Paris

Hotel recommendations:

• - Pullman: love this hotel, very good, pretty expensive  
• - Mercure: very good, but also often pretty expensive  
• - Ibis: great value for money, small rooms 

As you can see we usually opt for a hotel of Accor, one of the largest hotel chains with its headquarters in Paris. We stay in these regularly and recommend these to everyone who’s asking.

Food:

Breakfast: 

We book without breakfast and usually buy some croissants on the go to have by the Eiffel Tower.

Recommendations:

• Boulanger Paul - bakeries around the city with bread rolls, macarons and other sweets  
• Eric Kaiser - Louvre - to Go or at the tiny terrace, very nice fresh breadrolls and coffee
• Bistro Saint Dominique - Rue Saint Dominique lovely place to have a sit down breakfast
• my absolute favourite - buy your charcuterie at Les Viandes de Champ de Mars - buy your bread rolls at Boulangerie Les petits gourmands both in Rue Saint Dominique and enjoy your breakfast in the park at the Eiffel tower.

Lunch:

We usually opt for lunch on the go, because we do not want to waste time. Usually we take some breadrolls at Eric Kaiser, Paul or when we are in need of a break, a sit down lunch Café Gustave - 23 Av. de la Bourdonnais

Dinner:

Because we usually take our dogs with us to Paris we try to power them out during the day so we are able to have dinner together and let the girls sleep in the hotel room. The most restaurants in Paris are busy and narrow.

Coffeeshops/places to take a break: 

• Mandarin Oriental at Rue Saint Honoré
• Starbucks Opera 
• Angelina at Rue de Rivoli

Click here for the list of restaurants where we have been (all around Europe) 

Click here for the list of restaurants that we would love to visit but haven’t been yet

All lists are updated regularly and are lists with restaurants, beach clubs, bars etc. in Maastricht, Aachen, Saint Tropez etc.

Click here for the list of parkings with clean toilets/nice restaurants or just convenient places.

The dogs:

We take them with us into the city. Walk from the hotel to the Eiffel tower ans let them play with the other dogs. Then we walk to the Louvre and let them play again. 

See black X for the unofficial playgrounds. Don’t let you dog off leash when no one else does it, then there might be police, and they are only friendly to locals. 

Click here for the list of dog parks that we recommend

The route we usually take, takes up the whole day:

Red X: insta worthy/ sights

Red O: sights 

Blue X: unofficial playground for dogs 

Warehouses worth a visit: 

• Lafayette: go all the way to the top and enjoy the free view at the Eiffel tower, go all the way to the left to see the Sacre Coeur.
• Printemps
• Samaritaine: the new and improved warehouse from 1869 of LVMH was closed for nearly 20 years for renovation. 
• BHV Le Marais (Bazar de L‘Hôtel de Ville)
• Le Bon Marché
• La Grande Épicerie de Paris
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Other sights:

• Eiffeltower, book your tickets in advance.
• Louvre
• Notre Dame
• Opera
• Arc de triomph
• Jardin tuilleries
• Jardin du Luxembourg 
• Hotel des invalides
• Sacré coeur
• Petit Palais, small museum that you can enter for free (partly) 
• Hôtel de Ville 

Best Photo spots of the Eiffeltower:

•  Rooftop lafayette
• At Arc de Triomphe 
• Rue de l'Université
• Pont de l ́alma 
• Trocadero

Parking in Paris: 

• Indigo Louvre or next to the Eiffel Tower, see map.
• If you are staying in one of the hotels above, park at the hotel, this is often cheaper. 

Driving in Paris: 

The way they use their large roundabouts is quite special, see explanation here.