Free Time
Bonjour Paris is a great source of information about things to do and places to go in Paris (and Princeton in France students are writing for Bonjour Paris!). Also check out www.timeout.com/paris.
Starting April 4, 2009, all of the French national museums and monuments will stop charging admission fees to anyone under 25. French national museums include Paris' Louvre and the Musee d'Orsay.
Places to Visit
Carnavalet Museum
23, Rue Sévigné, 75003
Métro stop: Saint-Paul, Chemin Vert.
Open: 10 a.m. to 5:40 p.m. Closed Mondays and public holidays.
Institut du Monde Arabe
1, rue des Fossés-Saint-Bernard,
Place Mohammed-V, 75236 Paris
Métro stop: Jussieu
Closed on Mondays.
Jardin du Luxembourg
Rue de Vaugirard, 75006
Metro: Odeon
Open: opens between 7:30 and 8:15 a.m.; closes between 4:45 and 9:45 p.m. (depends on the month )
Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaisme
42, rue des Saules, 75018
Métro stop: Lamarck-Caulaincourt
Closed on Fridays and Mondays.
Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli, 75001
Métro: Palais-Royal-Musée du Louvre
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day except Tuesday. Open until 10 p.m. on Wednesday and Friday evenings.
Musée d’Orsay
62, rue de Lille, 75343
Métro: Solférino
Closed on Mondays.
Musée de l’Orangerie
Jardin des Tuileries, 75001
Metro: Concorde
Open: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed on Tuesdays
Big Stores
Au Bon Marché
22, rue de Sèvres, 7th arrondissement
Metro: Sèvres-Babylone
Galleries Lafayette
40, boulevard Haussmann, 7500
Metro: Chaussée d’Antin Lafayette
“Must Visit” Cafés and Restaurants
Paris = good food and a tradition of eating, talking, and thinking important thoughts. Enjoy!
Les Deux Magots
170, boulevard St. Germain, 6th arrondissement
Metro: St-Germain-des-Prés
Café de Flore, across the street from Les Deux Magots
Le Dôme, La Coupole, La Rotonde and Le Select, all a few yards from each other on the corner of Boulevard Montparnasse and Rue Delambre, are famous for their clientele of famous intellectuals, artists, and writers.
