Paris on Christmas Day

My husband and I will be in Paris on Christmas Day. Will anything be open? I read somewhere about the Eifel Tower being open-and the restaraunt there maybe? I%26#39;m just wondering where we could get a good yummy Christmas Day meal and take advantage of whatever we can do on that day since we%26#39;ll only be there for five days. We are staying in the Marais neighborhood. Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated!

Thanks!

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Have you gone on the Eiffel Tower website? You will need reservations, and you have left it late, but perhaps you will be lucky. I suggest you get on the website now. There are the two restaurants, Altitude 95 ( expensive) and Jules Verne ( very expensive, LOL )

Staying in the Marais is a good thing, as I imagine there will be a few places open ,, it being sort of the old Jewish section of Paris.

Hopefully someone who has had a nice meal at Xmas can post back to your quickly here. Time is running out for reservations. Good Luck, and remember no matter what something somewhere will be open , so you won%26#39;t starve, and you will be in Paris, so that is bound to make any Christmas merry in my books!

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Thanks so much for your helpful advice! God bless!

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Lunch on Christmas Day at the Jules Verne Restaurant is 240 euros per person. The website says that reservations closed on the 31st October, but it is probably worth contacting them if you are interested in a splash out meal. The Altitude 95 restaurant is closed until March 2009 for renovation.

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Most of the larger restaurants in Paris are open on Christmas Day. My favorite xmas dinner was at Terminus Nord http://www.terminusnord.com/en/ (warning, typical French website, flash heavy, with sound effects)

I believe it cost about 35€ each with wine.

For lunch, the restaurant at Musée Jacquemart-André will be open - as will the museum itself www.musee-jacquemart-andre.com/en/jacquemart/

Simon

http://daysontheclaise.blogspot.com/

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As WizardofAus says, there are a lot of Paris restaurants open on Christmas Day. The Flo group of brasseries is open (http://www.flobrasseries.com/) and you can reserve on-line. There are other independent brasseries open as well.

Besides the Eiffel Tower and the Jacquemart-Andre Museum, the Pompidou Center is open and the museum of Natural History at Jardins des Plantes.

Lots to do, and if you visit the Jacquemart-Andre, you can walk by the large department stores and join the people there looking at the Christmas window displays.

Weather permitting, it%26#39;s a great day to walk around.

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