Metro (Underground): Opera (lines 3, 7 and 8). RER (Fast train) : Auber (line A). Bus: Opera 4 September (lines 20, 21, 27, 29, 68, 81 and 95).
Opera (lines 52, 53 and 66).
Discover our district:
On foot:
• 1 minute: Garnier Opera, Place Vendôme, Olympia, leading Parisian
theatres
• 4 minutes: rue de Rivoli, department stores, Stock Exchange, Madeleine.
• 5 minutes: Louvre Museum, Palais Royal, banks of the Seine
• 8 minutes: Musée d'Orsay, Concorde, Champs Elysées, Tuileries.
• 10 minutes: National Picasso Museum, Grévin Museum
By metro/RER/bus:
• 5 minutes: Arc de Triomphe, Invalides, Grande Arche de la Défense.
• 10 minutes: Notre Dame, Conciergerie.
• 15 minutes: Palais de la découverte, Cité des Sciences et
de l'Industrie, Bastille, Sacré Coeur, Eiffel Tower.
Our favourite addresses :
• ANDRE JACQUEMART MUSEUM
128 boulevard Haussman 75008
This distinctive manor presents a rare, dazzling collection of sculptures and
paintings from the Italian Renaissance as well as 17th century Dutch paintings.
• CAFE JACQUEMART-ANDRE
Five minutes on foot from the Champs-Elysées and the department stores,
it is one of the most beautiful tearoom-restaurants in Paris.
• HOTEL SCHEFFER-RENAN
16 rue Chaptal 75009
The residence of the painter Ary Scheffer is particularly dedicated to George
Sand with its collections of keepsakes and objets d'art, and presents exhibitions
on romanticism. Quiet tearoom in a small open-air theatre,
• LA TAVERNE
24 boulevard des Italiens 75009
Traditional French cuisine at good value for money.
• SAPPORO
2 rue Daunou 75002
Japanese cuisine at very good value for money.
• LIZA
14 rue de la Banque 75002
Traditional Lebanese cuisine.
• DON’T FORGET
Department stores (Galeries Lafayette, Le Printemps), movie theatres, pubs, stores
(duty-free district for foreigners), leading jewellers, fashion designers of
Place Vendôme and numerous charming boutiques in the Passage Choiseul.
Pylones, with its lively show window decorated with stationary and other general goods in a kind of pop design, is the perfect place for those looking for Parisian souvenirs. Remarkably they've been around since 1985 at their original location in Paris, and this popular brand has since opened other stores in America, Italy, and even Japan.
With their amazing variety of goods, every time you go inside you're sure to find at least one thing that catches your eye.
In the stationary department you may see pens in the shape of fish and ballerinas, a pair of scissors shaped like a bird that flaps its wings every time you make a cut, clip magnets with pictures of baby birds; in kitchen supplies they have mugs with angels wings on them, a Korean style bamboo basket and bowl set, an odd robot-shaped corkscrew, a salad server with a devil's face on it; you'll find pop-style rings and accessories, plenty of things to delight the kids... There are so many things with a fascinating dichotomy of form and function that just being there and seeing them will give you a great feeling.
The fact that everything is 10 euros or less just makes it better. Open until ten at night on Saturdays, and in the evening on Sunday as well, their hours are quite convenient.
Pylones
Adress : 56 rue Tiquetonne 75002 (Closed on Sunday)
Phone : 01 48 04 80 10
Métro : Hotel de Ville Lines 1 and 11, then a 3 minute walk
Business hours :
Originally opened back in 1832 as a hat store, Ultramod became a contemporary style craft supply store back in the 1920s.
With a high ceiling like that of a studio, the store has buttons, ribbons, tassels, and string to be found everywhere in its small area. The slightly fading green exterior and unchanged cupboards and shelves give it an antique atmosphere, making this a really lovely shop to explore. Even if arts and crafts are not a hobby of yours, it's worth a visit just to breathe in the ambiance.
The surrounding area is quite near to Opera Garnier and Rue Saint Anne (which is filled with Japanese restaurants) and has been completely turned into a business quarter. However, on the corner where Ultramod is found, the feeling of Paris's heyday remains. And across the street you can find a whole series of hat stores.
Ultramod
address : 3 rue de Choiseul 75002
Tel : 01 42 96 98 30
Metro : - Quatre Septembre Line 3, then a 1 minute walk
- Opera Lines 3, 7, 8, then a 2 minute walk
Open : 10:00 18:00
Holydays : Saturdays, Sundays
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Directions
Airports:
Roissy - Charles de Gaulle:
• RATP (company handling bus and metro in Paris) bus, shuttle between Opera
and Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport.
• RER B toward Robinson St-Rémy lès-Chevreuse to Châtelet
then take RER A toward Saint-Germain en-Laye, get off at Auber.
Orly
Orlyval shuttle to Antony then take RER B toward Charles de Gaulle/Mitry Claye
to Châtelet then take RER A toward Saint-Germain en-Laye, get off at Auber.
Train Stations:
Gare de Lyon station: RER A toward Saint-Germain en-Laye, get off at Auber.
Gare de l’Est station: Metro (underground) line 7 toward Villejuif-Louis
Aragon, get off at Opera.
Gare d’Austerlitz station: Metro line 5 toward Bobigny Pablo Picasso to
Bastille, then take line 8 toward Balard, get off at Opera.
Gare Montparnasse station: Metro line 12 toward Porte de la Chapelle to Madeleine
then take line 8 toward Créteil Préfecture get off at Opera.
Gare Saint-Lazare station: Metro line 3 toward Gallieni, get off at Opera.
Gare du Nord station: RER E toward Haussmann Saint-Lazare, transfer at Haussmann
Saint-Lazare to line 3 toward Gallieni, get off at Opéra.
