Sometimes we holiday in Paris with friends, for fun and the fashion — or with family, to tick off the bucket-list items, from the Louvre to the Eiffel Tower. At other times, Paris is the City of Love, the perfect place for celebrating a romance. But Paris is equally the ideal city in which to […]
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Paris for Two: Romantic Things to Do in the City of Love
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 […]
In Search of the Paris of Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette — a villain to some, victim to others — is endlessly fascinating. The ghost of France’s last queen has haunted myriad books, countless hours of screen time. The latest quest to understand this much-maligned but also much-admired woman is Marie Antoinette, an eight-part television series co-produced by the BBC and Canal+. Read on […]
What to do in Paris When it Rains
‘Actually, Paris is the most beautiful in the rain.’ So says Léa Seydoux’s character Gabrielle to Owen Wilson’s Gil at the end of Midnight in Paris, before they walk away from the Pont Alexandre III, toward a glimmering future together. If you’re as similarly misty-eyed in your Paris outlook (well, if you’re a regular visitor […]