My family and I lived in St Germain des Près for seven years. It is a livey suburb with easy walking access to many universities and outstanding museums. Musée d'Orsay, Louvre and many others on the "rive droite" are within walking distance. Historic buildings pervade St Germain. The quintessencial suburb of "Marais" is not far as well. Accessing these places... More

We stayed in the Latin Quarter just a few blocks walking in almost any direction of Saint-Germaine-des-Pres which is located around the abbey of Saint-Germaine-des-Pres. In this area you will find people from all over the world. Locals outfitted in the latest fashions going to work or just taking a stroll. Walk along the streets of Boulevard St-Germaine, Rue de... More

I like St Germain area. It's full of shops, restaurants and bars. There's also a metro and many tourists live here because it's safe.

Meandering around the streets here is great fun - even on a Sunday when we were here when many shops are shut. It was a bustling place with street musicians and cafes galore. Tres chic!

I particularly enjoyed taking side - streets off of the main drag. There are some wonderful bookstores, and restaurants, but the magic for me was 'getting lost' on rue du dragon, bonaparte, rue de rennes (with apologies to any french people who may be reading this and notice my spelling errors). There must be hundreds of shoe stores in this... More

We stayed in this area and it was a never ending window shopping experience between the clothes and the patiserees. So convenient to everything including three metro stops.

We rented an apartment at 73 Blvd Saint-Germain. This location is perfect. Wonderful shopping... both high-end and souvenir shopping. Easy access to Metro, buses, taxi's.. taxi-stand, by the way does by no means say there are any drivers in the taxi's!!

We were lucky enough to stay in St Germain, and enjoyed the location as a central point to get around many of the main attractions we wanted to see. It also had lots of lovely restaurants and cafes when our museum legs needed a rest.

I stayed 3 nights in the area ........just around the corner from Notre Dame. The bistros, the shops and the ambience - all that hustle and bustle - told you that you had arrived! And with concerts in nearby churches I was suddenly in a different world ... the Paris of 19th. century novels, accordion music and sense that everyone... More