Paris recs- single female

[blanca]

Hey everyone!

I'm going to be traveling to Amsterdam with friends in March. I'm adding on 3 nights in Paris (everyone else has to fly back). Any hotel recommendations for a single female traveler?

Any other tips/recs would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

[anna7602]

I don't have any hotel recos as I usually stay with friends or rent apartments there, but you will be fine as a single traveler. I spent many, many days wandering around Paris by myself and nights making it back home in a cab or on the subway by myself as well.

I would probably aim to stay in the 5th or 6th arrondissement just because I am a Left Bank kind of girl and really like how walkable that area of town is. The Jardin des Plantes and the Jardin de Luxembourg are in those arrondissements, plus lots of really great restaurants. It's also easy to hop over the river to Notre Dame, the Conciergerie, Le Marais, etc. from there and the subway and bus connections are good. The 7th arr. is also quite safe and good, but isn't as exciting to me as the 5th/6th.

[mdgirl]

I'm completely jealous. Paris is great solo!

We've stayed at the Hotel Relais Bosquet twice and I liked it. There's an incredible bakery on the corner, the neighborhood is cute, and there's a Metro stop very close by.

On our last trip to Paris my husband was attending a conference so I had time to myself, and I always felt safe walking around. One thing I thought was fun that I don't see mentioned much for tourists is Le Bon Marche. The store is good, but the food hall is amazing! And there's a park across the street if you want to get lunch and eat outside (might be a little chilly for that in March though).

[anna7602]

Jan 16, 2014 13:40:19 GMT -5 mdgirl said:

 One thing I thought was fun that I don't see mentioned much for tourists is Le Bon Marche. The store is good, but the food hall is amazing! And there's a park across the street if you want to get lunch and eat outside (might be a little chilly for that in March though).

Ah yes! There's the park Sevres-Babylone right in front of the Bon Marche. There's also a really great ice cream place up the street on Rue du Bac, but I don't think I have ever known the name of it. It's just before another little park. Oh, and if you're not overwhelmed with the park options yet, another place to grab lunch at the Bon Marche and then have an outdoor seat is the Jardin Catherine Laboure, on Rue Babylone, between Rue du Bac and Vaneau.

There's also an amazing outdoor food market on Blvd. Raspail (same neighborhood as Le Bon Marche) on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

Upstairs at Le Bon Marche is an outpost of Rose Bakery, although I highly recommend going to the original Rose Bakery on Rue des Martyrs.

Filling 3 days in Paris shouldn't be hard.  

[urbancowgirl]

If you're not opposed to staying at a chain, I recommend the Holiday Inn Notre Dame. It's in a great location and the rooms were very nice. It has an awesome rooftop bar, too. And FWIW, it didn't look or feel like a chain hotel at all.

[blanca]

Thank you so much for the info! So excited

[magdala]

The Louvre is closed on Tuesdays. In the past decade, I have had three business trips to Paris with a free day due to scheduling....on Tuesday.    :?

[mrsukyankee]

I wouldn't even worry if you can't get to the Louvre. My favourite museum is the much smaller and easier to deal with D'Orsday...it's lovely and easy to get to.

I stayed in the Latin Quarter and felt very comfy as a single woman in Paris. I also loved going up Rue Mouffatard for meals, and you are very close to many other places of interest (or easy to get there by Metro). I stayed at the Hotel Act V, which was not fabulous but nice enough.