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Want to get out of Paris, but not too far? Here are the places you absolutely must visit and all located in the enclosure of the Petite Couronne, just outside the gates of Paris. La Petite Couronne includes 3 departments: Hauts-de-Seine (92), itself made up of 36 municipalities; Seine-Saint-Denis (93) made up of 40 municipalities […]

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Where Do The Chefs Eat in Paris? Because life is short and you can’t afford to waste time going to the wrong places, GQ decided to test everything beforehand – bar, restaurant, bakery, kebab … – so you don’t have to. To help us in this process, this time we called on the best witnesses […]

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When we say the “rentrée” we think “a new start” especially for our taste buds! Here are the latest spots to visit for some exceptional gustatory times! Even if, for many of us, summer vacation is truly over, abandoning our taste buds is out of the question! Having loitered by all our favorite terraces, we’ve […]

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Who wouldn’t love a private terrace garden hidden away in the center of Paris?  Once a month the we are_club offers Open House events this summer, including brunch at this special spot on Sundays.   we are_ la Maison des industries créatives, is located in the 8th arrondissement on rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, across from […]

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For this three-day weekend, we took to the subway-accessible hiking routes offered by Helloways to allow you to travel to the countryside without going far. Pont de Sèvres metro station: Loop in Saint-Cloud park, 120 hectares larger than Central Park (12.3km – 3 hours) This pretty walk will take you to the Saint-Cloud park (Hauts-de-Seine) […]

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Exploited since the Middle Ages to supply Paris, the waters of Belleville are an impressive network punctuated with charming manholes.   In order to bring water from the Belleville springs to the centre of Paris, a large aqueduct was built by the city in the 13th and 14th centuries. All along the route, small “manholes” […]

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Most visitors to Père Lachaise come to see Jim Morrison, Yves Montand, Alain Bashung, Henri Salvador or GIlbert Bécaud… However, there are also extraordinary women worth visiting in this cemetery!   Fortunate Hamelin (1776-1851) Born in Santo Domingo, she was sent to France by her parents to be forcibly married at the age of 14. […]

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Road trips start with a plane ticket Expect fewer group tours and organized trips as people slowly readjust to travel immediately post-Covid.  They might rent a car and tour around on their own, or bunker down in an exotic spot for longer periods and experience it like a “local”.   Comfort food gets dolled up […]

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For almost a century, the guests of this former mansion have been enjoying the best of French luxury through the starred restaurant, secret garden, perched swimming pool, and elegant suites.   Hippolyte Jammet (1893 – 1964) had a dream of one day opening a luxury hotel that would be the embodiment of his vision of […]

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The government has announced that the stone quarries will be allowed to reopen, as they have been exempted from the current confinement measures put in place. The aim is to “considerably facilitate the restoration work on Notre-Dame.” The stone quarries, necessary for the restoration of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, will be allowed to reopen, […]

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