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The
main tourist office
is at 127 avenue des Champs-A?lysAŠes, 8e (April-Sept Mon-Sat 9am-8pm, Sun 11am-7pm, closed May 1; Oct-March Mon-Sat 9am-8pm, Sun 11am-6pm; tel 08.36.68.31.12, fax 01.49.52.53.00,
; MA? Charles-de-Gaulle-A?toile). There is a
branch offices
at Gare de Lyon (Mon-Sat 8am-8pm; tel 01.43.43.33.24) and also at the Eiffel Tower (April-Sept daily 11am-6pm; tel 01.45.51.22.15). Each gives away plenty of brochures and leaflets, as well as maps.
For recorded tourist information in English , phone 01.49.52.53.56. Alternative sources of information are the HA?tel de Ville information office, Bureau d'Accueil , at 29 rue de Rivoli, 4e (Mon-Sat 9am-6pm; tel 01.42.76.43.43; MA? HA?tel de Ville), and electronic billboards dotted around town. Within the new Carrousel du Louvre, 99 rue de Rivoli, 1er, below the triumphal arch at the east end of the Tuileries, you'll find the Espace du Tourisme d'A?le de France (10am-7pm; closed Tues; tel 01.44.50.19.98), with stylishly presented information on attractions and activities in Paris and the surrounding area.
For
what's on
information, one of the best sources is the free monthly,
Paris Le Journal
, published by the mairie and available at the Bureau d'Accueil, as well as in museums and shops. Also good for museum and other cultural information are Paris's two listings magazines,
Pariscope
(with a small section in English) and
L'Officiel des Spectacles
, available at
tabacs
and mAŠtro stations. Other useful information
for tourists (each section contains more specific sub-sections): |
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France,
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