See Below: Guides | News and Information | Internet Cafes | Travel | Night Out | Tour the City | Landmarks | Food and Wine | Shopping | Cooking Schools
This list was updated on July 6.2009
Guides
Let the official Parisian Tourist Office tell you about their beautiful city.
The official site of the Prime Minister
With its many search and alert tools, Cityvox.com is there to help you — not just a tourist guide, but an events listing magazine and a local newspaper rolled into one!
Online version of The Paris Free Voice magazine, in English.
Find out what is happening in Paris from this quintissential city guide!
A collection of everyting regarding the City of Light.
Bonjour Paris is a virtual trip to France for lovers of all things Parisian and French. Visitors will find travel information, food, wine and hotel tips, as well as lively cultural information. On the interactive side, the site features French lessons, hosts French language chats and English language theme chats.
All things Parisian. Tips on what, or what not to do during your stay in the City of Lights.
A virtual tour of the city of Paris. Mostly famous buildings and panorama views.
Learn French one day at a time! Or just expand your vocabulary!
News and Information
The IHT is written for people who need to know what’s what. The people who read IHT move across continents, bridge sectors and industries, and are at home in several cultures. Their lives, businesses and tastes require a daily newspaper that is at once as broad and as focused as they.
Online version of the French daily newspaper.
Radio Nova for music and news and Acutel Magazine for what’s about France.
The French Yellow Pages at your fingertips!
Find out about the weather for the country.
The official site of TeleFrance 1. Find TV schedules as well as news and information on the day’s happenings and events.
Find out which routes are ‘fluide’ and which ones are ‘fermé’.
Official site of the American Embassy in Paris. Lots of headlines and news from home.
Order stamps and get postal information online.
Internet Cafes
Internet cafes are now abundant in Paris and you can find connections from .20€ per minute to .50€ per hour. The center of Paris is more expensive as is the Quartier Latin. To find inexpensive connections, go to the outer arrondisements, especially ones like Belleville which is more international and has Internet Cafes on what seems like every block.
Communities
Looking for a job? A place to live? Got a car to sell before you leave town?
Travel Resources
Can’t find an affordable ticket? Don’t forget to check AirFrance!
Make reservations and buy train tickets online!
Find information about the Metro.
Book your flight and hotel and get a rental car too!
Easily search over 100 web sites for airfare, hotels, and car rentals. Quickly refine your search to find the best travel deal. Book directly with the hotel, airline or agency of your choice for the best prices!
Travel about France and Europe with ease. Trains are the best way to see the countryside and there are many different kinds of EurailPasses to choose from: France Railpass,Eurail Selectpass Youth,Eurail Youthpass,Eurostar, Thalys,Eurail Flexipass,France Youthpass,and Senior Travelersdiscount passes.
Rent a car to travel around Europe at your own pace! Their services include over 4,000 car rental locations worldwide; scheduled air from the USA to Europe; over 2,000 three, four and five star European hotels; chauffeur and transfer services; prestige and sports car rentals; mobile phone and GPS rentals; and motorhome rentals.
Get information on driving in France and Europe and lease a Renault while you’re at it! Within the US you can also reach them at their toll-free number 888.297.0001 or though their international number 773.383.8432.
Hotels.com is a leading provider of lodging worldwide. They give travelers one of the widest selections of lodging accommodations from traditional hotels to vacation rentals at more than 70,000 properties worldwide. They offer a one-stop source for hotel pricing, amenities and availability and also specializes in providing travelers with accommodations during sold-out periods.
Offers reservations for hostels and budget travel worldwide.
Travelling on a budget? The bus is considerably cheaper than the train, and you can ride EuroLines all over Europe.
Hook up with rides going in your direction. Post whether or not you want a ride or a passenger.
Cheap flights from Paris to anywhere in the world! In French.
A site that specializes in cheap, last-minute flights and travel arrangements. In French.
Accorhotels
Accor offers hotel choices for all levels of travel, from the luxury to the budget, and is home to the Ibis, Etap, Novotel, Sofitel, and Mercure hotels.
This site has six apartments for rent in some of the nicest neighborhoods in Paris. Rent by the week or by the month.
It is surprising to see how many Best Westerns there actually are in Paris.
Want to travel but can’t afford the house payment as well? Consider a Digsville — truly global home exchange community. Personalized home listings, forums and chat. Very cool.
For you next stay in Paris of a week or more, choose the freedom and charm of a private residence by renting a completely furnished and equipped apartment.
Find a short or long term living arrangement in Paris. You can also look for an exchange, roomate situation, or for those who are so lucky, an aprtment for sale!
If you are between the ages of 18 – 25 and going to Paris to work or look for a job, check the Foyer. Offers a safe and supportive environment to guide you into living in the city.
Language
We don’t care how you do it, we just think that learning another language, like French, and learning how to communicate in another culture is as important to travel as buying the plane ticket! Check out one or more of these language learning options!
Find any number of methods to learning French in our amazon shop.
Lonely Planet:take your language helper along with you in your bag. Small, portable, phrasebooks to help you get through the day almost anywhere in the world.
World Heritage Sites
Palace and Park of Fontainebleau
Museum Passes
With the Paris Museum Pass you’ll have access to 70 museums and monuments in Paris and the surrounding region. Multiple visits to the same museums are possible and there is no waiting in line.
The Paris Visite Pass is a great way to get around. You can travel anywhere within the city and its region on the bus and Metro. Plus, there’s easy and convenient travel to both of the airports. With a Paris Visite, you also get discounted entrance fees to many popular museums, art shows and more!
Night Out
Tour the City
Tour the Seine.
One of the oldest fleets of boats cruising the Seine.
This pass provides ‘no-wait’ access, to the permanent collections of over 60 Paris museums and monuments.
With this 1, 2, 3 or 5 day pass you can travel anywhere within the city and its region on the bus and Metro and includes unlimited transportation (for the length of your card) anywhere in the greater Paris region – Ile de France – (RER express system or SNCF lines, zone 1 to 5) including Versailles, Disneyland Paris and Orly and CDG Airports.
Landmarks
Learn about the history of this definitive landmark of Paris. See what’s on the schedule and make reservations as well!
This site gives the history of one of the oldest cafés in Paris as well as the menus complete with prices. From the beginning when Apollinaire took over the Flore as his ‘bureau’ and, along with André Breton, Soupault and Aragon introduced the Dada movement to the world. Through the years, anyone who was anybody eventually found themselves at the Flore.
The official site of the Chateau V. Learn the history, buy tickets in advance and order French educational materials for your class.
Royaumont abbey sits to the north of Paris and houses an international cultural center dedicated to the study of music.
Food and Wine
Inside information on the restaurants of Paris. In French.
Discover the world of Moët & Chandon.
Order artisan bread directly from this French bakery.
Research the restaurants of Paris.
An unforgettable chocolate experience, Richart’s luxurious French chocolates are as beautiful as they are delicious and please any palette.
Great French Chocolates, handmade by talented French Craftsmen.
Chocolates from Brittany. Florentines, Breton Biscuits and Granite.
An excellent resouce for les fromages français! There is a library where you can learn how the cheese was made, what part of the country the cheese comes from and which wine to best pair it with. Also learn the correct way to cut a cheese. (Did you know that it is very impolite to cut the point off of a triangle cheese such as brie?) Learn about the cheeses of France, the wines they go best with and then order some for your next party!
Learn about wine – tasting, buying and storage.
Find wines from Bordeaux to Dom Perignon for next dinner party, or for just remembering the flavors of your last trip to France :)
Everything you would want to know about The Green Fairy.
Shopping
Find everything under the sun – from up-and-coming fashion trends to antiques you’ve never dreamed of.
Visit the online stores.
Paris fashion at the crest.
Classic pink website to go with those gingham print plastic bags. Everyone should visit Tati at least once!
Looking for souvenirs of the aural kind? FNAC is the place to go. A haven for electroniques and film for your camera as well.
Serious about antiques? This site is for you. Find dealers, specific pieces, restoration workers and dealers.
Cooking Schools
This famous French cooking school has short courses for the gourmet enthusiast. Check out their site for listings!
Patricia is the American-born food critique for The International Herald Tribune, has written a number of cookbooks and is based in Paris. She offers one week cooking classes that take place in her renovated artist’s studio on the rue Jacob. She also teaches for a few weeks each year in her Proveçal home in the South of France. The classes are taught in English.
The International Kitchen is a unique opportunity for non-professional cooks to get to know the real Paris and real Parisians.
