What's On in Paris. Links to Maps, Museums, Exhibitions, etc.

Studio Flat for Two in Central Paris

8. WHAT'S ON in Paris ?
              Exhibitions & Entertainments,
         Restaurants & Routes,
                 Theatres & Transport,
                    Maps & Museums ?

Where is the studio ? How do we get there ?
What is there to see ? Shall we go by bus or Métro?

These web sites have been found useful. There may be many more and better sites.
When you find any, please pass on their web addresses by e-mail for inclusion here.

www.1bis.com/1bis/default.asp Click for links that are blue and underlined.
For small but detailed maps on your computer screen or printer, especially to help you find your way on arrival, fill in 'Adresse' as "rue St Dominique", 'Ville ou code postal' as "Paris"and 'Dept' as "75". Wait for the map, then click 'Grand Plan' and print it.
You can also print out your 'Itinéraire' from your 'Ville de départ' right into "rue St Dominique".
Plan your expeditions from the studio before you leave your home in 'Trajet RATP' for your routes by Métro, RER or bus.
(and see www.parisnotes.com below.)
The studio is between rue Jean Nicot (hence nicotine) and rue Surcouf.

www.parisby.com
Full of detailed information of places to go and how to get there, including times and a detailed street map around the destination area, but a precise place and its post code or Arrondissment must be entered for it to work.
Tip: type in the Metro station nearest your destination, even if you are going by bus.

Michelin Maps
The Michelin Travel and Guidebooks Catalogue used to be available on the Michelin site but it has been ousted Via Michelin selling GPS systems. It has all their various 'Paris Plans' under 'Paris'. Some are folded maps. The handiest are pocket-sized booklets with a gazetteer. There are several scales and some are 'Tourist' maps at 1/1000, ie, 1cm:100m which is clear enough and easy to use, walking or being driven. They are thoroughly sensible in that they have all the one way streets clearly marked.
They are "available at all good bookshops" in UK on order and almost any bookshop and newstand in Paris. One of the two Tome Dom shops just outside the street door into the studio has maps.

The best for cinemas, theatres, opera, concerts and exhibitions.
A pocket-sizes magazine, "Pariscope", is available at any newstand and gives the week's details of "What's On" in Paris. It is no longer available on the web.

www.parisinfo.com
An excellent site of menus on the top of the page which will be helpful to take in before going to Paris, especially the last, Practical Paris, which includes Daily Life, Money, Health, Holidays (ie French - to join in or avoid congestion) and Worship.

www.parisdigest.com
A useful independent site with further clickable information on monuments and museums, tours and cruises with links for ticket bookings, hotels and restaurants, 'Wine Tasting Experience' and other attractions.

www.vacations-paris.com
An extensive web site with information on rival accommodation, transport, history, sight seeing, tours and events with many links for further details and ticket bookings, in a sometimes amusingly literal, digital translation.

www.parisnotes.com
A useful site with all the usual categories of What's On and it includes the best maps so far which you can download for free as Adobe Acrobat PDFs.
It has the Métro map, a brochure for Musée d'Orsay, the nearest large museum of 18th and 19th century art and a rare and comprehensive map of Paris buses.

www.wcities.com/en/city/8/city.html
Many menus of useful information, including potted summaries of the delights and reputations of each Arrondissment.
It includes telephone numbers and location on a street map of many categories such as Bars (from 'Cocktail' to 'Soup'), Cafés, and Night Life (such as Comedy, Concerts, Dance, Theatre and Opera). There is also an Event Search by date under many different 'Themes' including Art, Concerts, Sports or Theatre.
(Beware of back-to-front, inside-out, transatlantic system of dates !)

www.aviewoncities.com/paris
in which you can click onto over twenty potted descriptions, histories and photographs of the major sights of Paris,
such as the nearby Hôtel des Invalides with its Église du Dôme, Pont Alexandre III and of course, the Eiffel Tower.

www.whatsonwhen.com
In this very generous web site, search for What's On by continent, country, region, topic or by location and keywords and by months or dates. Under 'Feature Destinations', near the bottom of the right hand column, select 'Paris' in 'Cities' box and fill in the dates when in Paris. Further down you can search for What's On under 'Themes'

www.bateaux-mouches.fr/
'Cruise Boats'. for €7, and 'Restaurant Fleet', embarking at Pont de l'Alma, every 30 minutes and 20 minutes in high season.

www.bateauxparisiens.com/english
One hour 'Sight Seeing Cruises' €9.50 every 30 minutes from the foot of the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame, as well as Lunch and Dinner Cruises.

www.batobus.com
A shuttle service up and down the River by trimaran with eight stops from Tour Eiffel to Jardin des Plantes and back.
The nearest stop to the studio is across Pont Alexandre III and down some steps on the Right Bank and just East of the bridge.