This authentic flea market is the Ali Baba’s cave of Paris. Built on the outskirts of the French capital, Montreuil is a fascinating, old-style bric-a-brac of antique, clothes, trinkets, vinyl records, old televisions, door handles and tooth brushes. The list goes...
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Buttes Chaumont
Keep off the grass
There are countless beauty spots in Paris for those of you seeking somewhere to enjoy the sunshine. Canal Saint-Martin and the ...
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Cinéma en plein air
Stars under the stars
Couched in Parc de la Villette, this open-air cinema only offers a small window of opportunity to enjoy some outdoor star-gazin...
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Hippodrome de Longchamp
Saddle up
Bordering the Seine River, this equine-fanatic mecca was built during the mid-19th century upgrade of the Bois de Boulogne. The...
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Château de Chantilly
The crème de la crème
An underrated and happily less-swamped domain than the Loire, the blissfully scenic Château de Chantilly makes an ideal day tri...
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"Cour carrée" of the Louvre museum
Renaissance and romance
Some people have seen the Louvre museum a hundred times in their lives. But few people know the "cour carree" as well, this mag...
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Marché aux Fleurs
Urban prairie on the Seine banks
The marché aux fleurs is not a high-profile market, nothing like Amsterdam’s “Bloemenmarkt.” There is profusion, variety and ey...
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Place des Victoires
The aristocratic Paris
This elegant plaza will captivate you. First, for its typical French architecture. The Place des Victoires is an archetypal exa...
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Jardin Tino Rossi
Last tango in Paris
There’s a deeply-rooted tradition every summer at the narrow jardin Tino Rossi, a spit of greenery along the Seine in the 5th A...
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Bois de Boulogne
Bigger than Central Park
The Bois de Boulogne is the bottle of oxygen of the city, known either for its large wooded spaces—ideal for jogging̵...
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Piscine de Pontoise
Swimming in Art Deco
Under the spotlight ever since Kieslowski shot a scene here from his film, Blue (part of his Three Colors trilogy), more than 1...
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