For French Web sites use Google Translate
Allergies – April Spring Easter Monday — Or Is It June in Paris?
Apartment Rentals
Paris apartments – WayToStay
Way to Stay.com is a holiday apartment bookings agency with products in most of the major European city, including Paris. Quality holiday apartments in Paris personally selected for your perfect stay.bed and breakfast or short stay apartments.
Audio Guides for Museums using phone applications
Brocantes in France
Living in France or traveling to France here is a list of Brocantes, vide greniers, Puces and general information listed for easy viewing in each department. Many of these listings also provide Christmas market information around France and Paris.
- Brocabrac
- Vide-Greniers.org
- AnticStore.com (site available in English)
- Info-Brocantes.com – Guide for flea market browsers
- Calendrier des Brocantes – calendar of flea markets, lots of stuff …. Paris is No. 75 (department) “Retour” means return to the previous page. Click on the image to find out the current events:
chair = used goods
guy pushing wheel barrow = anything for sale
doll = flea market
odds and ends = garage sale
toys = toy sale
clothes hanging = clothes sale
flower = plants for sale
Cheese on line
Fromages.com is the oldest internet French cheese website (since 1997). From our French sellers to your table. We deliver French tradition worldwide to you by express delivery. Visit their extensive cheese library!
Expats in Paris
Expat Paris – InterNations
InterNations is the biggest global networking site for expats of various nationalities and their family members. At the moment, InterNations unites more than 200,000 members in 235 cities worldwide.
French Health Care – in English
AMELI – Assurance Maladie de Paris has an advice line in English . Their phone numbers are 0 811 36 36 46 from France (local call price from fixed-phone line) or 0033 811 36 36 46 from foreign countries (call rates vary between operators).
General Open Times:
To read about general open times for their listings: Commerces – Musées et monuments – Poste, banques, bureaux et administrations – Restauration – Transports – USE GOOGLE TRANSLATE . These pages are not available in English.
Time Changes in Paris
GMT = Greenwich Mean Time
In Winter:
Paris is GMT + 1 (when it is noon GMT, it is 1 p.m. in Paris)
In Summer:
Paris is GMT + 2 (when it is noon GMT, it is 2 p.m. in Paris)
In France, the time change for summer is the last Sunday in March at 2 a.m. (spring forward) advance your watch to 3 a.m.
For winter, fall back on the last Sunday in October at 3 a.m. Turn your clock back to 2 a.m.
Travel Guides
SimplyParis – a Paris Travel Guide
Your Paris travel guide about all to see in this beautiful city.
