Experience Paris: Where the city is most beautiful – tips for discovering

When I moved to Place de Clichy two years ago, I knew almost nothing about the area, but that is not so important in Paris either: no quarter is boring, each special has a very special section of the city. So you can’t go wrong, you just have to look. And go for a walk-two to three Métro stations, according to a basic rule, you can easily create on foot.

But where can you experience true Paris? What are the untouristic quarters? In which restaurants do the locals meet? Well, the answer depends on the day of the week, on the weather and last but not least on the time: Paris counts just a little more than two million residents Intra Muroswhat is meant by everything within the ring motorway. Around 35 million visitors are joined around the year. There is little space, so the “true Paris” takes place everywhere-from the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre or the exclusive shopping cathedrals. The Parisians patiently organize their everyday life around tourism and its masses: even locals go to the or, to just have fun. All shops that are in every travel guide.

If it is too full, you just go away. Another basic rule.

One of the typical bastions of the Parisians is around the corner. Red awning, rust-brown leather benches, a stand with oysters and mussels outside: an institution in which Toulouse-Lautrec drank its red wine, also immortalized in Henry Miller’s novel “Silent Days in Clichy”. At the weekend, tourists deal with their seafood – on other days, long -time regular guests enjoy Alsatian sauerkraut or what else is on the day ticket. And since we are currently (and drinking): there is only a few steps away, small and pretty, the bistro. In the morning neighborhood café, at noon and in the evening thanks to its sophisticated dishes, an increasingly popular meeting place for trend -conscious trend -conscious.

In the 1st arrondissement, for example, the travel groups can be avoided in the “L’Express Bar” (23 Rue de Roule): a regular bar not far from the Rue de Rivoli (caution, cyclists!), Which does not need any internet address: French cuisine without Chichi, sometimes the television runs, with luck you can get a place on the sidewalk terrace and look at the hustle and bustle.

Otherwise you can know: South of the Métro station “La Chapelle” gather countless small snacks and bars with authentically seasoned kitchen from various regions of India and Sri Lankas. All around the “Barbès” station you will find shops and restaurants from various African countries in all price ranges (for example :).

The island of Saint-Louis and the Île de la Cité (on which Notre lady is) form the historical heart of Paris. People’s and history concentrate on the Seine bank or in the arrondissements with low indicators, which are counted in a snail in a circle from the inside out.

A gross sociological overview: The 15th arrondissement houses the largest residential area (and is not very exciting). The super rich live in number 16 in their corresponding biotope. The Asian -shaped 13th arrondissement is partly considered the “China Town” from Paris; The 19th as “problematic” – completely wrong, because here there are great parks at the “Bassin de la Villette” and the science museum with an excellent children’s program. Arrondissement number 20 is alternative-relaxed-vegetarian; The 10th and 11th are among the most popular quarters in the city around the places “République”, “Bastille”, “Oberkampf” and at the Canal Saint-Martin.