During the past few months, I've been in touch with my Paris friends--French women, French men, ex-pats living in the Paris, and all those who love Paris and what she stands for--beauty, pleasure and love.
My friends all say the same thing--please come back!
Please come visit our shops, boutiques, cafes.
Please stroll the boulevards and picnic along the Seine.
Please open your heart to the City of Love, The City of Light.
And so, with this in mind, I offer you a list of romantic things to do in Paris:
1. Take a sunset cruise along the Seine
2. Walk through the Tuileries (holding
hands, bien sur.)
3. Go to the L’Orangerie. And visit
Monet’s Water Lilies.
4. Enjoy an afternoon treat at Angelina (try the famous Mont Blanc, perhaps?) and later, dine at Les Flottes on rue
Cambon (across from where Coco Chanel once housed her atlier) and where you can find the most delicate and delightful lingerie at Maison Cadolle.
5. Sip tea at Lauderee or if it’s too crowded, do try Nina’s tea salon or the café at the Grande Mosquée de Paris.
6. Walk to Notre Dame and on the way, stop
at the famous literarati haunt, Shakespeare and Company.
7. Picnic in the Jardin du
Luxembourg. Bring chocolates or
macarons from Roger Patrick. Or perhaps, Pierre Hermé. Delicious!
8. Stroll down St. Germain, go to the
Maubert Mutulaté outdoor market.
9. Enjoy a café créme at Les Deux Magots, but they’ll
probably be crowded, so you might try the more authentic Parisian Café
Bonaparte (just behind Les Deux Magots.) Sit and watch the world go by.
10. Take a market/cooking class with La
Cuisine
12. Go to the show at Le Crazy Horse or the Lido (if
you dare).
13. Dance on the Seine (summers only)
14. See the fabulously funny show “How to be French in Under an
Hour”
15. Take the metro to Trocadero and snap lots of photos in front of the Eiffel Tower (best view—much better than trying to get a picture when you’re too close).
15. Take the metro to Trocadero and snap lots of photos in front of the Eiffel Tower (best view—much better than trying to get a picture when you’re too close).
After that, walk down
The
Champs de Mars to the Eiffel Tower.
16. Dine at Café Lipp (this was Hemingway’s
favorite hangout).
17. Window shop at Hermés and actually buy
things at Bon Marché, Printemps and the trés chic shops on the Left Bank. Look for pop up stores--here's on at BHV (in the Marais) where they sold vintage dresses!
J’adore window shopping.
J’adore window shopping.
18. Visit the Louvre, but
afterwards, be sure to dine with the Parisian hipsters at Le Fumoir.
19. Venture out to Porte de Clignancourt
for the world famous flea market. Go with Mimi Bleu! (Her link is below).
20. Visit Pere Lachaise Cemetary and pay
your respects to Collette and Jim Morrison (among many others!)
22. Experiment. Have fun. Let
your heart lead you,
mes
amies!
Here's some resources, below. I hope this is helpful and I hope you'll return and show dear Paris your support! xoxo
Here's some resources, below. I hope this is helpful and I hope you'll return and show dear Paris your support! xoxo
Ooh
La La! Paris Tours for Women Only,
Jamie
Cat Callan author of Ooh La La!, Bonjour, Happiness! and French Women Don’t
Sleep Alone
author
of Ooh La La!, Bonjour, Happiness! and French Women Don’t Sleep Alone
Specialist
in visits to the French Flea Markets,
shopping,
insider Paris guide
Mimi
Bleu
http://www.paristravelgroupe.com/
Literary
Paris
John
Baxter
author
of We’ll Always Have Paris
Sexy
Paris
Secrets
of Paris Tours with Heather Stimmler-Hall
author
of Naughty Paris
Paris
on a Budge
The
Traveling Professor
author
of The Traveling Professor’s Guide to Paris
Lingerie
Tours
Kate
Kemp-Griffin
Editor
of the Lingerie Journal and forthcoming book on the history of French lingerie
Cultural
Historian & Paris of the Twenties Tour
Edith
https://www.facebook.com/edith.szmuklerz
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