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Champs, p. 55
The château is still closed for repairs but the lovely park is open.
Karin Leijon
Conflans-Ste Honorine, p. 72
Les Gourmand’Ises has reopened. There is a new
restaurant, Au Bord de l’Eau, at 15 Quai des Martyrs de la Résistance,
tel 01 39 72 86 51, which is open for lunch every day except Monday.
Open for dinner on Saturday. Menus from 28€.
Margaret Brownell, Karin Leijon
No first-hand reports as yet, but mentioned in Michelin.
Herblay, p. 72
I have discovered a restaurant with a magnificent view and terrace
overlooking the river at Herblay which has been there for at least 25
years. It is easy to miss because it is set back from the river path
and looks like the country club it calls itself. The entrance is up
steps at the back of the building. It is not a club, just an
old-fashioned family restaurant. I had a cup of coffee there late one
Sunday afternoon and will be going back to test the menu, which looked
promising: Country Club Les Lions du Val, 50 Quai de la Génie, 95220
Herblay, tel 01 39 97 24 34. Open for lunch every day except Saturday
and Monday, open for dinner Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Menu for
Sunday lunch 22€ without wine.
Créteil, p. 85
From the Métro station at Créteil-Université take the
left exit for the Rue des Mèches, then the right-hand path marked by a
red and white GR sign (see p. 239) and a sign for the Ecole Nationale
de Musique. Stay on the right-hand side of the road, past a pretty
little park surrounding an old mansion, once the home
of a doctor who made his fortune from inventing digestive tablets.
Further up the road, opposite the church, you will pass the
pedestrianised Rue du Général Leclerc. There is a market
here on Thursday and Sunday mornings and it is a good street in which
to buy picnic supplies. Bill Marsano and Michael Bernstein
Ecouen, p. 92
Renaissance concerts take place Sept-Dec and March-June. Ring 01 34 38
30 50 or visit http://www.musee-renaissance.fr/homes/home_id20787_u1l2.htm
for detailed programme.
There is a promising-looking Portuguese restaurant in the main
street, Rue Paul Lorillon, going downhill from the Mairie, on the
right. Closed in July, so I couldn’t investigate, but menus around 25€.
There are two shabby cafés, a supermarket and a quite good fast-food
joint at the end of the street to the right of the church, Rue Colette
Rousset.
Ecouen now has a tourist office with a tea-room. It is next to the
church, with access to the Château from its garden. Manoir des
Tourelles, 1 Place de l'Eglise, 95440 Ecouen, tel 01 39 90 85 32. Open
daily 2-6 pm except Tuesdays.
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Moret-sur-Loing, p. 138
I’m very sad to report that the Auberge du Soleil d’Or has closed down,
on the retirement of the owner.
Poissy, p. 153
Zola’s house at Médan is closed to the public for 4 years from 3
October 2011 while it is being renovated.
Montmorency, p. 133
The Al Vicolo restaurant is excellent.
John Carlock
Other useful sources of information,
p. 241
The Ile de France tourist office at the Carrousel du Louvre, 99 rue de
Rivoli, 75001 Paris closed down in May 2009.
John Mills
New branches will be located at Orly and Charles de Gaulle airports
and Versailles, but not in Paris. The useful publications recommended
on pages 241-242 are no longer available and will not be reprinted, as
they are now focussing on web-based information. You could ring the
Comité Régional du Tourisme on 01 73 00 77 00 if you wish to express
your dismay at this news, as I did.
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