We will be in Paris 27th-30th Oct and just want to know what the weather will be like? Is a warm jacket enough over regular clothes? Or will we need more layers, a hat and gloves as well?
Any suggestions for spending time in the Latin Quarter? Would like to spend a day walking thru that area, shopping, eating at cafes and going to a nice jazz bar in the evening- any reccomendations? Or must dos? What are the streets we should walk around? Any particular route we should take?
We%26#39;re 2 couples in our early 30%26#39;s and been to Paris before (done the sights) so this time just want to wander thru different areas!
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ABKB, I encourage you to do a search for each of your individual subjects, for example : Jazz clubs in Latin quarter for example as this board is sooooo helpful not only in current posts, but the bounty of past ones.
I love, love the latin quarter and I have stayed there several times in the past. I will be in Paris the whole month of October as well in the neighboring St. Germain area ! YOu will love it !
I can recommend highly Le Caveau de La Huchette for a lively jazz club with dancing every night of the week with Live jazz bands, usually the swing jazz variety. It is in a very historical cellar and you can mingle with tourists and locals. It is fun to watch the dancers even if you don%26#39;t dance swing yourself.
The club above is located on Rue de la Huchette which is right in the middle of the touristy pedestrian area. This area is actually fun to walk down day or night and has a lot of inexpensive ethnic places to eat, mostly greek or N. African (couscous houses). I can recommend Santorinis for Greek on Rue de la Harpe. Very nice atmosphere and good food at low prices. The little crepe stand on the corner of Rue de la Harpe and Rue St. Germain (next to McDonalds) has the best deal going at 3 euro for a drink AND panini !
I love the Rue Mouffetard market street and it is a must do while you are there.
As far as restaurants, I don%26#39;t know where to start ! I can recommend Le Petit Prince close to the Sorbonne highly. The le Coupe Chou is a good romantic place for couples and actually very, very close to Le Petit Prince and it is very well known for their Coupe chou salad which I though was delicious. For a casual meal, I also enjoyed Le Perraudin on Rue St. Jacques a bit further south. It is a family bistro, and good place for lunch or dinner.
Be sure to walk over to the St. Germain neighborhood which is just next to the Latin Quarter. It is slightly more upscale with it%26#39;s art galleries and high end boutiques, but both areas are extremely charming.
By the way if you go to La Caveau on that last week-end in Oct., you may see me there with my Mom and my Grandma (age 85) who still dances !!
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Forgot to mention the weather.... plan for almost anything except extreme heat or extreme cold. Layers are in order !
here is a website where you can look up weather history for any given day in paris:
wunderground.com/global/stations/07157.html
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Thank you thank you!
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