Hi all, got back late wednesday night had a wonderful time, can%26#39;t wait to go again,
afew of my observations were%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;stayed in the 17th on the borders of montmatre, hotel was ok but felt we were a bit out of it, if i went again(when!!) would choose somewhere a bit more central or in montmatre itself as wasn%26#39;t many places open after we got back to hotel, and wanted a last drink etc.
Montmatre was a favourite and the view from the sacre couer was amazing, never got back at night but would imagine it was fantastic, the moules and frite was wondeful and wasn%26#39;t as expensive as we thought it might be.
Eiffel tower was amazing, went to altitude 95 and had seafood platter between myself and my daughter and was wondeful, make sure you give yourself enough time to get there as we were about 20 mins late and were told we had to be finished by 9 although we were ok, as we only had main course (seafood) and dessert, it came to ��55 fo0r both of us including wine, which I thought was excellent, and the staff were really friendly, one thing to note you still have to pay to go up the tower even if you are eating in the restaurant, would have booked for the later sitting now with hindsight as the view when dark would have been fantastic, we had planned to go to Montmatre after, but we just sat and looked at the tower as on the hour, it is lit up with a strobe effect and is awe-inspiring.
The food all-in-all was brilliant and if you look around you can get some great bargains if you have the set meal menu. If you attempt a little bit of french all the staff are really helpful, and seem to appreciate it.
Everyone we spoke to in paris was really helpful, and someone even showed us to our hotel as she was going that way, some people even stopped when they saw us looking at the map and offered help which was great.
The boat trip down the river was worth the trip, we went 1st day and it gave us a good grounding for the trip.
Didn%26#39;t get bothered by beggers, etc, and felt really safe in most places, kept my hand on my bag on the metro when it was crowded, but didn%26#39;t feel under any threat at all even walking around late at night.
The metro was fine once you got used to it, also the buses.
Didn%26#39;t get to the louvre, as we went to go after 6 0 clock and it was the wrong day for late night, but ended up sitting chatting to people instead, which was fun.
One tip, if you are only going for a few days don%26#39;t try to cram it all in, we felt much more like we had experienced the real Paris, by wandering around, and watching etc, than, running around like headless chicken trying to fit everything in.
Didn%26#39;t see much dog sh** really, which was good, only rained once despite the 10 day forecast saying showers most day, in fact the last day we got sunburnt it was so hot,
Did the champs-elysses the last day, but unless you are into posh shops, would have rather used the time and gone somewhere else.
Plenty of toilets everywhere, (me and my daughter tend to need them urgently at times due to various reasons) but we either found them in all the eating places or just went in and asked for the toilets, my notoriuosly tempremental stomach behaved itself impeccably i%26#39;m glad to say, and i ate all sorts of things and drank quite a lot too, may I add.
Charles De Gaulle airport on the way back to england was a real dissapointment, lack of notices, nowhere to eat, bars closed etc, considering Paris is a major attraction for us english it was crap to be blunt.
anyway had a great time, if I can be of any help to anyone, as I have probably missed out a loads of stuff, I will be more than willing, as I found that this forum was invaluable and helped me plan a great trip,thanks everyone who answered my queries.If I think of anything else will post again, Bonsoir mes amis, janick
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Just thought a few more things, don%26#39;t worry about what anyone is wearing, there was everything and no one seemed to be haute couture, be comfortable and don%26#39;t take too much, we only really got dressed up the meal in the eiffel tower, also it is really worth wearing your shoes in, as the amount of walking you do, even on the metro up and down steps, is amazing, your feet do really feel like they have done a marathon at the end of the day. janick
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How far in advance did you make your reservation for Altitude 95? And do they only allow reservations at certain times (seatings)? Was there a special booth to pick up your Eiffel Tower tickets since you were eating at the restaurant, or did you have to stand in the regular line? You mentioned you were about 20 minutes late so I wondered if it was the line that held you up. Thanks for any info about this.
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I noticed that Altitude 95 caters alot to tour gruops so maybe that is why they schedule the way they do. We actually went with a tour group so our group was seated at 9PM and we took up the entire resturarnt.
I agree about the airport. We are spoiled by having good food and drinks in our airports. In October we were on a flight that had some sort of threat so they evacuated us and made us sit in the terminal for 6 hours. No food or water was offered and we were not allowed to leave the area where they unlaoaded us. It was really awful.
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Mimmy,
Altitude 95 does have two seatings, I think 7:30 and 9:00. We were told to arrive at the restaurant by 7:00 for the 7:30 seating. If you want a window seat, you need to ask for it when making a reservation and we were told you needed to reserve 2 months in advance for the window. Otherwise, I don%26#39;t know that you have to make reservations too early. We went to the early seating on a Saturday night and it was not packed (lots of tour groups, though). There is a special booth to purchase tickets to ascend for the restaurant, and you bypass the regular queue.
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Thanks. I had no idea one had to make a reservation for Altitude 95 that far in advance in order to get a window seat. Now I have to make up my mind quickly whether we want to do that.
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Hello, did I read correctly that the dinner was only 55 Euros? For two?
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Hi there, the dinner in altitude 45 cost us 55 british pound, roughly 79 euros, plus we left a tip, about 5 euros, the meal we had was the seafood platter between the both of us, and a dessert each and a bottle of rose wine, so i should imagine, it would be more if we had had a starter, maincourse, dessert each etc, but we found it was plenty.
I booked fairly early for the restaurant, but had to phone as they do not take bookings via email, and then we confirmed again when we got to paris via the hotel, who rang for us, I specified a window table, smoking, and it was a lovely spot looking over paris,
We didn%26#39;t have to queue to get into the restaurant, you go to a yellow kiosk, they mark your name off, and then you have to purchase tickets to go up the tower, but you go right to the front of the queue as there are people there waiting to take your ticket, then you have to wait to go on the lift, there are only sittings 7.00 and 9.00pm, so i make sure you allow plenty of time to get there, as the getting the tickets, waiting for the lift etc, can take a good 20 minutes or so.I f i was going again I would book for the 9 p.m sitting as it would be dark and you would get the full effect of the lights etc on the tower, the staff were extremely helpful and the service was good.after the meal you can stroll around the level you are on and look over Paris.Janick
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