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Petit Pockets - Authenticity on a Budget
Paris ‘Cheap Eats’ and ‘Cheap Stays’ – without compromising quality and quantity for
a rich cultural experience.
1. PARIS Cheap Eats!
Paris’ ‘must-try’ foods don’t have to be enjoyed at the ritziest of
restaurants or belle époque brassieres, in fact many of the best
traditional meals or treats are found at casually cool, cheap eateries. You
don’t have to compromise quality or quantity for good value, delicious
and authentic local fare, if you know where to go.
2. PARIS Cheap Stays!
Simple and sweet, Petite Paris budget B&Bs start at 90euro p/night for
2 guests. Including breakfast. Staying with a local Parisian in their real
home is the greatest value for authentic cultural experience your money
can by. You don’t need to go to a cold, cubical hostel to save money.
3. PARIS Shortcuts!
Local tips and secrets on how to cut corners (and lines), avoid expensive
tourist traps and overall save your precious Paris pennies with some
smart, practical city advice from Petite Paris.
1. PARIS TOP 5 CHEAP EATS
1.
BEST CROQUE MONSIEUR: Le Comptoir du Relais: The notoriously popular & pricey
brasserie makes the BEST and CHEAPEST ‘Croque’ in Paris. Go figure! Using smoked
salmon and Comte cheese rather than the usual ham/cheese. Cheap dining in style on a
bustling people-watching corner. 9 Carrefour de l’Odeon 75006 Metro: Odeon
2.
BEST CREPES: Breizh Café: A Creperie café with breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert
flavours, from 7.50euro to just over 10euro for fancier varieties. Delicious high quality
ingredients. Located in the 3rd district - easy to reach major attractions. TRY: Galette
Buckwheat Noir. 109 rue Vieuille Temple 75003 Metro: Saint Sebastian-Froissart
3.
BEST FIX PRICED MENU: La Gabin: A small, family-run, intimate restaurant in an
unassuming street behind the Sacre Coeur Basilica in Montmartre. Classic, delicious and
inexpensive French fare – 20euro fixed price menu: appetizer, main course and wine or
dessert. 25 Rue Lambert 75018 Metro: Lamarck-Caulaincourt.
4.
BEST TAKEAWAY BAKERY: Rose Bakery: For the perfect Quiche – crispy flaky crusts
with just the right balance of egg and cream filling, using all organic ingredients for 5euro
takeaway. Head to a nearby park and enjoy lunch under the sun. Sweet tarts - 4euro take
away. 46 rue des Martyrs 75009. Metro: Notre Dame de Lorette
5.
Street Vendors and Street Markets: A great way to procure delicious and cheap food is to
visit the city's open-air markets selling quiches, sandwiches or regional specialties like
sausages, or try one of the street side falafel vendors. Falafel may not be French but it’s the
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most coveted fast food in Paris. For the most delicious sort visit the Jewish quarter: Rue des
Rosiers 75003. Metro: St Paul
BEST Open Air Market: Marche Raspail – Blvd Raspail 75006
RUNNER UP Open Air Market: Marche Montorgueil - rue Montorgueil 75002
BEST Undercover Market: Marche des Enfant Rouge - 39 rue de Bretagne 75003
+ 4 FREE 4 ALL FOOD:
 For over 20 years Les Trois Frères has been a popular local spot, in part because of its free
and tasty couscous on Thursday nights and oriental soup on Sundays 14, rue Léon.
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Watch for the annual week of FREE wine and food tasting parties (November) hosted by Le
Fooding, a local group dedicated to putting the "feeling" back in French gastronomy.

Held yearly the second weekend in October, the free Harvest Festival of Montmartre
celebrates as the only wine-growing part of Paris with tastings, grape-stomping, fireworks,
concerts, and a parade.
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Le Grenier serves complimentary couscous Saturday nights, September to April starting at
7 p.m. in an inviting setting with live pop and jazz music. 152 rue Oberkampf
2. PARIS TOP 5 CHEAP STAYS (images of each B&B attached)
1. B&B133 – Chez Leopoldine. A B&B located in the 15th arrondissement offering a charming
guestroom and bathroom. It is 94euro per night for 2 guests including breakfast. View this B&B:
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2. B&B132 – Chez Marie Cecile. This is an ideal option for the solo traveller looking for security,
warmth and company. Located in the 15th, guests are offered a guestroom and bathroom for 90euro
per
night
including
breakfast.
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3. B&B327 – Chez Alain – a central B&B apartment decorated in a mix of modern-retro antique chic,
located in the 2nd arrondissement. Guests are offers a lovely guest room and bathroom for 105euro
per night for 2 guests including fresh breakfasts daily. View this B&B:
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4. B&B335 – Chez Aline - a superb antique decorated home in the 13th. Aline welcomes guests like
friends and offers a sweet and impeccable guestroom with bathroom and organic fresh breakfasts
daily for 109euro per night for 2 guests including breakfast.
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5. B&B135 Chez Anne. An artist’s abode in the 15th, Anne welcome guests into her cosy apartment
offering a guestroom and ensuite for 109euro/night for 2 guests including breakfasts:
http://www.petiteparis.com.au/135_Anne_Bed_%26_Breakfast_Accommodation_in_Paris.html
3. PARIS Pinch-a-few-Pennies
TIP: sometimes a glass of red is more worthwhile than a coffee. 3-4euro per cup/glass.
a. Museum Madness

Free entrance to museums: On the first Sunday of each month for all major museums run
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by the City of Paris Includes: The Louvre; Musee moyen Age; Musee d’Orsay; Musee
National Picasso; Musee Rodin; Musee Quai Branly and Centre Pompidou.

Museums Free in the evenings: Maison Europeanne de la Photographie (Wednesdays) and
Musee des art et Metiers (Thursdays)
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TIP: If you go to the Louvre avoid the hr-long queue! There is an entry from the ‘LouvreRivoli’ underground metro with virtually no line taking 10-20 minutes to enter.
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TIP: Get a 2/3 day Museum Pass: Don't wait in lines, pick up your Pass at the Visitor’s
Center (or at the FNAC bookstore), or buy it online before you go. The pass allows access to
many major museums. TIP: Museums close days are Mon and Tues.
b. Transport Savings
 Metro Saving: Buy a booklet of 10 metro tickets (approx 13.30euro) rather than individual
tickets (1.80 euro). Weekly, monthly or 3-5 day passes are also available. A weekly ticket
is15.40euro approx from Monday to Sunday. Be careful, certain counter employees receive
commission and will try to persuade you to buy a 5-day tourist card claiming the orange
(weekly) card is only for Parisians or working people. Not true.

Save getting into Paris: For 13euro the RER Intercity train gets you from Airport to Paris
central stations, swap to underground metro lines to catch the metro to your B&B using the
same ticket - no need to buy another. Times and maps at www.parisbytrain.com
c. Budget Nightlife

Pocket sized ‘What’s On’ guides out every Wednesday (L'officiel des Spectables OR
Pariscope) are sold in news kiosk for o.40euro listing FREE shows and events around town
– as well as timetables for museums, cinemas, church recitals, exhibitions etc.
d. FREE Music Venues:

Glimpse the local jazz scene every Monday night at 7 Lézards, a basement jazz club in the
Marais where the house band performs without a cover charge.
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Open for 60 years, the Latin Quarter jazz club Caveau de la Huchette 5 rue de la Huchette,
turns into a free dance floor Thursday through Saturday nights.

The Gothic Notre Dame cathedral gives free organ recitals Sundays at 4:30 p.m. in a
storybook setting.
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Radio France gives 180 free concerts a year (mostly on Saturdays) by national and
philharmonic orchestras and choirs. Free tickets are handed out 30 minutes beforehand.

Hundreds of musicians take to the streets, bars, and cafés for La Fête de la Musique each
June 21 at sundown for a free-for-all music fest - jazz, rock, hip-hop, electronica.
e. FREE Attractions:
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Notre Dame Cathedral: No fee on the first Sunday each month (October to March) to climb
the 387 step North Tower to glimpse the flying buttresses that support this gothic
architectural structure and famous gargoyles. 6 Parvis Notre Dame, Place Jean-Paul II

Visit the awe-inspiring Gothic Sainte-Chapelle's 15 exquisite stained glass panels walls and
rose window. No FEE first Sunday of the month Nov to Mar. Free recitals too.
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Near the Sacré-Coeur, where Picasso lived, Montmartre's Place du Tertre square is a lively
spectacle of aspiring artists selling souvenir artwork and drawing portraits.
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Criss-cross the Seine River on nearly 40 wooden, metal, and stone bridges, from the 400year-old Pont Neuf to the eye-shaped steel Simone-de-Beauvoir.
f. Budget Shopping:
 Patrol the myriad open-air food, flower, and flea markets scattered throughout Paris,
and don't miss one of the city's most impressive flea markets, the Marché aux Puces –
the first antique bric-a-brac market in Paris. Port de Clignancourt 75018

Window shop—or as the French say, lèche-vitrines (literally "window-lick") on Ave
Montaigne and Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, one of the city's priciest streets, for a
glimpse of the Paris featured in many movies.

Slowly stroll the riverbank; for quirky souvenirs and browse the book stalls that line the
Left Bank on street-level for cheap 2,3 and 4euro classics.
Flower Market: Everyday (Sundays is also a bird market). Ile de la Cite–Place Louis-lepine 75004
g. Escape from Paris
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Versailles: The cheapest way to go to Versailles Castle, is via bus 171. Departures Pont de
Sevres subway (last station on line 9). ONLY 2euro (one-way) for the 30 minute ride.
i. FREE Walks:

See the city from the Promenade Plantée, an elevated railway - one of the few such linear
parks in the world. Parks, arcades, public art, people playing sports, gardens etc.

Relish the peaceful vantage point of the Eiffel Tower from the garden at Maison de Balzac,
the home of 19th-century writer Honoré de Balzac.
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Plot your path through the Père-Lachaise Cemetery with the online virtual tour of the
graveyard's celebrity residents, from Oscar Wilde's grave to Jim Morrison's modest plot.

Grab a free copy of the bicycling map, "Carte Vélo à Paris," at any tourism office and bike
rental agencies. Navigate the city's maze of bike lanes and scenic routes.

The sprawling Jardin du Luxembourg is a landscaped garden in the Latin Quarter,
featuring an 18thC Medicis fountain, several 19thC statues, and locals relaxing.

In the Marais, Place des Vosges, the city's oldest square, is surrounded by brick and stone
houses and offers respite from the busy streets.
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