Supermarket Discount Hours: Supermarkets like Franprix and Carrefour place 30%-50% discount stickers on short-dated foods around 18:00–20:00. Use apps like Too Good To Go for deeply discounted bakery baskets.
Best Cheap Eats: Fresh baguettes from local bakeries (1.10–1.30 EUR), takeaway falafel/kebab shops along Boulevard de Clichy, and store-brand cheeses with canned tuna or lentils.
Free municipal outdoor Wi-Fi (PARIS_WI-FI network). Connects in 2-hour renewable sessions.
Note: Public Wi-Fi here is unencrypted. If accessing bank or work portals, keep NordVPN on. Grab the student rate (via Student Beans verification), or lock in the 2-year plan to save the most.
Best Way to Move Around: Walking (Montmartre is small and walkable, though steep) and Paris Metro (Line 12 Abbesses/Jules Joffrin or Line 2 Anvers/Blanche).
Standard Fare: 2.15EUR
Transit Scams to Avoid: Fake ticket inspectors demanding cash fines in metro corridors; always keep your validated ticket until you exit the station completely.
Aggressive men at the base of the Sacré-Cœur steps grab hands to weave string bracelets and demand cash. Keep hands in pockets or cross your arms and say a firm ‘Non’ while walking away.
Petition / Deaf-Mute Charity Scam
Individuals with clipboards approach near Abbesses and Sacré-Cœur asking for signatures and money while accomplices attempt to pickpocket. Ignore them and move past.
Three-Card Monte / Shell Game (Bonimenteurs)
Street gamblers on the steps set up cups and ball tricks. The ‘winners’ are paid accomplices. Do not participate or stop to watch, as pickpockets target onlookers.
