Been there | Tips http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. Mary's Hotel http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33758 It's a simple but quite nice budget hotel in a very lively Parisian area - the Oberkampf quarter. Very cheap with Parisian standards and the area is really great. It's a youthful hotel in a youthful quarter, with friendly and helpful staff. ]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33758 Budget hotel in lively Montparnasse http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33746 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33746 La Belle Hortense http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33094 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33094 Mauri 7 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/30697 Always packed with young locals, this is the bar (and street) that the dispels the myth that Paris's nightlife is dead.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/30697 Why Bar http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/24177 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/24177 Le Truskel http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/21377 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/21377 Café Marly http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/21098 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/21098 Eat in Paris http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/17637 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/17637 Bar Ourcq http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/17601
In summer you can borrow a set of balls to play pétanque. Has been non-smoking for years before the smoking ban.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/17601 Le Doudingue bar http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/17186
Drinks are reasonable for Paris, this place is well worth stopping in at, on your way up the back streets to Sacré Coeur. Open 4pm - 2am.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/17186 Lily La Tigresse bar http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16267
Set on two levels, you quite often catch a glimpse of the topless dancers passing from one level to the other via a ladder resembling something seen in a fire station. Meanwhile the beat pumps away, but not too obtrusively.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16267 Harry's Bar http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16253 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16253 Knowledgeable barstaff at the Hotel de Vendome http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16183
They know every nook and cranny of the city and will send you off feeling like you have had the five-star experience without any of the cost - it worked for me.

Failing that, hop on the metro to Pte de Clignancourt for the fabulous street market. Saturday to Monday 7am to 7.30pm.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16183 Le Nemrod http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15740
Good value for lunch or just a coffee or a pichet of wine - good for Beaujolais. A great place for classic Auvergnate cuisine.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15740 Phyto Bar http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10772 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/10772 The Panoramic Bar, Hotel Concorde de Lafayette http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/5718 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/5718 Bar Mouffetard http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/5257 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/5257 Bar Rosso, Oberkampf http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3829 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3829 Le Pantalon http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3099 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3099 Cafe Mabillon http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2693
We were particularly grateful after the appallingly rude behaviour of the staff at Brasserie Lipp, down the road, our original intended destination.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2693