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Paris THE VIVA GUIDE
Welcome to_ This guide was produced for you by the Viva Paris team. Graphic Design by Carmen Galán [carmengalan.com]
PARIS
City of lights, hotbed of revolution, home of couture and
devilishly good food! Paris is the world’s most popular tourist
destination just in front of London. The Eiffel Tower, the
Louvre and the Notre-Dame Cathedral are the top three
tourist destinations.
Named “city of lights” because of its position as the
intellectual centre famous for education and modern
ideas during the age of Enlightenment, Paris truly is a
dreamy place.
With 2,23 million inhabitants and approximately 2 hours and
15 minutes needed to walk from the north to the south, Paris
can and should be visited by foot.
Whilst Paris is made of tiny streets, large avenues are useful
for the lost tourist:
if you lose your way in a warren of small streets, just try to
walk straight in one direction.
You’ll soon find yourself at a large avenue or plaza that is
easily identifiable on your map. Rest aside these iconic
places, Paris is an infatuating city to be in, unique in its way
of being and doing things. We hope you’ll enjoy reading this
guide as much as we’ve enjoyed making it.
It’s a well known fact that there’s no one that loves Paris
more than the Parisians !
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Une Petite Faim?
Le Pigalle (French)
Local, natural and genuine… Their menu
offers simple and handpicked seasonal
dishes that change with the vagaries of
nature. The menu has a distinctly local
flavour and has been put together with local
retailers and growers who are as eclectic
as the hotel itself.
9, rue Frochot 75009 Paris
metro: pigalle
www.lepigalle.paris
Le Mary Celeste (French)
Cutting through the streets of the Northern
Marais like the prow of a ship, this cocktail
bar also specialises in a briny menu of
oysters from around the world, plus there
are other exoctic bar snacks including tacos
or steamed Chinese buns
1, rue Commines, 75003 Paris
metro: Filles du Calvaire
www. lemaryceleste.com Le Pigalle
Eating Out
Le Mary Celeste
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Flesh (Barbecue)
Pigalle now has its own BBQ joint! A rare
and much appreciated place in Paris that
serves delicious grilled meats, fish and fresh
products. The meat isn’t gorged in oil and
the sides have healthy options too.
25, rue de Douai, 75009 Paris
metro: Blanche
www.flesh-restaurant.com
Alimentari (Italian)
With its cool jazz melodies and sixties
vintage furniture, Alimentari offers
Le Dépanneur exceptional homemade pasta and soft
pizza with crispy edges. Baked ham and
Le Dépanneur mushrooms, speck and scarmorza aka
Nana The mythic Pigalle nightspot is back, now artichoke cream. We drool.
sporting a relaxed Californian beachhouse 64, rue Jean-PierreTimbaud,75011 Paris
vibe. On the menu are organic burgers, metro: Parmentier
Nana (French) Abri (Fusion)
A pretty café where they’ve got a hungry From his minuscule central island, tacos ...
crowd starting at breakfast with homemade Katsuaski Okiyama, this extremely talented 27, rue Fontaine, 75009 Paris
granola with fresh fruit (gluten-free). chef, who was trained under Robuchon and metro: Blanche ou Pigalle
They serve dinner three nights a week. Taillevent, furbishes ten appetizers, ten www.ledepanneurpigalle.com
The ingredients selected at the market mains and ten desserts! Tangy mackerel
are organic ceviche, fatty and tender; spring onion Ellsworth (French)
10, rue Bréguet, 75011 Paris velouté with a coconut and mussel Beautifully dishevelled Franco-American
metro: Bréguet - Sabin emulsion; cod and carrot purée with three cuisine. Served à la carte: Kentucky-style
price: 16€ to 35€ spices; hanger steak and sea beans; and – fried buttermilk chicken with spicy Napa
www.nanaparis.com the highlight – a bitter chocolate tart that cabbage, duck meatballs with cilantro and
goes boom! But careful, on Monday and crunchy carrots, fried chicken skins served
Paname Brewing Company (French) Saturday at lunch there is no menu! as nachos… The Sunday Brunch boasts
A terrace surrounded by the green water 92, rue du Faubourg Poissonnière, some killer eggs Benedict.
of the Seine.with a London, Antwerp or 75010 Paris 34, rue Richelieu, 75001 Paris
Haarlem brewery ambiance... metro: Poissonnière/Cadet/Gare du Nord metro: Pyramides / Opera
41, quai de la Loire, 75019 Paris www.ellsworthparis.com/en-main
metro: Ourcq, Crimée
price: 16€ to 35€
Paname Brewing Company Flesh Ellsworth
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Floyd’s
Floyd’s (Bar & Grill)
Head past the whiskey bar and into the
chic hacienda-inspired dining room (rough
floors, green plants and tube chairs), where
you’ll discover (or rediscover) the art of
American BBQ
11 rue d’Enghien, 75010 Paris
metro: Strasbourg Saint-Denis
www.floyds.fr
El Tast (Spanish)
Top place for beautiful “aperitifs” platters
along with first rate beers. Great for a
nibble: tartines topped with cured meats,
jamon (=ham) bellota croquetas and a
flamboyant crème catalane, brebis,
salchichon, baby lettuce. The Spanish
sure know how to indulge.
70, rue Duhesme, 75018 Paris
metro: Jules Joffrin
El Tast
price:
MG Road (Indian)
Mordern Indian cuisine served in an
elegantly decorated café inspired by ancient
persian coffees situated near Bombay.
205 rue saint-martin 75003 Paris
metro: Etienne Marcel / Arts & Métiers
price: 30-50€
www.mgroadrestaurant.com
An Di An Di (Vietnamese)
Anahi (Argentinian) The name of the restaurant stands for
A delicious typical argentinian restaurant. “Go on Eat” in Vietnamese. Shrimp
Empanadas, ceviche, bife chuleta, dulce de beignets breaded with petals of puffed
leche for desert, sign us up. green rice that you dip into a formidable
49, rue Volta 75003 Paris wasabi-lemon mayonnaise, with a tangy
metro: Temple kick from the pickles.
price: 30-50€ 9, rue du Liban, 75020 Paris
www.anahirestaurant.fr metro: Couronnes
price: 16-35€
Anahi
La Cevicheria (Peruvian) www.andiandi.fr
Ceviche is fresh fish marinated in lemon, it’s
a typical South American dish and it’s divine. Trois Fois Plus de Piment (Chinese)
Plus, La Cevicheria - with its glass ceiling, Dedicated to Sichuan noodles and ravioli
lovely plants and wooden chairs is (100% homemade), the miniature menu
a peacehaven. written out by hand is pretty similar to the
14, rue Bachaumont 75002 Paris one at the mother house: pork dumplings
metro: Sentier served with chaozhou (a bitter and spicy
price: 20-30€ sauce) or in a soup; really good noodles
www.la-cevicheria.fr with ground pork in a sauce that’s been
slow-cooked with grilled chilies; vermicelle
Candelaria (Mexican) noodles in vinegar….
184, rue Saint-Martin 75003 Paris Trois Fois Plus de Piment
A cosy Mexican bistro. Great for cocktails
with tacos and tostadas. Dj sets in metro: Etienne Marcel
the background. price:
Welcome Bio Cuisine (Healthy) Le Bichat (Healthy)
Savoury healthy organic products. Eat healthy, organic, fresh, homemade and
Take away service. seasonal, for cheap! This is the promise
11, rue boulle, 75011 Paris made by the energizing neighborhood
metro: Bréguet-Sabin canteen launched by the quixotic
price: 16-35 € Augustin Legrand
www.welcomebio.fr 11, rue Bichat, 75010
metro: République Goncourt
Café Kitsuné (Gluten Free) price:
Bob’s Kitchen (Healthy) Kintaro
The most creative veggie menus in town. Traditional japonese food in a nice place,
But also and most importantly; sweet and with really good food!
savoury gluten free pancakes. There is always a line in front of the place,
74, rue des Gravilliers, 75003 Paris but you don’t have to wait that much.
metro: Arts & Métiers 24 rue Saint Augustin 75002
price: < 15 € Metro Opéra
www.bobsfoodetc.com Prices: around 15/20€
Bob’s Bake Shop (Healthy) Holy Belly (Breakfast/Coffee/Take Away)
Homemade coleslaw, delicious cream Simple makes perfect. Good food, good
cheese bagels, grilled carrots positive vibes coffee. One of Paris’ largest and liveliest
& a great place to sit for hours. There’s an new wave of barista-run coffee shops.
outdoor terrace with large wooden tables. Porridge, pancakes, seasonal fruits and Kintaro
Halle Pajol, 12, Esplanade Nathalie- vegetables…
Sarraute, 75018 Paris + pinball machine
metro: Riquet / Max Dormoy 5, rue Lucien Sampaix 75010 Paris
price: < 15 € metro: Jacques Bonsergent
www.bobsjuicebar.com Price: 16-35 €
www.holybel.ly
Soya (Healthy)
Full on Biocool canteen – bare cement, Marché des Enfants Rouges (Food Market)
metal columns and big windows – that Animated covered food market in the heart
serves vegetarian dishes (many of whom of the northern Marais with a good range
are tofu-based). +: The vegetable lasagna of lunch options, including our faves Chez
20, rue de la Pierre Levée, 75011 Paris Taeko, Le Burger Fermier,or l’Estaminet
metro: Parmentier 39, rue de bretagne, 75003 Paris
price: 20 € metro: Filles du Calvaire
Marché des Enfants Rouges
Bob’s Kitchen
Nanashi Charlot (Vegetarian)
Nanashi’s roomy and bright Marais satellite
serves the same fresh daily menu of tasty
fish, meat and veggie bentos, fresh soups
and salads, to eat in or to take away.
57, rue Charlot, 75003 Paris (+branches)
metro: Filles du Calvaire
price: 16-35 €
www.nanashi.fr Café Pinson
Supernature
Clever veggie creations at this funky Café Pinson (Healthy)
organic café include curry split-pea soup, A dream comes true for the city’s maligned
pumpkin seed and feta salad but, being vegans, vegetarians and gluten intolerant,
French, it’s not all legumes you can still this café and juice bar serves organic,
order a healthy cheeseburger with sprouts. primarily vegan cuisine, ‘full of colour
A takeaway branch two doors down serves and energy’
sandwiches, salads and thick slices of sweet 58, rue du Faubourg Poissonnière,
potato and gorgonzola quiche. 75010 Paris
8, 12 rue de Trévise 75009 Paris (+ branches)
metro: Grands Boulevards Cadet metro: Poissonnière
price: 16-35 € price: 16-35 €
www.super-nature.fr www.cafepinson.fr Holly Belly
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Miznon
Another really good cheat meal place! With
jewish sandwich with an amazing taste! AGENCY AREA
There are choices for everyone tastes! RESTAURANTS IN PARIS
22 rue de Ecouffes 75004 (le marai)
Metro Hotel de Ville or Saint Paul QUICK LUNCH OR TEA TIME
Prices : around 10€
Noglu
Soul Kitchen Perfect place for a quick lunch for a vegan
Healthy place for lunch or an afternoon (or not) lunch or tea time!
break! Most of the products are organic & there
33 rue Lamarck 75018 is a lot of vegan options.
Metro Lamarck Caulaincourt 69 rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris
Prices : around 20€ Metro - rue du bac
Price : from 15€ to 30€
Le pain quotidien
A classic one to have lunch or breakfast,
with almost only organic products,
Quiches, soup, vegetarian plates, bakery..
Nouilles ceintures 25 rue de Varenne 75007 (there is a lot of
pain quotidien also everywhere in Paris)
Nouilles ceintures Metro rue du bac
Really good place for chinese noodle! Prices : from 15€ to 25€
Noglu
(Close early at night)
69 rue du faubourg Poissonière 75009 Cosi
Prices: 10/15€ If you are tired about salad and want a
yummy cheat meal, that’s the right place!
PH7 Focaccia sandwich Italian/English surprising
Soul Kitchen fusion! Deserts are great too!
A really healthy vegetarian place, if you
are hungry but you want to go for a really 54 rue de Seine 75006
healthy lunch, this is the perfect place! Metro saint germain des prés
Everything is balanced in order to give you Prices : around 10/15€
a great energy for the day!
21 rue Lepeletier 75009 Claus – Saint Germain des prés
Metro Richelieu Drouot Perfect place for a cosy tea time!
Price: around 15€ Also a nice place for brunch, but you have
to book before!
2 rue Clément 75006 Epoca
Métro Mabillon or Saint germain des prés
Prices: around 20€
Café Trama
A really nice Parisian place for having diner
with a refined French cuisine with fresh
products!
83 rue du cherche midi 75006
Metro Sevres babylone
Prices: 35€ to 55€
Epoca
Italian restaurant, with good burrata
& pasta!
17 rue Oudinot, 75007
Metro Vaneau
Soul Kitchen Miznon Prices: around 35 to 45€ Café Trama
18 19ORGANIC FOOD MARKET ORGANIC MARKETS
Naturalia Marché Raspail
66 bd de Sébastopol, 75003 Paris boulevard Raspail, 75006 Paris
monday - saturday: 10am to 8pm metro: Rennes
metro: Etienne Marcel / Réaumur-Sébastopol sunday: 9am to 2pm
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11, rue du Renard, 75004 Paris Marché des Batignolles
monday - saturday: 10am to 8pm Boulevard des Batignolles
metro: Hôtel de Ville metro: Rome / Place de Clichy
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38 avenue de la Motte Picquet, 75007 Paris
monday - saturday: 10am to 8pm Marché Brancusi
metro: Ecole Militaire place Brancusi, 75014 Paris
www.naturalia.fr metro: Gaîté
saturday: 9am to 1pm
Bio c’Bon
52 avenue Parmentier, 75011 Paris
monday - saturday: 10am to 8pm
sunday: 10am to 1pm
metro: Parmentier / Saint-Ambroise
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31 rue Vavin 75006 Paris
monday - saturday : 10am to 8pm
sunday: 10am to 1pm
metro: Vavin
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103, rue de Turenne 75003 Paris
monday - saturday: 10am to 8pm
sunday: 10am to 1pm
metro: Filles du Calvaire
www.bio-c-bon.eu
La Vie Claire
76-80 rue Saint Honoré 75001 Paris
metro: Louvre-Rivoli
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85 boulevard Haussmann 75008 Paris
Shopping
metro: Saint Augustin
www.lavieclaire.com
Bio coop
Monday to Sunday morning
28 boulevard Raspail 75007 (just near the agency)
metro: rue du bac or sevres babylone (line 12)
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47 boulevard Raspail 75006
metro: montparnasse (line 12, 4, 6..)
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2 rue de Clichy 75009
metro: trinité d’Estienne d’Orves (line 12)
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9 rue du Paradis 75010
metro: poissoniere or chateau d’eau (line 4 or 7)
20L’Eclaireur (Concept Store)
Part art space, part lounge and part
deconstructionist fashion statement, this
shop for women is known for having the
next big thing first. The nearby menswear
store on rue Malher fills an equally stunning,
old warehouse-turned-art space.
40 rue de Sévigné, 75004 Paris
Le Bon Marché
metro: Saint Paul Le Bon Marché
www.leclaireur.com
Shopping (What Else?) Tom Greyhound (Concept Store)
A first international satellite for the
Seoul-based concept store. The big
Le Bon Marché (Department Store) designer space mixes up both men’s and
The city’s oldest department store, opened womenswear via a carefully curated
in 1848, is also its grandest. Those in need selection of more than 50 labels, including
of beauty, head this way for Le Bon Marché JW Anderson and Bernhard Willhelm.
is the embodiment of luxury and modernity. 19, rue de Saintonge 75003 Paris
Everything is wonderfully expensive and metro: Filles du Calvaire
delightfully attractive. www.tomgreyhound.fr
24, rue de Sèvres, 75007 Paris
metro: Sèvres-Babylone The Broken Arm
www.lebonmarche.com (Concept Store, Restaurant)
Concept store full of handpicked clothes,
Brand Bazaar (Concept Store) books, music, furniture and shoes, selected
One of Paris’ first concept stores – a 300 and laid out in the best possible taste. The
square meter, two floor boutique, packed price tags might give you pause but it’s OK
with a large selection of different brands to window-shop at least, or even better, to
from young designers to more established go through the little door that leads to the
brands. Prices vary. in-house café.
Definitely worth the hunt. 12, rue Perrée 75003 Paris
33, rue de Sèvres, 75006 Paris metro: Temple
metro: Sèvres Babylone tuesday - saturday: 11am to 7pm
www.brandbazar.com www.the-broken-arm.com
The Broken Arm
22 23APC
Isabel Marant Acne Studios
24 25Isabel Marant (Designer) Iro (Clothing)
The historic setting – an old ‘atelier de ‘Basic deluxe’ that’s gained approval from
rémoulage’ (remoulding workshop) fashion editors: skinny knits, skinny jeans
complete with faded gold lettering above and the ‘perfecto’ mini leather jacket. With a
the shop front – makes the shopping background in music, the owners know how
experience at this Haut Marais boutique to hit just the right note between trendy
filled with Isabel Marant designs all the and fashion victim, for a French silhouette.
more pleasurable. 53, rue Vieille du Temple
47 rue Saintonge, 75003 Paris 75004 Paris (+ branches)
metro: Filles du Calvaire metro: Saint Paul / Filles du Calvaire
www.isabelmarant.fr www.iroparis.com
Acne Studios (Designer) Carven (Clothing)
Acne’s impressive flagship combines raw Carven’s second store is an ode
industrial elements with clean scandinavian to Parisian elegance, a perfect setting
influences, wrapped around their for the label’s classic with a twist
pared-down avant-garde fashion. ready-to-wear collections.
3, rue Froissart, 75003 Paris 13 rue de Grenelle,
(+ branches) 75006 Paris (+ branches)
metro: Saint Sébastien Froissart metro: Saint-Sulpice Sandro
www.acnestudios.com www.carven.fr
Jérôme Dreyfuss (Accessories) Sandro Outlet (Clothing)
The flagship of the Paris accessories Founded by husband and wife duo Didier
virtuoso; an understated South American and Evelyne Chétrite in 1984, Sandro is
theme complements the bold bag designs, the go-to label for chic Parisian style. Be
accessories, plus a luxe line of leather inspired by the collection of Sandro dresses,
jackets. Monsieur Dreyfuss for men is coats and jackets, each piece infused with
across the street. the label’s inherent Gallic charm.
4 rue Jacob, 75006 Paris (+branches) 26, rue de Sévigné 75004 Paris
metro: Saint-Germain-des-près metro: Saint Paul / Chemin Vert
www.jerome-dreyfuss.com www.sandro.com
APC Surplus (Clothing)
Previous season’s collections at -40% from
the modish Paris label. Now with dedicated
spaces for men’s and womenswear.
18, 20 rue André del Sarte 75018 Paris
metro: Barbès Rochechouart
www.apc.fr
Iro
26 27Centre Commercial (Concept Store) Front de Mode (Concept Store) I Love (Concept Store) Soeur (Clothing)
Véja, the french fair-trainer brand, opened Paris’ first concept store dedicated to In the heart of this trendy neighbourhood. A vast boutique dedicated entirely
this collaborative ‘concept store’ to support fashionable sustainable clothing. The shop I LOVE has on offer all sorts of cool to Parisian teenage girls. The clothes
like-minded fashion from ethical labels like also organises events to meet with the fashionable clothes and accessories. are for those aged from 6 to 16.
Grenson, Saint James or Leaf. designers & learn DIY tricks à la française. Prices are affordable. A wide range of accessories on
2, rue de Marseille, 75010 Paris 42 Rue Volta 75003 Paris 48, rue Montorgueil, 75002 Paris offer make for great gifts.
metro: Jacques Bonsergent metro: Temple metro: Sentier 12, boulevard des Filles du Calvaire,
www.centrecommercial.cc www.frontdelamode.com www.ilove-boutique.com 75011 Paris
metro: Saint-Sebastien - Froissart
Marc Le Bihan (Eyewear) Yaya Store (Concept Store) monday - saturday: 10:30am to 7:30pm
The original store in Paris for the master of A unique bohemian shopping haven. www.soeur.fr
the cool frame,with a selection of the best Brought together, the pieces collected
models by the big guns, from Linda Farrow from her different travels form Yaya’s
to Alexander Wang. cocoon. Dreamy.
22, rue Etienne Marcel, 75001 Paris 55, rue de Montmartre, 75002 Paris
metro: Etienne Marcel metro: Sentier
www.marclebihan.fr www.yayastore.fr
Spree (Concept Store) Centre Commercial
Pioneering Montmartre concept store
presents a judiciously chosen selection of
fashion (Isabel Marant, Christian Wijnants,
Comme des Garçons...) vintage designer
furniture and even art.
16 rue de la Vieuville, 75018 Paris
metro: Abbesses
www.spree.fr
French Trotters (Concept Store)
On top of their own-name collections
of cool French garb for men and women
plus international brands, from Band of
Outsiders to Michel Vivien, French Trotter’s
impressive Marais flagship also stocks
homewares, accessories, perfume and a
cool selection of international mags.
128 rue Vieille du Temple
75003 Paris (+branches)
metro: Filles du Calvaire
www.frenchtrotters.fr
28 29Swildens Surplus (Clothing) COS (Clothing)
Swildens is the perfect mix of low-key H&M’s more high-end sibling. Minimal,
Parisian with a bohemian, vintage edge. timeless and modern clothes and
22, rue de Poitou, 75003 Paris accessories for Women, Men and Children.
(+ branches) We’re especially fond of their clean lines,
metro: Filles du Calvaire Nordic and Asian influences and a subdued
www.swildens.fr colour palette.
68 rue Montmartre, 75002 Paris
Mes Demoiselles Clothing) metro: Sentier / Les Halles
The best boheme-chic brand in Paris. www.cosstores.com
A great address for chunky knits.
45 rue Charlot, 75003 Paris (+branches) & Other Stories (Clothing)
metro: Filles du Calvaire A second Paris flagship for this more
www.mesdemoisellesparis.com high-end H&M brand. With a team spread
between Paris and Stockholm,
Sessùn (Clothing) & Other Stories, which beagn as a
French brand Sessun offers perfect cuts, a cosmetics company, is strong, strong, strong
style at once quirky and urbane, ethnic and on accessories, lingerie, beauty, ‘Made in Pretty Box Vintage (Vintage)
fantasy Prints and prices aren’t insanely Italy’, shoes, mags, jewellery, and of course this unassuming Marais shopfront hides
overpriced some great ready-to-wear! one of the city’s best vintage selections
34, rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris 277 rue Saint Honoré, 75008 Paris 46 rue Saintonge, 75003 Paris
metro: Ledru-Rollin metro: Concorde metro: Filles du Calvaire
www.sessun.com ----------------------- www.prettybox.fr
35 rue Montmartre, 75002 Paris
Princesse Tam Tam (Underwear) metro: Sentier / Les Halles Kilo Shop (Vintage)
Parisian temple for lingerie, loungewear www.stories.com The flagship Kilo-Shop branch is a
and swimwear. Fresh collections of well subterranean treasure trove of vintage
& Other Stories clothing and accessories of every
cut affordable lingerie.
23, boulevard des Capucines, conceivable type, colour and size. The
75002 Paris (+ branches) COS strict organisation here is a huge part of
metro: Opéra Uniqlo (Clothing) the appeal quite apart from the astonishing
www.princessetamtam.com Japanese giant Uniqlo is Paris’ hotspot for range. Everything is thoroughly categorised
comfy basics in a wide range of colours. and colour-tagged by weight – as the name
Médecine Douce (Jewellery) We’re particularly fond of their suggests, you pay by the kilo.
This contemporary, creative and fun collaborations with designers such as Jil 69-71, rue de la Verrerie, 75004 Paris
jewellery atelier has its finger on the pulse. Sander, Christophe Lemaire, Ines de la metro: Hôtel de Ville
10, rue de Marseille, 75010 Paris Fressange and more recently fashion www.kilo-shop.fr
metro: Jacques Bonsergent icon Carine Roitfeld.
www.bijouxmedecinedouce.com 39, rue des Francs Bourgeois, 75004 Paris Free ‘P’ Star (Vintage)
metro: Saint Paul One of the bets, and best known, vintage
White Bird (Jewellery) www.uniqlo.com bazaars in town.
A nice edit of international fine jewellery 61, rue de la Verrerie, 75004 Paris
designers. Owner Stéphanie Roger selects Kiliwatch (Vintage) (+ branches)
each piece individually, for its power to A Parisian institution, Kiliwatch gets metro: Hôtel de Ville
translate emotion, freedom & authenticity. jam-packed with hip guys and gals www.freepstar.com
38, rue du Mont-Thabor, 75001 Paris rummaging through racks of new and used
(+branches) streetwear. Startling vintage range of hats Célia Darling (vintage)
metro: Concorde and boots plus art/photography books, Superior vintage selection boasts
www.whitebirdjewellery.com eyewear and the latest sneakers. affordable pieces from the 40s to the 90s
64 rue Tiquetonne, 75002 Paris and specialises in cool prints.
metro: Etienne Marcel 8 rue Henri Monnier, 75009 Paris
www.espacekiliwatch.fr metro: Saint-Georges
30 31BOOKSTORES
Galignani (Bookstore) Palais de Tokyo (Bookstore)
Proudly claiming to be the ‘first English The catalogue of the current exhibition? An
bookshop established on the continent’, this artist’s DVD? The latest theoretical opus
ode to literature stocks French and English on contemporary art? The Palais de Tokyo’s
books and is the best spot in Paris for bookshop initiates, accompanies, and
picking up just-published titles. completes your craving for contemporary
224 rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris art. It’s enough to keep you up all night!
metro: Concorde 13, avenue du Président Wilson,
www.galignani.com 75116 Paris
metro: Iéna / Alma Marceau
Taschen (Bookstore) www.palaisdetokyo.com
Illustrated books on art, design,
architecture, fashion and urban culture Artazart (Bookstore)
fill this striking Philippe Starck–designed Hard by the Canal St-Martin, Artazart is the
split-level shop and its pavement leading design bookshop in Paris and stocks
bargain bins. directories, DVDs and CDs in French,
2 rue du Buci, 75006 Paris English and other languages. Staff are
metro: Odéon knowledgeable and helpful.
www.taschen.com 83 quai de Valmy, 75010 Paris
metro: Jacques Bonsergent / République
Ofr. Librairie (Bookstore) www.artazart.com
Art, design and history books and mags,
many about Paris, are the mainstay of this La Hune (Bookstore)
trendy Marais store with a one-room gallery This Left Bank institution boasts a global
out back. The latest hip bags, Kasia Dietz selection of art and design books, and a
totes, T-shirts and other items can also be magnificent collection of French literature
found here. and theory.
20 rue Dupetit Thouars, 75003 Paris 16-18 rue de l’Abbaye, 75006 Paris
metro: Temple / République metro: Saint Germain des Près
www.ofrsystem.com/librairie www.la-hune.com
WH Smith (Bookstore) 7L (Bookstore)
This branch of the British-owned chain is Karl Lagarfeld likes books so much he
supposedly Paris’ largest English-language tought he’d publish some himself; browse
bookshop. his latest releases in fashion, architecture,
248 rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris art… within an elegant space designed by
metro: Concorde Tadao Ando.
www.whsmith.fr 7 rue de Lille, 75007 Paris
metro: Saint-Germain-des-Près
www.librairie7l.com
Ofr. Librairie
32 33Caravane (Interior Design) Merci (Concept Store)
Paris’s biggest and most luxurious interior A Fiat Cinquecento marks the entrance to
design shop comes from Great Britain! Even this unique concept store which donates all
if you’re not looking to spend big money on its profits to a children’s charity in
a Fritz Hansen lamp, trust in The Conran Madagascar. Shop for fashion, accessories,
Shop to expose the best interior designers linens, lamps and nifty designs for the home;
out there – Arne Jacobsen, Charles & Ray and complete the experience with a coffee
Eames, Harry Bertoia, Magnus Long… in its hybrid used-book-shop-cafe or lunch
- as well as a wonderful contemporary in its www.stylish basement.
selection of gifts. 111, boulevard Beaumarchais, 75003 Paris
9, rue Jacob, 75006 Paris (+branches) metro: Saint Sébastien Froissart
metro: Saint Germain des Près www.merci-merci.com
www.caravane.fr
L‘Artisan Fleuriste (Flowers)
Fleux (Interior Design) 95, rue Vieille du Temple, 75003 Paris
Innovative designs for the home by metro: Filles du Calvaire
European designers fill this twinset www.artisanfleuriste.fr
of big white mazes.
Products range from super chic to kitsch, Diptyque (Candles)
clever and plain crazy. Its e-boutique stocks Fragrance specialist carrying candles &
about 10% of what you see on the shop perfume, plus a selection of face & body
floor, but Fleux can post most Paris care products.
purchases home for you 8, rue Des Francs Bourgeois,
(at a price, bien sûr ). 75003 Paris (+branches )
39 & 52, rue Sainte Croix de la Bretonnerie, metro: Saint Paul
75004 Paris www.diptyqueparis.fr
metro: Hôtel de Ville
www.fleux.com Cire Trudon (Candles)
Established in 1643, the original Parisian
Inès de la Fressange (Concept Store) candle-maker was once favoured by Louis
Organized like a chic bazaar, long farm XIV. Its exquisite scented candles come in
tables and dark wood shelves are filled with notes such as ‘hot crusty bread’
Book Marc blue-and-white textiles, straw baskets, 78, rue de Seine, 75006 Paris
ceramics, and other odds and ends you metro: Odéon
might www.ciretrudon.com
find at a stylish hardware store, all sourced
from her favorite artisans and brands Mariage Frères (Tea Shop)
24, rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris Founded in 1854, this is Paris’ first and
Book Marc (Bookstore) Conran Shop (Interior Design)
metro: Rue du bac arguably finest teashop. Choose from more
Marc Jacobs imports his book counter from Effortless chic interiors. This boutique,
www.inesdelafressange.fr than 500 varieties of tea sourced from 35
Bleeker Street NYC to Paris. Think a giant founded by Francoise Dorget in 1995, is
countries. Mariage Frères has four other
mood board featuring a sexy mix of low and the kind of place where the Parisian girls
outlets, including the 6e arr. and the 8e arr.
high culture, art and photography books find “interior” happiness: beautiful linens
30, 32, 35 rue du Bourg Tibourg,
17 place du marché saint Honoré, and textiles, cosy canapés, handcrafted
75004 Paris
75001 Paris objects,lovely lighting and curtains. The
metro: Hôtel de Ville
metro: Pyramides founder imports her articles
price: pot of tea 10€, brucnh 32-55€
www.marcjacobs.com and handcrafted objects from Morocco,
www.mariagefreres.com
but also India and Africa.
117, rue du Bac, 75007 Paris
metro: Sèvres - Babylone
www.conranshop.fr
34 3536 37
Pierre Hermé (Chocolatier) Rougier & Plé (Arts & Crafts)
It’s the size of a chocolate box, but once Arts and crafts specialist. The best supply
you’re in, your taste buds will go wild. Pierre offer in town for all your creative hobbies.
Hermé is one of Paris’ top chocolatiers and They have a large selection with a wide
this boutique is a veritable feast of perfectly range of prices.
presented petits fours, cakes, chocolates, 13 Boulevard des Filles du Calvaire,
nougats, macarons and jam. 75003 Paris
72, rue Bonaparte, 75006 Paris (+ branches)
metro: Odéon metro: Filles du Calvaire
www.pierreherme.com www.rougier-ple.fr
La Durée (Macaroons) Adam Montparnasse (Arts & Crafts)
This multi-storey luxury labyrinth is If Paris’ art galleries have inspired you,
decorated like an 18th-century bordello and pick up paint brushes, charcoals, pastels,
serves fresh contemporary French cuisine, sketchpads, watercolours, oils, acrylics,
plus the maison’s exceptional cakes. There’s canvases and more at this historic shop.
also a space-age cocktail bar out the black Picasso, Brancusi
(open unitl midnight) and Giacometti were among Édouard
18, rue Royale, 75008 Paris Adam’s clients.
metro: madeleine 11, boulevard Edgar Quinet, 75014 Paris
www.laduree.com metro: Edgar Quinet
www.adamparis.com
BHV (Department Store)
Six-storey department store with Les Puces de Saint Ouen (Flea Market)
everything and anything from fashion, beds, This vast flea market, founded in the late
washing machines, screwdrivers… Whilst 19th century and said to be Europe’s
Parisians only come here for the occasional largest, has more than 2500 stalls grouped
light bulb and hardware equipment, you into a dozen marchés (market areas), each
36, rue de la Verrerie, 75004 Paris with its own speciality There are miles upon
metro: Hôtel de Ville (Line 1, 11) miles of ‘freelance’ stalls; come prepared to
www.bhv.fr spend some time.
138/140 rue des Rosiers,
Monoprix (Department Store) 93400 Saint-Ouen
So much more than our favourite super- metro: porte de Clignancourt / Garibaldi
market chain, Monoprix has become the www.marcheauxpuces-saintouen.com
Parisian’s go to for so many wonderful
Visit
things. Its brilliantly priced merchandise Habitat 1964 (vintage furnitures)
across all categories, from beauty products Now french owned, the revolutionary
to groceries, bed linens, kitchen supply, and furniture brand founded by Terence Conran
clothes for the whole family makes for great in 1964 has set up a ‘vintage village’ in the
souvenirs. A godsend ! heart of the St Ouen flea market,selling
21, avenue de l’Opéra, 75001 Paris iconic Habitat pieces from the 60s, 70s, 80s,
(+ branches) and 90s. You’ll also find a l’Eclaireur outpost
metro: Pyramides (Line 14) dedicated
www.monoprix.fr to vintage furniture, plus a cute café run by
Tartes Kluger
77, rue des Rosiers, 93400 St-Ouen
www.habitat1964.com
38Opéra Garnier
This ornate 19th-century monument is
home to the Paris Ballet, and the opulent
Grand Foyer is a must-see. It even produces
its own honey from rooftop hives, which
features on the menu of its restaurant
Place de l’Opéra, 75009 Paris
metro: Opéra
www.operadeparis.fr
Palais Royal
This magnificent 17th-century former
palace is set around a dreamy landscaped
garden and fountain. The arcaded galleries
have become a high fashion destination,
home to the likes of Pierre Hardy or Rick
Ockens. The French Culture Ministry is also
installed here, behind the forecourt and
Daniel Buren’s iconic sculptural installation.
metro: Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre
Musée d’Histoire Naturelle
Musée d’historie Naturelle
At the Natural History Museum’s Grande
Galerie de l’Evolution, stuffed creatures
parade majestically through their various
habitats. Animals of all kinds teach us
about the diversity of nature and in the
endangered and vanished section (where
a dodo takes pride of place) about the
importance of protecting them.
36, rue Geoffroy Saint Hilaire 75005 Paris
metro: Gare d’Austerlitz / Jussieu
wednesday - monday: 10am to 6pm
www.mnhn.fr
La Pagode
This charming 19th-century Japanese
Palais Royal style pagoda and garden has been devoted
to indie cinema since the 50s. One of the
loveliest cinemas in the world.
57 bis, rue de Babylone, 75007 Paris
metro: Saint-François-Xavier
www.etoile-cinemas.com
Opéra Garnier
41Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature Les Catacombes
Politically incorrect, true, but this recently This is the official entrance to the 3,000km
renovated museum dedicated to ‘hunting tunnel network that runs under much of
and nature’ is nonetheless a delight. the city.
Regular contemporary exhibitions add With public burial pits overflowing in the
new perspectives to the collection. era of the Revolutionary Terror, the bones
60, rue des Archives, 75003 Paris of six million people were transferred to the
metro: Rambuteau catacombes. The tour lasts approximately
tuesday - sunday: 11am to 6pm 45 minutes and the temperature in the
close at 9:30 on wednesday tunnels is 14°C.
www.chassenature.org 1 Avenue du Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy,
75014 Paris
Deyrolles metro: Denfert-Rochereau
Overrun with creatures including lions, tuesday - sunday: 10am to 8pm
tigers, zebras and storks, taxidermist www.catacombes.paris.fr
Deyrolle opened in 1831. In addition to
stuffed animals (for rent and sale), it Les Serres d’Auteuil
stocks minerals, shells, corals and One of the four botanical gardens
crustaceans, stand-mounted ostrich eggs maintained by the City of Paris. Situated in
and pedagogical storyboards. There are The Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil in the Bois
also rare and unusual seeds (including de Boulogne, this elegant garden is
many old types of tomato), gardening organized around a huge parterre in the
tools and accessories. traditional French Style. The five main
46, rue du Bac, 75007 Paris hothouses, with architecture dating to the
metro: Rue du bac end of the 19th century, were built around
www.deyrolle.com/en this central area. A classical music festival
is held here every year. A pleasant spot
Rosa Bonheur for plant lovers.
Within the delicious Buttes Chaumont park, metro: Porte d’Auteuil
this kid-and gay-friendly café with its ranks
of outdoor tables overlooking the trees is Jardin des Plantes
perfect for a Sunday afternon picnic with These magnificent botanical gardens,
friends. dating from 1640, feature a menagerie,
Parc des Buttes Chaumont, different natural history museums including
2 avenue des Cascades, 75019 Paris a paleontology museum with its dinosaur
metro: Botzaris skeletons, and beautiful greenhouses,
wednesday - sunday: noon to midnight renovated in 2010 and boasting one of
www.rosabonheur.fr the world’s most extensive collections
of tropical and desert flora.
Place Valhubert, 75005 Paris
metro: Gare d’Austerlitz
Les Serres d’Auteuil
42 43du Louvre
Musée
If you spent 30 seconds in each room, it Nazis as a storeroom for stolen art.
would take you more than three months to The world’s largest museum is also its most
finish visiting the entire Louvre Museum. visited. It is a city within the city, a vast,
The Musée du Louvre was originally a multi-level maze of galleries, passageways,
fortress built in 1190. staircases and escalators. It’s famous for
The Louvre is the most popular museum in the artistic glories it contains within –
the world welcoming over 15,000 visitors among which the Mona Lisa - but the very
per day, 70% of whom are foreign tourists. fabric of the museum is a masterpiece in
The Louvre contains about 7500 paintings, itself - or rather, a collection of masterpieces
of which about 66% are French. modified and added to from one century to
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci is the another.
most famous piece of art in the Louvre and metro: Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre -
is also of such value that it is protected Louvre Rivoli
with bullet proof glass and has its own monday, thursday, saturday, sunday:
bodyguards. 9am to 6pm
wednesday, friday: 9am to 9:45pm
It was stolen in 1911 before being returned closed on Tuesdays
to the museum two years later! www.louvre.fr
During WWII, the Louvre was used by the
Musée du Louvre
44 45Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Grandly installed in a wing of the Louvre,
the decorative arts museum complex
houses one of the world’s most important
collections of design, but is also a fashion
museum and a great shop.
107, rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
metro: Palais Royal - Musée
du Louvre / Tuileries / Pyramides
tuesdays - sundays: 11am to 6pm
(thursdays open until 9pm)
www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr
d’Orsay
Musée
Recently renovated to incorporate richly - Gauguin’s Femmes de Tahiti
coloured walls and increased exhibition (Women of Tahiti)
space, the home of France’s national - level 2, room 70). In 1891, Gauguin lived in
collection from the impressionist, Tahiti to find freedom and peace of mind.
postimpressionist and art nouveau - Courbet’s l’Origine du Monde
movements spanning the 1840s and 1914 (The Origin of the World – Room 20),
is the glorious former Gare d’Orsay railway his most controversial painting.
station – itself an art nouveau showpiece. Save time by prepurchasing tickets online.
Top of every visitor’s must-see list is the To avoid long hours of waiting in line, arrive
museum’s painting collections, centred at 9am, during lunch time or at 6pm on
on the world’s largest collection of Thursdays. If possible, try and avoid
impressionist and post-impressionist art. weekends.
Here are some of the highlights that can be 1, rue de la Légion d’Honneur, 75007 Paris
seen at the Musee d’Orsay: metro: Solferino
- Van Gogh’s Starry Night over the Rhône, tuesday - sunday: 9:30amp to 6pm
painted in 1888 (Level 2 Room 72). close at 9:45pm on thursday
- Monet’s Les Coquelicots, painted in 1873 www.musee-orsay.fr
(Level 5, room 30), representing a walk
through a poppy field with Monet’s wife
Camille and their son Jean. Musée des Arts Décoratifs
46 47Grand Palais
One of the most iconic Parisian monuments.
Built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle,
it is recognisable by its large glass dome
flanked by the French flag.
This architectural masterpiece of stone,
steel and glass has been listed as a historical
monument since 2000.
The national galleries organise large-scale
exhibitions on artists that have marked the
history of art (Picasso, Hopper, Renoir…)
3 Avenue du Général Eisenhower,
75008 Paris
metro: Champs-Elysées - Clémenceau
wednesday - saturday: 10am to 10pm
sunday & monday: 10am to 8pm
www.grandpalais.fr
Petit Palais
Petit Palais Doré, Courbet and the impressionists, as
Despite it’s elegant, Belle Époque allure well as other paintings and sculptures from
the ‘Little Palace’ is overshadowed by its the Antiquity to 1900.
big brother, Le Grand Palais, just across the Avenue Winston Churchill, 75008 Paris
road. But ignore it and you’ll miss out on one metro: Champs-Elysées - Clémenceau
of Paris’s loveliest fine arts museums, with tuesday - sunday:10am to 6pm
Grand Palais an extensive mish-mash of works by Poussin, www.petitpalais.paris.fr
48 49Musée du Jeu de Paume Musée de l’Orangerie
France’s national centre of photography, Tucked away in the heart of Paris, in the
within the Tuileries Gardens, excels in Tuileries gardens, this fully restored mu-
insightful retrospectives of modern and seum invites visitors to discover or
contemporary photography rediscover in natural daylight Claude
1 place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris Monet’s vast collection of water lilies, as
metro: Concorde well as 144 works from the walter-Guillau-
tuesday - sunday: 11am to 7pm me collection (Renoir, Cézanne, Modigliani,
www.jeudepaume.org Matisse, Picasso, Derain, Soutine, etc.).
Jardin des Tuileries
Musée Rodin Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris
Located inside an 18th-century mansion, metro: Concorde
the Hôtel Biron,this museum is dedicated wedsneday - monday: 9am to 6pm
to the life and work of the 19th-century www.musee-orangerie.fr
sculptor. Gorgeous garden too.
79, rue de Varennes, 75007 Paris Musée Galliera
metro: Varenne Invalides This place is amazing: you can feel the
tuesday - sunday: from 10 am to 5:45pm history of fashion oozing through the walls.
wednesday: from 10 am to 8:45 pm And now the very talented Olivier Saillardis
www.musee-rodin.fr in charge the exhibitions are of deep
significance and vision.
Cité de la Mode & du Design
Musée Picasso 10 Avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie,
Located in the exquisite Baroque Rue de Galliera, 75016 Paris
mansion the Hôtel Salé in the Marais, metro: Iéna / Alma Marceau
the newly opened museum today tuesday - sunday: 10am to 6pm
boasts modernised and expanded www.palaisgalliera.com
exhibition spaces, allowing for more
than 500 of Picasso’s works to be Cité de la Mode & du Design
displayed throughout the building’s Framed by a lurid-lime wave-like glass
four levels facade, a transformed Seine-side
5, rue de Thorigny, 75003 Paris warehouse now houses the French fashion
metro: Saint Pau/Chemin Vert/ institute, Cité de la Mode et du Design,
Saint Sebastien Froissart mounting fashion and design exhibitions
tuesday - friday: from 11:30am to 6pm and events throughout the year. Other
www.museepicassoparis.fr draws include an entertainment-themed
contemporary art museum Art Ludique-Le
Musée de la Vie Romantique Musée , along with ultrahip bars, clubs and
The small and indeed romantic museum restaurants and huge riverside terraces.
in the ivy-clad former private home of 34, quai d’Austerlitz, 75013 Paris
19th-century artist Ary Scheffer; enjoy a metro : Gare d’Austerlitz / Quai de la Gare
coffee in the café set within its charming open everyday from 10am to midnight
garden price: depending on the exhibition (from
16, rue Chaptal, 75009 Paris free to 15€)
metro: Pigalle www.citemodedesign.fr
tuesday - sunday: 10am to 6pm
www.vie-romantique.paris.fr
Musée Galliera
50 51Palais de Tokyo Festivals
The Tokyo Palace, created for the 1937
Exposition Universelle, has no permanent La Nuit des Musées
collection. Rather its shell-like interior of “The Night at the Museum” takes place once
concrete and steel is a stark backdrop to a year during the month of May – museums
interactive contemporary art exhibitions are open until midnight and some even
and installations. Its bookshop is fabulous organise concerts.
for art and design magazines and its eating/ www.parisinfo.com
drinking options are magic.
13, avenue du Président Wilson, La Nuit Blanche (All Nighter)
75116 Paris An annual all nighter that takes place at the
metro: Ièna / Alma Marceau beginning of October Museums, private
wednesday - monday: noon to midnight and public art galleries and other gallery
www.palaisdetokyo.com institutions are open and free of charge.
The city is taken over by street musicians
Musée du Quai Branly and artists! It’s all very festive!
This imposing Jean Nouvel-designed
museum is a temple to indigenous art But
the dreamy garden by landscape architect
Gilles Clément and vertical wall garden by
Beaubourg
Patrick Blanc are reason enough to visit.
Musée 37, quai Branly, 75007 Paris
metro: Iéna / Alma Marceau /
Ecole militaire
tuesday - sunday: 11am to 7pm
close at 9pm on thursday, friday, saturday
www.quaibranly.fr
(Centre Georges Pompidou) you can even watch television shows from
Centre Pompidou is the third most visited around the world.
Paris attraction with about 5.5 million The most popular exhibition to date
visitors a year. has been the 2013 retrospective “Dalí” Musée du Quai Branly
The grand total of the construction cost exhibition which broke the museum’s daily
of Centre Pompidou was a staggering attendance record; 7,364 people a day went
£58,800,000. to see the artist’s work (790,000 in total
Unlike any other building in Paris, all the over the whole exhibition)
plumbing, electrics, air circulation, wires One of the best panoramas in Paris is on the
and pipes are on the outside of the building roof top terrace of the Centre Pompidou.
giving the museum its unique appearance. Renzo Piano & Richard Rogers’
All of the functional external elements of radico-industrio‘ museum as factory’ still
the building are colour-coded: green pipes excites 30 years on. Apart from a
are plumbing, blue ducts are for climate gobsmaking international programme
control, electrical wires are encased in of art and cinema the building also houses a
yellow,and the red ones are circulation quality art bookshop, café & museum shop
elements and health and safety Place Georges Pompidou, 75003 Paris
The Pompidou Centre is also famous for its metro: Hôtel de Ville / Rambuteau /
public library which is fully stocked with al- Etienne Marcel
most 500,000 books as well as other media. monday - sunday: 11am to 9pm
It can easily accommodate 2,000 readers (closed on tuesday)
too. And if you’re not a French speaker www.centrepompidou.fr
52 53Maison européenne de la Photographie Galerie Almine Rech Fondation Louis Vuitton
Outstanding photography institution wich One of the major players boasts confirmed This stunning contemporary art centre, designed by Frank Gehry
boasts an impressive annual programme of artists of the calibre of Araki or James in the Bois de Bologne, opened its doors in late 2014.
monographic shows of contemporary and Turrell, but also fashion icon Hedi Slimane As impressive as the world-class works of art destined to
modern talents 64, rue de Turenne , 75003 Paris be displayed here is the ‘iceberg’ architecture - imagine 12
5/7 rue de Fourcy, 75004 Paris metro: Saint-Sébastien - Froissart curvaceous giant ‘sails’ crafted from 3600 glass panels.
metro: Saint Paul / Pont Marie tuesday - saturday: 11am to 7pm 8, av. du Mahatma Gandhi, Bois de Boulogne 75116 Paris
wednesday - sunday: www.alminerech.com metro: Les Sablons
from 11am - 7:45pm wednesday - monday: 12pm to 7pm
www.mep-fr.org www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr
Maison Rouge
This cutting-edge gallery shows
contemporary artists and seldom-seen
works from private collections.
10, boulevard de la Bastille, 75012 Paris
metro: Quai de la Rapée
wednesday - sunday: 11am to 7pm
thrusday: opened until 9pm
www.lamaisonrouge.org
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin
The ever-expanding Perrotin gallery now
counts 3 parisian spaces and a large stable
of headline-grabbing artists including
Tatiana Trouvé, Maurizio Cattelan or...
Pharrell Williams.
76 rue de Turenne, 75003 Paris
metro: Saint-Sébastien - Froissart
tuesday - saturday: 11am to 7pm
www.perrotin.com
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
The Austrian gallerist holds his own with
artists of the calibre of Richard Deacon
and Andy Warhol. Make sure to visit the
monumental second space out in Pantin !
7, rue Debelleyme , 75003 Paris
metro: Saint-Sébastien - Froissart
tuesday - sunday: 10am to 7pm
www.ropac.net
Fundation Louis Vuitton
54 55Wellbeing
Swimming Pool Club & Gym
Piscine Suzanne Berlioux Gym studio parmentier
In the center of Paris at Les Halles Yoga, Zumba, Pilates, cardio…
Forum des Halles ,75001 Paris metro: Parmentier
Niveau 3 – access by ‘Porte du Jour’ or ‘la 107, avenue Parmentier, Paris 75011
Porte du Louvre ’ www.gymstudio.fr/
metro: Chatelet les Halles zumba-paris-parmentier.html
price: entry 4€- lesson: 8€
www.equipement.paris.fr/ Le Club Fitness
piscine-suzanne-berlioux-les-halles-2916 9 rue Quinault, 75015 Paris
metro: Parmentier
Aqua-by price: 160€ for 1 month full cardio.
Cycling in the water with a coach ! Daily Pass: 20 €
82 rue Notre Dame de Nazareth, www.leclub-fitness.com
75003 Paris.
metro: Strasbourg St Denis / Réaumur Fitness Price
Sébastopol / Art et Métiers 6 clubs located in the following areas
price: 1 lesson 35€ 75004, 75009, 75011, 75012
www.aqua-by.com 75014, 75018 Espace Sportif Pailleron
price: 1 month - 149€.
Opened daily
Cycling www.fitnessprice.com
Where to run ? Dancing
Here is a list of beautiful parKs in Paris
Dynamo Cycling Espace Sportif Pailleron Gym Suédoise
where you can have a run or a little walk.
45 minutes of intense cycling in the Swimming pool, ice rink and gym A mix of workout and cardio nice music
Usually the opening and closing hours
dakness, a coach, music and good energy. 32, rue edouard Pailleron, 75019 Paris Price: 45€ to have an unlimited access
depends on the daylight.
A great experience! metro: Bolivar to all classes during 1 month, or 120€
metro: Quatre-Septembre Class between 8€ &10 € for 3 months
Parc Monceau
14 Rue Saint-Augustin, 75002 Paris price: 80€ for 10 fitness’ classes www.gymsuedoise.com
35 Boulevard de Courcelles, 75008 Paris
30€ for a lesson www.pailleron19.com
www.dynamo-cycling.com Tuileries Centre de Danse du Marais
Place de la Concorde, Paris 75001 Paris You have all types of dance with great and
Velib famous teachers. No need to make a
You can also rent a Velib and visit Paris Jardin du Luxembourg reservation, just be the first there!
on a bike ! 75006 Paris 41 rue du temple, 75004 Paris
They are very easy to rent and you can park metro: Hôtel de Ville / Rambuteau
them very easily. Les Buttes Chaumont Once you bought your member card
price:1,70€ for the ticket, than 1€ every 38 Avenue Simon Bolivar, 75019 Paris at 12€ you can go to the class and pay
30min directly theprofessor.
www.en.velib.paris.fr Le Jardin des Plantes price: 18€/per class
75005 Paris www.paris-danse.com/tarifs.asp
56 57Yoga Color Forever (nails)
Get the job done at mini chain Color
Yoga Village Forever, with 22 central locations around
Many different kind of Yoga Paris (notably 1 rue de Turbigo at Etienne
39 boulevard des capucines, 75002 Paris Marcel).
metro: Madeleine / Opéra monday- saturday: 10:30am to 8pm
price: around 10€ many different prices: start at 8€ for a polish application
kind of Yoga www.colorforever.com
www.yogavillage.fr
Body Minute (waxing)
Ashtanga Yoga Paris Called ‘Epilation’ in french, all ‘instituts de
Classes offered in French and English beauté’ offer the service. The budget chain
40 avenue de la République, 75011 Paris Body Minute requires no reservation and
metro: République has the city pretty well covered. It’s basic
Price:165€ for 1 month unlimited classes but gets the job done.
50€ for one week unlimited www.bodyminute.com
Between 20€ and 23 € for one class
www.ashtangayogaparis.fr/fr_fr Citypharma (Pharmacy)
One of our top top addresses! This is the
CHEAPEST pharmacy in the whole of Paris.
Tips-
SPA Treat yourself to beauty products,
pharmaceutical skincare and other products
Spa Nuxe at incredible prices. Often overcrowded, try
The luxurious day spa housed in stone to go in the morning, the price reductions
vaults with wooden cabins and safari-style make it all worthwhile.
tents offers massages and skin treatments 26, rue du Four, 75006 Paris
using Nuxe’s gentle, plant-based products. metro: Saint Germain des Près / Mabillon Telephones Addresses
Hôtel Le Mathurin monday - friday: 8.30am to 8pm The country code is +33. French phone Paris is made up of 20 arrondissements,
43 rue du Mathurins, 75008, Paris saturday: 9.00-8pm numbers have 10 digits, with the first two spiraling outwards in a clockwise direction
metro: Saint Augustin & Havre Caumartin www.pharmacie-paris-citypharma.fr indicating the region. Paris usually starts from the 1st arrondissement in the center.
price: from 80€for 45 min to 1h30. with 01. If calling from outside France, dial The last two digits of postcodes indicate
www.le-mathurin.com/fr/ +33 and drop the first 0 from the phone the arrondissement: so 75002 is the 2nd
le-private-spa-nuxe number. Mobile phone numbers start with arrondissement, etc. Arrondissements are
06, and occasionally 07 indicated on the blue enamel street signs
The Vendôme Spa by Asian Villa above the street name.
In house boutique spa Asian Villa offers Emergencies Home addresses can be quite complicated:
real Thai massages and other deliciously Useful numbers in an emergency: to get into a building off the street you will
addictive treatments. From 75 euros for EU-wide emergency hotline (112) usually need a code for the outside door,
access to the sauna and hammam and SAMU ambulance services (15) then the letter indicating which staircase
treatments. A wonderful retreat for Fire Brigade (18) to take, the floor number, the position of the
post-fashion week fatigue. Police (17) apartment (right, left, etc)
Renaissance Paris Vendôme Hôtel Rape-crisis hotline (0 800 05 95 95)
4 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris Electricity
metro: Tuileries et Pyramides Etiquette Plugs are two-pronged. UK and US
price: between 75€ & 180€ Parisians may have a reputation for being appliances will need adaptators (UK) and
www.spa-renaissance-paris-vendome.com rude. But it’s important to respect certain transformers (US). You can find these at
rules of etiquette here. Use pardon to BHV or branches of FNAC and Darty.
apologise if you bump into someone, for
example.
When shopping, remember to say ‘bonjour’
and ‘au revoir’ as you enter and leave a shop
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