September 5-November 4Street art fans can visit the 3rd annual Prix du Graffiti at the Eau de Paris pavillion in the 16th arrondissement (77 ave de Versailles, M° Javel or Mirabeau), featuring the winners chosen by a special jury. September...
Author - Heather Stimmler
American-born travel journalist and non-profit media specialist living in Paris since 1995.
Parmentier...it's a street, a metro station, and a man. But not just any man! We wouldn't have French fries if it weren't for Antoine-Auguste Parmentier.
No one ever thinks they're going to get pick pocketed until it happens to them. Sometimes you realize when it's happening, and even if you can't chase down the sticky-fingered thieves who made off with your wallet or purse, at least you got to see who it was.
Summer festivals Summertime is music festival time. Time Out Paris is a great place to start if you want to see the schedule of festival in and around Paris this summer, in French only: Les Festivals de Musique à Paris July 5-7Choose between...
Summer festivals Summertime is music festival time. Time Out Paris is a great place to start if you want to see the schedule of festival in and around Paris this summer, in French only: Les Festivals de Musique à Paris June 1-3: Rendez...
New York Times best-selling author of the Aimée Leduc mystery series set in Paris, Cara Black spends a lot of the time in the city interviewing locals to research her books. I was thrilled to hear the newest book in the series Murder on the Left Bank would...
A list of the parks, gardens, squares, waterways, cemeteries and other outdoor spaces in Paris.
While Paris is divided into 20 administrative districts known as arrondissements, the city is really made up of many more distinct neighborhoods (quartiers or faubourgs), and even a few villages with their own character and atmosphere.
Official May Holidays May 1st: Fête du Travail (Most museums closed) May 8th: Fête de la Victoire 1945 (V-Day WWII) May 10th: Ascension May 21st: Pentecost Monday May 1 It’s the annual Fête du Travail in...
Visitors to Paris love taking photos of the large carriage doors that guard the entrance to the city’s historic apartment buildings, but they rarely venture beyond. But not all of them are locked. If you see a plaque at the entrance, there are likely offices...
April 1st is Easter, but many shops, restaurants and museums will remain open. Some smaller restaurants and shops may be closed on Monday the 2nd, as well museums which have usual weekly closure on Mondays. April 3-8 The Journées...
March 7Tickets for the French Open at Roland Garros (May 21 to June 10) go on sale today. Book ASAP to get yours, they always go fast! March 8-9 The monthly «Music by the Glass» chamber series by Sinfonietta includes a wine...
