I%26#39;m heading to Paris with a group of high school students. We will be staying in the 5th, near metro Censier Daubenton. I know we%26#39;ll be near the rue Mouffetard, but can someone give me a better sense of what the neighborhood is like, especially at night. My impression from past visits is that it%26#39;s very residential...am I right? Un grand merci!
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It is residential in some places. The Rue Mouffatard is always busy with pedestrians. there are some Bars and cheap eating places which might appeal to the students. There is a youth hostel and you are near the Sorbonne. We saw alot of you young people out and about on Rue Mouffatard. The Place De Itali is also very active with a young crowd. Blvd St. Michel is very lively too. The smaller streets are quiet at night.
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Hi Parishoes,
Paris regular Gitte K stayed near there last July and gave a description of the area you are talking about in her hotel review
tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g187147-d194…
I very much like the area to walk around in the daytime and it is so popular that I am sure there will be lots of people around in the evening too, as Suzanne noted.
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You will love it - as it is very much %26quot;Paris-as-I-expected-it%26quot;. Lively, pretty, lots of cafés and small shops (food, icecream, pastry, fruit, clothes, gifts, souvenirs etc) - and safe as a kindergarten playground. So you will have nothing to worry about - except that you will run out of money too soon.........
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On my first trip to Paris, my daughter and I stayed in a 2 atar hotel near the metro Censier D%26#39;aubenton. It was a fairly quiet area, there%26#39;s a really nice restaurant - La Comedie or similar - great italian food - and there%26#39;s some fantastic boulangeries. It%26#39;s a little out of the hussle of the centre, residential - but close to rue Mouffetard which has great restaruants, cafes etc....a 20 min walk or less will have you at the Seine...
Very safe at night...
Sandra
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Just a few restaurant suggestions:
1.
A Greek restaurant between Père Médard church and Censier Daubenton metro. I don%26#39;t know its name, but according to my map, it must have been in Rue de Candolle. Very tasty tzaziki and lamb skewer.Nice wine from Crete (brought back memories of summer holidays in my far away youth .....)
2.
Cave la Bourgogne on the square with the fountain in the middle, at the end of Rue Mouffetard (nr. 144). The terrace will be totally filled with people around lunch and dinner time, so try and book a table. Had absolutely wonderful confit de canard (salted duck%26#39;s leg roasted in its own fat twice...... yum-yum). Their %26quot;Salades composées%26quot; seemed to be very big indeed - I never tried them though.
3.
On the opposite side of the square, you can%26#39;t miss it. %26quot;Au Pére Médard-something%26quot;.... I can%26#39;t remember its correct name. Good salades composées, nice waitresses.
4.
%26quot;Le Petit Marguery%26quot;, 9 Blvd. Port Royal. Just leave the hotel, turn left and follow Rue Pascal down to the bridge, climb the stairs - and you are in Blvd Port Royal. This bistrot is very famous for its VERY good food, e.g. lobster for lunch - - - or so I have been told. I am so ashamed to admit that I never went there, even though I stayed so close to it. It is run by two brothers and is renowned for being one of the last original bistrots in Paris. Is a MUST-DO and is on my list for next summer (maybe a late loooong lunch after an afternoon visit to la Manufacture des Gobelins, which I have wanted so see for a long time)
Bonne dégustation.........
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Thanks to everyone! you%26#39;ve confirmed my thoughts based on my limited experience in that area. (I usually stay around Montparnasse/St Germain when I travel there myself). I think the kids will like it alot, and I, as their leader, can feel comfortable with their wanderings.
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