My friends and I will be in Paris in two weeks and have booked a hotel in Cite Bergere. I%26#39;ve been doing some reading and just learned that the grand boulevard should be avoided at night. Does this mean that we should be heading home before dusk? We have looked forward to this trip and exploring Paris at night.
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What you%26#39;ve been reading is rubbish. It%26#39;s as safe at night as anywhere in Paris. It%26#39;s a lively and popular area at night with dozens of cafés, restaurants and brasseries. The Hard Rock Cafe is your biggest threat. The t-shirt buyers can be very aggressive.
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The Grands Boulevards (plural) is a station on one of the wide boulevards built in the 19th century around the oldest districts of Paris. They are famous for being full of people filling bars, restaurants, cafes, theatres etc. until late at night/ early in the morning. That particular station is right by 2 very famous landmarks(especially for the Parisians): the Musee Grevin and the Theatre des Varietes and there are several other theatres nearby. You are in Downtown Paris, an area I would consider far safer than many places around the wotld. Where did your read that the area was unsafe? May be they meant a small section on the OTHER grand boulevards, by Pigalle..an area that is raunchy (as Soho in London) but not unsafe, as many posters on this sIte have said again and again.
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I was just there ON 21ST March. We visited Au Limonaire, a wine bar with chansons at 8 Cite Bergere. We left just after midnight and got the metro at grands Boulevards. PERFECTLY SAFE. There were lots of people about just having a good night out.
I am familiar with this area and have stayed in the hotels of Cite Bergere in the past. Chartier is across the road on rue de Faubourg Montmatre, there are lots of cafes and shops.( you can catch the bus to Montmatre ther). Passage Jouffrey is round the corner on Bd Monmatre. Try Valentins for breakfast a chocolaterie in Passage Jouffrey. Opposite Passage jouffrey is Passage de Panoramas, you can walk down through Passage Vivienne to the Palais Royal, a lovely park near the Louvre. No worries. Although it is not the prettiest area of Paris, I would have no hesitation in staying there again.
Just go and enjoy yourselves.
Denise
Love from England
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Thank you so much everyone! specially Grndma of UK.It will be good exercise going to the Louvre Museum. Yes, we will be trying the cafe you suggested. This will be my second time in Paris and first for my other friends. I just want to see more night life of Paris.
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