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Boulevard du Montparnasse
Blvd du Montparnasse is lined with cafes and restaurants which are evocative of the exciting period when the area was "hip". The large Art Deco brasserie, 'La Coupole', at #102, which opened in 1927 with columns decorated by different artists; the famed Dome at #108, now a luxurious fish restaurant and bar, the 'Rotonde'and the late-night cafe, Le Select at #99. Further east along the boulevard is the legendary La Closerie des Lilas a favorite with Picasso and Hemingway, Lenin and Trotsky, and still has a clientele of politicians and publishers.
There are many good Breton creperies off blvd. Du Montparnasse as Gare Montparnasse serves the northwest coast of France and in the 19th century many immigrants from Brittany settled here.
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Paris 14th Arrondissement - Montparnasse
The "heyday"of Montparnasse was during the early 1900's when artists such as Picasso, his poet friend Apollinaire, Leger, and Soutine, moved from Montmartre, where the rents had become too high, to Montparnasse. Between the wars Chagall, Zadkine and other Russian expatriates made their homes here as well as Americans; writers Henry Miller, Exra Pound and Gertrude Stein and the photographer Man Ray. Mondrian moved here in 1926 and was where he died and his mistress committed suicide. Foujita, Braque, Rouault and Klee lived in Montparnasse, while the famous artist's muse and friend, Kiki, reigned here. It was a very lively 'avant-garde'scene with cafes and jazz clubs where the artists, writers and intellectuals met, discussed, drank, ate.
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Tour Montparnasse
Around blvd. du Montparnasse are many cinemas and a shopping complex at the foot of Tour Montparnasse. The Tower itself is rather an ugly but at night the view from the top is absolutely stunning.
Cemetery du Montparnasse
Buried in the park-like Montparnasse Cemetery, not far from Gare Montparnasse, are writers Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, Baudelaire, and Maupassant; composers Cesar Frank and Saint-Saens. Captain Alfred Dreyfus is buried here and, more recently, Serge Gainsbourg and Jean Seberg.
Cartier Foundation
Headquarters to Cartier and an exhibition center for modern art, is on rue Raspail.
Catacombes
The underground world of Paris. Bones from the old cemeteries of Paris, namely the cemetery of the Innocents. Ossuaries in the hollowed out spaces of the former stone quarries.
Paris Observatory
Can be visited on the 1st Saturday of each month and lets you discover the sky with its collection of measuring devices, ancient telescopes and other instruments of astronomy from all ages.
Vanves Flea Market
The most fun Flea market in Paris is held at Vanves, metro: Porte de Vanves, on Saturday and Sunday 7:00 am to 7:30 p.m.
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Tour Paris in a 2CV
Venice has its gondolas, Vienna its horses and carriages, Bangkok its tuk-tuks, and now Paris has its 2CVs! Jump into this distinctive car for a privately chauffeured open-air tour of the capital's famous squares and its lesser known districts.. Pick up from your hotel or apartment.
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Champagne Evening at Bobino
Bobino is the only place in paris where you can have a drink, diner, attend a spectacular show, and dance.
Upon your arrival you will receive a tremendous reception. Interactive shows of magic, humour, dance interpreted by our artists-waiters will make your diner a real show! You'll see a sexy show with 1h15 of songs, dance, performance, magic, more than 40 artists on the stage, hundreds of costumes, the beads, the madness....an amazing spectacle which has revolutionized the world of the Parisian Cabaret.
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Where to Eat
La Cremaillere - Pl du Tertre
La Cremaillere restaurant is on the famous Place du Tertre, where artists and intellectuals would meet. A few guests, Dalida the famous French singer and Lance Armstrong.
