Design Hotel Find: Hotel Bachaumont Paris
Located in the dreamy neighbourhood of Montorgueil, Hôtel Bachaumont represents the true personality of Paris that exists away from chaotic tourist groups. Its namesake comes from a scandalous 18th century French author, Louis Petit de Bachaumont, known for the gossipy “Mémoirs Secrets”. Prominent celebrities, doctors and traders frequented the original Hôtel due to its proximity to […]
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Boutique Hotel Find: Le Pigalle Paris
Le Pigalle lies on Rue Frochot, in an area dubbed ”˜La Nouvelle Athènes’ (new Athens) developed in the 1820s for the rising professional classes of the new industrialist era. Influenced by London’s urban architecture, neoclassical flourishes meet with colourful Place Pigalle and the heady cultural mix found on the southern slopes of Montmarte. Charlotte de Tonnac […]
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Restaurant Find: Vivant Cave Paris
First opened by Pierre Jancou in 2012 as an informal accompaniment to Vivant Table, Vivant Cave Paris is a creative kitchen counter and natural wine cellar. Whilst Vivant Table is no more, Vivant Cave lives on, under new management with a team whose contagious energies are at home in this ”˜living cave’. The growing sweep […]
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Café Find: Ob-La-Di Paris
This new hole-in-the-wall café in the Marais offers more than meets the eye. Namely a substantial menu of organic and vegan dishes. And sits next to the equally rave-worthy Candelaria Taqueria. It’s quickly become a meeting place for the local creative set. With Australian baristas ready to make you a real coffee, and a mushroom […]
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Café Find: Claus Paris
Turn down a side street amidst the hustle of the Rue De Rivoli, The Louvre, and Les Halles and you’ll find yourself face to face with Claus – a true hidden gem in the center of the madness. Claus has two parts, and upon entry you’re greeted by the épicerie, aka a small grocery store. […]
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Café Find: Holybelly Paris
1 / 1 ( 2 votes ) There’s no argument that the Parisian breakfast is timeless classic. A buttery croissant to accompany your espresso is hard to beat and should be enjoyed, as many times as possible during a stay in Paris, but that being said, sometimes it just doesn’t cut it. Sometimes you want […]
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Contemporary Art Find: Palais de Tokyo Paris
1 / 1 ( 3 votes ) Three words have long epitomised the avant-garde in Paris in recent years. Palais de Tokyo has been defining creative accessibility since 2002 with its anti-museum aesthetic and multi-disciplinary ethos around contemporary art. Occupying a monumental building built for the Paris International Exhibition in 1937 in the 16th arrondissement, […]
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Art Museum Find: Centre Pompidou Paris
The controversial exposed skeleton of the Centre Pompidou is still as awesome as it was at its launch in 1977. The museum continues its mission as a multi-disciplinary centre for art, literature and music with the Public Information Library, National Museum of Modern Art and Institute of Music and Acoustic Research all housed in this […]
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Paris Design Hotel Find: Mama Shelter
1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) Mama Shelter Paris is the gold standard in affordable design-led hotels. For 79 EUR a night, design buffs can pick up some visual inspiration from Philippe Starck’s inventive design style, sleep on a super comfortable bed and hobnob with other young international trendies in the hotel’s buzzing bar […]
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Paris Restaurant Find: Robert et Louise
This rustic French farmhouse style restaurant in Le Marais is where to go for some of the best steak in Paris. These guys are serious about their côte de boeuf, which you can watch being charred to perfection at an open fire ”“ come early to get a seat right by the action. Your meal […]
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