Paris’ best shopping

Where to go and what to see in Paris – a 3-day itinerary from destination expert and travel writer Anna Brooke.

Where to go and what to see in Paris – a 6-day itinerary from destination expert and travel writer Anna Brooke.

There are old-fashioned bonbons, jellied fruits and chocolates galore in this historical sweet shop, founded in 1761.

Chic department store with a dazzling Art Nouveau cupola, famed for its food court, luxury fashion brands and rooftop restaurants.

Ultra-chic department store, with architecture by Eiffel and stylish fashion displays, plus an adjacent luxury supermarket and eateries.

The largest antiques market in the world, with serpentine alleys lined with shops and stalls of curios, knickknacks and furniture.

Crammed with iconic buildings, world-class art and a culinary scene steeped in history, Paris is one of the world’s great capitals, overflowing with style, romance, and art de vivre. 

This vast Medieval palace was most famous as the ‘antechamber to the guillotine’ in the French Revolution. Three thousand prisoners were tried and convicted here, including France’s last queen Marie Antoinette.

Europe’s largest collection of modern and contemporary art, housed in Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano’s iconic inside-out building.

Paris’ official museum of the Middle Ages, set one of Paris’ oldest and finest medieval buildings. It’s home to the world-famous 15th-century La Dame a la Licorne (The Lady and the Unicorn) tapestry, and Paris’ oldest sculpture (1349 AD).

One of the world’s most important Picasso museums, highlighting the artist’s prolific career and his own collection of art in a sumptuous 17th-century mansion.

Paris’ most exquisite Gothic monument was built by Louis IX in 1248 to house his collection of Passion relics, including Christ’s Crown of Thorns (now at Notre-Dame Cathedral). It has one of the most extensive 13th-century stained-glass collections anywhere in the world.

The apartment where famous French poet and novelist Victor Hugo lived for 16 years, now a museum about his life and works.

The birthplace of the rum baba in the 18th century, the city’s oldest patisserie still wows with its gateaux (cake) today.

Founded in 1793 during the French Revolution, this impressive museum has four substantive galleries, with dinosaurs galore, all dedicated to preserving and educating about the natural world.