Paris First-timers

Hi all,

My husband and I are going to Paris for the first time next week. We will be flying with Easyjet from Bristol to Charles de Gaulle and were wondering what is the best way to travel from there to our hotel which is in the Batignolles area. Could we get the underground from there?

Also, does anyone have any suggestions of where we could eat in the evenings. We always have a habit of being overwhelmed with choices and end up walking around for hours wondering if the perfect place is just around the corner and ending up starving!!

Thanks in advance.

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Hi WalesTraveler. I%26#39;m not familiar with the Batignolles area, but if you do a check this link there is a lot of information.

tripadvisor.com/Travel-g187147-c58647/Paris:…

We have taken a taxi Parisan the last two trips for the convenience. But we really took a beating of the second trip in from CDG. What we expected to be 45-60 Euro turned into about 75E after we got caught in major traffic jams and our driver kept nodding off. So We plan to use the RER in May.

I understand your wait until starving bit. We have done that too. A cruise through the search function will bring up lots of posts on food. Hopefully some more experienced folks will chime in later and give you specific places to eat near where you are staying.

Have a great trip!

Rob

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I don%26#39;t know how far you are willing to walk for your dinners, but I will recommend Cafe Cesar on Avenue de Wagram (near the Arc). The atmosphere is very casual and cheerful, staff was great and the Italian cuisine with French presentation was excellent!

If you search %26quot;Cafe Cesar%26quot; on this forum, you%26#39;ll find a more detailed review from me.

In your search for good places to have a meal, the best bet is to find out where the locals go in your neighborhood...more than likely you can%26#39;t go wrong!

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