Hello

I have been to Paris many time and while I do love the city I am running out of museums/things to do; any personel suggestions? Any resources? The official websites are truly awful eh?

Have you had a mint tea in the sumptuous Mosquée near Jardin des Plantes?
And the Albert Kahn gardens?
Passage du Caire? (Some Hugo reading on the cour des Miracles would be a good preparation.)
Admire the ceilings of Bibliothèque Sainte Geneviève and the Société Générale bank on bld Haussmann?
Had lunch at the Enfants rouges market?
By the way what does "most unique" mean?

Hi Frank10b - you might take a look at this thread from 2007 for some great ideas.

And if you read through some of our member trip reports you will find many more ideas - Lesrosier's report, posted just a couple of days ago, includes her visit to several lesser known parks and areas of town, and has me wanting to get back to Paris soon for yet more exploration.

Enjoy one of my absolutely favorite cities!

Judy

A few more for you.

A tour of Rungis (thanks to Daniel for the info!)

The unique architecture of the 16th--Guimard to Le Corbusier.

The fascinating behind-the-scenes tour of the Gobelin factory, seeing artisan weavers in action.

The little streets of houses around the Butte aux Cailles with new trendy restaurants and shops popping up.

St. Denis, the Basilica and the town museum.

One of the behind-the-scenes tours of Paris artisans and food producers through the Paris Visitor's Bureau.

Musée des Arts Forains:
http://autolycus-london.blogspot.com/2008/08/fairground-surprise.html

We love the Musee Guimet (the Asian museum) and we always explore a new garden or two: try the UNESCO Japanese Garden, Parc Monceau, or the Jardin de serres D'Auteuil if you haven't.

Here are two books I recently received as gifts that may give you some good ideas:
Quiet Corners of Paris and Walks Through Lost Paris.

- Roz

Thank you for all of the great info. I agree with many recommedations here esp. the St. Denis the Basilica and the very special town museum. I hope that the exhibit on the Commune gets updated some day soon, however it is very interesting.

I just tried to go to the Le Musée national des Arts et Traditions recommed somewhere else here, but alas it is closed and moving out of paris.

Add Musee Marmottan and Pere Lachaise cemetiere to your list! Just sitting in the Luxembourg gardens or any park is unique - most of us don't just sit often enough!

Arago medallions and the various sites related to the Paris Meridian? Oldest things: tree, street, bar, house, etc.?

http://lovebunnies.luckypro.biz/01_stuff/paris_04.pdf, an excerpt from our personal guidebook.

The last Vespasian urinal of Paris (no this is not a remake of Last Tango) !
On boulevard Arago, outside the Santé prison.
See this photo.
plus this richly illustrated TMI article.

We want no less than the full report now…

"Unexplored Paris"
by Rodolphe Trouilleux

Beingfrom paris does not
necessarily mean having
seen the light of day there
-but seeing each day in
a renewed clear light
this is a quote at the end of the book
by Sacha Guitry