The "Les Quatre Temps" Shopping Center is a large mall located just west of Paris in the ultracontemporary La Defense business district. Featuring dozens of stores, shops, restaurants, a UGC multiplex cinema, and other services, the shopping complex is open on Sundays (a majority of boutiques and shops inside remain open) and provides a good launching point for a visit of the Esplanade de la Defense and its imposing Grande Arche de la Defense, skyscrapers and modern sculpture.

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Location and Contact Information:

• Address: 15 Parvis de la Defense, La Defense (around 20 minutes west of central Paris by train)
• Metro: Grande Arche de la Defense (Line 1)
• RER: Grande Arche de la Defense (Line A)
• Buses: Lines 73, 141, 144, 159, 161, 174, 178, 258, 262, 272, 275, 278, 360, 378.
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Opening Hours:

Main shops at Les Quatre Temps are open Mon-Sat from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m and Sunday from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm. Restaurants and cinemas are open 7 days a week from 10:00 am to 11:00 pm.

Shops and Highlights:

The shopping center here features fashion for men and women, home design, gifts, books, and many other specialist boutiques. You'll find most global fashion chains here in addition to smaller boutiques. Among these include the following well-known brands:

• H&M
• Zara
• Desigual
• Habitat
• FNAC (books, music and electronics)
• American Apparel
• Muji (Japanese fashion and home design)

• Lancel
• Virgin Megastore

Eating Out, Snacking and Dining at the Shopping Center:

There are dozens of restaurants, bars and snack bars at Les Quatre Temps. In addition to a traditional indoor food court, there's a pleasant outdoor terrace area called "Le Dome" featuring a Flo brasserie (traditional French fare), affording nice views of the business district and the enormous plaza. On summer nights, it can be surprisingly pleasant. There are plenty of  other restaurants on the premises serving fresh, light fare, and more conventional fast food chains (McDonald's, Starbucks, etc). If it's nice out, make sure to try to secure a table outside so you can admire the strangely futuristic architecture of the "Great Arch" of La Defense: a curiosity most tourists in Paris never see. 

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