Paris - Le Marais & Memilmontant (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet

Funky bars and restaurants, emerging qdesigners’ boutiques and the city’s thriving gay and Jewish communities all squeeze into Le Marais’ warren of narrow medieval laneways, while neighbouring Ménilmontant has some of the city’s hippest nightlife.

Paris - Le Marais & Memilmontant (Chapter) Lonely Planet

pay your respects to the rich, famous and infamous at Cimetière du Père Lachaise
take an elegant walk through the history of Paris, from prehistory to modern times, at the city’s atmospheric Musée Carnavalet, secreted in a pair of richly furnished 16th- and 17th-century mansions.
visit place des Vosges, a triumph of symmetry and understated bon goût

Coverage includes: Neighbourhood Top Five, Local Life, Getting There & Away, Sights, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Sleeping, Entertainment, Shopping and Sports & Activities.