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Mr. Selfish and I are spending a glorious six weeks in Paris. I’ve been trying to figure out how to organize my blog posts on Paris and figured that I would do it by arrondissements, which are the different districts in Paris. Paris has a total of twenty arrondissements – each with a different flavor. The arrondissements are organized in a clockwise spiral. The arrondissement of each location is indicated by the last two digits of the postal code.
Here’s the map of Paris’ twenty arrondissements:
I’ve made a list of the sights in each arrondissements, and I will link them to this page as I blog about them. Of course, it is a very ambitious goal but we’ll see how we do.
* 1st – Louvre, Jardin des Tuileries, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Musée de l’Orangerie
* 3rd – Musée Cognacq-Jay, Musée Carnavalet
* 4th – Notre Dame, Hôtel de Ville, Maison de Victor Hugo, L’As Du Fallafel, Centre National d’Art et de Culture George Pompidou, Berthillon
* 5th – Panthéon, Jardin des Plantes, Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Arènes de Lutèce, Boulevard Saint-Michel
* 6th – Palais du Luxembourg, Pierre Hermé, Musée Zadkine, Église St.-Sulpice, Un Dimanche à Paris, Institut de France
* 7th – La Tour Eiffel, Hôtel des Invalides, Musée d’Orsay, Musée Rodin, Saxe Breteuil Market, École Militaire
* 8th – Champs-Elysées, l’Arc de Triomphe, Grand Palais, Petit Palais, Église de la Madeleine, Musée Cernuschi, Ladurée, Saint-Augustin Elysées
* 9th – Opéra Garnier, A L’Etoile d’Or, Le Petit Tokyo
* 10th – Gare du Nord, Le Petit Bombay, L’Epicerie Anglaise
* 11th – Bastille Market, Bastille, Opera Bastille
* 12th – Château de Vincennes
* 13th – Chinatown
* 14th – Montparnasse Tower, Les Catacombes de Paris
* 15th – Porte de Versailles Exhibition Center, Salon du Chocolat
* 16th – Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
* 17th – Parc Monceau, Le Relais de Venise
* 18th – Sacré-Cœur, Moulin Rouge, Arnaud Delmontel, Au Levain d’Antan, Musée de l’érotisme, The Two Windmills, Barbès-Rochechouart Market
* 19th – Cité de la musique, Au Boeuf Couronné
* 20th – Cimetière du Père Lachaise
Finally, I’m posting a photo of me and Mr. Selfish in the front of the Eiffel Tower (lest my Dad complain that there are no photos in this post).
So jealous! I studied in Paris this past summer and stayed in the 14th, in Montparnasse – Parc Montsouris is lovely, make sure you line up early for the catacombs! Or at least don’t be in a rush to do things afterwards, its a big queue. Such a gorgeous area. Even seeing this list makes me miss it so much! The 16th is another gorgeous area, even window shopping around here is really nice and it is worth just meandering around the streets and the shops. Have an amazing time!
Genevieve, http://genevievewanderbug.wordpress.com