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Old 01-25-2018, 10:35 PM
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Tothill
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I am not sure if that will be zoomed in, but check out St Peters Market area near Sacre Coeur. It is a few blocks of every sort of fabric shop you can imagine. Not necessarily much quilting fabric, but lots and lots to see. Many of the shops are 'coupon' shops with the fabric precut into 3 m (just over 3 y) cuts. When I go back in May I am going to buy lots of the African Wax Prints, I love the bold designs and beautiful colours.

While there take the Funicular to Sacre Coeur, the view from the top is beautiful and the Cathedral is beautiful.

http://www.paris-pantheon.fr/en/ The Pantheon is an interesting site too. Madame Currie is entombed there.

The Montmartre Cemetery is an beautiful place to go for a walk. The tombs are beautiful, the trees big and although it is in the city, it was developed in an old quarry, so it is below road level and it peaceful and quiet. [ATTACH=CONFIG]587742[/ATTACH] The entrance is on Rue Rachel which is just around the block from the Moulin Rouge.

I am going back this May and would appreciate to hear how your trip went and which sites you recommend.

One tip, if you plan to go to the Louvre, buy your tickets ahead of time online. You may pay a bit more, but you avoid the huge line ups. https://www.louvre.fr/en I bought ours online just one day ahead, I printed off the tickets in the hotel lobby and we skipped a queue that was probably 1.5 hours long.
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