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Municipal arrondissement in Île-de-France, France
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The 2nd arrondissement of Paris is one of the financial centres of Europe, being home to the Bourse (stock exchange) and thus the CAC 40 index you hear about in world financial news. Other major activities in the neighbourhood are journalism and fashion.
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Try to visit the cabinet des Médailles.
17th century church.
Beautiful round "square" with an equestrian statue of King Louis XIV and matching 17th century buildings.
One of the last remnants of medieval Paris outside of the 4th, this tower was once part of a castle called l'hôtel de Bourgogne.
National Opéra Comic Theatre
The théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique (National Opéra Comic Theatre) is an opera company and opera house.
French meat with home made ketchup.
A fast food restaurant that makes a "healthy" version of kebab (good herbs, better salad). Three cooks, Marie Carcassonne, Hugo Desnoyer, and Frédéric Peneau worked on this creation.
Japanese cuisine
This comfy little bar offers home cooking from the Auvergne region, and after-work drinks for the financial set.
Italian cuisine
This Indian restaurant is raved about by vegetarians. It serves meat as well.
A Costes brothers creation but with lower prices than many of their other restaurants. The Etienne Marcel combines a creative menu with hip interior design and hip musical ambiance. Vegetarians: The crispy risotto balls (risotto croustillant) are amazing, and pretty much impossible to make at home.
The really distinguishing feature of the Tambour is its very late hours.
Anthony Clémot runs this French kitchen.
A particularly fine example of a Paris café.
A technology focused café and co-working space.
As you probably know the English use the word "frog" as an ethnic slur for the French. You may not know that the word "rosbif" is a French ethnic slur for the English. Well, it seems that there are mostly no hard feelings over a pint, or so the presence of this chain of 6 English pubs in the French capital would tend to suggest.
Legend has it that Harry's New York Bar was the birthplace of the Bloody Mary invented by Fernand "Pete" Petiot, an American bartender, and was another Hemingway hangout.
Short walk from the department stores Printemps and Galeries Lafayette, Opéra, Place de la Madeleine, and the Louvre.
Old world charm.
Closed during August, and between Christmas and New Year's.
Palatial hotel with a residential feel and personalised service. Within walking distance of Place Vendôme.
Rue Montorgueil is like a scene from a movie. Closed to traffic, the street is a food-lovers delight, with cafes, bars, and all types of fresh produce for sale in the open air.
Slow food distribution on three different stores: a grocer, a fish monger and a butcher. They all source fresh, quality, mostly organic produce.
The book shop is specialized on books for chefs, interested cooks or foodies.
Start with the best preserved of the galleries and whose décor has been maintained in authentic colours from the era. It's really the mosaic floor which is the star of the show. The shops are distinctly upscale, and all about conspicuous consumption: a wine seller, a tea shop, and a dealer in antique books are among the highlights.
A considerably more down-to-earth gallery, the passage mainly serves traders on their way to the bourse, with the same class of shops that one might find in a pedestrian tunnel in New York or Chicago: a shoeshine stand, a newsstand, and little almost-but-not-quite fast-food restaurants.
Being right in the middle of the city, the 2nd arrondissement is well served by the Métro system. 5 lines provide direct access to the district via 10 different stations.
Read in the guideAs the 2nd is the smallest arrondissement, it is easy to travel many places within it on foot. It's possible to comfortably walk the entire perimeter of the district in around an hour.
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