Every fashionista, WAG and shoe fiend worth her salt owns or hankers after a pair of Louboutin's trademark red-soled creations. The sculptural form of each design is displayed...

Suppliers to great chefs since 1820, this no-nonsense warehouse stocks just about every kitchen utensil ever invented. A saucepan from Dehillerin is for life.

Smiling staff in stripy waistcoats welcome you to this adorable hotel, where guest areas and rooms are cocooned in thick drapes, luscious carpets and a mishmash of British...

Cacharel is behind this concept shirt store in a loft-style space. Cool, masculine and nonchalant, the shirts, which start at €45, have that Gallic panache for which the brand...

This tiny wine bar (its name means wardrobe), where bottles line the walls like books in a library, is perfect for an end-of-the-day snifter, preferably accompanied by one of...

At the stroke of midnight, the place is packed, jovial and hungry. Savoury traditional dishes, washed down by litres of the house Brouilly, are the order of the day. Les Halles...

This bar-restaurant has a great terrace for people-watching and friendly staff; it's still the hottest rendezvous in Les Halles.

Opened in 1932, this huge art deco cinema was designed by Auguste Bluysen with fantasy Hispanic interiors by US designer John Eberson. Go behind the scenes in the crazy...

With its wedding-cake exterior, fairy-tale interior and the largest auditorium in Europe (2,750 seats), this is one of the few cinemas to upstage whatever it screens: no wonder...

The Rex's new sound system puts over 40 different sound configurations at the DJ's fingertips, and has proved to be a magnet for top turntable stars. Once associated with...

Multitalented Stéphane Plassier already has a name for himself as an interior designer, branding consultant and metteur en scène. Now he's opened his own concept store above...

This Gothic turret (1409-11) is the remnant of the townhouse of Jean Sans Peur, duke of Burgundy. He was responsible for the assassination of his rival Louis d'Orléans, which...

Popular with bears, wolves, otters and a variety of other species, mostly on the hairy side. Everyone is welcome, though, and the ambience is very laid-back.