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Built in the late 1700's this was one of the first covered passages, introducing a new form or shopping, we love the quirkiness of the different type of shops, within, definitely a must during a walk of the many passages, make a day of it.

located near our accom, this was our go to bakery, the staff were friendly and helpful, the baguettes were cooked to perfection, we succumbed to the treats more than once which were awesome value, (cheapest we had seen in Paris), and tasty.

Spanning across the seine it links the small island of Ille de la Cite, the area is such a lovely part of paris, making it quite enjoyable walking across this lovely bridge.

We cheated and took the funicular up to the church and viewpoint, which is absolutely stunning, it was a perfect sunny day, to visit, this tourist mecca. however, thousands op people had the same idea, it was literally shoulder to shoulder.

We visit Paris at least once a year and have been meaning to visit this unpretentious Chinese restaurant for a while. Whilst I want you to pay attention to this review - by and large you should ignore the negative reviews. We visited for dinner on a Tuesday evening, it cost €13.90 each and we splurged on a perfectly drinkable and enjoyable bottle of Viognier from the south of France for another €13. We arrived about 6.30 pm and the restaurant was filling up in the following hour. The food was plentiful, well prepared and there was a good variety. We find in France we are usually craving vegetables - so we enjoyed the mixed veg / Broccoli and beans in particular. The fried chicken on a stick was excellent and lightly spiced. We were particularly impressed with the pork samosas with a gentle curry flavour. It is unusual for us Australians / New Zealanders to go to a buffet and find it served cold - with three microwaves to heat it up. It’s normal in France. I’m not agreeing with it - but it’s normal. Even in a shop with Chinese food displayed and served and priced by weight - they’ll be heating it in a micro for you. So get used to it. On a hugely positive note, you will get your food piping hot - I highly recommend the middle micro of the three microwaves. 1.30 in that is perfect! OK. So the food and wine was great, the lady on the counter was just lovely and so friendly and helpful. We even (because this is what we do) made a point of visiting the loos (and we’d had a couple of bottles of chilled tap water in addition to the bottle of wine). Both the ladies loo and the gents was spotlessly clean, there was loo roll, soap and an air hand dryer. The food and ambience was more than we expected for the price and for heaven’s sake - look in the window. What you see is what you get - great buffet for a super reasonable price and in a fun spot to walk around and enjoy yourself. Lots of bars, vintage shops and boutiques on the doorstep.