Hotel Gavarni is an old-fashioned-style hotel in the chic 16th arrondissement in Paris.

The owner is green and he wants his hotel to be the same. That's why organic food is served for breakfast, the water from the showers is recycled, the staff is trained to save detergent and water and so on...

5 rue Gavarni
75016 Paris - France
Phone:+33 1 45 24 52 82
gavarni.com/

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The new communal bike scheme operating since July 2007 is fantastic! Easy to use (once you get the hang of the terminals) you can cycle around Paris and cover far more ground than on foot and get a better view than you would by bus or car or metro!

There are over 10,000 bikes which are very solid and adjustable, and numerous 'bornes' or terminals where you can pick up and drop off.

You can get a day ticket for one euro and, provided you drop off each bike within half an hour of pick up, it won't cost any more. You can pick up and drop off as many times as you want within the 24 hour period. There are plenty of cycle lanes and, provided you have some road sense, it's a safe, interesting, very cheap and much healthier way to get to know Paris.

Mairie de Paris say there have been more than 2 million individual hires in the first 39 days of operating. Vive le velo! / Get on a bike!

Terminals all over central Paris. Go to www.velib.paris.fr/

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Cheap and convenient car-sharing service that puts you in touch with commuters and regular travellers on certain routes. I've tested it in France and Germany and got from Paris to Cologne in 4 hours for around £10 (OK, 7 years ago!)

Current offers of lifts from France are here: www.allostop.net/offres.html
Tel: 01 53 20 42 42

Similar organisations in Europe are listed here in English:
www.allostop.com/english/default.htm

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