Like the Sénat, the Assemblée Nationale (also known as the Palais Bourbon) is a royal building adapted for republicanism. It was built between 1722 and 1728 for the Duchesse de...

Jacques Lacipière runs Au Bon Accueil, and Naobuni Sasaki turns out the beautiful food. Perhaps most impressive is his elegant use of little-known fish such as grey mullet and...

With its terrace and voluminous dancefloor, this two-level boat is a clubbing paradise in the summer. The celebrated Respect crew held a popular, fondly remembered Wednesday...

Café Thoumieux is a laid-back destination for cocktails, tapas and big-screen sport. Banquettes snake around the room, and spiky Aztec-pattern lamps light up the faces of the...

Delcourt's art deco-influenced, geometrical lights and furniture are given a contemporary spin by their combination of stained wood and black steel.

Arm yourself with stamina for a meal at this jovial southwestern auberge, which looks touristy with its red-and-white checked tablecloths but attracts bons vivants from the...

No building better symbolises Paris than the Tour Eiffel. Maupassant claimed he left Paris because of it, William Morris visited daily to avoid having to see it from afar - and...

The award-winning Marie Quatrehomme runs this fromagerie. Justly famous for her comté fruité, beaufort and st-marcellin, she also sells specialities such as goat's cheese with...

The Provençal decor and warm welcome make this a nice retreat. For the quintessential Paris view at a bargain price, ask to stay on one of the upper floors: you can see the...

The Bourdonnais feels more like a traditional French bourgeois townhouse than a hotel, with 56 bedrooms decorated in rich colours, antiques and Persian rugs. The main lobby...

Enrico Bernardo, youngest-ever winner of the World's Best Sommelier award, runs this restaurant where, for once, food plays second fiddle to wine. You are presented with...

You have to have courage to take on an icon like the Eiffel Tower, but superchef and entrepreneur Alain Ducasse has done just that in taking over the Jules Verne, perched in...

André Le Letty left Anacréon - a bistro in the 13th - to open this restaurant in the heart of aristocratic Paris. It's a curious mix of contemporary and classic, with...