Paris.
When I traveled to Paris this past spring, I saw many beautiful sights. I’ve shared a few of the highlights from places we visited while there. We purposely aligned our hotel location in the first arrondissement in order to have the ability to spend the majority of the time walking and also to have easy access to the Paris Metro when our feet wore out.
In doing so, I was able to capture so much more of Paris than just our destination.
Doors of Paris.
In compiling this set of Doors of Paris, I discovered that I actually have enough photos of doors that weren’t part of a specific destination, that in this post I’m only sharing half of those I captured.
As always, if it’s a place you recognize feel free to share that in the comments. For some, I have a general idea of where it was located because I know which destinations the photo was sandwiched in between.
I hope you enjoy this stroll along the streets of Paris.
#9 rue Frédéric Sauton
I’m pretty sure that the plant covered windowsill was what drew me to this door.
This photo was taken after we left Notre Dame. We were looking for a place for lunch and eventually ended up at a restaurant on Boulevard Saint Germain.
#4.
This photo was also taken on the way from Notre Dame to Boulevard Saint Germain.
One of the things that I wish I’d researched more prior to the trip was dining locations. I will tell you that we chose that day’s lunch location based on the fact that the menu was in French AND English. It also had cheeseburgers and some of my teenagers are not that food adventurous. The food was good, the service…not so much. I give all places the benefit of the doubt and will assume the demeanor of the staff was because they were busy. We had an even worse experience with staff at a different dining time. But I digress and most meals were wonderful.
104 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
The red signs say “Priere De Ne Pas Stationner. Sortie de Voitures.”
Google translate says this is “Please Do Not Park. Output of Cars.”
The door knockers/handles are what drew me to this door.
This door photo was taken on the way back to the hotel on the night that the hubby and I walked to Ladurée on the Champs Élysées. If you’ve been following my blog for a while, then you know that we made our way there on the night after the police officer had been shot on the Champs Élysées. .
Our hotel was located on rue du Chevalier de Saint-George. We had traveled by Place de la Concorde numerous times, so we decided to take rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré before crossing to the Champs Élysées. If you love high fashion, this is the street to walk along. We passed Prada, Givenchy, Hermes, Chanel, and Burberry…just to name a few. I did see a woman get out of the back of a car with dark sunglasses (it was sunset) and wondered if she might be someone famous coming to do some shopping. Our timing there was very close to the election and there were some walking detours (I think due to the proximity to Embassies) on our return back to the hotel.
Along one of the detoured paths was the “Gold-Handed Door”
I Bis.
This door is located beside Le Cardinal at 1 Boulevard des Italiens
Last, but not least…this red beauty. I’ve taken a photo right before this door describing the history of Paris and Les Grands Boulevards. This was the day that we walked to some shops on rue d’Hauteville in the 10th arrondissement. This was taken before we got to those shops and after I took a photo at 17 Boulevard des Italiens in the 2nd arrondissement.
Which door was your favorite?
Stay tuned for a future installment of Doors of Paris (which can now be found here.) If you need an immediate door fix, head over to the Norm’s blog, the host of Thursday Doors, where you’ll find many more by clicking the blue frog.
If you’d like to see more from my time in Paris, be sure to check out this post and this post on the Palace of Versailles. I’ve also shared some Paris photos in this post, which makes me realize how little I’ve shared about my amazing time in Paris.
Let your light shine!
Amy
