dominates the espresso market, leaving very little room for the kind of brew Starbucks sells.In other words, Starbucks shops do not...... Similar Editorial : London Hot Spots by David Chandler. | Source : Cheap Disneyland Paris Holidays
Eating (way Too Well) In Paris: Third Stop At Le Gourmet Lunch time, where to go?This is the third installment of the series of articles which I set about to write a couple of weeks ago on eating out well in Paris. I love food, I love good cuisine, and I want fellow travelers to enjoy Paris to the hilt. That’s enough reasons to guide them to those places I am certain they will enjoy.Lunch time in Paris is restaurant time. People who work in the city do...... Similar Editorial : Eating Outside Your Box by Jackie Stanley. | Source : Cheap Disneyland Paris Holidays
3 Shops Where To Buy Fashion Smartly In Paris Expensive? A matter of area, mostlyTravelers familiar with Paris notice retail prices paid for similar merchandise vary from one district to the other. This is especially true for restaurants and clothing. As far as the latter goes, discount shops tend to cluster around certain micro-areas which couture designers and upscale clothiers carefully avoid. Paris is a shopping mosaic.Say, you are on the...... Similar Editorial : Virtual Shops by Clint Jhonson. | Source : Cheap Disneyland Paris Holidays
Paris Bound? Pack The Right Power Supply Twice the voltageEuropean power typically comes out of the electrical outlets at 230-240 volts, while 110 volts is the US standard. If your electric shaver is not rated to operate at between 110 volts and 240 volts, it will burn out when you plug it in a French socket. Should you travel with an electric shaver or a portable CD player, look at the voltage it supports. If it harbors a converter — a...... Similar Editorial : Paris Hilton by Christopher Kyalo. | Source : Cheap Disneyland Paris Holidays
Eating Well In Paris: First Stop At Chez Georges Facing the eating-out issueWhen it comes eating out in Paris, travelers unfamiliar with the city may have a hard time finding the right place to eat out. Consider it this way: you are to live, breathe and eat for a short while in a city which counts over 1,500 restaurants, in a country internationally known for its exquisite food. Where do you start from? And what guarantee do you have to hit the...... Similar Editorial : Paris Hilton by Christopher Kyalo. | Source : Cheap Disneyland Paris Holidays
Four High Spots To See Paris From Above To my friends who take the trip to Paris I always recommend to ‘look up while walking’. Paris should not be visited at eye level only; there is much to be seen upstairs, just like in New York City. Or try this: grab a map, climb an elevation, and look around, trying to place the monuments you see. Rent a top-floor apartment on the Montmartre hill, and you’ll see a whole new aspect of Paris. So I...... Similar Editorial : London Hot Spots by David Chandler. | Source : Cheap Disneyland Paris Holidays
Eating Well In Paris: Second Stop At Chez Tante Alice Eating out right in Paris: in this second installment of my new series of articles, I introduce you to Tante Alice, a fine restaurant which deserves a place in the pantheon of French provincial cuisine. Yummy!Life after Chez GeorgesIn an article written earlier on the ‘Eating well in Paris’ theme, I described the grandiose experience I had at ‘Chez Georges’. The owners of Chez Georges carry the...... Similar Editorial : Dear Paris by Jennifer Jordan. | Source : Cheap Disneyland Paris Holidays
A Few Parisian Hot Spots Wine tasting at Galerie VivienneIf you like your wine, you won’t want to miss this French 1950s-style period wine shop. With its wood paneling and charming window displays, it opens up onto the Galerie Vivienne, one of the most stunning indoor arcades in Paris. There lie the wine cellars of 'Legrand filles et fils' (Legrand daughters & sons), some of the most highly reputed in Paris.These...... Similar Editorial : London Hot Spots by David Chandler. | Source : Places To Visit Paris
Four-Star Gourmet Food In Paris In Part I, we discovered real French bread at Poilane's and the Raspail organic food open street market. Now, we uncover the top level Lafayette gourmet food court, and Paris's finest fromageries in Androuet's 5 Parisian cheese shops to you.Lafayette Gourmet – a Riot of Tastes and ColorsThe Galeries Lafayette is one of the most distinguished and famous shopping landmarks in Paris. Their high...... Source : Places To Visit Paris
Four Star Hotels Paris The Raspail non-organic market runs on Tuesdays and Fridays, between 700 am and 230 pm.Once again, the March? Raspail can be found in the 6th quarter, on the corner of Boulevard Raspail and Rue de Rennes. Closest metro station Svres Babylone... Similar Editorial : 3 Star Hotels Bangkok by Gregory Smyth. | Source : Disadvantages Of Solar Cooking
Four Star Paris Hotels 1, rue Bois le Vent - 75016 ParisMetro La Muette line 9, Passy line 6.17, rue des Belles-Feuilles - 75016 ParisMetro Victor Hugo line 2, Trocadro lines 6, 9.23, rue de la Terrasse - 75017 ParisMetro Villiers lines 2, 3... Similar Editorial : 3 Star Blackpool Hotels by Ispas Marin.
High Heels I Wear Sneakers Nike is an American brand, and it is very popular in France. Levis, Diesel, Wrangler, and Calvin Klein are American brands, and they rule the jeans world in France too. So be comfortable in your sneakers, and enjoy the view... Similar Editorial : 3 Star Blackpool Hotels by Ispas Marin.
Gourmet Food In Paris If there's one thing the French know how to do well, it's food. Food is more of an art (and for some, a quasi religion) in France, and so I knew I would be remiss in my duties to my readers if I did not go and seek out Paris's finest gastronomic glories for you. Sampling the following is not an o... Similar Editorial : Salon Du Chocolate In Paris by Michele De Capitani. | Source : German Chicken Recipes
Food In Paris If there's one thing the French know how to do well, it's food. Food is more of an art (and for some, a quasi religion) in France, and so I knew I would be remiss in my duties to my readers if I did not go and seek out Paris's finest gastronomic glories for you. Sampling the following is not an o... Similar Editorial : Salon Du Chocolate In Paris by Michele De Capitani. | Source : German Chicken Recipes
Glorious Gourmet Food In Paris If there's one thing the French know how to do well, it's food. Food is more of an art (and for some, a quasi religion) in France, and so I knew I would be remiss in duties my readers if I did not go and seek out Paris's finest gastronomic glories for you. Sampling the following is not an option ... Similar Editorial : Salon Du Chocolate In Paris by Michele De Capitani. | Source : German Chicken Recipes
