Musée de l'Erotisme (Paris)

Advantages: Well located for the Metro,cheap
Disadvantages: A bit tatty,extremely basic,noisy at night

...-called if you’re female, is to walk along the middle pavement, situated between the two carriageways of traffic, where there are no shops, only people loitering about or making their way from A to B. Pigalle is also the only place Mortimus or I have ever seen that has sex shops and greengrocers side by side and open at the same time, but it all adds to the charm. When we returned from our little wander and consumption of no small amount of alcohol we found that right next door to the hotel was the Musée de L’Erotisme, and we decided that we should visit it before the end of our holiday, it was in fact still open at this time, approximately 2am, but we were ready for our beds. The man who was previously at the desk (the owner of the hotel at a guess) was standing outside the hotel awaiting our arrival. However I got the impression he didn... Read review

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Advantages: It is a beautiful city
Disadvantages: The drivers are crazy

...charm it. However if you are only visiting for two days you cannot really see all of Paris. But here as promised is the list of places we did get to. Day 1 Montmartre Cemetary Sacre-Coeur Les Halles (St Eustace church) Le Grizzli (Restaurant) Crypte Archeologique Bateaux Parisiens Notre-Dame Seine Cruise Le Batok (Restaurant) Day 2 Tour Eiffel The Left Bank Notre-Dame Les Catacombes Musee de Louvre Jardin de Tuileries Champs d’ Elysse Arc de Triomphe Musee de L’Erotisme Actually another tip in relation to the above attractions. If you really want to go to somewhere like Tour Eiffel or Notre-Dame get there early. By two pm you will find you will be waiting in queues that can take you at least an hour to get through. I heard someone at Notre-Dame say they had been waiting for two hours to get in. If you really... Read review

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Advantages: Lots to see and do, the metro,
Disadvantages: Eating out can be expensive, everyone else is there too (everyone loves Paris)

...the real action only takes place at 2 pm and 6 pm. We stood next to an American family and they seemed to be quite disappointed when nothing much happened when the clock struck 1 pm. Back to our walk…we continued to walk from the Les Halles area towards Place de la bastille and this part of the city is called Marais. The streets are narrow and it seems very quiet at least if you are coming from the Les Halles area. I think this is Paris' jewish quarter - some good falafel shops too. On the way we passed by Musée Picasso, maison de Victor Hugo but we only stopped at place des Vosges which was Paris very first square built in 1609. This used to be the home for the aristocracy but today it is just a nice symmetrical square where people enjoyed the spring sun, relaxed on benches while the kids where playing in the sand box or playing football... Read review

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