This distinctively red and enduringly hip party boat lays on DJs, rappers and assorted underground noise-merchants for the benefit of an up-for-it crowd. It comes into its own...

This retail and leisure development housed in old wine warehouses is a relaxed place to shop, with the advantage of late and Sunday opening. Squarely aimed at tourists and...

Immigration in New York is commemorated on Ellis Island, in Québec at the Musée de la Civilisation. So what of the Paris region? Well, there's Parc Astérix - proof that all...

A tiny lift leads to colourful rooms, equipped with satellite TV and telephone. The breakfast room overlooks a private garden, and there's free internet at the reception. The...

Jacadi's well-made clothes for babies and children - pleated skirts, smocked dresses, dungarees and Fair Isle knits - are a hit with well-to-do parents. The rue d'Alésia store...

Self-taught chef Christophe Beaufront has turned this nondescript street on the edge of the villagey Butte-aux-Cailles into a foodie destination. Typical of Beaufront's cooking...

Another rebranding for the floating venue in a Chinese junk, formerly the Guinguette Pirate and latterly Le Cabaret Pirate. The cult indie spirit of yore has evaporated, and...

The Vietnamese fare here is a notch above what is normally served in Paris. Seating is elbow to elbow and, should you come on your own, the waiter will draw a line down the...

Young chef Benoît Gauthier trained with Christian Etchebest at the nearby Le Troquet, and he's come up with a clever formula that surfs the current Paris preference for great...

Today, the suburbs play host to a number of mainstream cultural venues, of which the most prominent is undoubtedly the MAC/VAL contemporary art museum in the south-east suburb...

This suburban arts centre has an eclectic programme of contemporary performances. One to watch is the Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, which made a splash in the 2008...

Vanves is the smallest and friendliest of the Paris flea markets, and infinitely more tranquil than its much bigger sister at Clingancourt. It's a favourite with serious...

The eccentric house, studio and garden built by the late Roy Adzak, a British-born painter and sculptor who died in 1987, harbour traces of the conceptual artist's plaster body...