| Renting apartment in Paris is a wise business, if you | | | | card. |
| are going to spend at least a couple of weeks there. | | | | Where you should settle |
| During this time you will be able to find a secret gate | | | | Price, as everywhere, depends on season and length |
| leading to Palais royal gardens, become familiar with a | | | | of staying. But district where apartment is situated is |
| dozen of most wonderful terraces, eat plenty of | | | | the most important factor. Paris is divided into 20 |
| croissants, buy a lot of nice stuff on Drouot auction. In | | | | districts (arrondissements), spreading from center to |
| one word, you will become acquainted with all secret | | | | outskirts spirally. Inner spiral turn, from 1st to 6th districts |
| pleasures of Paris. | | | | - represents a historical center, where there're many |
| Agencies | | | | old buildings, monuments and museums. Then you can |
| Reserving apartment in Paris through your national | | | | see blocks, built in XIX century. Here you also can visit |
| travel agency is not very reasonable: at best they will | | | | aristocratic suburbs in the West (16th district), and |
| offer you "first class apartments facing the Eiffel | | | | eastern outskirts, populated with emigrants and |
| Tower" at a fabulous price. It's better to contact | | | | proletariat. Number of district is definitely noted in the |
| directly - through Internet. There're many web sites, | | | | address, so you will be able to value your future |
| you can type "rent apartment Paris" or "louer | | | | accommodation easily, without looking in the map. |
| appartement Paris" and choose your cherished | | | | Renting apartments in the center and such districts like |
| accommodation. | | | | Trocadero (east of the 16th district), 9th district, |
| Internet agencies offer apartments for rather short | | | | Sent-Onore, around Elysian Fields from Roosevelt |
| period - from several days to a couple of months. | | | | avenue to Triumphal Arch (8th district), in 12th district |
| Personal ads web sites have a comfortable search | | | | and around Bastille (west of 11th district) is most |
| according to different parameters - metric area, district, | | | | expensive. Tiny studio (with 2-level bed) in the 1st |
| price. Besides, you have a chance to "catch" | | | | district (Louver outskirts) will cost you 550 Euro. |
| accommodation at first hand. | | | | Anyway, you will have to pay at least 400 Euro per |
| Terms | | | | week. A good apartment will cost you more than 1 |
| Most Paris apartments for tourists represent either | | | | thousand Euro. |
| studio - a room with fitted kitchen, or flat, consisting of | | | | You can find cheaper apartments in 10th, 11th, 14th and |
| several small rooms. There're always TV, CD-player, | | | | 18th districts to the South of Eiffel Tower (15th district) |
| kitchen with microwave, toaster, clothes washer in | | | | or around Italian square (13th district). And, finally, if you |
| them; besides, Internet Access Point - for owners of | | | | are in Paris and need to rent a flat for a short while |
| notebooks. Phone receives only incoming calls: if you | | | | urgently, pay attention to American church's bulletin |
| need to call somebody, you will have to buy a phone | | | | board (65, quai d'Orsay). |