Hi guys
I am thinking of booking an apartment at this address:
Quartier Latin (1)
8 Rue de la Harpe
Paris, France 75005
Is this close to the main attractions? Also I am going to be traveliing with an 8 year old child so I want to be sure I am not in the middle of the red light district or anything.
Also, any suggestions of areas to stay would be most apprectiated
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It%26#39;s as close to main attractions as you could possibly wish for - a stone%26#39;s throw from the Seine, Louvre, Notre Dame, Jardin de Luxembourg and a %26quot;two stones%26#39;%26quot; throw from the Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysées and Arc de Triomphe.
And if you come with the Eurostar from London, you can change on Gare du Nord to the métro or regional train RER B which will take you to the Saint Michel station about 100-200 meters from Rue de la Harpe (saves you the taxi ride).
if you come to CDG airport by airplane take the RER B-train to Saint Michel.
No red light district here - totally safe, but be prepared for it to be swarming with tourists. It is a charming medieval (but now touristy) pedestrian street with tons of small restaurants.
If this is your first trip to Paris I would say it%26#39;s a fine location.
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Thank you for that, it sounds wonderful. Through the rest of my searching I have come across another property
4, rue Salomon de Caus
75003
Paris
How about this one? The price difference is not much and the picture look lovely. Is this a nice area?
Many thanks again for your help
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I would take the Rue de la Harpe, as it is more colourful. The other place is also OK, a little further north in the Marais, also with pedestrian streets close by, but more for grown-ups, in my opinion (I would choose the latter, but I%26#39;m an 48 year old hag)
You have previously asked about going to the beach. Well, this is not a beach, but a water-park that may do the trick:
AQUABOULEVARD DE PARIS
4, rue Louis Armand
F-75015 PARIS
FRANCE
Tél : (33) 1 40 60 10 00
Fax : (33) 1 40 60 18 39
www.aquaboulevard.com
I thought you might like a few more ttips for your girl:
A balloon-ride over Parc André-Citröen (Balloon is tied with a steel-wire to the ground, so don%26#39;t panic !)
www.aeroparis.com/article.php3?id_article=3
Doll%26#39;s museum:
http://www.museedelapoupeeparis.com/
Jardin d%26#39;Acclimatation in the Bois de Boulogne, there are puppet theatre, boats, small train, animals and I believe: ponyriding. http://www.jardindacclimatation.fr/index.html
It seems that you can ride with the small train from the Porte Maillot right to the main entrance of the park.
%26quot;Accès au Jardin d’Acclimatation :
Par le Petit Train
Au départ de la Porte Maillot, le Petit Train vous conduit à travers bois jusqu’à l’entrée principale du Jardin d’Acclimatation.%26quot;
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When GitteK says %26quot;swarming with tourists%26quot; she really means swarming - and until late at night too. If it%26#39;s not the noisiest street in the center of Paris at night it must be among the top five.
If the apartment overlooks the street, I%26#39;d think twice about it. In fact, with an 8 year old I%26#39;d think twice about it anyway. It really is pretty much party central on weekends especially.
But it certainly is very cntral.
The other apartment you mention is not as central, and is on a one block street right off the very busy blvd. de Sebastopol. I%26#39;d guess it is about a mile from Notre Dame cathedral.
My suggestion would be that you see if you can find anything in your price range either in the 4th, the 6th or in the 5th but a bit farther away from the river. And that would be pretty much my order of preference too.
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The rovr has a good point here: there will be noisy on Rue de la Harpe at night, and it%26#39;s no fun to have a child sulking and dragging behind because she hasn%26#39;t slept all night. So maybe it%26#39;s a little too colourful after all.
I give you some links for appartment rentals:
http://www.lodgis.com/en/
nyhabitat-paris.com/paris-apartment/furnished
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Thank you all so much, I am looking into the aqua park now, chloe would love that.
I think I will have another look for properties then in the districts recommended, I will more than likely be back :-)
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Right here are a couple more, hopefully you are not tired of me yet :-)
1 - Rue des Ecoles - 75005 Paris
2 -Boulevard Saint-Marcel - 75005 Paris
3 - Rue Berthollet - 75005 Paris
Many thanks again
Jo x
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Yes for Rue des Ecoles
No for the two others - IMO they are too far out (literally speaking), that is: far from the Seine and the sights mentioned, when we discussed Rue de la Harpe. %26quot;Far%26quot; does not mean %26quot;far for grown-up legs to walk%26quot; but: %26quot;very far to walk for 8-year old legs%26quot;
Here you can look at photos if you type the name of the street:
http://photos.pagesjaunes.fr/
You can also click on the map to the right or on the arrows at the bottom of the page.
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Thank you again, I went on that site and the picture that came up is the one that was used on the apartment listing, it looks like a lovely street.
I think I will go with Rue des Ecoles, I have found two properties on that street. now I have to choose one of them :-)
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I pretty much concur with GitteK%26#39;s comments this time.
If you have the actual address of any of these partments, you can go to
www.pages-jaunes.fr
and it will give you not only the exact location with respect to other streets, but also a photograph of the exterior of the building. Then you can navigate around and look at buildings close by and across the street.
Rue des Écoles is a fairly busy street traffic-wise, but not anything like as touristy as rue de la Harpe. Some of the buildings are set back a little bit from the street. Most likely the bedroom(s) will not face the street, but if they do, a higher floor might be better from the point of virew of traffic noise.
There are good small restaurants around, though exacly how many and how close will depend on the exact location.
There is also a good open-air market - I think only one day a week - nearby, a first-class bakery in rue Monge and just about everything else you might need in the way of shops and cafes.
I%26#39;d say go for it!
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