About the Area for SilverDoor Serviced Apartments in Paris - Grenelle

Charles de Gaulle Airport is situated 14 miles north-east of Paris where the three terminals are connected via free shuttle buses. The quickest and cheapest way to get from the airport to Paris city centre is via the TGV. This takes 45 minutes and is signposted from the airport terminal. It is just a short walk to the station. Even if you have never used the French rail system before this is certainly the way to go as a Taxi would be very expensive.

The easiest way to get around Paris is on the Metro. There are Metro stations close to every public attraction and they serve the surrounding suburbs too. The best way to use the Metro is to buy a "carnet" - this is a set of 10 tickets which have virtually no expiry date and each ticket is valid for as many changes as you like on the Metro so long as you don’t exit and go above ground. For example you need two tickets for the outgoing and return journeys.

The main business sector of Paris is surrounding "La Grande Arch de La Defence" otherwise known as La Defence. This is the large grey arch visible over the road from the Arc de Triomphe. There is also an extensive shopping area here.

The most reasonable area in which to eat in central Paris is called the Latin Quarter and is close to Notre Dame. This is not as "touristy" as other areas and therefore has more reasonably priced menus. The most economic way to eat in restaurants is to buy a "menu a XX Euros", these will normally be a starter or dessert and main course off a set menu for a discounted price.

Grenelle is a quarter of south-western Paris in the 15th arrondisement. The area takes it name from Latin Garanella, meaning a wooded area where rabbits live. The name eventually became Guarnelles and Garnelles before ending up with its modern-day name.

In 52 BC, the Garanella plain was where the Roman legions under General Labienussite defeated the Gaulish chief Camulogene. Towards the middle of the 13th century, Grenelle became a fiefdom of the Abbey of Saint Genevieve and became part of the village of Vaugirard.

On May 15th, 1824, two city councillors from Vaugirard, Jean-Leonard Violet and Alphonse Letellier, bought and divided up Grenelle plain. They did this rather quickly, and the new quarter Beaugrenelle, was founded on June 27th 1824. Under the encouragement of a group of entrepreneurs the quarter continued to develop, occasionally provoking feelings of hostility from residents of old Vaugirard. Thus, on May 13th 1829, following the refusal of the city to install oil lamps, the residents of Beaugrenelle demanded to break off from Vaugirard, a separation which took place the following year. However, it was to be short-lived. On January 1st, 1860, despite the objections of the residents of Grenelle, Baron Haussmann decided to annex Grenelle, Vaugirard, and Javel, thus creating the 15th arrondissement.