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Jul/6/2008
SHOPPING
from the 1/ 1/ 2007 until the 30 / 9/ 2008 Galeries Lafayette
Europe's largest department store
Opened in 1896, with a lobby capped by an early-1900s stained-glass cupola classified as a historic monument, Galeries Lafayette is Europe's largest department store. This elegant department store carries top brands, including Chanel, Prada, Cartier, Louis Vuitton and Gaultier.
There's a wonderful lingerie department a new children concept store that takes up an entire floor, and a separate building for men. Restaurants, wine bars, a tea room and a huge gourmet food department. Two new attractions are an activewear boutique designed by Castelbajac, with the latest in sports equipment and fashions and a completely renovated cosmetics and perfume section offering 260 different brands.
The Galaries Lafayette is also for food lovers, and the Lafayette Gourmet foodhall does not disappoint. The hall has everything and more for the dedicated gourmand: a bakery with a dazzling array of specialist breads and pastries, reflecting France's continuing devotion to dough in all its forms; a matchless cheese counter selling top-quality French and overseas varieties.
Across the street is the new Lafayette Maison a home decorating shop with sophisticated furnishings.
from the 1/ 1/ 2008 until the 31 / 12/ 2008 Sephora Cosmetics
The widest array of perfumes in town.
Large range of cosmetics, perfumes and skin care products. Make-over, advice and aesthetics services in some stores. Outlets throughout Paris.
Sephora boasts possibly the widest array of perfumes under one roof. Upon entering the perfume haven one is staggered to discover that the million bottles that one has just been greeted with are merely the 'new releases' of the season.
Sephora Champs-Elysées - 70 Champs-Elysées 75008 (M° Georges V).
The flagship of the cosmetic supermarket chain houses 12,000 French and foreign brands of scent and slap.
Sephora Rivoli - 75 rue de Rivoli 75001 (M° Chatelet)
Sephora Louvre - 99 rue de Rivoli 75001 (M° Louvre Rivoli)
Sephora Forum des Halles - 11 rue de l'Arc en Ciel 75001 (M° Halles)
Sephora Bd Saint Denis - 15 bd Saint Denis 75002 (M° Strasbourg St Denis)
Sephora St-Germain - 79 Boulevard St-Germain 75006 (M° St Germain)
Sephora Haussmann - 21/23, bld Haussmann 75009 (M° Richelieu Drouot)
Sephora Passage du Havre - 109 rue Saint Lazare 75009 (M° St Lazare)
Sephora Chaussée d'Antin - 66 Chaussée d'Antin 75009 (M° Chausse d'Antin)
Sephora Bercy - Bercy Village 75012 (M° Cours Saint Emilion)
Sephora Saint Antoine - 28 bis Faubourg Saint Antoine 75012 (M° Bastille)
Sephora Gare de Lyon - Place Louis Armand 75012 (M° Gare de Lyon)
Sephora CC Italie 2 - 30 avenue d'Italie 75013 (M° Place d'Italie)
Sephora Général Leclerc - 1-3 rue Brezin 75014 (M° Mouton Duvernet)
Sephora Commerce - 87 rue du Commerce 75015 (M° Commerce)
Sephora Passy - 50 rue de Passy 75016 (M° La Muette)
Sephora Palais des Congrès - 2 place de la Porte Maillot 75017 (M° Maillot) www.sephora.com
from the 1/ 1/ 2008 until the 31 / 12/ 2008 Le Printemps
The most Parisian of department stores
Le Printemps, a department store housed in three buildings with an 1865 facade and 1923 cupola that are classified as historic monuments.
Situated between the Opéra and the Gare St-Lazare, this most Parisian of department stores is divided into housewares (Printemps Maison), women's fashion (Printemps de la Mode), and men's clothes (Le Printemps de l'Homme).
For the utmost in convenience, a number of other services are at your disposal: hair salon, children's nursery, post office, travel agency, and several restaurants -- Ladurée, Café Flo, La Terrasse, Le Café Littéraire (in the book department), etc.
Interpreters at the Welcome Service in Printemps de la Mode will help you find what you're looking for, claim your VAT refund, and so on.
from the 1/ 1/ 2008 until the 31 / 12/ 2008 La Vallee Village
Outlet 35 mn from the center of Paris and 5 mn from Disneyland.
Open-air malls, floral terraces here and there, pretty pastel- colorouded houses offering previous collections of prestigious brands at prices reduced by least 33% all year round, 7 days a week.
Fashion (men, women, kids), sportswear, fine leather goods, luggage, home ware, tableware, jewellery, beauty products... you'll find over 80 major brand names.
12% tax refund pr purchases over 175€ (Non european Union residents only).
Hours
Open 7 days a week, all year round
From Monday to Saturday 10am-7pm
Sunday 11am-7pm
Services
Umbrellas, pushchairs and wheelchairs
Free Car park
Children's playground
Restaurants
Access
Train: TGV, Thalys and Eurostar
Metro /RER : Val d'Europe and Shuttle
Shuttle from Paris on request
Car: Motorway A4, exit 12
Free Access www.lavalleevillage.com
from the 1/ 7/ 2008 until the 31 / 12/ 2008 Mariage Freres
It's tea time
Four hundred and fifty teas from 32 countries is a very good reason for taking the time to visit one of the Mariage Freres stores in Paris.
These teashops and salons feel straight out of another country, but not in a hoity-toity way. It has a cute, low-key café, and its Birthday Tea blend-which comes in a pretty canister-makes a great gift.
from the 1/ 7/ 2008 until the 31 / 12/ 2008 Pylones Stores
Wackiest gift items in Paris
Pylones store’s whimsy and excellent design are increasingly popular. With several stores in Paris, the result is easier access to great gifts and fun Paris souvenirs.
The main attraction though is in the shop itself, the products ranges from baby gifts to funky designed curios. Brightly colored, everything from toasters and kitchen utensils to hairbrushes to watches and jewelry. From small children to adults, you will find something for everyone.
A round silver tin holds a youngster’s teeth for the tooth fairy. Creative types will appreciate plastic clothespins in the shape of swallows.
Montmartre : 7, rue Tardieu. Metro: Abbesses
Ile de la CIté : 57, rue St Louis en Ile. Metro: Cité
Marais : 13 rue St Croix dela Bretonnerie. Metro: Hotel de Ville
Left Bank : 98 rue du Bac. Metro: Rue du Bac
Stores also in NYC and Japan www.pylones.com
from the 1/ 7/ 2008 until the 31 / 12/ 2008 Bercy Village
Shopping in the former wine storehouses
Experience the calm atmosphere of a paved courtyard and discover the latest shops dedicated to lifestyle, greenery, boutiques, restaurants, gastronomic delights and one of the Paris's largest cinema.
The 42 wine storehouses hosted for more than a century, the biggest wine market in the world. After renovating its walls, Bercy village has assumed a new function, a new impressive and attractive role, the one of being the first urban entertainment center of France !
Even on Sundays, linger on one of the terraces or stroll from place to place and find just what you’re looking for in one of the courtyard boutiques.
Bercy Village
Cour Saint Emilion 75012 Paris
Metro: Cour Saint Emilion
Open daily from 11am to 9pm Free Access + 33 1 40 02 90 80 www.bercyvillage.com |
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Hotel Aida Marais.
3 star hotel located near the Marais, Republique and Bastille.
Hotel Ferrandi Left Bank Paris.
3 star hotel between Montparnasse and St Germain des Pres, in the surrounding of the Palais of Luxembourg.
Hotel Saint Petersbourg Opera Paris.
3 star hotel located near the Opera House and the Department Stores.
Hotel Longchamp Elysees.
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4 star hotel in Paris located beetween the champs Elysees and avenue Montaigne.
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