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Popular Packing Lists | Other Packing Lists Tips | All Tips (270) It's important to be well prepaired when you go to Paris. Be sure to have a good map of the center city, and it won't be hard to get around.
As for bags, you may want to have a bag with wheels if you are going to walk to get to your hotel, and a sack to take with you on sightseeing.
It's also a good idea to get to know the most common words and frases in French so you'll be able to order food and drinks without problems.
To explore Paris the best way, you need to bring a good comfortable pair of shoes, cause you'll be walking a lot.
Paris is one of the most photographic places in the world, with a million things worth 'shooting' so bring a camera for sure and a lot of film, or a big memory card if you have a digital camera.
There are a lot of beautiful parks in Paris where you can go relax or have some fun, so it might be a good idea to bring a blanket, maybe a frisbee or your rollerskates. Leave a Comment
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Done this so many times: packed too many clothes for just a week! What with 9/11 and security checks paring down to one 22" suitcase is the way to go nowadays.
Select all the clothes you wish to bring and leave half of them at home! There will be more room in the suitcase for souvenirs...
But be sure to take your suitcase full of valuables with you onboard the plane-do not check it in. If you do need to check in the suitcase, do not put anything of value in there. In fact, one great way to bypass the unlocked suitcase thing, is to get some cable wire ties which are really cheap. Pass them through the zippers on the suitcase to secure them; that way your zippers won't open up accidentally and you get a sort of reassurance no one will open your suitcase as easily as if there were no protection at all. However, if security needs to look inside your suitcase then they can snip off the ties. For yourself, you can snip off the ties with a nail clipper.
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If your feet aren't happy then you aren't happy. So it's a good idea to invest in a really great pair of walking shoes when planning a trip. Don't forget to walk around in your shoes for at least 2 weeks prior to that trip so that your shoes get a chance to form to your feet & your feet get a chance to get used to them.
Here's a great website for you: www.nordstrom.com
This should enable you to get an idea of styles and pricing. Prices seem to range from $60 - $200.
They have the following stylish walking shoes that seem to make the tops of the lists for travelers who plan to walk a great deal while in Europe:
Aerosoles
Birkenstocks
Clarks England
Easy Spirit
Ecco (especially the boots)
Merrell
Naturalizer
New Balance
Rockport
Steve Madden
Also excellent choices, although not on the Nordstrom website:
SAS Free Time
Mephisto
Arche
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My only tip is, if you know you're going to have to cross Paris by Metro and you have to change trains, try to take a shoulder bag or rucksack instead of a proper suitcase. There are loads of stairs to climb/ go down and the turnstyles are quite awkward, so it's really not fun dragging/ lifting/ dropping a heavy suitcase all the way.....here speaks the voice of bitter experience!!!
One question that appears in the Paris forum all the time is What should I wear? It seems to me that people stress about this loads before they come to Paris when really there is nothing to worry about!
Paris is a Western capital city and like all capital cities you see just about every type of person on the street, from the conservative businessman/woman to the punk revivalist and everything that's inbetween.
No one's going to look twice at you and if they do, so what?!
Other than that just apply your normal common-sense dressing rules you would follow back at home... if you're going to a church, don't wear a micro mini skirt and revealing top...if you're going out to a nice restaurant, don't wear shorts and battered old trainers!
It really is that simple.
Just relax and enjoy your time in Paris!
No need. One thing the French are not lacking is Pharmacies! Leave a Comment
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A typical Parisian hotel doesn't equip its rooms with alarm clocks as is standard in the US. You can always request the reception desk to set-up an automatic wake-up call if you need that. But if you wish to know the time in your room you need to bring a travel alarm clock with you. There are some brands that include feature a built-in flashlight also. Leave a Comment
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This is a magical little map book, sort of like a teeny-tiny Mapsco of Paris. Each page has ALL the streets of each arrondissement, which number 1 through 20. You have an index of streets as well as metro, bus and some suburban train maps, too. You'll probably have several sizes/versions to chose from. Pick one up at your neighborhood newsstand or Monoprix for about 4-7 euros ($5-$9). Leave a Comment
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Books of course. You will need something to read on the plane, on the train or just on your couch as you dream of Paris. I've still got my old 1986 guide from my first voyage. You must keep these preciously.
I also recommend "How Proust Can Change Your Life" by Alain de Botton. Unfortunately I've given my last copy away but I really do think that your Paris (and even French) experience will be much better if you read this before you come...how I wish I had a Celeste to take care of me and a Madame Strauss to correspond with...
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I recommend taking 2 cameras--load one with B&W and one with color. That way, you won't miss out on a beautiful color shot because you're on your B&W roll! And you must have B&W photos of Paris, of course. Just don't forget and use the wrong camera, as I did several times. Leave a Comment
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If you are from a warm climate like us (Brisbane, Australia), be sure to pack heaps of thermal underwear, thick socks, scarves, mittens, etc. We thought we'd be nice and 'toasty' with what we had packed, but even wearing all of this didn't prepare us for what was awaiting us at Disneyland - 'cold' just doesn't even seem to measure up!
Again, if coming from a warm climate, be sure to pack some "Chapstick" / lip moisturisers - that was one of the first things we bought when arriving in Paris.
If you have a digital like us, be sure to take your laptop (like we did), or failing that, a couple of 128mb cards. In 13 weeks we took a total of 3,550 photos, and probably about 550 of them, were of Paris city alone.... Leave a Comment
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Before I go on any trip, I always make sure to purchase a travel guidebook, especially from the National Geographic Traveler series. They not only provide me with important information and advice, but the illustrations contained in their books are simply beautiful. Leave a Comment
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- Hyatt Regency Paris Madeleine
24 boulevard Malesherbes, Paris, France - Central Paris
1 bis rue du Maine 14th Arr., Paris, France - Libertel Prince de Conti Paris
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5 Rue du 8 mai 45 10 Arr., Paris, France - Best Western LHorset Opera
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46, rue Notre Dame de Lorette 09 Arr., Paris, France - Terrass Hotel (12-14 Rue Joseph De Maistre.)
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17 Boulevard Saint Jacques (formerly Sofitel Paris Forum Rive Gauche), Paris, France - Hôtel Ecole Centrale
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Destinations near Paris- Île de la Cité, 1.22 km / 0.76 miles
- Clichy, 4.44 km / 2.76 miles
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, 5.22 km / 3.24 miles
- Asnières, 6.65 km / 4.13 miles
- Boulogne-Billancourt, 7.13 km / 4.43 miles
- Courbevoie, 7.13 km / 4.43 miles
- Suresnes, 7.31 km / 4.54 miles
- Puteaux, 7.31 km / 4.54 miles
- Bois-Colombes, 7.39 km / 4.59 miles
- Issy-les-Moulineaux, 7.39 km / 4.60 miles
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