Weekend guide in Paris

Although it is not a cheap city, Paris keeps on being one of the favorite destinations for small weekend escapes. The magnetism of the city attracts many travelers and that's why we want to propose a handlebar of ideal weekend to you for exact budgets. Nevertheless, we want to present Paris to you from a different point of view, far from the typical visit with the Tower Eiffel, Notre Dame and the Arch of the Victory. We present to you Paris of a more alternative way for that you have already visited the French capital or for, simply, those who want to enjoy a somewhat original trip.

On Saturday

The Louvre and his surroundings …

To start, go out of Châtelet, the most journeyed metro station of the city, and go down for the street Rue St. Honoré while you contemplate the architecture and the delight of one of the streets most ancient and known about Paris. Although nowadays it is almost a pitfall for tourists, you should not get lost a visit to the Louvre (9,50€). At present it is possible to consider one of the most spectacular museums of the world. Although the size (child) of Mona Lisa can be quite disappointing, this ancient palace lodges hundreds of works of art, perhaps less well-known but much more spectacular, which really they are worth seeing.

A nice walk …

Buy some meal to go and to sit down peacefully in a bank in the nice Garden give Tuileries before directing you to the Square of the Concord, where you will find the enormous obelisk that the Napoleonic troops brought back to France. From there you will be able to go down walking along the Elysian Fields (a miscellany species between Oxford Street in London, the Fifth Avenue of New York and The Boulevards of Barcelona), where Parisian Dior garments hobnob with American tourists and businessmen. Of course: do not stop to take anything unless queráis all your budget wears out in only one late!

A beer in Belleville …

Come to this point probably you will feel like drinking something, but try to avoid the most tourist area. That's why, we advise you to go in meter up to Belleville, a quarter formerly something discredited, of working class, which has turned nowadays into one of the areas most multicultural and animated by the city very popular between artists and students. You will be able to have dinner in one of the Chinese, incredibly cheap but good restaurants, of the surroundings of the metro station of Belleville and to take a beer in one of many bars of the area. Simply ask to know which the best are and perhaps to meet new amis for the way.

A little of holiday …

If you still have left some energy, to join the night life of Paris. While some of the most fashionable clubs in the Elysian Fields can charge from you up to 30€ for the entry (and not queráis to know how much for the drinks), some of the most alternative places usually have reasonable prices, especially if you try to enter early.

Him Triptyque (metro station: Bourse) or enormous Rex Club (metro station: Bonne Nouvelle) is ideal to enjoy the last thing in music techno, house and electro and it is opened up to the dawn. If you like more the sauce and the Latin rhythms, you can always go to Favela Chic (metro station: République), a very popular club where they serve an infinite quantity of shots of tequila and where more roisterers dance on the table.

A good rest …

When finally the hour of resting comes, you can do it also with style. We recommend to you any cheap hotel Paris where they offer good service and good facilities, as that you will find in our HostelBookers web.

On Sunday

Good morning …

To recover you of the previous night, there is nothing better than a good coffee and a pain au chocolat in any bar that attracts attention of you. It take au zinc (in the bar) as they make many Parisian and you will save yourselves up to 60 % for the service …: We have already said that the city was not cheap!

Elegance and chic style in the west …

On the west you will find the Bohemian Montparnasse quarter, traditionally one of two artists' ghettos (the different one is Montmartre). Although many of the artists have fled of the area due to the prices imposed by the bohèmes-bourgeois, it keeps on being one of the most agreeable and picturesque quarters to go for a walk in the morning. You will be able to penetrate into the cemetery and visit the graves of Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Samuel Beckett or slink to the red, slightly well-known quarter, for the street Rue de la Gaîté, less coarse and less tourist than that of Pigalle.

Do you feel like playing ping-pong?

To direct for you towards the north and you will be able to enjoy a (free) ping-pong game in the Garden du Luxembourg, one of the nicest parks of the French capital, where you will find big gardens and the palace of the senate. You can always buy a baguette and little cheese in a supermarket, sit down in a bank about the source and enjoy the beauty that wraps you.

Also you can visit the Church of Saint-Sulpice, a famous place now due to the movie The code Gives Vinci. It is one of the nicest churches of Paris and the global experience of visiting it is much better than the endless tails and the tourists' crowds of Notre Dame.

I walk Jean-Paul Sartre …

Go in meter up to the Latin Quarter (metro station: Cardinal Lemoine), called like that because the famous University of the Sorbona formerly was teaching only in Latin and not, as many people believe, because most of the population are Latin or of Latin origin.

Although at present in Him Quartier Latin is prohibited to sit down under a nicotine cloud to Jean-Paul Sartre, you will be still able to smoke walking along the steep streets that lead to the Pantheon, an impressive neoclassic monolith that is a part church, it divides grave.

Happy hour …

End the day in Marais, the Jewish quarter of paved streets, turned at present into the quarter gay. In any of the bars that you will find you will be able to enjoy a good aperitif, and it is very probable that before 20:00 they have Happy hour and serve a face of beer or a cocktail for less than 5€.

Towards the top …

Have dinner in some of the excellent bistros of Marais before going, with a pair of bottles of wine in the hand, towards the hill of Montmartre (yes, it is a good walk from Marais, but it is worth it). Montmartre is like a small people of daydream placed in full city, in the top of a hill to the north of Paris (metro station: Anvers). Raise the hundreds of steps from the metro station and, when you are very tired, to sit down and enjoy the magnificent conference while you drink your vin rouge, a well fully deserved award.

You already see it, we offer you an alternative handlebar to enjoy Paris without spending a lot of money. Also, if you you cannot be allowed to travel to the principal airport and decide to fly with companies of low cost, we recommend to you the mochileo low cost handlebar on how coming from Beauvais to Paris.

We hope to have cheered you up! And, as always, if you want to share your advices and experiences you have only to leave your comment.

Thanks for the photos to Panoramas, Paulo Horta, albany_tim, ‘wok, stuckinseoul, Olivier_Bruchez and Antonis_Lamnatos in Flickr.