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Paris

Once the home of cutting edge art and culture, then accused by some of resting on its laurels, Paris has recently experienced a rebirth, with an influx of new ideas such as the 104 arts centre and theVélib bike-hire system. It almost makes you forget the frustration of dealing with public institutions.

 

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Essentials

01 Be polite. Even though the Parisian may seem rude at times, a little bonjour, s’il vous plait, and merci goes a long way.
02 Neo-bistro is still as popular as ever, try the cuisine at Le Comptoir, the restaurant of Yves Camdeborde (the founder of the genre) at the Relais Saint Germain hotel or his protogé Bruno Doucet’s new restaurant La Régalade Saint-Honoré. 123, rue de Saint Honoré, +33 01 42 21 92 40.
03 Get a perfect old-school shave at Alain Maitre Barbier, 8 Rue St Claude, +33 1 42 77 55 80, maitrebarbier.com
04 A L’Etoile d’Or is the best sweet shop in town, 30 rue Pierre Fontaine. +33 1 48 74 59 55
05 Check out Le Bal, Paris’s hottest arts centre in Clichy dedicated to photography with a nose-to-tail British restaurant in town. Le Bal, 6 Impasse de la Défense (off 20 Avenue de Clichy), +33 1 44 70 75 50 , le-bal.fr

Hotels
Independent and easy
L'Hotel
13 rue des Beaux-Arts
+ 33 1 44 41 99 00
l-hotel.com

Newly Opened
Le Royal Monceau - Raffles Paris
37 Avenue Hoche, 75008 Paris
+ 33 1 42 99 88 00
leroyalmonceau.com

Dependable chain
Hilton Arc de Triomphe
51-57 rue de Courcelles
+ 33 1 58 36 67 00

Premium
Le Bristol
112 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré
+ 33 1 53 43 43 00
hotel-bristol.com

Dining
Fast breakfast
Du Pain et Des Idées
34 rue Yves Toudic
+ 33 1 42 40 44 52

Business breakfast
Ladurée
75 avenue des Champs-Elysées
+ 33 1 40 75 08 75
laduree.fr

Mid-morning coffee
La Caféotheque
252, rue de l’Hotel-de-Ville
+ 33 1 53 01 83 84

Working lunch with colleagues
Glou
101 rue Vieille du Temple
+ 33 1 42 74 44 32


Need-to-impress-clients lunch
Apicius
20 rue d'Artois
+ 33 1 43 80 19 66
restaurant-aspicius.com

Lunch on your own
Le Comptoir  du Relais
9 carrefour de l'Odéon
+ 33 1 43 29 12 05
hotel-paris-relais-saint-germain.com

Afternoon tea/drink
Rose Bakery
30 rue Debelleyme
+ 33 1 49 96 54 01

Dinner on your own
Atelier de Joël Robuchon
5 rue de Montalembert
+ 33 1 42 22 56 56
joel-robuchon.com

Dinner with colleagues
Thou Mieux
79 rue Saint-Dominique
+ 33 01 47 05 79 00
thoumieux.fr

Private dinner
Top floor of Kunitoraya
5 rue Villedo
+ 33 1 47 03 07 74
kunitoraya.fr

Big dinner with partner/clients
Passage 53
53 Passage des Panoramas
+ 33 1 42 33 04 35

Drink after dinner
Spring Buvette basement wine bar
6 rue Bailleul
+ 33 1 45 96 05 72

Late drinks
Experimental
The Prescription Cocktail Club
23 Rue Mazarine
+ 33 1 45 08 88 09

Late bite
Maison de l'Aubrac
37 rue Marbeuf
+ 33 1 43 59 05 14
maison-aubrac.com

On the tiles
L’Arc
12 Rue de Presbourg
+ 33 1 45 00 78 70
larc-paris.com

Reading

Bookshop

Ofr bookshop
20 rue Dupetit-Thouars (Carreau du Temple)
+ 33 1 42 45 72 88
ofrsystem.com/

Newsstand

WH Smith
248 rue de Rivoli
+ 33 1 44 77 88 99
whsmith.fr


Thank yous

Chocolates
Patrick Roger
108 boulevard  Saint-Germain
+ 33 1 43 29 38 42
patrickroger.com


Shopping

Something you can't get  anywhere else
Hi-fi design from Objet Sonore
19 rue Debelleyme
+ 33 9 50 48 34 18

Luxury scents
Pick up perfumes and even scented laundry liquid from the boutique of France’s hottest nose.
Maison Francis Kurkdjian
5 rue d’Alger
+ 33 1 42 60 07 07
franciskurkdjian.com

Something for the Kids
Miniature wooden cooking utensils and sharp looking kids clothes
Bon Ton
5 boulevard des Filles du Calvaire
+ 33 1 42 25 32 11
bonton.fr

Something everyone
From paper laptop bags to fashion, furniture and food Merci
111 boulevard Beaumarchais
+ 33 01 42 77 00 33
merci-merci.com

Something for someone  you love
Matali Crasset designed "organic love toys" at Lieu Commun
5 rue des Filles  du Calvaire
+ 33 1 44 54 08 30

Something for yourself
A pair of shoes from French Trotters
116 rue Vieille du Temple
+ 33 1 44 61 00 14
frenchtrotters.fr

Two-hour tour

01
Musée du quai Branly
37 quai Branly
+ 33 1 56 61 70 00
quaibranly.fr

02
La Cité de l'Architecture  et du Patrimoine
1 place du Trocadéro
+ 33 1 58 51 52 00
citechaillot.fr

03
Musée d'Art Moderne
11 avenue du Président Wilson
+ 33 1 53 67 40 00

Limousine/car
Chabé Limousines
+ 33 1 41 20 95 00
chabe-limousines.com


Transport

Vélib
Avoid traffic congestion and hop on a hire-bike.
Velib.paris.fr

Fitness
Good gym
Klay Club
4 bis rue St. Sauveur
+ 33 1 40 26 00 00
klay.fr

Good running route
Start from the Eiffel Tower and run along the Seine towards Invalides, cross over Pont Alexandre III and head to the Louvre. Run around Ile de la Cité and Ile Saint Louis, then head back to the Eiffel Tower on the Left Bank past the Musée d'Orsay.