Every visitor to Paris is goes shopping, if only for hotel rooms and meals. Here's what various travel items cost in Paris.

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Most of Paris' great museums have marvelous museum shops selling arts, crafts, books, and souvenirs of high quality at very reasonable prices.

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The Marché aux Fleurs (Flower Market), on Île de la Cité in Place Louis-Lépine, just upstairs from the Métro's Cité station. Come any day of the week to enjoy the flowers, whether you buy or not. On Sunday, the flower market becomes a bird and small pet market.

All of the great French fashion houses have shops in Paris, of course, and the great department stores sell all sorts of good French stuff.

Le Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville, more commonly called BHV (BEY-ahsh-VEY), just on the north side of the Hôtel de Ville by Le Marais, has departments for everything from fashions to furniture to table napkins and mailing envelopes. If you're lacking some travel need, chances are you'll find it here. (Métro: Hôtel de Ville)

Also try Le Printemps, 64 Boulevard Haussmann, and Galeries Lafayette, 40 Boulevard Haussmann, both behind the Opéra Garnier (Métro: Chaussée d'Antin).

For a real shopping adventure, take the Métro to the Porte de Clignancourt station on Saturday, Sunday, or Monday from 09:00 am to 20:00 (8 pm) for an adventure in the vast Marché aux Puces de la Porte de St-Ouen, more commonly known as the Clignancourt Flea Market, with several thousand stalls, carts, shops, and vendors selling everything from used blue jeans to antique paintings and furniture. From the station walk north on Avenue de la Porte de Clignancourt. Watch out for pickpockets or your wallet, relieved of its contents, may be on exhibit the week after you visit.

Less adventurously, we all have to wash our clothing. Here's where and how to find a self-service laundromat/laundrette in Paris.