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Pigalle

Paris, France
Ranked #384 of 534 attractions in Paris
2.5 of 5 stars 42 Reviews
Type: Neighborhoods
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Phoenix, AZ.
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3 reviews 3 reviews
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7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed May 9, 2012
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The reviews I have seen on this site are all true. The strip clubs hustle unsusepcting dupes, the prostitutes may try to rip you off, the drinks are watered and the scam artist will take the clothes off your back. Now is this Ney York, Moscow, Amsterdam or London. No, this is the Pigalle in Paris. No different than other... More

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Nykoebing, Denmark
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12 reviews 12 reviews
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3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed April 30, 2012

it should be a red light district, but you do not experience as unpleasant. Walk toward Monmatre, here are lots of good restaurants. More

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Wailuku, Hawaii
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22 reviews 22 reviews
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76 helpful votes 76 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed April 5, 2012
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Just wanted to chime in on this one. My husband and I were out touring the area one night for fun--on our little "second honeymoon" and were coaxed in to one of the clubs (right next to the Moulin Rouge) with the same come-on---I was "free", so we went in for a lark. When we did not order a drink,... More

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6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed March 5, 2012
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My first day in Paris I met another American who had been to Paris before. He filled me in on the scams in Pigalle street so I knew not to go inside the strip clubs. I walked around Pigalle by myself and the whole area seemed to be nothing but scam artists. I bought some small 5 euro souvenirs that... More

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8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed February 7, 2012
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Full of tourists wisiting nothing between the autocars. Some sex shops, the same than in all over the world. No prostitutes on the place if you are looking for this. They are inside the bars. More

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Paris, France
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10 helpful votes 10 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed January 22, 2012
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Its a usual fraud happening there in Pigalle .A person or a woman comes saying a discount of 10 EURO for a strip dance and a drink and takes inside the club.Then after some second some ladies approaches you to a dance that too in french languages we wont understand it.After that she starts striping and ordering drinks .I got... More

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paris
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9 helpful votes 9 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed December 18, 2011
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chanced upon this after i got hit by a similar scam. i was tempted by a 'sexshow' that was supposed to cost 10 euros. i went in and had a drink served to me. a second one came as soon as i was done and i got suspicious and told them to stop serving. i was then told i could... More

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Johnstown,PA
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6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed November 22, 2011
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I'm amazed at the bad reviews for Pigalle. I spent a whole day in Montmartre during my first trip to Paris. I ended up on Boulevard Clichy in front of the Moulin Rouge sitting in the traffic island with alot of others till 2am. I admit I didn't go into any strip clubs, but did enter a place called Sex-O-Dome... More

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US
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14 helpful votes 14 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed November 2, 2011
14
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There is a very popular street in the Pigalle section of Paris. I guess you could call it the Red Light District of Paris. Not that I noticed any prostitutes on the street, but there was plenty of Risque shops and Risque Clubs. A friend and I from U.S. went into a fairly nice looking establishment after the man out... More

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Vancouver, Canada
1 review
9 helpful votes 9 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed October 16, 2011
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It seems that I'm not the first to post a review with this information, and I only wish that I had thought ahead and done some research before going myself. Please - if you are reading this - learn from my mistake. I was enticed into entering one of the strip clubs by the girl working at the door, who... More

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