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Paris is always so wonderfully Paris in any season (cue Cole Porter crooning I Love Paris). But there’s just something so extra-exquisite about the City of Light in the months of September through to November … Un. You can breathe more easily. Because there are fewer crowds, there seems to be more, well, air — […]

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This springtime sees the reblooming of some of Paris’s sweetest terraces, as well as garden cafés and restaurants within the city’s most scenic museums. The following eateries are feasts for all the senses; go for the delicious food, stay for the soul-satisfying settings. Place Dauphine Several restaurants on this gorgeous Parisian square extend their terraces […]

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Paris is the kind of city that welcomes anyone, at any age or life stage. You can be happily solo, wandering whichever way your fancy takes you, immersing yourself in the city’s rich history. Or you can visit with a gaggle of girlfriends, and shop and dance your days and nights away. Paris can be […]

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‘April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees …’ Which is your favourite version of the classic jazz song? Thelonious Monk’s? Charlie Parker’s? Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong’s? Frank Sinatra’s? There’s a cute anecdote about how April in Paris came into being, in Art Buchwald’s book Paris. For many years, the columnist […]

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