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WEEKENDER | PARIS<br />
Clockwise from here,<br />
a window display at<br />
Printemps; macarons<br />
from Ladurée; Païva<br />
restaurant; Hôtel<br />
Castille; Chacha Club<br />
boutiques. The best new fashion stores<br />
are concentrated around Rue Charlot,<br />
Rue Poitou and Rue Vieille du Temple.<br />
Don’t miss Surface to Air (68 Rue Charlot)<br />
for hip streetwear with a French touch,<br />
before heading to the Montorgueil district,<br />
north of Les Halles, for a quick snack<br />
or cappuccino at Caldo-Freddo (34 Rue<br />
Montorgueil, tel: +33 (0)1 4026 3032),<br />
an authentic Italian café whose rum hot<br />
chocolate will thaw out your frozen limbs!<br />
Stylish young locals shop in the<br />
mid-priced boutiques around the Église<br />
St-Eustache, especially on the Rue de<br />
Montmartre and Rue du Jour. Nearby<br />
Almost Famous (65 Rue d’Argout)<br />
specialises in the most wearable pieces<br />
from French designers, and around the<br />
corner, the Experimental Cocktail Club<br />
(37 Rue St Sauveur), is an ideal spot to<br />
46 | TRAVELLER | DECEMBER 09<br />
join a fashionable yet laidback crowd of<br />
hip youngsters enjoying curiously strong<br />
concoctions before dinner. Dress to<br />
impress (and reserve a table in advance) if<br />
you want to dine and dance with the cool<br />
kids at the Chacha Club (47 Rue Berger,<br />
tel: +33 (0)1 4013 1212), a small restaurantbar-nightclub<br />
arranged like a private<br />
apartment, with nightly themed events<br />
and DJs.<br />
SUNDAY<br />
Get into the spirit of the season with a<br />
stroll through the Christmas villages<br />
outside the churches of St-Germain-des-<br />
Prés and St-Sulpice, where you can buy<br />
speciality foods, crafts and jewellery. Join<br />
Paris’ editors, writers, artists and agents<br />
at Les Editeurs (4 Carrefour de l’Odéon,<br />
tel: +33 (0)1 4326 6776), a contemporary<br />
establishment in the chic St-Germaindes-Prés<br />
district, or sip a grand crème<br />
on the terrace of Deux Magots (6 Place<br />
St-Germain-des-Près, tel: +33 (0)1 4548<br />
5525), where Sartre, de Beauvoir and<br />
Hemingway used to write. Finally, browse<br />
the elaborate Christmas window displays of<br />
Paris’ Grands Magasins – Le Bon Marché<br />
(38 Rue de Sèvres), Galeries Lafayette<br />
(40 Boulevard Haussmann) and nearby<br />
Printemps (64 Boulevard Haussmann)<br />
department stores all try to outdo each<br />
other with typical French fl air. A festive<br />
way to end a weekend shopping in the<br />
City of Lights.<br />
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