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on
Randonnées du Dimanches,
then your date); on Fridays it's from Place Raoul Dautry
(Mo: Montparnasse; see route at
www.pari-roller.com
)
. You can rent skates near Sunday's
starting point at Nomades (€5/half-day, €9/day, Tue-Fri 11:00-13:30 & 14:30-19:30, Sat
10:00-19:00, Sun 12:00-18:00, closed Mon, 37 Boulevard Bourdon, near Place de la
Bastille, Mo: Bastille, tel. 01 44 54 07 44).
Scenic Bus Route #69
Why pay €25 for a tour company to give you an overview of Paris, when city bus
#69 can do it for the cost of a Métro ticket? Get on the bus and settle in for a
ride through some of the city's most interesting neighborhoods. Or use this line as
a handy way to lace together many of Paris' most important sightseeing districts
(you'll need a new ticket each time you board the bus).
Handyline#69crossesthecityeast-west,runningbetweentheEiffelTowerand
Père Lachaise Cemetery, and passing these great monuments and neighborhoods:
Eiffel Tower, Ecole Militaire, Rue Cler, Les Invalides (Army Museum and Napole-
on's Tomb), Louvre museum, Ile de la Cité, Ile St. Louis, Hôtel de Ville, Pompidou
Center, Marais, Bastille, and Père Lachaise.
You'll learn how great Paris' bus system is—and you'll wonder why you've
been tunneling by Métro under this gorgeous city. And if you're staying in the
Marais or Rue Cler neighborhoods, line #69 is a useful route for just getting around
town.
Youcanboarddailyuntil22:30(lastdeparturefromEiffelTowerstop).It'sbest
toavoid weekday rushhours(8:00-9:30 &17:30-19:30) andhotdays (noair-condi-
tioning). Sundays are quietest, and it's easy to get a window seat. Evening bus rides
are pretty from fall through spring (roughly Sept-April), when it gets dark early
enough to see the floodlit monuments before the bus stops running.
In the Rue Cler area, eastbound line #69 leaves from the Eiffel Tower on Av-
enue Joseph Bouvard (the street that becomes Rue St. Dominique as it crosses the
Champ de Mars, two blocks away from the tower through the park). The first stop
is at the southwestern end of the avenue; the second stop is at the eastern end (just
before Avenue de la Bourdonnais).
