Paris

Cliche as it is, Paris is one of my favorite places in the world, nothing like their culture and beauty of the city anywhere else

Where to eat

• Cafe de Flor - iconic unreal hot chocolate

• Le Relais de L'entrecote - they have them in NYC now, but originally from Paris it is the In N Out of steak frites - SO GOOD

• Le Meurice - great for tea time, very classy

• L’as du fallafel - famous falafels - didn't go here but want to next time!

• Derriere - favorite place! It looks like a bohemian apartment and has a secret smoking room upstairs that is accessed behind a mirrored armoir order the floating island dessert garnished with pop rocks

• Cafe kitsune - by jardin du palais royale if you want coffee or a snack

• L’avenue - most famous bougie spot, great for lunch celebrity sightings

What to do (Grouped by proximity to each other)

• the Louvre (be warned: long lines)

• Jardin du palais royale - surrounded by great shopping cafes and architecture

• Arc de triomphe

• Musee d’orsay - unreal and not as long of a wait as Louvre

• Jardin des Tuileries

• Eiffel Tower (duh), but it is out of the way from everything else

• Palace of Versaille (39 min drive or hour and 5 min by 2 trains)

  1. The River Seine

     • Docks en Seine - exhibition space, boutiques with students art work, bars, clubs and rooftop

     • boat on the seine

  2. Notre dame

  3. Le Marais district for art

     • Galerie Emmanual Perrotin

     • Picasso Museum (42 min walk, 23 min bus)

     • Galerie Chez Valentin

     • Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac

  4. Pere Lachaise Cemetery - Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison, Suerat, and more all buried there

  5. Sacre coeur

  6. Luxembourg gardens

Where to go out

• Prescription cocktail bar

• hotel costes - infamous for their smell and playlist, amazing for drinks or even dinner

• Kong - glass greenhouse rooftop bar also offer dinner

• Le bain and L'arc for dancing

• Le comptoir General

• Ober Mamma - created chiltern firehouse, have a cocktail with absinthe thats famous

• Le Perchoir - rooftop bar, good for lunch on the weekend too

• Andy Wahloo

• Alcazar

• UC-61 - Near arc de triomphe, speakeasy bar with a green buzzer, looks like a submarine inside

Where to shop

• 58m

• Le Bone Marche Rive Gauche

• Saint Laurent

• Joy

• Hermes coolest location: 42 Avenue George V, 8th

• Galeries Lafayette - have everything, check out the roof - epic views 40 Boulevard Haussmann

• Eric Bompard

• Les Mauvaises Graines - like a garden shop on acid

• Palais Royal

• Isabel Marant

• Merci - all profits go to charity for children in madagascar, very pretty and afforadble, sells everything they have a cute cafe too and books everywhere 111 Boulevard Beaumarchais, 3rd