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How does the song go? “I love Paris in the springtime…’ Well, who doesn’t, and for that matter summer, autumn and winter are pretty darn good too.

The City of Light shines like a romantic beacon year round with the finest of cuisine, fashion, lifestyle and culture, and yet, this ancient, fascinating and beautiful city is extremely walkable and easily navigable with its 20 districts or arrondissements spiraling out like an escargot from the central 1st. The legendary Seine River bisects the city with the urbane ‘right bank’ or rive droite being north, and the chic, artistic ‘left bank’ or being south. Bienvenue à Paris!

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BLAH BLAH

Excepting Fashion Week, there Un peu de politesse, mes is no bad time to visit Paris, chers, always bid hello and but bear in mind that during goodbye when entering shops, peak spring season the city is bars and restaurants swamped and in August the entire population goes on holiday, or so it seems

Shops, services and restaurants generally close on Sunday, s o u s e t h i s d a y f o r m u s e u m s CDG to town: around 45 mins / and activities €45 by cab; 30 mins / €8,70 by RER train; or 45-60 mins / €9,40 by Roissybus

Service is always included, but leave a small tip by rounding up to the nearest euro or two Even locals carry the fab little red Plan de Paris métro n’ maps all-in-one. Pick it up at any news kiosk Coffee: café is espresso, allongé is long espresso and café crème (not café au lait) is coffee with milk Cabs are fine for short hops but the métro is excellent for longer journeys, buy a one-week ‘carte orange’ pass, or a ‘carnet’ The int’l dialing code for Paris of ten tickets is +33 1, all local calls begin with 01 and mobiles with 06. To call emergency from a cell phone dial 112 The handy Vélib bike scheme has stations every 300m – €1/day, €5/week via credit card + PIN / www.velib.paris.fr

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LORENZ BÄUMER

Legendary haute jewellery designer Lorenz is famed for his spectacular one-off pieces utilizing rare and precious stones, which are often inspired by the natural world. In addition to his custom work and signature collections, for over 20 years from his beautiful salon and atelier in the Place Vendome, he also created exclusive collections for Chanel, and since 2009 is Artistic Director for Fine Jewellery for Louis Vuitton.

www.lorenzbaumer.com

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LORENZ BÄUMER

1) What’s the one thing every visitor to Paris must do and why?

Definitely Place Vendome. It is a wonderful place to go, a reference in luxury and especially jewelry. This is my playground with the view that I have from my salons. Something I never get tired of. I also happen to own 150 historic photographs dating back to 1853 of all the special moments recorded on film from the magic square. Come and visit the collection on your next journey!

2) What do you most love about Paris and why?

Paris is the city of inspiration, museums, amazing craftsmanship… a city that pushes you beyond normal boundaries. I am very fond of the Museum des Arts Décoratifs where 4 of my creations are on permanent display. There is always something special happening there, that I can use for my next piece of jewelry. Reading is another of my passions and I love to discover new books at Galignani library, where Bertrand Pizzin gives the best advice. www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr • www.galignani.com

3) Where do you go for a pamper session, massage or spa treatment?

For me there is only Catherine Leroy, who just opened her spa, 6,rue de la Trémoille in the 8th arrondissment. She does acupuncture and massage, so I love to visit her at the end of a busy week. I feel totally rejuvenated: a million years younger!

4) What are 3 of your favorite restaurants in Paris and why? What dishes do you order at these places?

Alain Ducasse in all his special locations: from the Plaza to Rech to Les Lyonnais. Kinugawa for Japanese food. Jean-Paul Hévin for his “tartelette au chocolat” and Paparazzi for the best pizzas in town. Paparazzi / 6 Square l’Opéra Louis Jouvet / +33 1 40 07 92 56 www.alain-ducasse.com • www.kinugawa.fr www.jphevin.com

5) What are your three favorite shops in Paris and what do you love about them?

My three favourite shops in Paris are Urban Solutions for the best bikes in the city, (my favorite means of transportation for Paris), Plume et Bille where I find the special Namiki pens from Japan that I love for writing notes, and La Maison du Miel for the most incredible selections of honeys. Since then we don’t have sugar at home any more. www.urbansolutions.fr • www.maisondumiel.com

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Shopping

MURIEL GRATEAU

Divine and dramatic, but simple porcelain tableware, plus a rainbow of fine linens and staggeringly chic jewelry. Muriel’s eye is always flawless and her monochrome store a magnet for the city’s most stylish denizens

37 rue de Beaune, 7th / M: Rue du Bac / +33 1 40 20 42 82 murielgrateau.com

Dining

LE RELAIS DE L’ENTRECÔTE

It’s not glamorous, and yes, you will almost certainly have to queue, but the two helpings of thinly sliced steak, sublime ‘secret recipe’ green sauce, fabulous shoestring fries, plus amiable waitresses are just too priceless. Steak and frites for a king!

15 , 8th / M: Franklin D. Roosevelt / +33 1 49 52 07 17 / go early or queue relaisentrecote.fr

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Hotel Hotel

LE ROYAL MONCEAU HÔTEL FOUQUET’S BARRIÈRE

This Raffles-run glory-bower has been A gold-dusted, regal residence with touched with the Starck stick, and an address to match. You are quite strikes firmly on the luxe gong with literally smack bang in the middle of a très contempo ring. Choose from Il the city on , with Carpaccio, Le Cuisine and Le Bar Long the Champs-Elysées and the Arc de and you’ll be well fed, watered and left Triomphe within moments of your door. feeling awfully exclusive. With plush, very spacious rooms, butler service, garden, indoor pool, fitness 37 avenue Hoche, 8th / M: Ternes / hall, U-Spa and legendary brasserie +33 1 42 99 88 00 Fouquet’s included in the picture, its all www.leroyalmonceau.com looking terribly rosy, or golden!

46 avenue George V, 8th / M: George V / +33 1 40 69 60 00 www.fouquets-barriere.com

Activity Dining

SAINTE-CHAPELLE RALPHS

Is there a more celestial (and Fight for a summer terrace perch or romantic) chapel on the planet? clubby salon table at Mr. Lauren’s The utterly adorable C.13th upper dandy paean to American classic chapel with its ravishing stained comfort cooking. It’s terribly BCBG, glass is breathtakingly exquisite. Try but it’s terribly lovely whether at to go on a sunny day for maximum lunch or supper. intake of breath. 173 boulevard St Germain, 6th / M: St- Germain-des-Prés / +33 1 44 77 76 00 4 boulevard du Palais, 1st / M: Cité / +33 ralphlaurenstgermain.com 1 53 40 60 80 / Mar-Oct 9.30am-6pm, Nov-Feb 9am-5pm / closed daily 1-2pm www.sainte-chapelle.monuments- nationaux.fr

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Dining Bar

SUR MESURE LE BAR DU PLAZA ATHÉNÉE

Step into this white on white spaceship The famous, ambient glow bar, luscious for a galactic molecular ride through leather armchairs, wood paneled walls all the latest techniques in 2 Mich- and eye-watering prices are like manna starred chef Thierry Marx’s prolific to the city’s beautiful crowd who come repertoire. Yes, there is faffy foam, to be scene and barely heard. Go late. but Marx’s devotion to healthy living is reflected in clean, sparkling flavors and Hotel du Plaza Athénée / 25 avenue Montaigne, 8th / M: Alma Marceau / imaginative pairings like bean sprout +33 1 53 67 66 00 / daily 6-11pm / and truffle risotto. electro-rock Thu-Sat 11pm-2am www.bar-plaza-athenee-paris.com 251 rue St-Honoré, 1st / M: Tuileries / +33 1 70 98 73 00 / closed Sun-Mon www.mandarinoriental.com

Activity Shopping

NISSIM DE CAMONDO MERCI

A wander around this truly beautiful Shop with a clear conscience at this house, complete with its original delightful concept store featuring a collection of C.18th art, furniture vintage book café, home furniture and and antiques, offers a unique fragrance, plus new/vintage togs for g l i m p s e i n t o t h e p a s t . A f a s c i n a t i n g kids and grownups with profits little time capsule. going to charity.

63 rue de Monceau, 8th / M: Monceau / 111 boulevard Beaumarchais, 3rd / M: +33 1 53 89 06 50 / 10am-5pm / Saint-Sébastien-Froissart / Mon-Sat closed Mon-Tue 10am-8pm / +33 1 42 77 78 92 www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr www.merci-merci.com

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Dining Dining

LE CHATEAUBRIAND YAM’TCHA

Gastro-vivants sell their kids for Barely 20 seats, slightly erratic service seats in Iñaki Aizpitarte’s vibrant, and very tricky to book, but ex- exciting, experimental bistro. If you like Astrance chef Adeline Grattard delivers adventure and the unknown on your a gorgeously original Franco-Oriental plate, then book well ahead. prix fixe of taste and texture.

129 avenue Parmentier, 11th / 4 rue Sauval, 1st / M: Les Halles / +33 1 M: Goncourt / +33 1 43 57 45 95 / 40 26 08 07 / closed Mon-Tue closed Sun-Mon

Lunch Bar

LE MEURICE EXPERIMENTAL COCKTAIL CLUB Alléno and Starck have turned this crystal, marble, gilt and mirror salon Tiny, sexy, young and funky, with plush, into one of the city’s most fought- chandeliered vibe and tempting drinks for tables, but you will need to be list, the ECC is a laboratory of fine and sitting down when the bill comes. That rare spirits served with a little tongue- said, the prix fixe lunch is the best in-chic, and a heck of a lot of flair.

value in town. 37 rue Saint-Sauveur, 2nd / M: Sentier / +33 1 48 78 31 80 / 5pm-5am / 228 rue de Rivoli, 1st / M: Tuileries / experimentalcocktailclub.com +33 1 44 58 10 55 / closed Sat-Sun www.lemeurice.com

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TAXIS

You’ve got more chance of hailing a pelican in Paris. If you are lucky enough to get one, your next realization will be that friendly cab drivers are as rare as friendly waiters

SERVICE

Any chance of getting my order before I expire? Probably n o t , a n d e s p e c i a l l y n o t i f you’re not French

SUNDAY

Shops, services and a good many restaurants are closed on Sunday – quell insanity is this?

PRICES

€35 for a martini in hotel bars? C’est du vol organisé! Be prepared to haemorrhage cash

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DRAB VS. FAB

MUSEUM PASS CUISINE

You will of course wish to visit the In a city of such fine food it’s tempting You could stand around with the rest and Musée d’Orsay but spring, to simply wander from restaurant to of the milling tourists watching Mr. summer and autumn the queues can bistro without ever really knowing Eiffel’s splendid tour de force as it be atrocious, and tempers simmer the components of the dishes and the goes through its nightly spellbinding easily. Book ahead to get the 2, 4 or origin of the ingredients. Step forward light show. For those in the know, the 6-day Museum Pass delivered to your Wendy Lyn, whose fabulous food tours very best way to witness the spectacle hotel and you’ll swan straight to the illuminate and charm in equal measure, is with a cocktail in your hand and a front of the queue (much to everyone’s and yes, you get to eat just about grandstand view on the terrace of the annoyance). It also gains you entry to everything you see along the way! Café de l’Homme. Salut! scores of other wonderful museums too. Le fab! thepariskitchen.com www.restaurant-cafedelhomme.com

www.museums-of-paris.com

VAUX LE VICOMTE LUNCH

The Museum Pass will help you to Paris hosts some of the world’s most avoid the queues at the Château de rarefied dining experiences, but apart Versailles, but it really can’t protect from the eye-watering cost, the sheer you from the abject swarms in spring difficulty in reserving a table for dinner and summer. If two’s company, but can be infuriating. So, reeducate thirty thousand is a crowd, why not yourself to accept lunch as the main consider the quieter and glorious Vaux meal of the day and you’ll take full le Vicomte, the original inspiration for advantage of the city’s fantastic Versailles. In summer you can even prix fixe deals, from magnificent dine within the candlelit grounds. Le Meurice to tiny Le Comptoir du Palatial peace! Relais. Bon appetit!

www.Vaux-le-vicomte.com

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ROMANCE

What better way to start your day than the heavenly Sainte Chapelle, and then in lovely St-Germain-des-Prés with a onto the perfect afternoon tea at The steaming cup of the signature, thick Four Seasons Hotel Georges V. Just hot chocolate from , time for a quick wash and brush up at followed by a gentle amble along Rue your hotel before dusk when you should Jacob’s pretty antique and décor shops take your table for cocktails at Café de (pop into Ladurée for thigh defying L’Homme (see Fab vs Drab) to watch the macarons), and be sure to stop off at spectacular Eiffel Tower light show (every one of Paris’ best cultural secrets, the hour on the hour). 20,000 sparkling charming little Musée Eugène Delacroix, light bulbs is quite something. With your for a window into the C.19th romantic magical dinner booked (well in advance) artist’s atelier, home, work and private at Le Meurice, and a moonlit walk garden. For a relaxed, but terribly good through the close by Tuileries Gardens lunch without a reservation be sure to look forward to (or if you prefer, supper to arrive very early at Le Comptoir at ravishing Le Grand Vefours followed du Relais, or if you’re in the mood for by a stroll in the Palais Royale), the the chicest cheeseburger in town try irresistible effect of Paris will become your luck at Ralph Lauren. Well, you’ve very apparent. earned a pamper, so off with you to the Six Senses Spa, and relax in one of their delightful couple’s cocoons. Rejuvenated? You simply can’t come to Paris and not shop for beautiful lingerie, and just a short cab ride away awaits the incomparable Fifi Chachnil, for undies with a built in knee-tremble! With your purchases safely wrapped, make haste to

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STYLE

Photograph: Antoine Mercier

Start your stylish day with some of the afternoon tea under the Tiepolo ceiling finest croissants and baked goods in of its grand café. For that all important the city from famed baker Eric Kayser pre-prandial, it’s difficult to beat the – rather handily he has a shop Carré excellent libations at ECC, before taking Rive Gauche at 18 rue du Bac in the 7th your seat at the ultra fashionable white arrondissment, just perfect for your post on white clad Sur Mesure for Thierry pastry stroll around the best interior Marx’s molecular marvels. If something décor and antique shops in this treasure a little lessPhotograph: formal is called Matt Burns for, head to chest of a neighborhood. Whatever Chez l’Ami Jean for Basque at its best you do, don’t miss out on divine Muriel in a boisterous boîte of chandeliers, zinc Grateau (see LUXE Loves), and a visit to and graffiti – don’t miss the infamous the splendid taxidermist extraordinaire rice pudding with salted caramel cream Deyrolle, quite simply one of our favorite and nougatine. Nightcaps? Mais oui. Two shops, anywhere. A quick coffee at Hotel words. Andy Wahloo. Fin! Montalembert if you must, and then taxi to the joyous Musée des Arts Décoratifs for its design collections dating from the Middle Ages to now. Lunch! Huitrerie Regis offers bivalve bliss, and you can eat in or takeaway. What luck, you’re terribly close to the beautiful Palais Royale, and that means vintage shopping and perfume at the lovely shops of Didier Ludot and Serge Lutens. An afternoon visit to the Musée Jacquemart-André is at once stylish and cultural, but just as importantly you’ll find a rather good

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GOURMET

Wendy Lyn is the go-to gal for all things spoilt for choice, but for an altogether culinary in Paris including food tours, different experience grab a cab to the cooking classes, market visits and wine 9th to find the extraordinaryA l’Etoile tastings, but it’s also worth seeking d’Or at 30 rue Fontaine, where pigtailed out the advice of Aurélie and Marion Queen of Candy Denise Acabo reigns at Succulent Paris who arrange all benevolently over her realm of hand- manner of culinary delights including curated confectionary and French artisan food tastings in private apartments. chocolate. We adore this store! Or, if you Prefer to go it alone? No problem. During prefer to sit down for your chocolate the week, one of the very best places to fix, try the wicked upstairs tearoom at start is always the delectable La Grand artisanal chocolatier Jean-Paul Hévin, Épicerie and its extraordinary seasonal, his alchemical cocoa will send you loco. regional and international produce. From Yes, you’ve died and gone to Hévin! To the ultra-luxe food hall specializing in finish your day, care for something a everything, it’s an easy step to the tiny little under the radar for supper? Try the independent stores specializing in only excellent tasting menu at Verjus. Relaxed one thing. On you go to nearby 8 rue du and welcoming, this little restaurant is a Cherche-Midi in the 6th for the legendary bit like attending a great supper party, or bread of Poilâne, and then follow your if you prefer it even less formal, they have nose to 51 rue de Grenelle in the 7th, a great wine bar with bites menu too. where it’s possible to detect the presence Lovely! of cheese wonderland Barthélémy even as you turn into the street. You’ve now got the makings of a picnic, and where better to enjoy it than the sylvan surrounds of the nearby garden at the Musée Rodin. Chocolate is a subject dear to most people’s heart and in Paris you’re

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ROMANCE

Les Deux Magots Sainte Chapelle 6 place Saint-Germain-des-Prés / M: St. 62 rue Saint-Antoine / M: St. Paul / Germain des Prés / +33 1 45 48 55 25 / +33 1 44 61 20 00 www.lesdeuxmagots.com sainte-chapelle.monuments-nationaux.fr

Ladurée The Four Seasons Hotel Georges V 21 / M: St. Germain des 31 avenue George V / M: George V / Prés / +33 1 44 07 64 87 / +33 1 49 52 70 10 www.laduree.fr www.fourseasons.com/paris

Musée Eugène Delacroix Café de L’Homme 6 rue de Furstenberg / M: St. Germain (see Fab vs Drab) des Prés / +33 1 44 41 86 50 / www.musee-delacroix.fr Le Meurice 228 rue de Rivoli / M: Tuileries / Le Comptoir du Relais +33 1 44 58 10 10 / 9 Carrefour de L’Odéon, 6th / M: Odéon / www.lemeurice.com +33 1 44 27 07 97 Le Grand Vefours Ralph Lauren 17 rue de Beaujolais / M: Palais Royal / 173 Boulevard Saint-Germain / +33 1 42 96 56 27 M: Odéon / +33 1 44 77 76 00 / www.grand-vefour.com ralphlaurenstgermain.com/en Palais Royale Six Senses Spa 4 rue de Valois / M: Palais Royal / 3 rue de Castiglione / M: Tuileries / +33 1 42 96 15 35 +33 1 43 16 10 10 / www.hotel-paris-palaisroyal.com www.thewestinparis.com

Fifi Chachnil 231 Rue Saint-Honoré / M: Tuileries / +33 1 42 61 21 83 / www.fifichachnil.com

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STYLE

Eric Kayser Serge Lutens 18 rue du Bac / M: Rue du Bac / 95 rue de Rivoli / M: Palais Royal / +33 1 42 61 27 63 / +33 1 42 86 57 76 / www.erickayser.com www.sergelutens.com

Muriel Grateau Musée Jacquemart-André (see LUXE Loves) 158 Boulevard Haussmann / M: St. Philippe du Roule / +33 1 45 62 11 59 / Deyrolle www.musee-jacquemart-andre.com 46 rue du Bac / M: Rue du Bac / +33 1 42 22 30 07 / ECC www.deyrolle.com 37 rue Saint-Honoré / M: Châtelet / +33 1 45 08 88 09 / Hotel Montalembert www.experimentalcocktailclub.com 3 rue Montalembert / M: Rue du Bac / +33 1 45 49 68 68 / Sur Mesure www.hotel-montalembert.fr 251 rue Saint-Honoré / M: Tuileries / +33 1 70 98 73 00 / Musée des Arts Décoratifs www.mandarinoriental.com/paris 107 rue de Rivoli / M: Tuileries / +33 1 44 55 57 50 Chez l’Ami Jean / 27 rue Malar / M: La www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr Tour-Maubourg / +33 1 47 05 86 89 / www.amijean.eu Huitrerie Regis 3 rue Montfaucon / M: Mabillon / +33 1 Andy Wahloo 44 41 10 07 69 rue des Gravilliers / M: Arts et huitrerieregis.com Métiers / +33 1 42 71 20 38 / www.andywahloo-bar.com Didier Ludot / 24 Galerie Montpensier / M: Palais Royal / +33 1 42 96 06 56 / www.didierludot.fr

GOURMET

Wendy Lyn Barthélémy / 51 rue de Grenelle / [email protected] / M: Rue du Bac / +33 1 42 22 82 24 thepariskitchen.com Musée Rodin / 79 rue de Varenne / Succulent Paris M: Varenne / +33 1 44 18 61 10 / 33 rue de Tocqueville / M: Malesherbes www.musee-rodin.fr / [email protected] / www.succulent-paris.com A l’Etoile d’Or / 30 rue Pierre Fontaine / M: Blanche / +33 1 48 74 59 55 La Grand Épicerie 38 rue de Sévres / M: Sevres-Babylone / Jean-Paul Hévin +33 1 44 39 81 00 / 231 rue Saint-Honoré / M: Tuileries / +33 1 55 35 35 96 www.lagrandeepicerie.fr www.jphevin.com Poilâne 49 rue de Grenelle / M: Rue du Bac / Verjus / 52 / M: Bourse / +33 1 42 97 54 40 www.poilane.com www.verjusparis.com

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