Address: 5, Rue des Arquebusiers 75003 Paris

Area: Marais - Bastille

Metro: Saint Sebastian Froissart (8) - Chemin vert (8)

Description:

On the edge of the Marais, the historic heart of Paris, the Villa Beaumarchais is a new haven of calm and elegance. An extraordinary garden in an inner courtyard, warm and intimate lounges, refined rooms, and everywhere you will find a poetic variation on a hunting theme.

Louvre 1st
Montorgueil 2nd
Marais 3rd/4th
Latin Quarter 5th
Saint Germain 6th
Eiffel Tower 7th
Champs Elysees 8th
Opera 9th
Canal St Martin 10th
Bastille 11th
Montparnasse 14th/15th
Trocadero 16th
Arc de Triomphe 17th
Montmartre 18th

Rue Vieille-du-Temple and rue St. Croix de la Bretonnerie
With its many cafes, restaurants, clubs, fashion boutiques and “maisons et objects” stores, it is the center of Paris’s vibrant gay community. Shops are open on Sunday when most other parts of Paris are closed. On rue St. Crois de la Bretonnerie is the gay bookstore ‘Les Mots a la Bouche, and a nice salon for tea is ‘Mariage Freres’, 30-32 rue du Bourg-Tibourg, which sells 450 varieties of tea.

A noticeable landmark is the Gothic Hotel Herouet and its turret built in 1528 at the corner of rue des Frances-Bourgeois and rue Vieille-du-Temple.

Place des Vosges
Place des Vosges, built by Henri IV and completed in 1612, it is known as the most beautiful square in Europe. It is noted for its picturesque streets, boutiques, galleries, and beautifully restored 16th & 18th century "hôtels particuliers". Madam de Seveigne was born at #1 bis, #21 is where Richelieu lived and #6 was Victor Hugo’s residence, now a museum to him

Oberkampf
The Bastille area around Rues de Charonne, d'Oberkampf and de la Roquette have numerous atmospheric bars and small restaurants and on Rues de Charonne and d'Oberkampf there are a number of bars appealing to those who like rock music, motorbikes and leather jackets. The rue du Faubourg St. Antoine has always been a center for furniture makers but there are picturesque little alleys and streets in the area. Rue de Lappe typifies the rejuvenation of the Bastille area. There are still traces of it being part of the "Gay Paris"of the 1930's,with its "bals musettes", or dance halls, frequented between the wars by Piaf, Jean Gabin and Rita Hayworth. "The Balajo" Dance Hall is still in existence.

The Bastille
Built around 1370, was once part of the defenses of Paris. Louis XIV had the wall demolished but left the Bastille, which later became a luxury prison for aristocratic and notable people who could have goods and services sent in. The Marquis de Sade was a prisoner here as were Mirabeau and Voltaire. It was stormed on 14 July 1789, but at that time there were only seven prisoners. It was later razed and replaced in 1831 by the column, called the July Column, now standing surmounted by the "Spirit of Liberty". In Place Henri Galli can be found a commemorative pile of stones from the original Bastille.

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The heart of the gay district of Paris. It has a large concentration of bars, boutiques and restaurants. In the evenings crowds extend beyond pavements and into the streets.

Bars:

Metro: Hotel de Ville.

Rue Ste Croix de la Bretonnerie
• No.   3   Coffee Shop
• No. 16   L'Oiseau Bariole
• No. 23   No. Mixer Bar
• No. 35   Le Nestor
• No. 43   Le Feeling

Rue Vieille du Temple
• No. 18   Le Carre
• No. 33   Le Central
• No. 40   Okawa
• No. 402   L'Amnesia Cafe

Rue des Archives
• No. 17   Open Cafe
• No. 15   Café Cox
• No 59   L'Amigo.

Rue de la Verrerie
• No. 23   Quetzal Bar
• No. 16   Rainbow Cafe
• No.   7   Thermik Bar

• Akhenaton Cafe 12, rue du platre.

Metro : Bastille

• Le Bennelong Cafe 31 Boulevard Henri IV

Metro : St Paul

• Monkey's Cafe 30, rue du Roi de Sicile
• Au Bouquet Saint-Paul 85, rue Saint-Paul

Restaurants:

Metro: Hotel de Ville

Rue Sainte Croix de la Bretonnerie
• No. 42   Le Petit Picard
• No. 19   L'Arganier
• No. 6/8   B4 Le Resto
• No.  3   Le 3

• Un Piano dans la cuisine
20, rue de la Verrerie

• Le Gai Moulin
4, rue Saint Merri

• Okawa
40, rue Vieille du Temple

• Coupe Gorge
2, rue de la coutellerie

• Da Lu Cheng
5, rue Rambuteau

• Le Dos De La Baleine
40, rue des Blancs Manteaux

• Equinox
33, rue des Rosiers

• Le Coffee-Shop de l'Open Cafe
23, rue du Temple.

• Au Tibourg
29, rue du Bourg Tibourg

Metro : Saint Sebastien Froissart

• A Deux Pas Du 3 101, rue Vieille du Temple

Clubbing:

Metro: Chatelet

• New After Slow Club 130, Rue de Rivoli

Marais - Bastille

Hotel Villa Beaumarchais

Near : Rue Vieille du Temple Place des Vosges Oberkampf Bastille

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