Walking, a perennial Parisian pleasure, is all the more enjoyable in autumn, when leaves crunch underfoot, and the city’s palette softens into a harmonious blend of browns and golds. Read on for the most sensorially appealing places to seek out in the fall … Montmartre Go early in the morning, when the crowds are thinner […]
Jardin du Luxembourg
Paris Heritage Days 2022: Programme Highlights
If you’re in Paris this weekend, you’re in for a treat … a.k.a the annual Heritage Days. If not? Schedule a future holiday to coincide with the third weekend of September, for this is when Paris (and the rest of France) celebrate the Journées du Patrimoine. On these Heritage Days, many historic yet private buildings […]
The Audrey Hepburn Guide to Paris
Audrey Hepburn never actually lived in Paris, but for most of the world she was the very personification of Parisian chic. An honorary Parisienne, Audrey loved the City of Light — and it loved her right back. She regularly holidayed and filmed in Paris throughout her life and career, after having fallen for the city […]
April in Paris: Perfect Outdoor Eating Spots
‘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 […]