Special Paris Apartment OFFER

Coucou! 

Last minute bookers to Paris LISTEN UP! 

For this month October and November our brand new 'Zen' B&B apartment is on special for

 85euro per night FOR 2 PEOPLE  

(reduced from 115euro per night)!! 

Try and find THAT price anywhere else in Paris (not a hotel shoebox surely) ... and one that is as gorgeous as this cosy and quaint Paris partment.

Email us for availability - info@petitepr.com.au 

Read the full description, images, rate and location map on the website here 

a LOVE letter for Petite Paris :)

Dear Regina,

Our time in Paris was everything we could have hoped for and so much more.......we just can't thank you enough for your help in making it all possible.

Janine and Alain welcomed us like family into their beautiful home, they are the most gracious and generous hosts. 

Breakfast every day was delicious and superbly presented in the exquisite garden. Janine's home made pastries were incredible and she gave me at least two different teas to try each morning! 

The top floor guest suite is spacious and comfortable, all our needs were catered for and we were given keys to come and go as we pleased.


Alain and Janine provided us with a wealth of information and very kindly guided us around the local area when we first arrived, introducing us to local residents and familiarizing us with all the services we might require. 


The local transport links are brilliant, especially the number 95 bus which stops just around the corner and runs right through Paris, all the way to Montmartre. 

The recommendations which Alain and Janine gave us proved invaluable, in particular their suggestion that we attend a concert at Saint Chapelle (Janine provided a program of concerts available) and that we visit the Albert Kahn Musee et Jardin. 
Had they not told us about it, we may never have discovered Albert Kahn's magnificent garden in the 16th arr, and our visit there was truly one of the highlights of our stay.

Our week in Paris was dreamy, delightful, exhilarating and completely wonderful.

We would highly recommend Alain and Janine's bed and breakfast to anyone wanting to experience the 'real' Paris and be able to 'live like the locals'.

We are extremely grateful to Petite Paris in Sydney for co ordinating and arranging our booking and for providing such friendly, helpful and practical advice at every step of the journey.

We even received an additional tip from Petite Paris whilst we were actually in Paris, to visit the Grande Mosque for afternoon tea...and this proved to be yet another unmissable highlight and a truly wonderful experience.

Thank you dear Regina for your wonderful help and advice and for always being so unfailingly cheerful and friendly! We look forward to staying in touch and hopefully one day booking another holiday in Paris!!"

Janine and Alain are two of our guests favourite Parisian hosts. Warm, friendly, hospitable and attentive they open up the entire second floor of their historic home as a private suite for our Australian travellers. This suite is accessible from the front entry of the home offering guests privacy and independence to come and go as they please discreetly.

There are 2 bedrooms on the guests private floor so this B&B is suitable for families or groups of up to 4 people (2 double beds)

Their home is cosy, quaint and perfectly cared for and decorated offering all the comforts and necessities needed to make your stay comfortable, homely and intimate. 

To read the full description of their apartment please visit our website - click here.

Rates: 1 person - 120euro per night

2 person - 139euro per night

3person - 194euro per night

4 person - 220euro per night

 For booking enquiries contact us at info@petitepr.com.au

www.petiteparis.com.au

Trick or Treat - October in Paris

 Mystérieux Paris




Paris is lovely. Paris is Romantic. Paris is Stylish.
Paris is ... Creepy?
 
Oui! Even the most sophisticated capital cities have their little secrets, mysteries, dark corners, forbidden places.
With such a gory history of war, plague and revolution there are is no end to the dark corners just waiting to be explored in Paris. It's a fantastic place to spend Halloween! Here, in no particular order, are our top scary Paris activities:

1. The Catacombs
Paris may be known as the City of Lights, but the French capital has a darker side that lurks far below the pavement



As you walk the streets of Paris you might be surprised to learn that right below your feet is a series of catacombs that stretches for almost 300km, housing the remains of around 6 million corpses. Walking through the non-descript door and climbing down the dank steps into this maze is like stepping into another world. The walls are lined with bones stacked up to 2 metres high and several metres thick in places. In a bizarre and grotesque tribute to the millions of Parisians that died from disease, starvation or violence who could not afford a grave, the bones have been fashioned into elaborate designs – a heart shape made of skulls, a real life skull and crossbones and elaborate doorways.



The entrance reads Arrette! C’est ici l’empire de la mort, ‘Stop! This is the empire of the dead’ and it’s one threshold that takes guts to cross. If you think you have what it takes to tread the sinister underbelly of Paris, consider one of our skip the line access tours. Only 200 people are allowed into the Paris Catacombs at any one time which makes it a fantastic experience once you’re down there but can lead to queues up to two hours long.


 
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2. The Paris Sewer Museum



The Paris Sewer Museum, or Musée des égouts de Paris is a fantastic and icky attraction that is especially great for anyone who knows and loves Les Misérables, since much of the musical and Victor Hugo’s novel upon which it was based, takes place in these long sandstone corridors. Don’t worry, you won’t be wading knee deep in the city’s toilet fluids. The sanitary sewers feed into separate pipes these days. Think more along the lines of mannequins dressed up as sewer workers, a five-ton flushing boat and the odd stream of drainwater coming in from the streets.  
 
Located in the 7th arrondissement beneath the Quai d’Orsay.
Open every day but Thursday and Friday, from 11am to 4pm.



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3. The Dark Heart of Paris



Paris has a very dark and bitter history.  Just watch Les Misérables, read A Tale of Two Cities or a flick through The Hunchback of Notre Dame. There are elements of Parisian history that you probably know well, like the French revolution where the streets were literally painted with blood. The guillotine that claimed so many heads, including Marie Antoinette’s. Or Bartholomew’s Day massacre that ended 30,000 lives. But even if you know all of this you’ve still probably only seen the tip of the iceberg.
 
The Dark Heart of Paris tour will take you through the streets of Paris under a cloak of darkness, winding down alleyways and cutting through the hushed silence of the night. Your guide will tell you the shocking details that are never published in French travel brochures, made all the more eerie when you are standing in the exact place where they happened. Heads chopped off, crusaders burned at the stake and criminals tortured in front of a captive audience – can you think of a scarier way to spend Halloween?
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4. La Conciergerie



Although it was built as a palace, La Conciergerie is best known for its long history as a Parisian prison. Just next door to the Palais de Justice where criminals and the not-so-criminal were tried and charged with various crimes, the dungeons of La Conciergerie were a handy place to throw them before their appointment with La Guillotine. Take a tour of the dungeons where 2,800 prisoners were kept and drop by a reproduction of the cell where Marie Antoinette spent her last few hours.


Trick or Treat??!
Forget the Scary Spots
Go to the Sweet Spots!
NEW Patisseries we have discovered!

La Patisserie des Reves
(Grand Cru Cake)
93 Rue Du Bac 75006
MAP




Cafe Pouchkine
(Or Noir Cake)
64 Boulevarde Haussmann 75008
MAP




Carl Marletti
(La Marie Antoinette Fraise)
51 Rue Censier 75005
MAP




Des Gateaux Et Du Pain
(Pistache-fraise)
63 Boulevard Pasteur  75015
MAP







Darker than Dark
Paris Bar au Vin & Jazz Venue

Le Guillotine Bar



 Tucked away on a narrow street in Paris' Latin Quarter. Called La Guillotine, the bar looks like a typical hangout for Parisian "bobos". Below the dimly lit bar lies a marvelous little room called Le Caveau des Oubliettes - steep stone stairs lead into the cave filled with small wooden tables. Here on most nights, beginning around 10 p.m, an unannounced mix of jazz and blues groups seduce an eclectic crowd in a room that once housed the forgotten.

In medieval times, Le Caveau des Oubliettes, which translates to "the cave of the forgotten," held prisoners awaiting the guillotine. The tight door and thick stone walls masked the prisoners' wails and howls. Iron handcuffs on the walls, chains along the staircase, and a barred window remind listeners of the room's past and give the intimate club an uniquely eerie feel.
Address:  52 Rue Galande
Website:  Le Caveau des Oubliettes

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Special Offers on Paris B&B Apartments

Discounts on 2 of our quaint B&B homes in Paris when you make a BOOKING for a stay between November and January 2013

1. B&B401 CHEZ MARC
(17th Arrondissement)

30euro off the nightly rate.
From 180euro per night to...
150euro per night (2 pers)
119euro per night (1 pers)

View this B&B in full detail on our website - click here

 2. B&B359  CHEZ CAROL
(4th Arrondissement)

50euro off the nightly rate
From 230euro per night to...
175euro per night (2 person)

View this B&B in full detail on our website - click here 

 

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