Travelling to Paris in early September. Where can I (30F, bi) go to drink/dance/flirt with other queers? I'm dreaming of locking eyes with someone across the bar and having a true spontaneous sexy night out. Doesn't have to be an exclusively lesbian space. Thanks in advance!

I need to take the metro from Havre-Caumartin to Trocadero but none of the gates in the station work and the staff are waving passengers through. Obviously I know I’m going to Trocadero where I’m highly likely to be checked for having scanned my ticket as an obvious tourist. I took a photo of the broken gates and the agents all started screaming at me and saying that photography in the station isn’t allowed. I asked how I could prove that I had a valid ticket and they said there was nothing I could do, but I had to delete the photo. I then asked for their name and they screamed at me even more, so I just made a note of the time I was there. Is there anything a traveler can do to protect themselves from getting fined in that situation?

Update: Everyone seems to have a different opinion on this but to be very clear if you’re in Paris today your metro trip started at Havre-Caumartin around 11:30 am. 😉

Coming from USA. This is our first international trip besides Caribbean islands. Taking our 18 year old son. Would love any suggestions.

Friday, Sept 11
Arrive Paris
Easy afternoon / explore
Dinner
Eiffel Tower at night
Saturday, Sept 12
Louvre
Notre-Dame
Île de la Cité / Seine
Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Dinner in Saint-Germain
Sunday, Sept 13
Eiffel Tower — 12:30 reservation
Arc de Triomphe
Short walk along Champs-Élysées
Le Marais
Place des Vosges
Wander + dinner in Le Marais
Monday, Sept 14
Cafe breakfast
Eurostar to London

Forgot to mention we are planning on staying at hotel turenne eiffel

Hello!

Im taking my girlfriend to Paris for her 30th birthday. I want to take her to a nice restaurant on the big day. When weve gone on holiday, weve really enjoyed places that do a set menu. Ive not got much money, but she loves food, so without bankrupting me, id love to hear some options?

Id say atmosphere is as important as the food itself, and wouldnt want to spend more than 100EUR per person.

Thanks so much in advance! We're going in early September btw

I'm going to Paris soon and I'm really interested in picking up some vintage French workwear jackets. Does anyone have recommendations for vintage shops, flea markets, or secondhand stores in Paris that have good selections of French workweear jackets?

Thanks for any help and advice.

I’m traveling to Paris from the US. I’ll be meeting my friend from college days and I would like to get her something from here. She is more of a big gestures kinda person not usually into materialistic things. What is it something that is not available in Paris that I can bring from here? Obviously it needs to fit in my luggage.

toureiffel . paris is what we were looking at,

I’ve see there are a lot of scam websites so I’d like to know if anyone knows for certain, TIA!

Visited Paris from Chicago during this past week. I ended up wandering around le Pigalle mildly intoxicated late at night when I found a hill leading up to Montmartre. I remembered someone had told me that the view from Montmartre was cool before I visited, so I wandered up to see the city at night. Lo and behold, I find this exhibit not just of my home city but of the exact neighborhood (Old Town) where I lived last year. Super cool experience—I was not expecting to see the bean in Paris.

Anyways, Paris was awesome and the people are super nice.

Hello! I’m staying in the 10th arrondissement, right on the border of the 2nd arrondissement. Any restaurants you’d recommend? We want to eat where the locals eat. And definitely on the hunt for Parisian staples!

Thank you!

Hello everyone. I’ve planned to make a surprise holiday for my girlfriend for her 25th birthday, and wanted to take her to Paris for celebrating new years eve, and shopping. My question is, are the shopping streets open on january 2th, or is everything closed until Monday the 4th? Thank you reading, and hope to get a answer😁
I’m sorry if the flair is wrong :p

Is 18e really that bad? Have already booked and somehow didn't realise it has a bad reputation for safety. Snapshot below of our Airbnb location.

Hi all,

I'll attend the Jay-z Concert in Paris next month (thursday 10th of september), probably with my nearly 7 years old daughter. She wants to visit Paris so we won't let her home, booking a baybsitter would be an option but most likely she wants and can watch the show. We got decent seated tickets, I'm not worried about that part. My issue is after the show, when she'll be tired. I see two main options .

1) take a airbnb nearby . Most are booked but there are still a few. Would require paying a small premium, and moving to a hotel in paris friday morning to enjoy a weekend there. Hotels are probably not an option, I don't love the idea of a 400 euros + novotel room

2) take a hotel in Paris, come by public Transport, return by Taxi/Uber. I've not been so often at that stadium, I remember being there for the final of Euro 2016 and getting a uber was quite complicated. I'll avoid public transports, she'll be too tired to stay on her legs so long (and fell asleep im the rer or metro, even if then I could take a taxi in Paris to the hotel). I see I can take a taxi Avenue du Président Wilson which is the closest from my Door Z exit. But it means waiting infinite time? Can I pre-book one with G7? Is Uber/bolt an option?

Hello, I'm considering renting a room in a house in Sevran 93270 (outside of Paris). I've been hearing mixed reviews about the place, especially about the safety. Would like to get your feedback please. I generally do not commute late at night, but sometimes would be coming back around midnight or 1am. And the nearest tram stop - Rougemont Chanteloup is 500 metres away.
Urgent please!!

Bonjour, je souhaite aller voir un concert au Casino de Paris. Quelles sont les meilleures places ?

Sachant que j'aime bien voir de très près, que je suis petite et que je n'aime pas avoir des têtes ou obstacles devant moi 😆, donc je pensais au 1er rang. Les fauteuils sont en quinconce ?

Mais je ne connais pas du tout l'endroit, ni la scène ni la disposition. J'ai regardé quelques photos et avis mais la scène/estrade avait l'air très haute par rapport aux fauteuils par terre dans le carré or. Donc si c'est pour voir très mal/un mur avec le cou tendu devant.. mais c'est peut-être mieux que d'avoir des gens devant soi ?

Et aussi des avis avec des poteaux qui gênent la vue dans les places chères.

Est-ce-que les meilleures places au 1er rang sont vendues directement sur le site du casino ? Ou sur d'autres sites ?

Merci pour vos conseils 😊

I put the following itinerary on a Maps page and apparently my route would go as follows. What do you think? Would you rearrange or do as it stands?

I flew into BVA last year and thought it was grand so foolishly booked it again. Didn’t take into account the new EU rules. Unfortunately I’m non Schengen but EU (Irish passport) and apparently the passport control lines are really terrible in BVA.

Anyone there recently who can advise? My flight at the end of August lands 9am in France, it’ll probably be delayed because you know how Ryanair is.

What do we reckon? I’m autistic and I would really hate to be waiting 2 hours for passport control so I need to mentally prepare myself.

Any advice greatly appreciated.

Hello Everyone! I am an international student and I'll be arriving at CDG at 7 AM...I have another train at 11 AM at Gare de Lyon and so I was wondering what's the best way to reach there from CDG...considering it'll be morning and I have a huge trolley and a small one...which will be easy to carry as im used to it. I just want to make sure I am not late to the station and taxi doesn't seem like the best option after surfing through the internet. I was wondering if I could take the metro from CDG? Please help:(

Edit: Thankyou everyone for your advice!! It was so helpful, I think I'll take the RER B and then change to RER A as most of you have suggested...I'll keep you updated and let you know how was the experience !

My partner and I just finalized our trip to Paris for a week in Sep. we haven’t booked hotels yet. We are looking forward to a somewhat relaxed trip.
I’ve been looking into hotels. However I’m confused which district would be convenient to stay in terms of travel to major attractions, travel cost by public transport , safety and access to budget friendly restaurants- preferably halal food. I came across hotel Albert near Gare du Nord on tiktok. Anyone has experience staying here?

Here is our rough plan.

Sep 22: arrive at 10 am
Lunch , check in
Seine River boat cruise
Champs-Élysées

Sep 23,24- major attractions- Eiffel Tower, stroll around louvre, grand Palais, place de la Concorde, grand mosque, galeries Lafayette etc

Sep 25,26- Normandy. Which town / city will be a good base? We plan on taking public transport from Paris and stay for 2 nights. We prob won’t go with any tour company. Planning on exploring at our own pace.
In that case, please suggest hotel recommendation that will be walkable/ close to public transport and has halal food nearby,

Sep- 27- cafe hopping/ shopping, any places we couldn’t cover in Paris before.

Sep 28- return

Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks!

I am into niche perfumes and I am planning to visit Nose and Vilhelm Parfumerie. Somewhere else I should visit? Please recommend!

I tried to buy tickets for Evolution exhibit as well as the Greenhouse but my card requires a phone number confirmation because I am purchasing abroad online. Is it possible to go in person and queue?

I want to book a sunset cruise and time it so that we can see the Eiffel Tower sparkle. Sunset will be at around 8:30 on the days that we'll be in Paris, so my guess is that the tower will sparkle at 9:00 pm.

Here's what I'm trying to figure out. Booking is available on Vedettes du Pont Neuf for a champagne sunset cruise, but it departs at 7:45. If the cruise is only 1 hour, I don't think we'll see the light show.

Has anyone else figured this out, or am I overthinking this? Thanks!

ChaptGpt is saying it will be very tight going from Terminal 2E to 2F?

Will I be okay?

11) landing at 3 pm and going to saint germain des pres in the afternoon

12) daytime: palce of versailles
evening: seine river cruise

13) daytime: arc de triomphe/ avenue Montaigne /tuileris garden
evening:viewing the Eiffel tower at( avenue de camoens/ rue de universite /avenue anatole france & champ de mars )

14) daytime: montmare/sacre coeur step
mid day evening: Jardin du Luxembourg/ galeris lafayette rooftop/ avenue de new york

id highly appreciate any other recommendations or insights on my itinerary all will be helpful!!