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Saint Germain boasts of many attractions including, museums, churches, gardens, monuments, towers. To make your visit worthwhile, you must take out time to visit them. For coin lovers, Coin Museum is a must visit where you will find preserved principal coins which were instrumental in the history of currency. Visit the Luxembourg Palace & Gardens to get an insight in to the history and exquisite art in a natural setting. Montparnasse Tower is the skyscraper for France and it offers a fairytale view of the city. St. Sulpice Church is worth visiting for its impressive Italian-style façade adorned with two turretsand columns on two levels.
When you are in Saint Germain, make Villa Pantheon Hotel your temporary abode. It is located in the heart of the Saint Germain district and is at walking distance from the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Odeon Theater as well as the famous “Rue Mouffetard” and the Arab World Institute. The hotel is fully equipped with modern facilities including air-conditioning, color TV, modem point, hairdryer etc. Enjoy the hospitality at the hotel. Hotel La Tour Notre Dame is ideal for both business and leisure travelers alike. Located between Saint des Pres and the Cathedral Notre Dame, all restaurants, shopping areas and other important landmarks are within easy reach. The Cluny museum and the Sorbonne University are favorably situated opposite to the hotel.
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Fill your palette at the city’s various restaurants. Artisans des Saveurs Restaurants has mouth-watering menu including fish, meat and salads, variety of pastries and different kinds of tea. Try out traditional French cuisines at Allard Restaurant. You will love the classic French preparations, such as Escargots, Cassoulets, Duck with Olives etc. Brasserie Lutetia Restaurant is a great place to dine where you will enjoy its soothing and heart-warming ambience. It offers both French cuisine and seafood. You will love its vast selection of Coffee Croissants. It is also popular for its children menu and vegetarian dishes and wide selection of wines.
Shopping can be a wonderful experience in Saint Germain. Muji is a Japanese-based lifestyle store where you will find functional house wares, including dishes, stationary, simple furniture, bicycles, cotton clothing, accessories at very low prices. Jewellery lovers must head to Adeline store which sells exclusive pieces, all in dull gold, studded with real gems like topaz, ruby, emerald and more. For literature and book lovers, Hune bookshop is paradise where you can buy literature of all kinds: poetry, short stories, novels, biographies and more. If you love dressing up, Cacharel boutique is the perfect place for you to shop for girly floral dresses, formal trousers and bold prints ad pastel shades dresses.
Saint Germain is located on the Left Bank, across the Seine from the Tuileries and runs along the southern shore of the Seine, in the 7th and 8th arrondisement. East of boulevard St-Michel and the Musee d’Orsay are included in Saint Germain. It is an important place as it is the intellectual center of gravity where you will find bistros, bookshops, coffee-houses, galleries, nightclubs and publishing houses. The Café de Flore, the Brasserie and the Cafes Les Deux Magots (frequented by the writers of the “Lost Generation” of the 20s and 30s, and by the post World War II Existentialists). Saint Germain is blessed with interesting structures such as the Cour du Commerce St-Andre, the Cour de Rohan, the Ecole Nationale d’Administration, the Institut de France, the Palais Abbatial, the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, the Theatre National de I’Odeon and the St-Germain-des-Pres church. There are many museums in St-Germain including the Musee Eugene Delacroix, the Musee Nationale de la Legion d’Honneur, the Musee de la Monnaie and the Musee d’Orsay. Saint-Germain has the oldest church in Paris, built by the Merovingian King Childebert in 542, to house holy relics. The world’s first coffeehouse, Le Procope., which was founded in 1686 is also here.
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