1) Take the metro to Charles De Gaulle/Etoile which is the stop for the Arc de Triomphe. Best times to venture out are weekdays M-F starting at 8:00 -9:00 PM with the action continuing until midnight or later. Saturday night is not that great. Even working girls like to take the weekend off.
2) Starting at the Ave. Hoch walk in a counter clockwise direction on the street that circles the Arc de Triomphe, which is called Rue de Tilsit (and changes name to Rue to Presbourg after passing Ave. de la Grand Armee--get a good map and this will appear clear). Follow this street circling the Arc and you will pass the following main streets which radiate out like a star ("etoile"=star) from the Arc: Wagram, MacMahon, Carnot, Grande Armee, Foch, Victor Hugo, Kleber, Ilena, Marceau and then you end up at the Champs Elysee. The best area is between MacMahon and Kleber.
3) You will see quite a few good looking women along this street but be careful, because only a small number are available to keep you company. Others are just hot, sexy Parisians on their way to bars and clubs. Be very discreet and take care not to offend anyone. Walk this circular street a couple times and soon it will become clear to you which ones are the working girls. They tend to stand on a corner or next to a building (a few are in cars) for awhile and they wait for guys to approach them--they are very discreet. The girls are a mix of native French girls (some of whom are a little older) and younger, hotter looking ethnic types (like Sharmilla and Karima). I happen to like the ethnic types so that's a plus for me, but it might not be for others.
4) Once you spot a girl you like and you've figured out whether she is available, make eye contact, smile and say "Bonsoir." Most will speak at least a little English, some a lot (I met an English speaking Indian girl named Sharmilla who was very nice). Anyway, don't let your lack of French stop you because the girls are used to dealing with foreigners, though the majority of their customers are probably French.
5) The going rate is 100 Euros, or about $90 US. I consider this to be a real bargain considering the relatively high quality of the girls. These are not ugly, druggie streetwalkers, though they are also not drop-dead gorgeous models either. Shop around and you will find someone you like. The girls will take you to their nearby apartment or go back to your hotel (I took a nice Moroccan girl named Karima to my hotel which was five metro stops away and I gave her an extra 20 Euros for her trouble). I didn't bother to bargain because 100 Euros is cheap for Paris.
6) You'll see some of the same and some different girls each night. Some are fulltime pros and some are amateurs, like Karima, out to make a few extra $.
7) Though I didn't have a chance to do this, I'm told that there is some good action around the Palais des Congres too, metro Porte Maillot. I did check out the area around the Madeleine Church and I thought the Etoile area was overall much better. Whatever you do, avoid St. Denis, Pigalle, and almost all "American" bars, strip clubs, etc. unless you want to get ripped off or disappointed. The girls around Etoile are independents and based on lots of experience and research I can assure you that they offer the best value in Paris.
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