Best Free and Cheap Entertainment in Paris

Best Free and Cheap Entertainment in Paris

If you go to restaurants from the Michelin guide or buy up the latest collections in boutiques on the Rue Saint-Honoré, Stay in the city of love will cost a round sum. However, the capital of France is not only an exquisite cuisine and modern fashion,A simple walk through Paris will be a fascinating journey. Who knows what a unique boutique, stunning facade, painted by street artists,A concert or a secluded garden will appear at the next turn? It does not matter what time of year you arrive in Paris - in the summer heat, ideal for a holiday on the banks of the Seine,Or in December, when the Champs Elysees are poured by myriad lights - in the capital of France there are always inexpensive activities, spectacles and stunning entourage for walking along the paved streets.

HOW TO GET TO PARIS

Travel time from Moscow to Paris by direct flights AirFrance and Aeroflot takes an average of 3 hours 35 minutes. If you want to save on the flight, it is better to take flights with transfers in London, Helsinki or Amsterdam. Very often the difference in price is very significant, even with the fact that you stay at the airport, choosing a room in one of the best hotels in Europe.

WHEN TO GO. BEST TIME FOR TRAVEL TO PARIS

Paris is a city beyond seasons. But, officially, the high season in the city lasts from late April to early October. Perhaps the least popular for travel - November, when it's pretty dank weather, But for the prices in restaurants and discounts for hotel accommodation this has little effect. In summer, the city of love never faints from the heat, and in winter,In comparison with the Russian climate, the weather is more like the middle of November in the central part of our vast Homeland.

WHERE TO LIVE. BEST BUDGETARY HOTELS IN PARIS

No matter what the weather is in the streets of Paris, the prices for hotels in the city are stable, like the sunrise over Montmartre. Even in August, when the city is empty, hotel prices remain at the level of the Eiffel Tower.Book a room in the hotel you need a few months before the trip. Especially if the fee per day for it is not the size of the budget of a small African country, For example, at the Hotel Vernet or Auteuil Tour Eiffel, and you want to spend a Christmas vacation in the city.Yes, a room in Paris can be quite expensive, but there is always the chance to book a small room at an affordable price in a design hotel.In the 20th arrondissement on the right bank is the Mama Shelter Hotel, designed by Philippe Starck, with a chic design in a modern urban style.


WHERE TO EAT. BUDGETARY CAFES AND RESTAURANTS OF PARIS

Classic French breakfast "three K": coffee, croissant, confiture, will cost in Paris from 3 to 7 euros. Inexpensive (within 10-15 euros) and tasty lunch in the center of Paris is possible in the restaurant Fontaine de Mars (129, Rue Saint-Dominique) and Au Zaganin (81, Rue de Rochechouart).


For a satisfying and inexpensive dinner, within 20 euros for two shifts of dishes it is better to choose La Cantine de la Cigale (124, Boulevard Rochechouart) or La Pointe du Groin (8, Rue de Belzunce). The cheapest dinner can cost 10-12 euros, but such prices are most often found only in the 13th arrondissement of Paris,In one of the many Chinese zabegalovok.
How to save Three meals a day can seriously affect the traveler's wallet, especially,When you want to eat delicious and inexpensive. Of course, you can cook for yourself to save a litte...

THE BEST FREE ENTERTAINMENT OF PARIS


Paris is known for its flaner, who made a walk in the rank of art. But even 16 years before the famous High Line - a pedestrian park on the old railroad tracks in Chelsea - opened in New York in 2009, Paris already had its Promenade Plantée,- the path through the gardens, overgrown with lavender. The promenade begins near the Place de la Bastille and has a well-groomed appearance, organically blending into the city landscape. Walking along the path, one can consider historical buildings, admire architectural details, for example,Sculptures carved on the facades of the houses - the heritage of the town builder Georges Eugene Osman, peeping through the windows of Parisians, like Amelie.In the arches under the brick viaducts visitors are waiting for several craft boutiques. Walking can be so carried away,That you will not notice how you walked almost five kilometers and were on the boulevard Péripherique near the Vincennes forest - the greenest massif of Paris, fenced for walking even under Louis XV.

To admire the delightful panoramas of Paris, you do not need to stand in line to the Eiffel Tower and push through the crowd on the steps of Montmartre. One of the best ways to be at the height of a bird's flight, climb the elevator in the center of Pompidou (IV district, Metro Rambuteau, Hotel de Ville, Chatelet).Initially, the Center was considered a thorn in the eye, but now this art museum enjoys well-deserved popularity, and the transparent elevator shafts and multi-colored pipes artfully blended into the face of the city. You do not need to buy tickets to the museum, if you do not want to learn about contemporary art Pay 3 euros for the ticket "Panorama" and enjoy the views of Paris as much as you like.From the beginning of June to the end of September, you can look around in Paris at the height of the tower of Saint-Jacques-la-Bushey near the Parisian Town Hall Hotel de Ville (IV district). Once this tower of the XVI century, was part of the church, and still preserved many decorative elements in the Gothic style.

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On the left bank of the Seine, you can admire the river from the platform on the roof of the Institute of the Arab World. A small walk along the river in the east direction will lead to Les Docks - a bright green building, where Cité de la Mode et du Design (XIII district, 34, Quai d'Austerlitz)
And an impressive roof terrace decorated with palm trees. Entrance to Les Docks is free, but you still have to leave a little euro - no one can resist the temptation to sit in one of the stylish cafes.

And in the afternoon from mid-July to mid-August, Parisian beaches await your pale bodies on the motorway of the IV district and the canal of the Bassin de la Villette channel, located in the XIX district. Tourists will find there sand, beach chairs, free concerts and a lot of entertainment from volleyball, to water sports.On weekends, you can hire a boat for 1 or 2 euros and swim along the l'Ourcq channel, heading from Paris Plage to La Villette to Bondy and Aulnay-sous Bois. Along the way, you can stop at Pantin, Bobigny and Noisy-le-Sec to rent a kayak, canoe, boat or punt in the water sports centers of this channel.
If you plan a visit to Paris in winter,Then one of the romantic and budget entertainment will be a walk to the ice rink at the foot of Montparnasse or near the Hotel de Ville. Skates can be rented for a very nominal fee.

France offers the traveler such a huge selection of the best travel, that I want to spend on them all my life and even more.
The charm of France lies not only in the romantic Paris, which is worth seeing at least once in life, it is also the luxury of the Côte d'Azur in the Mediterranean with the Mecca of cinema in Cannes and the many-faced Marcel And inaccessible, almost in English, cold Normandy and Brittany, washed by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. And the regions of France bordering with Germany are radically different from those located on the border with Spain.