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 Roger Barrier
If you want to gift your dear ones watches or jewels, why not get one from the reputed Barrier Roger. With an international reputation and clients such as Piaget, Baume & Mercier and Cartier, it has been in the watch making business since 1858. From Monday to Saturday, you can check out the private collections and if you have watches or jewels to repair, they will do it for you. Precious stone lovers will also find something for themselves here.
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 Puces de Montreuil
Shopping can be a great delight in Puces de Montreuil, one of the oldest flea markets in France. You can buy lots of second-hand clothes (in good condition) and designer seconds. It was established in the 19th century and is a popular spot for people looking out for good stuff at cheap prices. Apart from second clothes, Puces de Montreuil also sells jewelry, antique gravings, appliances, crockery and even old furniture.
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 Puces de Vanves
If you like to go out for shopping only on weekends, Puces de Vanves is the right place to be. Set up by professional shop keepers and stall owners, you will have fun shopping in the open-air flea market. It is opened only during weekends and is the smallest flea market in Paris. Though not as big as the flea market in St-Ouen, it offers old books, old furniture, antiques, and interesting souvenirs. Pray that you may get something original and historic.
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 Viaduct of the Arts
Viaduct of the Arts is a great place to spend your time where you can admire quality that’s rare and precious. Admire the renovated train viaduct as pink bricks, wood, and large stained glass windows give the place a new life. Established in 1990, this unique location is home to more than 45 craftsmen who display their wares under the arcades of a renovated train viaduct. It has shops selling items, such as antique dolls and gilded picture frames.
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 Flower Market
Flowers can bring a smile on anyone face. So, if you want to see smiles on your loved ones faces, come to Flower Market situated on the east side of Madeleine. Buy a bouquet of flowers here on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Flower market is Greek looking temple, built in the 19th century and is also the venue for weddings and other special occasions. When you are in Paris, it is impossible to miss this place. Go and lose yourself in the universe of fragrances and feel beautiful like flower.
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 Antiques books market
If you are looking for second-hand books, Antiques books market at Parc Georges Brassens is the place to be. Every weekend the park hosts a book market where you can expect to buy ordinary novels, comics and old posters. Named after the famous French singer Georges Brassens, this quiet park was once the site of an ancient slaughter house (abattoir).
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 Marche d’Aligre
It is said that if you want to know about a particular place, market is the best place. Considered as one of the least expensive markets in Paris, Marche d’Aligre market will help you get an insight into life in the capital. It is advisable to be early bird to get the good things. You can also get a feel of the cosmopolitan Paris as several Asian and North African shops are located around the market. Marche d’Aligre is typically Parisian and well supplied market. Made up of the covered Marche Beauvau (open since 1777) and an open-market in the surrounding square with produce as well as flea-market stalls, it is one of the city’s most interesting markets.
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 Marche des Batignolles
Marche des Batignolles is an organic market. For organic food lovers, this is the ultimate place to be. Marche sells untreated organic fruits and vegetables with intense flavors. There are something for meat lovers as well, as you also get free-range chickens, farm goats’ cheeses and countrystyle charcuterie for cold meats. On Boulevard Raspail (14th arrondissement) is another organic market which is open on Sunday at the same time.
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 Halles
Les Halles, located in the very heart of Paris is one of the favorite places for Parisans and tourists alike. Wonderfully situated near many cafes and boutiques, selling clothes, accessories, interior design and funky gifts, it is one of the biggest underground shopping areas in the French capital (the Forum des Halles). Catering to the taste of youngsters and mixed crowd, you will find good selection of shops. You can enjoy a movie after your shopping and can even relax in the swimming pool within the shopping complex. It is also home to Paris’s largest shopping centre, the Forum des Halles. Every Parisian can get here in just a few minutes with 5 metro lines (1,4,7,11,14) and 3 RER lines (A,B,D) giving direct access to the centre. Writer Emile Zola called the Halles, “belly of Paris” and it used to be a huge fruit and meat market. The Halles is situated in the square formed by Rue de Rivoli, Boulevard Sebastopol, Rue Etienne Marcel and Rue du Louvre.
Metro: Chatelet, Les Halles.
RER: Chatelet Les Halles.
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 Puces de Clignancourt
Come and do your shopping in Puces de Clignancourt, a haven for shoppers. The Marche aux Puces which literally means, ‘Market of the fleas’ is not just one market but twelve offering a selection of 3,000 stalls selling antiques to funky junk. To get the best bargain, it is advisable to take someone who speak French, if you do not. You will have a good time walking down the market streets and discovering Paris in its markets.
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 Bouquinistes
Enjoy buying books or perusing along the bank of the River Seine. You will find Les Bouquinistes (book peddlers) selling an array of antique and not-so-antique books, manuscripts, prints, and postcards. They form a vital part of Parisian folklore with their green characteristic green metal lockers and sit-around-all-day attitude. Walk down this lane and have the pleasure of a different experience altogether.
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 Marche aux Oiseaux
Marche aux Oiseaux market sells exotic birds and orchids. This beautiful market on the Ile de la Cite will surely win your heart and you will end up buying houseplants, flowers, and orchids. If you can take out some time on Sundays, you can get birds and other assorted household pets (anything from guinea pigs and goldfish to ferrets and potbelly pigs). Be patient and ready to do some bargaining to get great prices on the plant front. To avoid any kind of fake while buying more exotic birds or anything that claims to be a pure bred, make sure you get the appropriate papers.
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 Village Suisse
Formerly the exhibition site for the 1900 World Fair, Village Suisse is the epicenter for rare masterpieces. This antique market sells rare and interesting pieces. You will also find some rare paintings here. Antique and art lovers will as today it is home to more than 150 antique dealers and decorators, whose forte is 18th century French furniture and African primitive art.
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 Puces de St-Ouen
No matter whether you love shopping or not, a visit to Puces de St-Ouen is a must when you are in Paris. The popularity of the world’s biggest flea market is evident from the towering number of visitors every weekend, numbering to 200,000. Make sure you carry enough cash as stallholders rarely accept credit cards and the nearest available cash machine is always queued out. You will get things at great prices, especially if you are adept in bargaining. Everything that your heart ever desire, you will find it here: furniture, pictures, new and second-hand clothes. If you are laborious and lucky, you may land yourself a 1970s leather jacket or a rare Louis XV chest of drawers. After a tiring and fulfilling shopping, delicious and mouth-watering food awaits you at the food stalls.
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