Hello,
Our past few visits to Paris started in London. We like to carry on flying over and check bags on our return since we stock up on skin care products at Paris pharmacies.
So, we start out at Primark or H&M to pick up an inexpensive duffle bag, slippers, scarves and anything we forgot to pack.
Are there similar shops in Paris within Arrondissements 1-11?
Thank you!
edited to correct area
Perhaps a Monoprix? This article has other ideas too! https://farawayplaces.co/paris-equivalent-of-target/
Jules, here are the H&M locations:
Monoprix for clothing or toiletry items. There are household goods stores all over Paris -- marked usually by having a bunch of junk like suitcases, fake flowers etc out on the sidewalk in front. They are a good source of very cheap duffles and such. There is at least one in every neighborhood.
Thank you for the suggestions.
Kathrine, I enjoyed the link and comparisons to Target.
I can't wait to explore the options.
Just here to say that there is no such thing as a frivolous shopping question. :) THEY ARE ALL VERY IMPORTANT!
What kentchristine said!
Also, the metro does not have zones.
I too was going to say Monoprix :-) Also, check out BHV (near Hôtel de Ville) which is more reasonable than say, Galeries Lafayette. :-)
Also, the Paris metro does indeed have zones:
"Zones 1-3 allow you to travel within the city of Paris, i.e. within the limits marked in yellow on the map. With zones 4-5, you can travel throughout the Greater Paris region, and venture even further, to Disneyland Paris, for example, or to Versailles and its chateau, as well as to the Paris airports."
https://www.ratp.fr/en/how-do-i-choose-which-zones-i-will-need
BHV is owned by the Galeries Lafayette. They carry the same merchandise now.
Versailles and Disneyland Paris are on the RER lines, not metro. JHK was correct.
I didn't know that about BHV, Bets! It's been a couple years since i was in there, but I recall the merchandise being more...reasonable and not quite the same high-end. As for the metro zones -- interesting that lifted that verbiage right from the RATP site. Guess they don't realize they don't have zones LOL
Thank you for the additional suggestions.
I apologize for using the incorrect term "zones"
I was looking for a way to limit the area and used the ticket designation as BJL noted.
Corrected the original post.
It is on the website, but the quote is out of context. It seems to be referring to where a person can travel with tickets that cover either 3 zones or all five zones such as a weekly or monthly Navigo. Or, perhaps it's about a tourist ticket that covers all three or five zones.
However, Versaille and Disneyland are on RER lines outside the city of Paris in outer zones where the RER goes. So is CDG. The city itself is in Zone 1. The basic ticket covers everywhere the metro goes, so riders don't need to worry about supplemental cost or what zone it is.
Here's a link to a map of the five zones.
https://www.iledefrance-mobilites.fr/comment-choisir-la-zone-de-mon-titre-de-transport
The metro does not have zones. All tickets on the metro take you wherever the metro goes including when it laps into zone 3. An RER station in Zone 3 is not accessible with a t+ ticket without being fined, but any metro station is. Because the metro has no zones -- it is one size fits all.
I’m going to disagree slightly with an earlier poster. While the two department stores are owned by the same parent company I’m March merchandise was not exactly the same between BVH and. Galeries Lafayette. Galeries Lafayette has many more upscale designer areas and less lower priced goods (neither were inexpensive)
Personally, I don’t buy clothing in Paris, because I find the cost and quality just don’t measure up to what I can do at home.
Carol has brought up an interesting phenomena. Yes, the flagship stores of both Galeries Lafayette and Printemps on Boulevard Haussmann have an interesting set up on the ground floor, something that isn't in any of their other stores or the BHV. This was developed once tours from some newly-rich countries started coming to Paris and the participants had limited shopping time but wanted status goods to take home.
You'll find a small boutique of every luxury brand on these two ground floors, with accompanying detax offices, waiting rooms for bus tours that have a time slot to enter the area, etc. You'll see lines of people from these bus tours, waiting at the boutiques to buy luxury goods to take home to their countries. The spaces are designed for quick sales. Most of the customers know what they want before they get there.
Once you go upstairs, there is a larger choice of all kinds of goods, including some of the same luxury brands found on the ground floor.
