Traveling to the city of love is pure idealization, glamor, romanticism and also a place where carrying out our customs such as going out with beer is not always so easy. After three years in Paris turning every search for the perfect cheap rod into a new challenge, these best places to go out in Paris become the most recommended when it comes to taking advantage of the famous happy hour and enjoy a good atmosphere.
Châtelet
In the heart of Paris, the 1st arrondissement starts at the Chatêlet-des-Halles station and stretches to the banks of the Seine, displaying a myriad of bars, terraces and alternative shops where you will find cheap beers starting at 5 in the afternoon in which is one of the best areas to go for beer in Paris. Bars like Dupont or Blok (rue Duc de Lombards, with pints no more than 3 euros), or the atmosphere of Le Beho, in place Sainte-Opportune, are some of the most recommended. Choosing to continue towards the Le Marais area or having a few beers in the open air at Place George Pompidou are other recommended plans. When it comes to going dancing at the end of the night, there is nothing better than Café Oz, on rue Saint Denis.
Latin Quarter
If from Châtelet we continue to the famous Île-de-la-Cité and jump to the other side of the Seine, we will find one of the cultural paradises of the city: the Latin Quarter, an area where La Sorbonne is located and with it hundreds second-hand bookstores and other mythical ones like Shakespeare & Company, formerly run by Hemingway. A cultural atmosphere fully compatible with restaurants of all kinds (from Greek to Indian) and bars such as Le Petit Cluny (rue de la Harpe), or Le Relais de la Huchette, an ideal piano bar to relax in the heart of this neighborhood in the that salsa and reggaeton are mixed with books and globalized flavors. If we continue west we will reach Saint-Germain-des-Préis, one of the most famous leisure areas in Paris (and also something more expensive), where we find legendary places such as Café de Flore or Les Deux Magots.
Bastille
The famous Place de la Bastille is abuzz with Summer picnics on the banks of the Canal Saint Martin as an extension of the leisure and restaurant offers in the area. Having a pint in places located in the square itself, such as the Café des Phares, the first philosophical cafe in the city, is highly recommended, although the locals in this area become somewhat crowded after 8 in the afternoon. Better to enter by the rue de la Roquette until we reach rue de Lappe, where we find from tapas restaurants such as La Pirada to disco-bars such as the famous Charlotte Bar or Havanita, spiced with an irresistible Cuban atmosphere.
Marsh
The «Chueca» of Paris It went from being a Jewish neighborhood to becoming one of the most "in" places in the capital. In Le Marais, the most rabidly current boho chic shops in the city are mixed with bars where you can have cocktails, go out to dance and even watch live shows. For this reason, it is not surprising that all the gays who first flocked to places like the Red Bar have made room for an increasingly varied and colorful audience that floats to their dance halls every weekend.
Skunk
One the oldest streets of Paris and an ancient starting point for pilgrimages to Rome, it currently has one of the most cosmopolitan and alternative environments in the city. Located in the 5th arrondissement, not far from the Luxembourg Palace, rue Moufetard is brimming with university life, bars such as the Student Bar offer cocktails and beers at a good price, and vegetarian-friendly venues feed a street where the best bites pass through Au Pétit Grec, an establishment famous for its Greek crepes filled with potato, eggplant, feta cheese or cold meats at no more than 3 euros.
The Butte aux Cailles
Photo by Michaurel via Flickr.
Located between the 13th and 14th districts of Paris, not far from the famous Chinatown area, this former "quail hill" is one of the great secrets of the French capital. Its strategic but not so central position has turned this neighborhood into the perfect place to have some of the cheapest beers in Paris, enjoy the party of some pubs whose bohemia is more authentic than that of the other famous mound from the city, Montmartre, and immerse yourself in the offer of some restaurants that offer from typically French or American bites to even Basque ones, such as the quoted one Chez gladines.
If you are looking to party in Paris, take advantage of happy hour offered by almost all the pubs in the city, dining at the crepe stands, exploring not-so-known neighborhoods or enjoying the party in free-entry discos are some of the tips to follow in a capital that has a lot to offer to all its guests. visitors.