This morning I arrived at the Marché d'Aligre in the 12th, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary for a Tuesday morning at one of the city's best food markets. But as I got closer to the covered market, the Marché Beauvau, I saw that it was...
Author - Heather Stimmler
American-born travel journalist and non-profit media specialist living in Paris since 1995.
Fortune teller machines, antique carousel horses, a Hall of Mirrors, a unicorn who plays piano, vintage games and masked Venetian singers...
Herb Lester, a British company that makes beautifully-designed maps printed on recycled paper with a quirky retro feel, has come out with a new specialty map, Paris: Small Shops. Written by the Paris-based writer Anne Stark Ditmeyer of Prêt à...
Despite the many screw caps in the US market, French bottles of wine and Champagne still come with corks. And these corks can be recycled at any Nicolas wine shop in France. They are sold to manufacturers to be reused (in décor, insulation and...
Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature Hôtel de Guénégaud des Brosses 60, rue des Archives, 3rd M° Rambuteau Tel 01 42 72 86 43 Entry: €6 (reduced rate €4.50, free 18 and under) Hours: open Tuesday-Sunday 11am-6pm Completely renovated in 2007, the...
Maison de Chateaubriand 87, rue Chateaubriand, 92290 Chatenay-Malabry RER Robinson Tel 01 47 02 58 61 www.cg92.fr/maison-musee-chateaubriand The home and works of writer François-René de Chateaubriand can be visited in this domain with large gardens in the...
Pavillon de l’Arsenal 21, boulevard Morland, 4th M° Bastille Tel 01 42 76 33 97 www.pavillon-arsenal.com This center explores the architectural and urban structure of Paris allowing the visitor to better understand the dynamics and evolution of the...
Cinémathèque Française 51 Rue de Bercy, 12th M° Bercy Tel 01 71 19 32 00 www.cinematheque.fr This is where all self-respecting film buffs should head first. Housed in the contemporary Frank Gehry-designed building overlooking Bercy Park, the Cinémathèque is...
Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine — Palais de ChaillotPlace du Trocadéro, 16thM° TrocadéroTel 01 58 51 52 00 Entry: €8-10 (€5-7 reduced rate, free for 18 and under). Open: daily except Tuesday 11am-7pm...
Petit Palais-Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris Avenue Winston Churchill, 8thM° Champs-Elysées-ClemenceauTel 01 53 43 40 00www.petitpalais.paris.fr An artistic collection from the antiquity to the 20th century is housed in this Municipal Fine Arts...
Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain-Le Plateau Place Hannah Arendt Intersection of Rue des Alouettes and Rue Carducci, 19th M° Jourdain Tel 01 53 19 88 10 www.fracidf-leplateau.com A new contemporary art center, with more than 700 works, this site also combines...
La Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie 30, avenue Corentin-Cariou, 19th M° Porte de la Villette Tel 01 40 05 70 00 www.cite-sciences.fr This large Science & Technology complex is entirely devoted to exploring the sciences in all its aspects, through...
