Typical French "troquet". If you're looking for authenticity, just go there. If you want a typical baguette sandwich with draft beer or glass of wine on comptoir, that's definitely the place.
In this "café parigot", ask for an assiette de fromages or rillettes or foie gras with your wine or beer at the bar. Next door is the HQ of the famous "canard enchainé" (~ the French Onion newspaper).
Try this « gourmet food truck » which serves organic & bio burgers. At this street corner on Wed. (Lunch & dinner) & Sat. (Brunch & Lunch). Recommand the Dude’s burger with double Beaufort cheese.
Fun Fact! Sitting just outside Notre Dame Cathedral's main entrance you'll find a brass compass star in the ground - all distances from Paris are measured from here.
Did you know? Paris actually has an unwanted New Year's tradition in which people set fire to cars. This year a whole 1,193 cars were torched. Read more.
This is a one mile stretch of abandoned railroad line about five stories up from street level. The perfect place for a walk, a run or a saunter!
Be sure to visit the Jardin des Plantes when you leave the museum. You can spend hours relaxing here, while the Arènes de Lutèce - an ancient Roman amphitheatre - is a must-see as well. Enjoy!!
Baguettes from this famous bakery were named the city's best in 2010! With 12 locations around Paris, visitors have no excuse not to drop into one of Michel Galloyer’s boulangeries-patisseries.
From here, you have easy access to Paris’ largest and most famous flea market- marché aux puces de Saint-Ouen! It’s a great place to walk around, people watch and capture some awesome photos!
The dome of the Sacre Coeur is the second-highest point in Paris after the Eiffel Tower, providing great views of the city! Come early morning or evening to avoid the crowds!
The Pompidou Center hosts the largest museum for modern art in all of Europe. Try the entrance located at the back for a quicker entrance into the National Museum of Modern Art!
This Sunday is the last day of the year where you can enjoy the Musical Fountains of Versailles - a mix of classical music, bubbles and ripples! Go this weekend - they wont be back until next March!
Here from Wednesday until Sunday is the Salon du Chocolat! Make sure you don't miss out on some of the tastiest chocolate in the city!
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We recommend visiting the Paris Catacombs – an underground tomb where six million people were buried. You can see Paris’ underground grave at 1 avenue du Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy - not far from here. Read more.
They are getting prepared over at Disneyland Paris for their winter theme, which officially opens this Friday! Keep an eye out for it as it's always spectacular!
Wow! Archaeologists have found the 200,000 to 500,000 year old skeleton of a full woolly mammoth near to the French capital, at Changis sur Marne.
The world's most visited cemetery, Père Lachaise is also called La cité des morts - The city of the dead - by Parisians.
Paris switches on its Christmas Lights tomorrow - at 6.30pm to be precise. We can expect to see the trees lining the Champs-Elysées spectacularly lit up once again!
Did you know? There is an original model of the Statue of Liberty in Paris' Jardin du Luxembourg. The statue has been in the park since 1906!
Did you know? Only 35'000 of the Louvre's 445'000 pieces are actually on display. The rest are stored in its cellars.
Enjoy one of the best views of Paris from the top of this tower - 56 floors up funnily enough. Luckily there is an elevator that takes less than 40 seconds to get to the top! [Photo by Omid Sakhi]
The Catacombs of Paris is just one indoor place where you can have fun while escaping the winter cold. Read on to find out some other good indoor places in the city. Read more.
Ever thought you could go for a dip in a swimming pool on the Seine? Well you can at the Piscine Josephine Baker! Read on for even more unusual things to do in Paris. Read more.
Look out! It's the end of the world in Paris! But hopefully the world won't end today - if it does, however, then it might look a little like this!
