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A Summary of Paris: Itinerary

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Day 1

- Le St-Regis Brasserie, bistro filled with smokers on rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile off quai de Bourbon
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, RER C to St-Michel Notre Dame
- Patrick Allain Fleuriste, beautiful flowers on 53 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile
- La Taverne Du Sergent Recreteur, bistro with a nice prix fixe on 41 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile

Day 2

- Boulangerie Saint-Louis, fresh bread every morning on 78 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile
- Cacao et Chocolat, hot chocolate on 63 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile
- Eglise St-Nicolas, rue de Pontoise
- Le Panthéon, #10 to Maubert Mutualité, €8
- La Paillote D’or, Vietnamese food with friendly service on 30 rue des Carmes
- Jardins et Palais du Luxembourg, RER B to Luxembourg
- Eglise St-Sulpice, church with Delacroix frescoes, #4 to St-Sulpice
- Le Prestige de l’Alimentation, Moroccan-owned grocery store with everything we needed on 67 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile
- Aux Anysetiers du Roy, bistro with English-speaking waiters on 61 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile

Day 3

- Musée du Louvre, #7 to Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre, €8.50, closed on Mondays
- Cafe Med, good duck confit, crepes and pasta lunch options on 77 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile
- Le Sarrasin et Le Froment Creperie, crepes to eat-in or take-away on 80 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile
- Eiffel Tower, RER C to Champs de Mars-Tour Eiffel, €11 to the top
- Le Tarbouche, Moroccan restaurant with as good tagines as their service on 81 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile

Day 4

- Musée d’Orsay, RER C to Musée d’Orsay, €7.50, closed on Tuesdays
- Jardin des Tuileries, via an underpass after crossing the Seine from Musée d’Orsay
- Obélisque on Place de la Concorde, right outside Jardin des Tuileries
- Champs Élysées, a tree-lined pathway all the way to the Rond Point with brand-name stores along the way
- Arc de Triomphe, #1, #2, #6 or RER A stop there, €8 to climb the top
- Marché Franprix, small grocery store on 135 rue Saint-Antoine, #1 to St-Paul
- L’Epicerie, beautifully-packaged oils, jams, vinegars and mustards on 51 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile
- La Ferme Saint-Aubin, cheese, sausage and wine shop on 76 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile

Day 5

- Sacré-Coeur Basilica, the highest point of Paris, #2 to Anvers and up the Montmartre hill
- Montparnasse Tower and Montparnasse Cemetery, #4 to Montparnasse
- Paris Chinatown, #7 to Porte de Choisy on avenue de Choisy and avenue d’Ivry
- Thai-Vien, affordable Vietnamese, Laotian and Thai food on 56 avenue de Choisy
- Place de la Bastille, #5 to Bastille
- Les Halles, historically a food market and now an ugly shopping complex, #4 to Châtelet-Les Halles
- Eglise St-Eustache, a church that looks abandoned inside, right by Forum des Halles
- Glacier Berthillon, home-made ice cream shop at €2 a scoop on 31 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile
- La Petite Scierie, foie gras shop on 60 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile

Day 6

- Château de Versailles, RER C to Versailles
- Le Domaines qui Montent, sells wine at the same price as the producers’ on 136 Volatire Boulevard, #9 to Voltaire
- Le Caveau de l’Ile, bistro with friendly staff on 36 rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile

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