5 minutes by foot from the hotel: Boulevard Saint-Germain, The Orsay Museum, the Maillol Museum and the Rodin Museum, the square and church of Saint-Germain des Prés, the Café de Flore, Les Deux Magots café, top fashion designers and shoe shops, the banks of the Seine
10 minutes by foot from the hotel: The Louvre, Tuileries Gardens, les Invalides and Napoleon's grave, the museums of the Grand and Petit Palais, l'Orangerie (which houses Monet's famous Water Lilies) and the Jeu de Paume museums, the Museum of Decorative Arts
By metro/RER/bus:
Bus
Line 63:
Gare de Lyon railway station, Arab World Institute (IMA), Assemblée Nationale (French parliament), Quai Branly Museum, Guimet Museum, Trocadéro, National Maritime Museum, Musée de l'Homme ("Museum of Man"), Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine ("Museum of Architecture and Heritage") and the Museum of French Monuments (MMF)
Line 68:
Palais Royal, Comédie Française (French national theater), le Louvre des Antiquaires (antique dealers), l'Opéra, Rue de la Paix (with some of the most exclusive shops in Paris), Place Vendôme, the major department stores and boulevards
Line 69:
Eiffel Tower, Quai Branly Museum, Hôtel de Ville (city hall), Village Saint-Paul and its antique dealers, le Marais district, Bastille square
Line 83:
Champs Elysées, Place de la Concorde, Assemblée Nationale (French parliament). You are 5 minutes from line 70, which allows you to go to la Maison de la Radio (Radio France), Châtelet square and Hôtel de Ville (city hall).
Line 39: Will take you to Gare de l'Est railway station, Palais Royal (Comédie Française - French national theater), the Conseil d'Etat (Council of State) and the Louvre.
Metro
Line 12:
Porte de Versailles (Paris Exhibition Grounds), Assemblée Nationale, Concorde, la Madeleine church and square, Gare Saint-Lazare railway station, Pigalle (red-light district), Montmartre (Sacré-Coeur)
Line 10:
Roland Garros stadium (tennis), Odéon, La Sorbonne, Boulevard Saint-Michel, Gare d'Austerlitz railway station
Line 4:
Gare Montparnasse railway station, Sainte Chapelle, Palais de Justice, La Conciergerie, Les Halles, Gare de l'Est and Gare du Nord railway stations, the flea market at Porte de Clignancourt
RER
Line C:
Eiffel Tower, Quai Branly Museum, Maison de la Radio - Radio France, Gare d'Austerlitz railway station, Grande Bibliothèque François Mitterrand (National Library of France)
Pylones, with its lively show window decorated with stationary and other general goods in a kind of pop design, is the perfect place for those looking for Parisian souvenirs. Remarkably they've been around since 1985 at their original location in Paris, and this popular brand has since opened other stores in America, Italy, and even Japan.
With their amazing variety of goods, every time you go inside you're sure to find at least one thing that catches your eye.
In the stationary department you may see pens in the shape of fish and ballerinas, a pair of scissors shaped like a bird that flaps its wings every time you make a cut, clip magnets with pictures of baby birds; in kitchen supplies they have mugs with angels wings on them, a Korean style bamboo basket and bowl set, an odd robot-shaped corkscrew, a salad server with a devil's face on it; you'll find pop-style rings and accessories, plenty of things to delight the kids... There are so many things with a fascinating dichotomy of form and function that just being there and seeing them will give you a great feeling.
The fact that everything is 10 euros or less just makes it better. Open until ten at night on Saturdays, and in the evening on Sunday as well, their hours are quite convenient.
Pylones
Adress : 98 rue du Bac 75007 (Closed on Sunday)
Phone : 01 48 04 80 10
Métro : Hotel de Ville Lines 1 and 11, then a 3 minute walk
Business hours :
This is where you find those beautiful, feminine heels sought by regular women and celebrities from around the world: the Christian Louboutin pumps. This brand is also very popular at the select shops that sell it throughout Japan.
Already beginning to design at the ago of 10, and going on to gain experience working for famous French names like Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, and Dior, he opened his own boutique in Paris in 1992. In addition, he has continued even recently to collaborate with popular brands like Chloe, Viktor & Rolf, and Alexander McQueen.
Using motifs of vivid colors and high quality materials, his high heeled shoes have a form that shines with beauty and are an item that all adult women will absolutely want to take home at least one pair of. And of course, they're actually comfortable to wear, so even a 9 cm heel doesn't have to be a dream anymore...
Christian Louboutin
address : 38 rue de Grenelle 75007
Tel : 01 42 22 33 07
Metro : Rue du Bac Line 12, then a 3 minute walk
Sevres-Babylone Lines 10, and 12, then a 4 minute walk
Open : Monday Saturday 10:30 19:00
Holydays : Sundays, National Holidays
Web : www.christianlouboutin.fr
Other locations : 19 rue Jean Jacques Rousseau 75001
Tel: 01 42 36 05 31