What is your favorite street in Paris? Which street/cafe ex

What is your favorite street in Paris? Which street exudes Parisian charm to inspire a first time visitor to shout, %26quot;I%26#39;m in Paris!%26quot;?

Same question for sidewalk cafe?

Thanks to each of you!

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I take the train...then the metro.... then the escalator.... then, as the steps carry me up, up, up, the trees, then the street in front of my hotel begins to come into view... THEN, I say %26quot;I%26#39;m in Paris!!!!%26quot;. It%26#39;s not a special street, but it%26#39;s %26quot;mine%26quot;.

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Boy oh boy, this is a tough one, because I love so many streets. But, I will give you one of my favorites. It is Rue St. Andre des Arts. That runs parallel to Blvd. St. Germain in the St. Germain des pres district (6th). I love the whole street, but where it intersects with Rue Mazarine is great because there are a couple cafes on the corners, and I love to sit outside at cafe Buci. This also begins the market street on Buci, which is a continuation of Rue St. Andre. My apartment last year was on Rue St. Mazarine and I have to say it was my favorite parisian atmosphere that I experienced in all my 6 trips to Paris. Great restaurants, cafes, shops and art galleries everywhere. Also, the narrow streets make it the picture perfect Paris you dream of.

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Rue Saint Andre des Arts... hmmm...

Definitely for a younger crowd with the poster shops, the creperies and the Moroccan and Indian stores. Lively ? YES. Parisian (like in the %26quot;Paris%26quot; stereotype?) NO. But then it can be the new Paris...

At any rate, I prefer rue Jacob near by.

We can discuss this subject to death!

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I like walking up rue Frederic Sauton and seeing Place Maubert in the background. I enjoyed having a coffee or a glass of wine in the early evening at the outdoor tables at the Village Ronsard cafe on the corner of Place Maubert and rue des Carmes, from which you can see the Pantheon up the hill. It is a very ordinary cafe and the people passing by were mainly locals stopping to shop at one of the Place Maubert food shops on their way home from work.

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This is easy...the rue Jacob. We staed at a hotel on the rue Jaboc the first two trips to Paris and it was perfect. A half block over was the rue Bonaparte with the Cafe Bonaparte. Two blocks from this intersection in one direction is the river not too far from the Ile de la Cite, and two blocks in the other direction is the Blvd St Germain and Les Deux Magots. We stayed on this street last April, at another hotel, and wil stay there next April.

This is easy...the Blvd St Germain. It seems that wherever you go on the Blvd there is a great cafe to sit, sip, and watch. Read. Write postcards. The Relais Odeon, Les Deux Magots, La Taverne. It would be hard to pick a favorite cafe on the Blvd but we visit those three more than once every visit.

Of course there is is the rue Pot de Fer with all of those restaurants. Rue Moufftard. Place Contrascarpe.

Yup. Easy.

Pjk

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Not necessarily stereotypical Paris but very Parisian; rue Montorgueil/rue petits Carreaux or the cafés in the Jardin du Palais Royal in the 2nd, Place Saint Sulpice in the 6th, Place du Marché Saint-Catherine in the Marais, Place Victor Hugo in the 16th.

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Difficult question, but 2 of my favs. are rue St. Dominique between Av. de la Bourdonnais and La Tour Maubourg with the Café Constant; another is rue des Martyrs, particularly on Sunday when it is closed to vehicles with the Cafe Select on the corner of Navarin.

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BINGO !!...got it in one.....and you%26#39;ll most certainly find %26#39;..yours..%26#39; as well. But perhaps the most frequently cited %26#39;...street..%26#39; in Paris for this will be rue de N%26#39; importe......when you turn the corner and spot the Eiffel Tower looming into view for the first time. That%26#39;s usually the first...followed by any number of others. It could also be the street out in front of your hotel, the first time you step out onto the pavement and a random passer-by offers a casual, %26quot;..Bon jour..%26quot; as you brush by each other on the pavement.

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Some of mine.. all very parisian streets?

Rue Montorgueil

Rue Lebon

Rue Guisarde

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I love Rue des Rosiers in the Marais, as well as Rue du Bourg Tibourg...

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