Concierge Paris Breaks

Concierge Paris Breaks
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Today, the Conciergerie is a museum situated next to The Palais de Justice or law court. The Conciergerie makes an impressive sight especially at night on on Ile de la Cite at the south end of Pont-au-Change. The Conciergerie was used as a prison during the French Revolution and became a most fearful place. Amongst those imprisoned here were Thomas Paine and Mary Antoinette.

Jardin des Plantes

Jardin des Plantes
Originally uploaded by Andyrob

A nice place to visit if you have time or are on extended Paris breaks is the Jardin des Plantes. Literally the garden of plants, there is also a zoo!

Eurostar Deals FAQ

Notices a simple but handy Eurostar Deals FAQ

Could do with some more information about the best Paris Hotel and Eurostar deals combined because I never know which ones to look at first and the eurostar site isn't necessarily the easiest to find your way around for the hotels, nor always the cheapest I suppose.

Can you take your own drinks on board the Eurostar to Paris?

Since alcohol has been banned from public transport in London some people have been wondering if it's OK to take your own drinks on board eurostar trains to Paris.

Here is a run down of the Paris Eurostar situation:

As it was Christmas Eve, and we’d already missed half the family-fun, we decided have some Christmas Eve fun on the journey – Eurostar to Paris and then a train to Normandy.
When I went to Paris with the marvellous other half who surprised me for my birthday we enjoyed our own croissants and champagne all the way there, at 8am, and apart from some disapproving looks about our early morning boozing from passengers, no one else said anything at all. Yes, I’ve certainly seen it done, in fact the couple opening their bottle managed to spill/spray it all over the place, the Paris Eurostar staff even helped clear it up, which is a fairly strong indication that they’re ok with it.

Ask for double rations each time the trolley goes past, so long as the train isn’t too packed they’re happy to give you as much wine as you can drink (8 of those little bottles in my case tho that was before the high speed line knocked half an hour off the drinking time to Paris). Ages ago we held a dinner party on the way to Brussels by Eurostar.

I’ve had the misfortune to share a carriage with a very large and raucous hen party, all knocking back copious amounts of champagne in a most indiscreet manner (pink, natch).

So yes the overwhelming majority opinion is that yes, you can be as anti-social as you like and the won't touch you for it on the Eurostar to Paris

Museo Picasso

Exterior and garden of teh Hotel Sale in Paris which houses the extensive Picasso Museum in the Marais quarter.

Pic by Daquella manera

Paris Breaks in the Marais, place des Vosges

Place des Voges is a busy courtyard in the fashionable Marais quarter not far from some famous shops and the Picasso Museum

photo by Pete Reed

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