Paris
France • Europe
30
curated places
Louvre Museum
The world's greatest museum, overwhelming by design.
Ritz Paris
The original palace hotel, restored to glory.
Septime
The restaurant that redefined modern Parisian dining. Stripped-back industrial chic meets exceptional technique.
L'Arpege
Vegetable-forward haute cuisine, intellectual and pure.
Musee d'Orsay
Impressionism's permanent home.
Le Meurice
Palace hotel where Dalí kept a suite. Philippe Starck redesigned the public spaces with surrealist touches; the grandeur remains unshakeable.
Cafe de Flore
The quintessential Parisian literary cafe. Art Deco interiors, zinc bar, and decades of intellectual history seep from every corner.
Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche
The world's first department store, and still among the best. LVMH ownership means pristine curation; Left Bank location means better clientele.
Bourse de Commerce
François Pinault's Paris museum in a Tadao Ando-renovated former stock exchange. Major contemporary collection in a space that's a masterpiece itself.
Le Chateaubriand
The neo-bistro that changed everything. Inaki Aizpitarte's tasting menu is still one of the most exciting meals in Paris - raw, cool, and perpetually ahead.
Hotel Costes
The fashion hotel. Red velvet, low lighting, and a courtyard that's been setting the tone for Paris nightlife since the 90s. The compilations albums are famous for a reason.
Merci
The concept store with a conscience. Fashion, home, and books in a converted wallpaper factory, with all profits going to charity.
Musée Rodin
Rodin's sculpture in his former mansion and gardens. The Thinker on the garden terrace is Paris at its most romantic.
Palais de Tokyo
Europe's largest contemporary art center, open until midnight. Raw spaces, challenging installations, and late-night programming that blurs art and nightlife.
The Broken Arm
Fashion boutique with coffee. A formula that's been copied endlessly but rarely equaled. The selection is tight; the espresso is good.
$$Centre Pompidou
Inside-out architecture, Europe's largest modern art collection.
$$$$Hotel Lutetia
Left Bank art deco landmark reborn. Where Josephine Baker and Picasso held court, now restored with contemporary sensibility and a Salon Saint-Germain worth the trip alone.
$$$$Rick Owens
The brutalist temple. Rick Owens' aesthetic distilled into retail space: concrete, fur, and challenging silhouettes.
$$Candelaria
A taqueria in the front, speakeasy in the back. The bar that launched Paris's modern cocktail renaissance.
$$$$Frenchie
Gregory Marchand's flagship that helped define modern Paris bistro cooking. The tasting menu is tight, the wine list is deep, the room is always buzzing.
$$Clamato
Septime's younger sibling, focused on seafood and natural wine. No reservations, small plates, and the kind of energy you want on a Tuesday night.
$$Fondation Cartier
Jean Nouvel's glass building housing Cartier's contemporary art foundation. The architecture dematerializes boundaries between inside and garden.
$$$Le Servan
French technique meets Asian flavors, run by sisters with a chef pedigree (their mother opened L'Arpege). Quietly brilliant.
$$Musée Picasso
Picasso's personal collection in a 17th-century mansion. The works he kept for himself tell a different story than what he sold.
$$$A.P.C.
Jean Touitou's consistently minimal French fashion. The denim ages beautifully; the approach to fashion is refreshingly unfussy.
$$$Hotel Le Pigalle
A design-forward boutique hotel in the heart of SoPi (South Pigalle). Moody interiors, vinyl collections, and Parisian cool.
$$$Galeries Lafayette Haussmann
The grand dame under the stained-glass dome. Tourist-heavy but the architecture justifies the crowds. The roof terrace has free Eiffel views.
$$Le Dauphin
Le Chateaubriand's marble-clad sibling next door. Small plates, natural wine, and a Rem Koolhaas-designed space that feels like a gallery.
$$$Maison Kitsuné
Fashion meets record label. The Franco-Japanese brand that proved you could sell clothes and produce Chromeo.
$$Le Comptoir du Pantheon
A perfect Parisian terrace with unobstructed views of the Pantheon. Classic brasserie charm meets Latin Quarter energy.