1) its new year
2) you are driving
3) you have a stroller (the reason you are driving)
4) want to be as central as possible
5) money no big deal. nothing too too fancy though
I am thinking ile saint-louis...?
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Île St. Louis would be a total pain with a car. I doubt if there is anywhere with less parking per sqare foot or resident (or whatever) and you would be stuck crossing one or other of the bridges everywhere you go. There is no off-street parking on the island.
Having a stroller is IMO no reason to be driving in Paris in any case. Not that it is impossible to drive in Paris. Obviously people do it all the time. What people by and large do not do is wander around the city as tourists do stopping here for a while then moving on for another brief stop before heading off somewhere else. That. I think, would be a major hassle. You%26#39;d be much better off if you became familiar with the way the bus system operates. Paris buses are clean and efficient and the service both frequent for the most part and reasonably speedy. And all the buses have an open space for strollers. Even the métro is really not that difficult with a stroller especially if the said stroller is accompanied by more than one adult.
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NO CAR in Paris,, you will be soooooo sorry if you disregard this. Millions of travellers take strollers,, and multiple kids,, and do not use a car in Paris.
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Oh dear, please heed the advice not to bring the car into Paris. And as already been said Ile St Louis would NOT be the place to stay if you do have a car. I also can%26#39;t imagine that you would drive the car to Notre Dame, park. Drive the car to the Louvre, park. Etc. just because you have a stroller. It seems to me if you did this you%26#39;d spend all your time looking for parking and then may not even be able to park close to where you want to go and end up walking a distance anyway.
A suggestion....If money isn%26#39;t a real issue, take taxis! I have to say that in the past when money wasn%26#39;t an issue for me I used to take taxis a fair amount. However, I highly recommend the Metro %26amp; Bus system.
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I don%26#39;t recommend the metro for people pushing strollers, too many staircases more times than not, and long winding crowded tunnels. The buses have space for strollers in the middle - you board there and I suppose there is a box to stamp your ticket or a Navigo reader to scan your pass... So what you want to do is go to RATP.com and study the BUS maps and determine a couple of locations near several lines or a hub so you have an easier time navigating with your child.
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I hope that the poster doesn%26#39;t have the new strollers that are all the rage in my neck of the woods in Canada.. They are to %26quot;normal%26quot; strollers what a Hummer is to a car! our new buses have a wide space at the front but 2 such strollers on a bus and it is a pandemonium..
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I think taxi fares probably will work out to be cheaper than the costs of renting and parking a car in Paris. It isn%26#39;t the driving in Paris that%26#39;s the problem, it%26#39;s the parking. I%26#39;ve watched tourists in rental cars going around the block, over, and over, and over, while looking for a space to leave the darned thing. I always feel so sorry for them. It%26#39;s a major waste of expensive vacation time.
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