Paris is a wonderful city, perhaps the best of all you could visit, but always before they first arrive to a place to know a number of essential tips to perform well and without problems for a city like this, and more when it belongs to another country different from ours. It depends on us to travel more interested us some tips or others.
If you live in Europe, you will not have any problems with money, since as many years, most countries belong to the euro zone is not necessary to apply to any currency exchange, which is always cumbersome and expensive. But do not think that even if we have the single European currency in both countries are matched on price. Not at all. While the standard of living is higher in France and especially Paris, almost all prices are higher than we can find in any Spanish city. For example, drinking a beer, coffee or cola simply a Parisian terrace, we can go three or four times more expensive than in a city in Spain. It is always advisable to travel to these places, at the time of going to a bar or restaurant before you sit down or go check the price lists which are usually hung at the entrances of premises to avoid last minute surprises in the bill. I speak from experience.
Not only do we find this problem on terraces and coffee drinks, if not we should also be aware that when we go to lunch or dinner. Paris is full of typical French restaurant, also called brasseries, in them we find French cuisine and menus that range in price depending on what they offer. Of course not the same lunch menu on the Champs Elysees to do it in the Latin Quarter, where prices can vary considerably. However if we want to not spend much money on meals and dinners, we always have the options of sandwiches and burgers that are cheaper, always being attentive as I said before the drinks prices which is what most raises the price. McDonalds is also in Paris and in Spain, but there is no Burger King, although there is a Belgian chain that is dedicated to them called Quick service is also very economical.
If anything characterizes Paris and France, apart from lots more of course, is his wonderful cakes and pastries. I personally recommend not going to let one of thousands of Boulangeries and Patisseries that extend into all parts of the city, where they perform a great bread and some delicious pastries and cakes. To highlight the Pain au chocolat, a Neapolitan with an excellent liquid chocolate. Only go near one of these boulangeries and smell and invited to enter. In the vast majority of stations we can find also many.
Going out in Paris in the evening can be very expensive and frustrating if we are looking for a night of drinking the purest Spanish type. Why is simple. In Paris a cubatita we can go by the not inconsiderable price of 10 euros minimum, not counting what we do not bring as we are used and the amount of alcohol will be tiny.
Before leaving on an adventure, if we do not know the city is best done with a guide or a map and mark a path of what we see. We will be very useful when you schedule appointments and know how to move to reach them. The best thing is the meter, with which we are quick and easy transportation to anywhere. For 11.70 euros will have a bonus 10 tickets or tickets, that in Paris you the place in a book of 10 rather than a single ticket for ten trips, and each serves for a single trip, although we do allow transfer to the RER (a neighborhood) and buses. It’s great Parisian transport service.
In Paris we find hundreds of gift shops and souvenirs, of course, always nice to have something to remember the journey took, or just buying the typical little something for the family or friends. We find from small Eiffel Towers, keyrings, t-shirts …. countless articles for all tastes and all pockets. My advice is do not buy anything until we get a few days and visited several shopping areas, because if we do the first day to do as soon as possible after we realize that there are very cheap parts and prices vary widely. As llaveritos and small towers, it is cheaper to buy in the typical salesman that we will make some great offers … like everywhere.
