Shopping in Paris

What and where to shop in Paris

When you are out travelling the world, then maybe you would be interested in som shopping. We try to find some interesting shopping links for the city, which you can se below.

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When shopping in Paris it can be fun. Paris not only has huge stores to shop in the country also has shopping on the streets. Paris has everything you would want to take home for the whole family to enjoy. You will notice that everyone on the streets is dressed in very high fashions.

Paris is known for their stylish fashions, yet at many shopping malls the prices are affordable, making Paris’s pricey fashions deceiving. Therefore, when it comes to shopping you are in fashion haven when you shop at Paris.

Shopping recommendations

The Christian Laouboutin is one of Paris’s top selling stores. The store has a fashionable display, i.e. one of its kind shoes. You will find the perfect pair of shoes that suit all your family needs.

The Emporio Armani is a great store in Paris to shop as well. The store is well known for its casual wear to custom suits. The store has four floors to shop, which it has nearly anything you could image on the shelves.

Forum des Halles is Paris’s top store also. The store is known for its largest food market. The store shops are underground, which the surface is used for a parking lot.

The Galexis Lafayette is the fourth known store in Paris you may want to visit. This store is known for its beautiful stain glass dome. The store has a wide selection of cosmetics and the huge slot of perfumes is the legion fashioned in this store. Galexis has a high profile on women and men selections.

Hermes is known for its wide selection of home office and office supplies. Its window display holds a wide selection of products that keep people coming back because they sell leather agendas and notebooks and some umbrellas. The store sells lots of hats and oh yea-riding boots too.

LeBonMarché. This store is known for its ancient history. The store is over 100 years old. It is the largest men and women appeal fashion store of its kind, and it has the only full menu restaurant option so you can go shopping and when you tired, you can sit down and have a full course meal before going home.

The Flea Markets

If you want an authentic Paris shopping experience, you need to get away from the elegant outlets on the grand boulevards and to head to the flea markets. Paris has three main flea markets. Once haunted mainly by rogues and gypsies, the flea markets of Paris are now popular with everyone and a good place to look for bargains and serendipitous finds.

The first of the three main Paris flea markets is in Porte de Montreuil. This is one of the cheaper flea markets. It mainly hawks old clothes, furniture and other household items. The second is in Porte de Vanves which sells a wide range of bric-a-brac. The last one is located in Saint-Ouen / Porte de Clignancourt. This is the most famous and often simply known as the Paris Flea Market.

It’s best to visit flea markets in the morning. They’re quieter and there’s more to buy. The Paris Flea Market is the place to buy antiques. It is located in a working-class district so rents are low and also is a cash-driven business. So costs are low and so are the prices.

The Food And Flower Markets

Flower and fruit markets are scattered all over Paris. Montorgueil Market (Rue Montorgueil and Rue Montmartre, 1st) is good for both fresh fruit and pastries also. For organic products, every Saturday mornings we suggest to go on Boulevard des Batignolles.

Some of the city’s bakeries and pastry shops are at the Mouffetard Market (Rue Mouffetard, 5th) while the Port Royal Market (Blv. Port-Royal, 5th) has not only food produce, but cheap clothing also.

Throughout June and July Paris holds a yearly International Rose Competition at beautiful Parc de Bagatelle. It definitely is a place to see, where a riot of colours explodes everywhere making the air perfumed and a walk through the park something divine.
If you wish to crown your desire for flowers, blossom and rejuvenation you might consider taking a 40 minute train ride to Giverni and visit Monet’s enchanting house literally floating on a pond of nymphs, lilies, tulips and narcissi.