au revoir

Mr. Red Molly and I are leaving this week for a trip to France. We don't have an exact itineray but Mr. Red Molly is the trip planner and has come up with a very ambitious list (see below) of some things to do, places to see, and of course some resturants to check out. We are staying 3 nights in Bordeaux, a week in a gite in the Dordogne region and 3 nights in Paris. It does seem like an odd time to be taking a trip with the economy in the crapper but we have had this trip planned and mostly paid for for awhile and besides what can we do if we stayed home. Anyway I am sure it will be alot more fun touring France than it will be being here following the election news. Go Obama!!!!!
au revoir.


Bordeaux

organic food market at The Esplanade (Place Des Quinconces) on Thursday
ride La Navette, hop on electric bus, flag it down, look for blue line in the pavement
Musée d'Aquitaine 20 Cous Pasteur, open Tues-Sun open 1100-1800
Museé Des Beaux Arts Tous les jours de 11h00 à 18h00
Cathédral St-André at Place Pey-Berland
Tour Pey-Berland Tues-sun 10:00-12:30 & 14:00-17:30 5€
Centre National Jean Moulin Ouvert du mardi au dimanche de 14h00 à 18h00
Porte de Cailhau built in 15th century
Monument Aux Girondins
Place de la Bourse
Jardin Public
Palais Gallien remains of 15,000 seat Roman ampitheatre, built in 3rd century AD
Les Chartrons
Capc Musée D'Art Contemporain
Musée Des Chartrons
Base Sous Marine


After leaving Bordeaux

Arcachon market Place Lucien de Gracia Tues-Sun
La Teste de Buch market Place Jean Hameau ? daily
Dune de Pilat 106m high

Saint-Emilion

Abbaye de la Sauve-Majeure part of the UNESCO world heritage site of the pilgrimage route to St. James of Compostela
10:30-13:00 and 14:00-17:30 (every day except Mondays)
Blue Guide says bell tower can be climbed

Moulin de la Barthe 15 mi from Sauve-Majeure NE of Blasimon on D17 Cadogan: "one of the most picturesque fortified watermills in SW France"

Chateau de Monbazillac 10:00-12:30 and 14:00-18:00 (south of Bergerac)

DORDOGNE

canoe ride. see RS *** France 2008 p. 336
CARSAC - VITRAC 7 km 10 €/person http://www.canoe-copeyre.com/tarif.htm
VITRAC - BEYNAC 15 km 13 €/person

Market days:

Montignac Wed and Sat
Terrasson-la-Villedieu Thurs
St-Amand-de-Coly Tuesdy evening July & August
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac Monday
Le Bugue Tues and Sat RS says Tues is "great"
Martel Wed and Sat
Souillac Fri
Sarlat Wed Sat RS says "excellent"
Domme Thurs
Cénac Tues
Villefrance Sat
St-Cyprien Sun
Siorac-en-Péigord Wed
Belves Sat
Beaumot-du-Périgord Sat and Tues
Le Buisson-de-Cadouin Fri
Lalinde Thurs and Sat
Bergerac Sat and Wed
Ste-Foy-la-Grande Sat (Cadogan "one of the loveliest markets in France")
Castillon-la-Bataille Monday
Cahors Wed and Sat AM, plus covered market Mon-Sat

Near Les Eyzies and Vallée de la Vézère

Museé National de la Préhistoire closed Tues 9:30-12:30 and 14:00-17:430 RS **
Abri de Cro-Magnon, Les Eyzies, where Cro-Magnon man was discovered.
behind the Cro-Magnon Hotel, which is itself found along the road behind the railway station.
Abri du Poisson, sclupted fish on the ceiling
Abri du Cap Blanc RS * on D48 E of Les Eyzies
Le Château de L'Herm LIEU-DIT L'HERM 24580 Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac Cadogan "Don't miss"
Le Grand Roc natural cave formations 10:00 to 18:00 twin-entrance ticket: Grand Roc + Laugerie Basse €7.50
Laugerie Basse site of human habitation for 15,000 years
Laugerie Haute used during the Upper Paleolithic as workshop for flint tools. In five meters
of sediment, 42 different levels were identified. The oldest remains are from the Périgordian (ca. 33,000-20,000 BC
Cro de Granville (Grotte de Rouffignac) RS ** Cadogan "Don't miss" open daily 10:00-11:30 and 14:00-17:00

Grotte de Font-de-Gaume 0930-1230 & 1400-1730 closed Saturday
Pick up tickets at 09:30 20 October appointment at 11:40
Paid by calling and giving USAA MC 9/30 08:05
Cadogan "Don't miss. finest polychrome prehistoric painting open to the general public in France"
Rick Steves recommends Pierre Fanlac Editeur's The Font-de-Gaume Cave guidebook €6 sold in the shop
Les Combarelles Sun-Fri 0930-2030 & 1400-1730 Made appointment for 09:45 20 October

Gouffre de Proumeyssac on D31 24260 near Audrix, tel: 05 53 07 27 47 09:30-12:00 & 14:00-17:30 Cadogan "Don't miss"
Grotte de Bara-Bahau 24260 Le Bugue, tel: 05 53 07 27 47 10:00-12:00 and 14:00-17:00
Lascaux II Cadogan "Don't miss" RS ** D704 24290 Montignac,
Abri du Cap Blanc (by reservation at Font-de-Gaume) 9:30-12:30 and 14:-17:00 closed Sat RS *
Site Préhistorique de Castel-Merle (Cadogan says open April-Sept)
La Roque St-Christophe open 1000-1800 daily RS * p. 359
La Madeleine open 1000-1800
Le Moustier
Limeuil 2 miles SW of Le Bugue where Vézère meets the Dordogne Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
Monpazier 15 miles S of Le Bugue Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
Saint-Léon-Sur-Vézère between Les Eyzies and Montignac Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
Saint-Amand-de-Coly Cadogan "visually striking fortified church" 5 miles E of Montignac

Tremolat where Le Boucher was filmed


Begerac "a fine little city where swans swim in the Dordogne and a cluster of
half-timbered medieval houses bask by the old river port" Cadogan

Montcaret archaeological site and Museé des Fouilles Gallo-Romaines
luxurious baths of 2nd-4th century Gallo-Roman villa
from 1 Oct to 27 May: every day ex Sat, 1000-1230 & 1400 to 1730
Last admission 60 mins before closing

Abbaye de Cadouin Cadogan "Don't miss" Blue Guide "High point of Gothic art in the region"
on D25 10:00-12:30 and 14:00-18:00 Closed Tues 4.70€

Beynac Castle. Perched on a sheer cliff overlooking the Dordogne Valley,
the castle was a stronghold of Richard the Lionhearted. RS *** Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

La Roque-Gageac "Cadogan Don't miss" RS *** Les Plus Beaux Villages de France 18 miles SW of Le Bugue

Castelnaud Château RS ** 2 miles WSW of La Roque-Gageac open 10:00-18:00 €7.50

Domme, formerly a fortified village flanked by limestone towers. "charming...commanding views" RS

Sarlat Cadogan "Don't miss. golden Renaissance town is architecturally the foie gras of SW France" p. 159. RS ***

Grottes de Cougnac RS * Cadogan "home to dept's 2nd most important collection of prehistoric paintings"
19 miles S of Salat. Oldest cave paintings (14,000-25,000 years) open Mon-Sat 14:00-16:00
picnic scene from Le Boucher was filmed nearby

Souillac Cadogan "Don't miss." p. 154. 37 miles E of Le Bugue


LOT (Department 46)

Autoire Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

Cardaillac Cadogan "delightful old village perché" Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

Carennac Cadogan p. 148 Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

Rocamadour, a 13th-century village built on the face of a sheer 492-foot cliff. Cadogan "Don't miss" p. 143
49 miles E of Le Bugue Michelin says "best seen from L'Hospitalet belvedere"

Martel Cadogan "Don't miss" p. 151

Loubressac RS says "arguably the most beautiful village in France" Cadogan says "exceptionally lovely village"
61 miles E of Le Bugue, 6 miles E of Gouffre de Padirac Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

Gouffre de Padirac 46500 Le Gouffre, 46 tel: 05 65 33 64 56 10:00-12:00 and 14:00-17:00 Cadogan "Don't miss"
"chasm plunges down 90m through the limestone of the Causse de Gramat before forming 21km of galleries...
spectacularly beautiful" p. 141. 57 miles E of Le Bugue

Cahors Cadogan p.313 "Don't miss. A medieval city or surprising subtlety and character.
Everything of interest is squeezed between Boulevard Gaambetta and the river.
For a panorama of Cahor's medieval skyline start from across the river, over the Pont de Cabessut.
...begin in Cahors Place Jean-Jacques Chapou"
Cahors Pont Valentré UNESCO World Heritage site

50 miles from Le Bugue by car. 30 minutes from Gourdon by train

Grottes de Pech Merle 18 miles from Cahors, 09:30-12:00 and 13:30-17:00, tel: 05 65 31 27 05, €6.00
Open every day, even Sunday and public holidays, from Sunday March 16th to November 11th
RS ** Cadogan "Don't miss. rivals Font-de-Gaume as the finest prehistoric painted cave still open to the public"

St-Cirq-Lapopie RS ** Cadogan "Don't miss. ..prettiest village in Quercy" Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
on the river Lot, 7 miles from Grottes de Pech Merle

Puy-L'Évêque Cadogan says "exceptional riverside setting , best seen from the bridge of the Lot"


Department 82 Tarn-et-Garonne


abbatiale Saint-Pierre et cloître, Moissac, Tarn-et-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France Routes of Santiago de Compostela
Cadogan says "don't miss. Crown jewel of French medieval sculpture". UNESCO World Heritage site

Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne Cadogan "don't miss"


Département 31 Haute-Garonne

Toulouse

Departement 19 Corrèze

Collonges-la-Rouge RS * one of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France


NORTHERN PERIGORD

Périgueux, home of the Vesunna Museum, built on and around an excavated Roman villa.
The outdoor market had beautiful displays of artichokes, tomatoes, avocados and strawberries.

Saint-Jean-de-Côle 15 miles NE of Perigueux Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

Brantôme "charming town of medieval and Renaissance houses built on an island in the river Dronne" Cadogan

Parc Naturel Régional Périgord-Limousin (north of Brantôme)

Château de Jumilhac every day from 2 pm to 6 pm.

Grotte de Villars 24530 Villars, tel: 05 53 54 82 36 Oct. admission 14:00-18:00

Aubeterre-Sur-Dronne
"hilltown of ivory stone, rising up at the end of a corrider of 150-year-old unpruned plane trees
Aubeterrre has more history and mystery than it has room for." Cadogan

Oradour-Sur-Glane Village des Martyrs RS *** 15 miles NW of Limoges

PARIS

use the Velib bikes

eat at Le Train Blue

Bordeaux

organic food market at The Esplanade (Place Des Quinconces) on Thursday
ride La Navette, hop on electric bus, flag it down, look for blue line in the pavement
Musée d'Aquitaine 20 Cous Pasteur, open Tues-Sun open 1100-1800
Museé Des Beaux Arts Tous les jours de 11h00 à 18h00
Cathédral St-André at Place Pey-Berland
Tour Pey-Berland Tues-sun 10:00-12:30 & 14:00-17:30 5€
Centre National Jean Moulin Ouvert du mardi au dimanche de 14h00 à 18h00
Porte de Cailhau built in 15th century
Monument Aux Girondins
Place de la Bourse
Jardin Public
Palais Gallien remains of 15,000 seat Roman ampitheatre, built in 3rd century AD
Les Chartrons
Capc Musée D'Art Contemporain
Musée Des Chartrons
Base Sous Marine


After leaving Bordeaux

Arcachon market Place Lucien de Gracia Tues-Sun
La Teste de Buch market Place Jean Hameau ? daily
Dune de Pilat 106m high

Saint-Emilion

Abbaye de la Sauve-Majeure part of the UNESCO world heritage site of the pilgrimage route to St. James of Compostela
10:30-13:00 and 14:00-17:30 (every day except Mondays)
Blue Guide says bell tower can be climbed

Moulin de la Barthe 15 mi from Sauve-Majeure NE of Blasimon on D17 Cadogan: "one of the most picturesque fortified watermills in SW France"

Chateau de Monbazillac 10:00-12:30 and 14:00-18:00 (south of Bergerac)

DORDOGNE

canoe ride. see RS *** France 2008 p. 336
CARSAC - VITRAC 7 km 10 €/person http://www.canoe-copeyre.com/tarif.htm
VITRAC - BEYNAC 15 km 13 €/person

Market days:

Montignac Wed and Sat
Terrasson-la-Villedieu Thurs
St-Amand-de-Coly Tuesdy evening July & August
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac Monday
Le Bugue Tues and Sat RS says Tues is "great"
Martel Wed and Sat
Souillac Fri
Sarlat Wed Sat RS says "excellent"
Domme Thurs
Cénac Tues
Villefrance Sat
St-Cyprien Sun
Siorac-en-Péigord Wed
Belves Sat
Beaumot-du-Périgord Sat and Tues
Le Buisson-de-Cadouin Fri
Lalinde Thurs and Sat
Bergerac Sat and Wed
Ste-Foy-la-Grande Sat (Cadogan "one of the loveliest markets in France")
Castillon-la-Bataille Monday
Cahors Wed and Sat AM, plus covered market Mon-Sat

Near Les Eyzies and Vallée de la Vézère

Museé National de la Préhistoire closed Tues 9:30-12:30 and 14:00-17:430 RS **
Abri de Cro-Magnon, Les Eyzies, where Cro-Magnon man was discovered.
behind the Cro-Magnon Hotel, which is itself found along the road behind the railway station.
Abri du Poisson, sclupted fish on the ceiling
Abri du Cap Blanc RS * on D48 E of Les Eyzies
Le Château de L'Herm LIEU-DIT L'HERM 24580 Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac Cadogan "Don't miss"
Le Grand Roc natural cave formations 10:00 to 18:00 twin-entrance ticket: Grand Roc + Laugerie Basse €7.50
Laugerie Basse site of human habitation for 15,000 years
Laugerie Haute used during the Upper Paleolithic as workshop for flint tools. In five meters
of sediment, 42 different levels were identified. The oldest remains are from the Périgordian (ca. 33,000-20,000 BC
Cro de Granville (Grotte de Rouffignac) RS ** Cadogan "Don't miss" open daily 10:00-11:30 and 14:00-17:00

Grotte de Font-de-Gaume 0930-1230 & 1400-1730 closed Saturday
Pick up tickets at 09:30 20 October appointment at 11:40
Paid by calling and giving USAA MC 9/30 08:05
Cadogan "Don't miss. finest polychrome prehistoric painting open to the general public in France"
Rick Steves recommends Pierre Fanlac Editeur's The Font-de-Gaume Cave guidebook €6 sold in the shop
Les Combarelles Sun-Fri 0930-2030 & 1400-1730 Made appointment for 09:45 20 October

Gouffre de Proumeyssac on D31 24260 near Audrix, tel: 05 53 07 27 47 09:30-12:00 & 14:00-17:30 Cadogan "Don't miss"
Grotte de Bara-Bahau 24260 Le Bugue, tel: 05 53 07 27 47 10:00-12:00 and 14:00-17:00
Lascaux II Cadogan "Don't miss" RS ** D704 24290 Montignac,
Abri du Cap Blanc (by reservation at Font-de-Gaume) 9:30-12:30 and 14:-17:00 closed Sat RS *
Site Préhistorique de Castel-Merle (Cadogan says open April-Sept)
La Roque St-Christophe open 1000-1800 daily RS * p. 359
La Madeleine open 1000-1800
Le Moustier
Limeuil 2 miles SW of Le Bugue where Vézère meets the Dordogne Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
Monpazier 15 miles S of Le Bugue Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
Saint-Léon-Sur-Vézère between Les Eyzies and Montignac Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
Saint-Amand-de-Coly Cadogan "visually striking fortified church" 5 miles E of Montignac

Tremolat where Le Boucher was filmed


Begerac "a fine little city where swans swim in the Dordogne and a cluster of
half-timbered medieval houses bask by the old river port" Cadogan

Montcaret archaeological site and Museé des Fouilles Gallo-Romaines
luxurious baths of 2nd-4th century Gallo-Roman villa
from 1 Oct to 27 May: every day ex Sat, 1000-1230 & 1400 to 1730
Last admission 60 mins before closing

Abbaye de Cadouin Cadogan "Don't miss" Blue Guide "High point of Gothic art in the region"
on D25 10:00-12:30 and 14:00-18:00 Closed Tues 4.70€

Beynac Castle. Perched on a sheer cliff overlooking the Dordogne Valley,
the castle was a stronghold of Richard the Lionhearted. RS *** Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

La Roque-Gageac "Cadogan Don't miss" RS *** Les Plus Beaux Villages de France 18 miles SW of Le Bugue

Castelnaud Château RS ** 2 miles WSW of La Roque-Gageac open 10:00-18:00 €7.50

Domme, formerly a fortified village flanked by limestone towers. "charming...commanding views" RS

Sarlat Cadogan "Don't miss. golden Renaissance town is architecturally the foie gras of SW France" p. 159. RS ***

Grottes de Cougnac RS * Cadogan "home to dept's 2nd most important collection of prehistoric paintings"
19 miles S of Salat. Oldest cave paintings (14,000-25,000 years) open Mon-Sat 14:00-16:00
picnic scene from Le Boucher was filmed nearby

Souillac Cadogan "Don't miss." p. 154. 37 miles E of Le Bugue


LOT (Department 46)

Autoire Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

Cardaillac Cadogan "delightful old village perché" Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

Carennac Cadogan p. 148 Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

Rocamadour, a 13th-century village built on the face of a sheer 492-foot cliff. Cadogan "Don't miss" p. 143
49 miles E of Le Bugue Michelin says "best seen from L'Hospitalet belvedere"

Martel Cadogan "Don't miss" p. 151

Loubressac RS says "arguably the most beautiful village in France" Cadogan says "exceptionally lovely village"
61 miles E of Le Bugue, 6 miles E of Gouffre de Padirac Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

Gouffre de Padirac 46500 Le Gouffre, 46 tel: 05 65 33 64 56 10:00-12:00 and 14:00-17:00 Cadogan "Don't miss"
"chasm plunges down 90m through the limestone of the Causse de Gramat before forming 21km of galleries...
spectacularly beautiful" p. 141. 57 miles E of Le Bugue

Cahors Cadogan p.313 "Don't miss. A medieval city or surprising subtlety and character.
Everything of interest is squeezed between Boulevard Gaambetta and the river.
For a panorama of Cahor's medieval skyline start from across the river, over the Pont de Cabessut.
...begin in Cahors Place Jean-Jacques Chapou"
Cahors Pont Valentré UNESCO World Heritage site

50 miles from Le Bugue by car. 30 minutes from Gourdon by train

Grottes de Pech Merle 18 miles from Cahors, 09:30-12:00 and 13:30-17:00, tel: 05 65 31 27 05, €6.00
Open every day, even Sunday and public holidays, from Sunday March 16th to November 11th
RS ** Cadogan "Don't miss. rivals Font-de-Gaume as the finest prehistoric painted cave still open to the public"

St-Cirq-Lapopie RS ** Cadogan "Don't miss. ..prettiest village in Quercy" Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
on the river Lot, 7 miles from Grottes de Pech Merle

Puy-L'Évêque Cadogan says "exceptional riverside setting , best seen from the bridge of the Lot"


Department 82 Tarn-et-Garonne


abbatiale Saint-Pierre et cloître, Moissac, Tarn-et-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France Routes of Santiago de Compostela
Cadogan says "don't miss. Crown jewel of French medieval sculpture". UNESCO World Heritage site

Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne Cadogan "don't miss"


Département 31 Haute-Garonne

Toulouse

Departement 19 Corrèze

Collonges-la-Rouge RS * one of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France


NORTHERN PERIGORD

Périgueux, home of the Vesunna Museum, built on and around an excavated Roman villa.
The outdoor market had beautiful displays of artichokes, tomatoes, avocados and strawberries.

Saint-Jean-de-Côle 15 miles NE of Perigueux Les Plus Beaux Villages de France

Brantôme "charming town of medieval and Renaissance houses built on an island in the river Dronne" Cadogan

Parc Naturel Régional Périgord-Limousin (north of Brantôme)

Château de Jumilhac every day from 2 pm to 6 pm.

Grotte de Villars 24530 Villars, tel: 05 53 54 82 36 Oct. admission 14:00-18:00

Aubeterre-Sur-Dronne
"hilltown of ivory stone, rising up at the end of a corrider of 150-year-old unpruned plane trees
Aubeterrre has more history and mystery than it has room for." Cadogan

Oradour-Sur-Glane Village des Martyrs RS *** 15 miles NW of Limoges

PARIS

use the Velib bikes

eat at Le Train Blue
requested reservation 9/2/2008 for 19:30 26 October
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eat at L'as du Falafel
eat at Boulanger de Monge, 123 rue Monge, S of Hotel Acte V Fodors says "one of three faves"
Cave la Bourgogne 144 Rue Mouffetard open daily. RS says trés local.
Le Mouffetard 116 Rue Mouffetard 01 43 31 42 50 closed Mon. RS says trad. café with lively location.
Café Delmas 2 PLACE DE LA CONTRESCARPE 75005 Paris 01 43 26 51 26 on Place de la Contrescarpe

check out Hotel du Départ where Ann thinks we stayed in 1976

Place Monge Fodors Paris says market Wed, Fri & Sun AM 1/10 mile S of Hotel Acte V

Arènes de Lutèce open 08:00 to sunset
Sainte-Chapelle open daily 9:00-17:00 Nov-Feb
Place Dauphine and Square du Vert-Galant at western tip of Ile de Cité
Musee d'Orsay open daily, except Mondays 9.30am to 6pm late night on Thursdays until 9.45pm
Cluny Museum (Middle Age art), open Every day except Tuesday, from 9:15 to 5:45
Carnavalet Museum (history of Paris) 10:00-18:00, closed Monday, unicorn tapestries
Notre Dame open 9:30 to 19:30, tower climb 10:00-17:30, €7.50, covered by museum pass
Paris Archeological Crypt 10:00-18:00, closed Monday

Arc de Triomphe open daily 10:00-22:00 Oct-Mar
Louvre open 9am-6pm except Tuesday and holidays Open until 10pm on Wednesday and Friday
Palais Royal Courtyards RS p. 45
rue du Bretagne markets mentioned in "Chasing Matisse"
Catacombs hours 10:00 - 17:00, closed Monday 7€
Conciergerie 10:00-17:00
Tour Eiffel From Sept 2 to Dec 31 open 9:30am to 11:45pm Final ascension 11pm (10:30 pm for top floor)
RS says best view of the tower is from Trocadéro
Institut Du Monde Arabe spectacular rooftop restaurant/cafe. fantastic views. Cafe open Du mardi au dimanche midi
Jacquemart-André open every day 10:00-18:00
Jardin Des Plantes
Jewish Art and History open 11:00-18:00, closed Sat
Luxembourg Garden see puppet theatre, sailboat pond, cafe, merry-go-round, ponies
Invalides Napoleon's Tomb and Army Museums open daily 10:00-17:00
Manufacture Des Gobelins 36 Avenue Des Gobelins 75013 Paris old tapestries and see weaving. ONLY OPEN TUES-THURS
Musee Marmottan (Monet focus) 10:00-18:00, closed Monday, €9 not covered by pass Metro: Métro-la Muette
Montparnasse Tower Sunday to Thursday from 09:30-22:30; Friday, Saturday 09:30-23:00
Observatoire de Paris
Musee Rodin open 9:30 to 16:45, closed Monday
Orangerie Open everyday, except on Tuesdays 12.30-7 p.m., 9 p.m. on Fridays
Pompidou Center open 11:00 to 21:00, closed Tuesday
Picasso Museum open 9:30 - 17:30, closed Tuesday
Promenade Plantée Paris runs for 2 miles from near Place de la Bastille
Sacré Cœur 7:00-23:00 Montmarte, ride the funicular RS Paris page 127
Sorbonne
Place de la Concorde / Champs-Elyees
UNESCO 7 Place de Fontenoy (near Tour Eiffel)
river cruise (RS recommends night boat p.35)
Vedettes du Pont-Neuf €11
Bateaux Parisiens from 10AM to 10 PM €10 (half price with France railpass)
canal cruise
eat at L'as du Falafel
eat at Boulanger de Monge, 123 rue Monge, S of Hotel Acte V Fodors says "one of three faves"
Cave la Bourgogne 144 Rue Mouffetard open daily. RS says trés local.
Le Mouffetard 116 Rue Mouffetard 01 43 31 42 50 closed Mon. RS says trad. café with lively location.
Café Delmas 2 PLACE DE LA CONTRESCARPE 75005 Paris 01 43 26 51 26 on Place de la Contrescarpe

check out Hotel du Départ where Ann thinks we stayed in 1976

Place Monge Fodors Paris says market Wed, Fri & Sun AM 1/10 mile S of Hotel Acte V

Arènes de Lutèce open 08:00 to sunset
Sainte-Chapelle open daily 9:00-17:00 Nov-Feb
Place Dauphine and Square du Vert-Galant at western tip of Ile de Cité
Musee d'Orsay open daily, except Mondays 9.30am to 6pm late night on Thursdays until 9.45pm
Cluny Museum (Middle Age art), open Every day except Tuesday, from 9:15 to 5:45
Carnavalet Museum (history of Paris) 10:00-18:00, closed Monday, unicorn tapestries
Notre Dame open 9:30 to 19:30, tower climb 10:00-17:30, €7.50, covered by museum pass
Paris Archeological Crypt 10:00-18:00, closed Monday

Arc de Triomphe open daily 10:00-22:00 Oct-Mar
Louvre open 9am-6pm except Tuesday and holidays Open until 10pm on Wednesday and Friday
Palais Royal Courtyards RS p. 45
rue du Bretagne markets mentioned in "Chasing Matisse"
Catacombs hours 10:00 - 17:00, closed Monday 7€
Conciergerie 10:00-17:00
Tour Eiffel From Sept 2 to Dec 31 open 9:30am to 11:45pm Final ascension 11pm (10:30 pm for top floor)
RS says best view of the tower is from Trocadéro
Institut Du Monde Arabe spectacular rooftop restaurant/cafe. fantastic views. Cafe open Du mardi au dimanche midi
Jacquemart-André open every day 10:00-18:00
Jardin Des Plantes
Jewish Art and History open 11:00-18:00, closed Sat
Luxembourg Garden see puppet theatre, sailboat pond, cafe, merry-go-round, ponies
Invalides Napoleon's Tomb and Army Museums open daily 10:00-17:00
Manufacture Des Gobelins 36 Avenue Des Gobelins 75013 Paris old tapestries and see weaving. ONLY OPEN TUES-THURS
Musee Marmottan (Monet focus) 10:00-18:00, closed Monday, €9 not covered by pass Metro: Métro-la Muette
Montparnasse Tower Sunday to Thursday from 09:30-22:30; Friday, Saturday 09:30-23:00
Observatoire de Paris
Musee Rodin open 9:30 to 16:45, closed Monday
Orangerie Open everyday, except on Tuesdays 12.30-7 p.m., 9 p.m. on Fridays
Pompidou Center open 11:00 to 21:00, closed Tuesday
Picasso Museum open 9:30 - 17:30, closed Tuesday
Promenade Plantée Paris runs for 2 miles from near Place de la Bastille
Sacré Cœur 7:00-23:00 Montmarte, ride the funicular RS Paris page 127
Sorbonne
Place de la Concorde / Champs-Elyees
UNESCO 7 Place de Fontenoy (near Tour Eiffel)
river cruise (RS recommends night boat p.35)
Vedettes du Pont-Neuf €11
Bateaux Parisiens from 10AM to 10 PM €10 (half price with France railpass)
canal cruise