Food Scene
The best place to get Italian cut meats and mozzarella. You have to try their Burrata di vache, it will change your life. You can also have a sandwich or a plate of cut meats. Open on Sundays
176 locals recommend
Rue de Bretagne
Rue de BretagneThe best place to get Italian cut meats and mozzarella. You have to try their Burrata di vache, it will change your life. You can also have a sandwich or a plate of cut meats. Open on Sundays
A small market with food, restaurants and flowers. Open on Sundays till 1:30 p.m. Just outside is a great cheese shop: Fromagerie Jouannault
1003 locals recommend
Marche des Enfants Rouges
39 Rue de BretagneA small market with food, restaurants and flowers. Open on Sundays till 1:30 p.m. Just outside is a great cheese shop: Fromagerie Jouannault
A very nice restaurant with a great grill. Good fish and meat and lovely service. The interior is a dream.
Prices of mains are around 20-30 €, reservations needed on weekends.
7 Rue Froissart
7 Rue FroissartA very nice restaurant with a great grill. Good fish and meat and lovely service. The interior is a dream.
Prices of mains are around 20-30 €, reservations needed on weekends.
One of our waterholes. Great place for a quick lunch/brunch/dinner without the guilt of fast food. You compose your own French-Asian inspired bento, to go or to eat there. Prices from 12 €
5 Rue des Filles du Calvaire
5 Rue des Filles du CalvaireOne of our waterholes. Great place for a quick lunch/brunch/dinner without the guilt of fast food. You compose your own French-Asian inspired bento, to go or to eat there. Prices from 12 €
Great lunch during the week, 17 € for 2 courses. Nice atmosphere and good service. Also good on weekends for lunch and dinner, but a bit more expensive, mains are around 25-30 €.
36 Rue de Turenne
36 Rue de TurenneGreat lunch during the week, 17 € for 2 courses. Nice atmosphere and good service. Also good on weekends for lunch and dinner, but a bit more expensive, mains are around 25-30 €.
An well known place in the area, a place to see and be seen. The food is decent and the atmosphere is great.
257 locals recommend
Cafe Charlot
38 Rue de BretagneAn well known place in the area, a place to see and be seen. The food is decent and the atmosphere is great.
One of my all time favorite bistros in the neighborhood. The food is fantastic, if you like meat do have the entrecôte. The waiters are lovely and the interior is just Paris.
68 locals recommend
Le Café des Musées
49 Rue de TurenneOne of my all time favorite bistros in the neighborhood. The food is fantastic, if you like meat do have the entrecôte. The waiters are lovely and the interior is just Paris.
L'Aller Retour
5 Rue Charles-François DupuisGreat place to have meat. More of a winter place, super cosy.
Chez Manon
25 Rue de BretagneThe closest and best bakery for your daily croissante.
Come early cause they do not take reservations, but wow is their Ceviche amazing, and their Pisco Sour is an absolute must. With a little terrasse, this is the perfect place for a light dinner in Summer.
8 locals recommend
Máncora Cebicheria
16 Rue Dupetit-ThouarsCome early cause they do not take reservations, but wow is their Ceviche amazing, and their Pisco Sour is an absolute must. With a little terrasse, this is the perfect place for a light dinner in Summer.
Come here for a light and healthy lunch or a coffee break. The light atmosphere makes it also a nice place to check emails on your computer.
95 locals recommend
The Broken Arm
12 Rue PerréeCome here for a light and healthy lunch or a coffee break. The light atmosphere makes it also a nice place to check emails on your computer.
Fondation Cafe
16 Rue Dupetit-ThouarsGreat little coffee place
CARBON Paris
45 Rue de PoitouGreat new place for both lunch and dinner
Essentials
Great shop for buying ecologically grown/raised food. The shop is on 3 stories and has good produce. Open on Sundays till 1 p.m.
103 Rue de Turenne
103 Rue de TurenneGreat shop for buying ecologically grown/raised food. The shop is on 3 stories and has good produce. Open on Sundays till 1 p.m.
Franprix
108 Av. Jean LoliveA bigger grocery store just a few min away
My favorite win store in the neighborhood. Great selection of wine and run by two sisters who are always happy to give recommendations.
15 locals recommend
Trois Fois Vin
12 Rue Notre Dame de NazarethMy favorite win store in the neighborhood. Great selection of wine and run by two sisters who are always happy to give recommendations.
A great cheese shop that has most cheese you could wish for. The also have the best artisanal butter and fresh eggs. It's a place I go to several times a week, 'cause cheese is basically why I moved to France. Open on Sundays.
16 locals recommend
Jouannault
39 Rue de BretagneA great cheese shop that has most cheese you could wish for. The also have the best artisanal butter and fresh eggs. It's a place I go to several times a week, 'cause cheese is basically why I moved to France. Open on Sundays.
Drinks & Nightlife
Open till 01.00 stop serving around 24.00
The place to see and be seen, hang out on the side walk.
78 Rue Vieille du Temple
Open till 01.00 stop serving around 24.00
The place to see and be seen, hang out on the side walk.
Popular with American students, but Parisians go here to. The cocktails are very good. It looks like a Tacos place, but behind the door and the end of the restaurant is a bar in the vaulted cellar.
12 locals recommend
52 Rue de Saintonge
52 Rue de SaintongePopular with American students, but Parisians go here to. The cocktails are very good. It looks like a Tacos place, but behind the door and the end of the restaurant is a bar in the vaulted cellar.
Le Mary Celeste
1 Rue ComminesGreat place for a cocktail and some oysters.
Love having a bottle of wine with friends here, they have nice platters of cheese and cut meats too.
178 locals recommend
Le Barav
6 Rue Charles-François DupuisLove having a bottle of wine with friends here, they have nice platters of cheese and cut meats too.
Great relaxed bar, often cramped, good natural wines and great tapas. It is possible to book a table in advance, which is recommended if you want to be seated.
155 locals recommend
Aux Deux Amis
45 Rue OberkampfGreat relaxed bar, often cramped, good natural wines and great tapas. It is possible to book a table in advance, which is recommended if you want to be seated.
Arts & Culture
PERROTIN PARIS
76 Rue de TurenneGreat space and shows.
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Amongst the hunting trophies you will find contemporary works of art. It is an unusual place, but worth the visit if you want to get off the beaten track.
http://www.chassenature.org/
170 locals recommend
Museum of Hunting and Nature
62 Rue des ArchivesAmongst the hunting trophies you will find contemporary works of art. It is an unusual place, but worth the visit if you want to get off the beaten track.
http://www.chassenature.org/
Just reopened after a long renovation. Nice collection.
1067 locals recommend
Musée National Picasso-Paris
5 Rue de ThorignyJust reopened after a long renovation. Nice collection.
Museum of contemporary art. The permanent collection is well worth the visits, as are the well curated temporary exhibitions.
2589 locals recommend
The Centre Pompidou
Museum of contemporary art. The permanent collection is well worth the visits, as are the well curated temporary exhibitions.
An absolute must, be sure to prebook your tickets online. You can get great tours for children in English with the company Paris Muse. If you are lucky my friend Emma might be the one giving you the tour.
https://parismuse.com/tours/paris-muse-clues-louvre-tour/
4018 locals recommend
Louvre Museum
Rue de RivoliAn absolute must, be sure to prebook your tickets online. You can get great tours for children in English with the company Paris Muse. If you are lucky my friend Emma might be the one giving you the tour.
https://parismuse.com/tours/paris-muse-clues-louvre-tour/
Very interesting selection of artists. One of the bigger European art galleries.
13 locals recommend
Almine Rech Gallery
64 Rue de TurenneVery interesting selection of artists. One of the bigger European art galleries.
Carpenters Workshop Gallery
54 Rue de la VerrerieGreat design gallery
Galerie Hegoa
31 Rue DauphineGreat design gallery, and yours truly used to work there.
Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve Le Marais
7 Rue PastourelleWorth a pop in to see what is showing.
Fondation edf
6 Rue Juliette RécamierA great tucked away art foundation with often very innovative shows.
Shopping
Hod
104 Rue Vieille du TempleNice jewelry shop
FrenchTrotters
128 Rue Vieille du TempleGreat place for men's clothes
Getting Around
Here you can get métro lines 3, 5,8,9 and 11 which will take you most places you need to go.
674 locals recommend
République
Here you can get métro lines 3, 5,8,9 and 11 which will take you most places you need to go.
This is the closest métro station to my place, it is on métro line 8
63 locals recommend
Filles du Calvaire station
This is the closest métro station to my place, it is on métro line 8
Closest car rental place to mine, they usually have a 29 EUR a day deal on small cars.
15 locals recommend
Rent A Car
28 Bd Gouvion-Saint-CyrClosest car rental place to mine, they usually have a 29 EUR a day deal on small cars.
If you are coming by car you can rent a parking spot in this garage just 5 min form my appartement. http://www.interparking-france.com/en/find-parking/Temple/
Interparking
12-14 Rue ChauchatIf you are coming by car you can rent a parking spot in this garage just 5 min form my appartement. http://www.interparking-france.com/en/find-parking/Temple/
Sightseeing
Best view of Paris, partly because you can see the Eiffel Tower and partly because it shows the best axes of Paris,
888 locals recommend
L'Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile
Best view of Paris, partly because you can see the Eiffel Tower and partly because it shows the best axes of Paris,
If th weather is nice a stroll in this parc is the perfect way to enjoy sunshine in Paris with a view of the Louvre and the place de la Concorde.
1767 locals recommend
Tuileries Garden
Place de la ConcordeIf th weather is nice a stroll in this parc is the perfect way to enjoy sunshine in Paris with a view of the Louvre and the place de la Concorde.
A small tucked away place in the heart of Paris, one of my sanctuaries.
180 locals recommend
Cour d'Orléans du Palais Royal
38 Rue de MontpensierA small tucked away place in the heart of Paris, one of my sanctuaries.
This is traditionally the Jewish quarter in Paris. Come here and have a falafel, either at Marianne or at l'ass du falafel.
157 locals recommend
Rue des Rosiers
Rue des RosiersThis is traditionally the Jewish quarter in Paris. Come here and have a falafel, either at Marianne or at l'ass du falafel.