Shops around the CDG area.

Hello folks. I visited Paris in 2006 and had a great time with my wife.

I have a 3 hour stopover at CDG en route to Dallas in December and was wondering if someone could advise of the shops outside of the airport. I remember passing a hugh IKEA building on the way in to town %26amp; from i recall from my last trip that most of the places outside the airport are industrial areas.

What i am looking for is a mall or shopping center within walking distance so that i may get my daughter a souvenir or two, preferably of the toy variety since shes 15 months old.

Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Regards.

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There are no retail shops within walking distance from CDG (just as there are no such locations within walking distance from DFW). Travel to IKEA for example will require a car, as does visiting Grapevine Mills Mall from DFW.

While 3 hours may seem like sufficient time to venture out from CDG and explore; it is not. I recommend you do any shopping within the airport, the duty free stores might have a few things of interest to a 15 month old.

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***DANGER***!!!, Will Robinson, ***DANGER***!!!!

With only a three(3) hour layover between your inbound flight and your outbound flight at CDG ***DO NOT***DO NOT***DO NOT*** (I%26#39;m not sure how to add rockets, flares and claxon to emphasize this point) stray so much as a millimeter from CDG If you want to %26#39;shop%26#39;, then make your way DIRECTLY (no detours en route) from your inbound flight%26#39;s arrival gate, to the security-controlled portion of your outbound flight%26#39;s Departure area....once inside this security controlled departure area, check out any Duty-Free shops that are there. Did I happen to mention that leaving CDG would be A REALLY BAD IDEA ??

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LOl on the rockets, flares and claxon comment. Point taken. Sigh i was hoping to venture out. I ll try my luck at the duty free shops in the AP. Thanks for the replies to both.

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