Honestly, I don't know what to recommend to you. The PCF headquarters perhaps? (which is a joke of a party these days)
There used to be squats where leftists organized various social events, but since the laws on squatting were tightened up a few years ago, squats are kept secret and for inhabitation only.
Just stroll around the city and enjoy.
Be aware that historically, the rich bourgeois parts of the city are in the south-west, and the poor prole/lumpen parts are in the north-east, so don't be surprised if everything is expensive near Auteuil, or if you see crackheads near Porte de la Chapelle.
Also don't go eating near touristic attractions and do not enter into any strip-club near Pigalle, otherwise you will get scammed. 13ème arrondissement and Belleville have some cheap food joints if you want to eat on a budget.
If some guy noticed you are a tourist and try to sell you something, or try to put a bracelet around your wrist or want to do a random dance with you or anything like this, just say "non merci" and walk away. Always put your wallet and your phone in your front pockets.
Also I hope for you you will avoid the Olympic Games season, otherwise RIP.
>>523994>what do you think of the paris syndrom?Well, I think a lot of people don't realize Paris is a big city, whose urban area hosts 12 million inhabitants, and that it's a city where most people either have a stressful life where they spend hours in dysfunctional public transports every day to go their jobs, or try to survive the best they can despite how expensive everything is, which mean sometimes you will have to deal with people being rude, or begging aggressively or trying to scam you.
It's like people complaining about Paris being dirty. Unless you come when garbage cleaners go on strike like pic related, Paris is just as dirty as any other big Western city such as Milan or Berlin.
If your ho(s)tel is located in a dirty part of town full of immigrants like Barbès, it's simply because you are too poor to afford the hotels in the fancy parts of the city, so deal with it.
It doesn't help that quite a few Parisians are pretentious cunts.Paris isn't a quaint touristic town, it's a global economic hub with a massive inequality problem. If you want le charming romantic experience, go to Austria or a small Italian town.