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Old Posted Mar 10, 2014, 10:54 PM
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Paris has ton of bookstores but I don't know any can't-miss bookstores.
Many are located in Quartier Latin.
The biggest in the area are Gibert Joseph and Gilbert Jeune on Boulevard Saint-Michel, they have many books but the interior of the store is pretty average to not say ugly.

I know that many tourists visit the Shakespeare & Company English bookstore.

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Perfect, thanks. Saint Germain, Marais, I didn't know that stuff.
Many of these advices are touristy areas (especially Saint-Germain and the Marais), you will find a detailed review of those districts in every tourist guides.

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Paris guys, are some of the arrondissements better than others? Surely everything inside the Peripherique is not exactly equal.
Not equal but interesting and lively everywhere.
It depends what you means by better

My least favorite arrondissement is the 7th, the arrondissement where is located the Eiffel tower.
It is the least active of Paris with many ambassies and governmental buildings, a small and very wealthy population.
Not much street life here compared with the rest of the city and everything is expensive.
You should not miss the Eiffel tower but don't try to find anything to do around it.
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