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The Petite Paris

eGuideBook

Coming October 2012

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Petite Paris 

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We are Paris Guru's!

As proudly labelled by:

Vacation and Travel Magazine!

August Issue 2012

          See us featured in the Magazine - click image to read our Top 10 Zen Guide to Paris!

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SWEET MACAROON!!!!

Pretty soon Sydney-siders will be able to get their hands on beautiful macarons from famed French patisserie...

Set to open their first Australian patisserie in Westfield Sydney!  Fingers crossed the rest of Australia    will follow soon. www.laduree.fr 

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LOVE TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHS? 

Want to capture Paris perfectly?

                                              Lonely Planet's Guide to Travel Photography
                                                Fourth Edition 2012 has just been released.

Internationally renowned Photographer Richard L'Anson shows you how to avoid common photography mistakes. Buy it HERE

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PARISIAN STREET SCENES

ON DISPLAY IN SYDNEY

                                         This is a stunning exhibition. Go and see 'Old Paris'.

                          Art Gallery of New South Wales
                                                                  Until November 4 

Make a day/feast of it  and enjoy the galleries high tea banquet as well - tres Parisienne!
website for details/tickets - click here
for photograph samples - click here

The work of French photographer Eugène Atget, who created "documents for artists", will be on show as the first comprehensive Australian exhibition of his work. Parisian street scenes during the late 1800s and early 1900s, depicting areas of old Paris with empty streets as yet untouched by the 19th century modernisation of the city by Baron Haussmann.

Over 200 of his works will be on show at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, out of a collection of more than 4,000 held by the Musée Carnavalet.

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LE STYLE

DIGITAL MAGAZINE

SPRING EDITION 2012

click image above to browse all things chic French! 

The publication is an inspiration, an idea of passion that we have to live the essence of French beauty that touches our hearts. A direct interactive online magazine for the savvy IT madame et mademoiselle.

 In this issue: Fantastic interviews with Paris jewellery house of Van Cleef @ Arpels and modernity trends for home and lifestyle.

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COFFEE SOLVES EVERYTHING

Our BEST Coffee Corners in Paris

 

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SWEET THINGS...

Have you tried the oldest Chocolatier in Paris?

DeBauve et Gallais
Gourmet Finest Dark French Chocolate


This aromatic relic, founded in 1800 and the official chocolatier to Napoleon, still has its original semicircular counter covered with fabulous treats. Signature items include: chocolate pistoles, small discs of chocolate that vary according to cacao content and flavorings (almond oil, bitter coffee, Bourbon vanilla and orange blossom).

30 rue des Saints-Peres
website - click here



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La Rose Croissant
@ Pierre Herme

More than just a regular old boring croissant (ahem never boring) how about trying a glazed one covered in candied roses and filled it with a sweet litchi/rose/raspberry pâte! At Pierre Herme these little guys can sell out quickly, but you also don’t want to buy one and eat it too early. They’re on the shelf at 10am and still too warm to enjoy. Either purchase one and give it an hour to mellow-out, or stop by after 11am and hope there are still a couple left. They’re incredibly scrumtrulescent.
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Top Tips de Paris Petite!

Hi Paris lovers! Here are just a few personalized services and essential travel tips that we have selected for you today!! Its a gorgeous day too...

* Parisian Artist

If you love art, we recommend you to visit the web site of Pèpère, a young Parisian artist with innovative techniques to create bright and colored paintings. If you like his work, he can meet you and show you the paintings he has to sell or, if you prefer, create a personal painting for you during your stay. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with him to arrange a meeting.

Contact: http://www.pepere.fr  

Pèpère also offers you a guided tour of Montmartre, the area where he lives. At the end of the tour he offers a cheese tasting (including wine) at his apartment. The price for the guided tour of approximately two hours is 25 Euros per adult (2 people minimum), 15 Euros per child under 14 years old. With cheese and wine tasting – 95euros per person. TO read more about this service on our website click here.

 

* Guided tours by a Petite Paris Parisian Bed & Breakfast hostess

Brigitte has been welcoming guests in her Bed & Breakfast for more than 10 years. She is ready to be your personal guide to help you discover the real Paris. We recommend you make a booking in advance by email for the first days of your stay. She can show you how to travel by bus and subway and prepare a personalized tour just for you to meet your own requirements and desires! 

The price is 25 euros per hour (2 hours minimum).

Contact us to enquire and make a booking: info@petitepr.com.au  
To see Brigitte's budget B&B click here! 

* Home massage service

After a walk in Paris, a visit to a museum, your legs are heavy, your back hurts... To get you back on form in order to fully benefit from your Parisian stay, "Capquiétude", a service recommended by Petite Paris, comes to your guest room to give you a professional and relaxing massage.

Our masseurs and masseuses are certified professionals and members of the French Federation of massage and wellbeing - FFMTR.

Prices negotiated for you by Petite Paris: 90 minutes of massage 90 euros and 75 euros for 60 minutes.

Capquietude website: www.capquietude.com

E-mail: info@petitepr.com.au

NB: It's recommended that you try to book your massage in advance or ask your host to make the booking for you. Please let us know how satisfied you have been with that service.

Tourist information in the city

The tourism office has several service points in the city. Its main office is at the Pyramides subway. There you will find maps of Paris in your language, which are provided free. Do not hesitate to also ask for the small guide "Paris for you" published in French and English, which lists the major museums and other tourist interests.

We also recommend the following:

* The Terraces:

All the department stores: Gallery Lafayette, Printemps, Bon marché, BHV… have terraces accessible to everybody. Some of them have a coffee shop or a restaurant, but the access is always free. From these terraces, you have a wonderful view over the rooftops and streets of Paris.

Our personal favourites are BHV, because it is just opposite the City Hall and the Seine River, and also the Printemps, which faces the Opera Theater.

* The Eiffel Tower:

Since the year 2000 the Eiffel Tower lights up at night, flickers for the first ten minutes of each hour, as dusk comes. It is a show not to be missed where ever you are in Paris: from Montmartre, it looks like a sparkling diamond, from Concorde it is different again, and from right beneath your feet, the tower is another sight. We are often asked when it is best to visit the Eiffel Tower. I believe that the moment is just before sunset.

* L'officiel des Spectables and/or the Pariscope:

A good source to find all the timetables for the museums, cinemas, exhibitions, theatres, etc. Published each Wednesday and sold in all the newspaper shops and kiosks for 0.40 euros. The church concerts and recitals on a Sunday afternoon are free.

* The Louvre:

To avoid the queue, go down the stairs close to the little Arc de Triomphe (when the pyramid is behind you).

* Free entrance to museums:

Parisian museums offer free entry every first Sunday of each month (including the Louvre). The museums run by the City of Paris are always free, except of temporary exhibitions.

* Versailles Castle:

To go to Versailles Castle, the cheapest way is to take the bus 171, departure at Pont de Sevres subway (last station on line 9).

* Car parks in Paris:

In case you will come to Paris by car it may be the safest to park your car in an underground parking area and just use it again on your departure.All carking stations are within minutes of a Metro station and thereofre usuall y within minutes of one of our Paris B&B apartments.

It is possible to book a parking space in advance using this website: http://www.parkingsdeparis.com

Or do not hesitate to ask your host for the nearest parking. Depending on districts, the prices vary between 15 and 30 euros a day.

Feel free to request any information at all about Travel to Paris. If we don't already have it, we will find it!!

Bonne journee tout le monde xxx

Monthly Newsletter and Travel TIps and Bits

Hi guys, just quickly letting you know our new newsletter and monthly travel tips has just gone live.

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Regina xx

February Newsletter

Hello all! We're trying a new format for our monthly newsletter. They are not e-newsletters delivered to your inbox each month. We're moving up in the world! :)

To see this months edition click the image below (this is just a sneak peak of the newsletter) and to all see our very popular Monthly Travel Tips, click the image beneath it! Enjoy :) xx

 

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December Travel Tips #2

Visit this official Paris website, brought to you by the 'Office du Tourisme et des Congres': http://en.parisinfo.com/our-online-publications-to-browse-through-and-download/
What you will find are online publications to browse through and download including Paris maps, City Guides, Paris Gourmand Guide - Good Food Guide, Paris Shopping Guide, the Visiting Paris guide which has interpreter guides, lecturer guides and companies specialising in cultural or thematic tours, maps of each district in Paris (if your staying in Montmartre for example you can see the map of Montmartre) and finally the Paris around the Eiffel Tower guide.

This months favourite Paris Travel website/blog is: 

www.girlsguidetoparis.com 

(despite it's title, it's also very useful for the fellas). It's JAM packed full of information about shopping, dining, culture and art, tips to prepare you before you fly, maps, links etc, fabulous french finds, lots of resources and even recipes of the month, wine of the month, fan photos…

Experience a visit to the famous Paris flea Markets. Ok there are thousands so here are just a few for now:

1.    1. Porte De Vanves Flea Market aka Marche aux Puces des Porte de Vanves. Best way to describe this is: ‘like peering in the window of an elderly neighbours apartment’. This is our favourite antique and vintage marketplace in Paris. Open: Every Saturday and Sunday 7am – 1pm. Address: 14^eme – Avenue Marc Sangier and Avenue Georges Lafenestre. www.pucesdevanves.typepad.com

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 2. Marche du livre Ancien et d’Occasion. Over 100 vendors offering specialty 

out-of-print books. As cheap as 1euro each or by weight. It’s worthwhile 

just to see the vendors sit at card tables drinking wine, eating baguettes 

and cheese and chatting with customers. We found a delightful classic 

children’s book for 1euro. 

        Open: Saturday & Sunday 9am-6pm  

Address: Park Georges Brassens, Rue Brancion – 15th arrondissement.

        

        The Markets of Paris – is the market Bible of Paris. Find it on Amazon or the 

Book Depository. 

         

         

        

         We'll be posting our B&B News for December shortly -  Lots of Discounts of special Paris apartments and our newest addition to the family - a B&B in the 9th arrondissement - Opera/Lafayette area for a beautiful 88euro per night (104euro per night for 2 people) - its gorgeous! Stay tuned!!

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