A Collection of Ideas for Paris Weekends:
Staying Put and Getting Out of Town
Paris Apartment for Rent
In the heart of the Marais, just two blocks from Saint-Paul metro (line 1), around the corner from the historic rue des Rosiers and a few minutes’ walk from Place des Vosges. Les Miroirs du Marais is a 1-bedroom luxury apartment, sleeps up to 4.
Photography
I have been snapping photos since the age of five, when my uncle gave me my first camera. I earned a certificate from Madrid’s Keltia School of Photography and a diploma from The Photography Institute of London.
Itineraries
Food & Drink
The Full List
This is my full list of restaurant and bar recommendations, along with a few bakeries, ice cream parlors, and markets.
The Crème de la Crème
If you’re only in town for a short while, take a look at this list of my top restaurants & bars!
Just the Bars
This is my full list of bar recommendations, in order of arrondissement. I have indicated “**” for some of my real favorites!
Hiking in Brittany: Île d’Arz
As promised, over the next two months I will post a series of ideas for day hikes in Brittany's southern department, the Morbihan. The hike on Île d'Arz, described below, is the perfect complement to the hike I described in my post of late July on Île-aux-Moines. Île...
Weekly Get-to-Know-Paris Challenge #29!
This week's get-to-know-Paris challenge is to visit one of Paris' monuments to the Holocaust. By the entrance to the Memorial to the Martyrs of the Deporation The Marais houses the Memorial of the Shoah, a museum and documentation center. On the eastern tip of...
Planning the Perfect Brittany Hiking Weekend
Later this month, I will post a series of Brittany hiking itineraries, to add to those already on the Paris Weekender site, such as hiking on L'Île-aux-Moines. So I thought it would be useful to first share my tips for planning the perfect Brittany hiking weekend....
Links: Best Finds of August
Every month, I post a list of some of my favorite or just the most eye-catching articles, recipes, blogs and other links I have come across in the past month. Some relate to Paris and European travels and some have nothing at all to do with the themes of Paris...
Weekly Get-to-Know-Paris Challenge #28!
This week's get-to-know-Paris challenge is to learn a bit (more) of French history. How? Any way you like. Pick up a book on some aspect of French history. For example, I just purchased Ina Caro's Paris to the Past: Traveling through French History by Train and am...
Favorite Places: Le Parc des Buttes Chaumont
Not many visitors to Paris venture beyond central Paris, the first eight arrondissements, except perhaps to see the Sacré-Cœur Basilica in Montmartre. But locals know that the 19th arrondissement in the northeast corner of the city is home to one of Paris's most...
About
Paris Weekender is for the visitor planning his or her first trip to Paris or 20th trip to Paris. For the expat trying to navigate a new system and a new culture. I hope even for the native Parien or Parisienne looking to discover a new corner of the city. Paris Weekender is also a resource for planning day trips and weekend trips from Paris. My goal is not to inundate you with information but to share with you some survival tips as well as my favorite things about living in Paris: walking the city streets, finding new restaurants and cafés, and adventuring beyond the périférique.
