Josi - General shopping in Paris

Advantages: lots of areas to shop,
Disadvantages: but spread out and you need to know where to go

I have lived in Paris for 6 months and i understand that it may be difficult to shop in paris if you do not know where to go or if you are there for just the weekend. I must admit it took me a good month to find out where the good shops were! Buying the tickets: For starters i would definitely advise you to buy a metro ticket : there are different tickets available such as 1 ticket for 1 journey, a pass of 10 tickets , daily pass called mobili, ...
...passes are called a carte orange and you do need a photo to get it. if you are in paris for just the weekend then i would buy the daily pass for 3 zones (oh yes forgot to mention paris is split into 8 zones or so, but for shopping you only really need the first 3 zones). Places to go: Now that you have your tickets the areas to go or metro stops are the following : Chatelet/les halles: centre of paris where you can find a really long street called ... Read review

Advantages: Great shops
Disadvantages: you can't find them

I'm sure everyone has heard lots of great comments about Shopping in Paris as there is so many shops!! This is all very true but the probalem it is really hard to find them all!!! I went to Paris for a few days last year, really excited about the new wardrobe of clothes I would have to take back with me!! How disappointed I was!!!! Because Paris is such a big city, it is really difficult to find the centre of all the shopping. Although the 'metro' ...
...Paris, you definately need more than a few days to find what you want. All in all, I was quite disappointed with the shopping in Paris!! But I would go back again, and spend longer so when I find all the good shops, I will enjoy them and take my time!!! ... Read review