O/T Paris

[Shaun?]

I'm off to Paris in July and want to see some French girls in action in stripclubs etc. i know of the Pigalle area as my journy to the hotel takes me right through the middle of it, and I know of Rue St Denis, which I think is just off the river by Notre Dame but Autoroute is giving me two other Rue St Denis, which one is it and can anybody offer any places worthy of a visit?

[paul jones]

Hi,

There are open swinger clubs, (ie like nightclubs, but for swingers, rather than the Uk scene of mobile parties). Don't know what they are called in French, but read an article on the Net some time ago and the gist was that some days/evenings were open to single guys, (for the girls who want that much extra), and you just pay your money and go in.

Probably a lot more fun than a Pigalle clip joint.

You'll havr to do yoru own googling.

Good luck

Paul

[SteveR]

The Rue St Denis I know of is fairly central, so I would say it is the one just off the river. Seem to remember it is fairly close to a major underground shopping mall.

Can't give you any recommendations it was a fleeting visit. Though I did go in an excellent sex shop/peepshow on this rue st denis (air-conditioned booths for that extra touch of class). It was more like a hmv, just with hardcore porn on the monitors and sexy half naked girls draped over the checkout.

The other reference is probably to a main drag up to the st denis area to the north of the city.

[Alex]

Rue St. Denis (the one you want) runs due north up from the Seine not too far from Notre Dame. It's the major pick-up place for ladies of the night, and has a lot of clipjoints. Major scam area - avoid com la peste.

Go to the Gare du Nord and find a sex shop close by (there are several. They will be able to tell you where to find strip clubs and the like.

Good luck - and let us all know how you get one!

[Bob Singleton]

As a frequent visitor to my home city I would like to warn any visitor to Paris, or indeed anywhere else in France, that there are very few strip joints similar to the pubs and clubs of London, etc.

With the exception of the newly opened Spearmint Rhino there really are no strip clubs in Paris. There are however many video shops that have "Cabines Priv?es" where you can watch a disinterested girl disrobe, or, for more money, an equally bored couple having sex. Some of these places are better than others, but be very wary of the "clubs" as these are nothing more than clip joints. These are found both in Pigalle and Rue St Dennis (nearest M?tro is Les Halles, near the Pompidou centre). If a place has a guy enticing people to enter you know it's not worth going in!!!

The better live sex shows like Le Theatre des Deux Boules and Theatre St.Dennis have either closed down or are under new management and not as good as before.

If your French is OK, buy a copy of Club D?fi which has swingers ads and lists of swingers clubs... they often put on erotic shows and strippers as well as the usual activities found at swingers clubs )

Bob S
www.fullservice.org.uk