There's so much to see and do in Paris that many people feel overwhelmed trying to experience it all. But my friend Cynthia Morris, an artist, author and creativity coach, has found the perfect way to capture and savor everything she loves about the city...
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Smoking may be banned indoors in France, but the sidewalk cafés and parks are all still full of people intent on stinking up the fresh air around them. Happily, this year the Mairie de Paris opened up what were once the mayor's private gardens to the general...
After dealing with the annual cleanup of 315 tons of cigarette butts, aka mégots, the City of Paris has finally declared war on the ugly pollutants. Starting today they are installing 10,000 ashtrays and snuffers on Parisian poubelles (trash bins) to...
Sometimes, to lock in a good rate for a hotel, you need to pre-pay your room, no cancellations or date changes possible. Now if your travel plans change (or you find somewhere better to stay), you can resell those booking to other travelers on the...
I rarely have tour clients who book rooms at the Best Western affiliated hotels in Paris. I think people are afraid it will be a generic chain hotel. But in fact the hotels are all independent. They are simply members of the Best Western marketing group that...
A guest post (with photos and illustrations) by Secrets of Paris friend and creativity coach Cynthia Morris of Original Impulse Paris has always been a place where creative people come from around the world come to flourish. Renoir, Anais Nin, Gertrude...
French museums, in solidarity with the Croix Rouge (French Red Cross), are hosting a Dimanche de Solidarité on December 1st to help raise urgently needed funds fordisaster relief in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan. Official...
This video was sent to Secrets of Paris by Sebastian Weitbrecht, a freelance video artist from Germany. Stunning images!
Paris in July...ice cream, fireworks, and flowering gardens.
Yes, Parisians can be rude, like anywhere in the world. But this isn't the default. Let's share the stories of Parisian kindness instead.
Paris is the perfect city for celebrating la vie en deux, with all of the requisite clichés covered.
I've been trying to convince one of my tour clients to get an Eiffel Tower tattoo, but so far I've had no takers. And considering how obsessed some people are with this Dame de Fer (in this case referring to said Tower, not Margaret Thatcher), and also how I...
