Is Paris safe for solo female travelers? (Part 3-Museums and Art, Shopping, Night Life)

Museums and Art

You may already know the Louvre, the Orsay Museum, and the Orangerie Museum, and please go and visit because they are totally worth it. In this section, I just want to add a more original touch to your tour!

• 59 rue Rivoli

On one of the biggest streets of Paris, a building is only dedicated to the arts. Some artists just stay a few weeks to present their work, exhibit it and sell it. I love the fact that you can interact with the artists, and the building in itself is beautiful.

• Centre Pompidou

A basic, but you will surely be surprised by its different temporary exhibitions which rarely disappoint me! The permanent exhibition is also very interesting, and you can visit it more than once if you have a long stay here :)

Address: Place Georges-Pompidou, 75004 Paris, France

• La Gaité Lyrique

A place that I know from the Paris Podcast Festival, which takes place in October, this place welcomes different types of artists, performances, and experiences: check it out!

Address : 3bis Rue Papin, 75003 Paris, France

• La Cité Fertile

Same spirit for this place that I know from the female-entrepreneurial festival EmpowHer. It’s a bit outside of Paris itself, but check their programs, there are a lot of good events and good tips!

Address: 14 Av. Edouard Vaillant, 93500 Pantin, France

Shopping in Paris

• Louvre and Tuileries District: The center of Parisian design and fashion.
• Galeries Lafayette and Printemps in Boulevard Haussman: You can enjoy the typical Belle Epoque mood.
• The Marais: Vintage, artisan, handcrafted, and antique!
• The Champs-Elysées: Do I need to explain?
• Les Halles — Châtelet: Huge underground shopping center with a cinema.
• Flea markets: Those in Montreuil, St-Ouen, Porte de Vanves are the most popular.

✅ In France, they usually have 2 big sale seasons called “Les Soldes”. One in winter and the other in Summer. Winter sales will begin shortly after Christmas. Summer sale begins just before the Vacances season. You can have big opportunities to find fantastic deals on expensive clothes and other items.

Night Life in Paris

Go near the Seine on the quays.

It is the best. Bars, cafés and nightclubs are good, but also simply taking some snacks or drinks, a speaker with good music and sitting down near the Seine is a wonderful experience: it’s cheap and beautiful, and there’s always a good atmosphere! My favorite spots are in front of Notre Dame, but from Gare de Lyon to Bastille there are always some places to enjoy!

Night Life 💃

• La Mutinerie

LGBTQIA+ bar! Safe and inclusive place (a bit expensive but we forgive them).

Address: 176–178 Rue Saint-Martin, 75003 Paris, France

• Le Nouvel Institut

Happy Hour from 4 pm to 2 am. Beer for 3€. What else do we need?

Address: 1 Bd Saint-Germain, 75005 Paris, France

• Rue de la Huchette

Street with lots of dancing bars, things to eat, and a festive atmosphere!

Address: 75005 Paris, France

• Café de Paris V

the liter of beer is 9€ until 9 pm, it’s a piano-bar, the mood is incredible.

Address: 14 Rue de la Huchette, 75005 Paris, France

• Georges Café

To dance all night long!

Address: 14 Rue de la Huchette, 75005 Paris, France

• 3615 Croisette

Boat party on the Seine anyone? It takes place every summer; the ticket is from €10 to 20, so make sure you book it in advance :) The drinks are a bit expensive, but the experience is amazing. The boat tour is 3 hours long, and then you can stay until 5 am at the nightclub!

Jazz concert at Châtelet?

Another experience for the music fans (and the ones who want to discover something new! Listen to jazz for a few hours while enjoying a glass of wine.

• Sunset Sunside

Address: 60 Rue des Lombards, 75001 Paris, France

• Duc des Lombards

Address: 42 Rue des Lombards, 75001 Paris, France

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