Cultish emporium of sporting goods, from hip watches to cross-country skis, on four themed floors.

The Forum des Halles is Paris's biggest and least pleasant shopping mall, although a facelift due for completion in 2012 should improve matters. Extending three levels...

Opened in 2006 by Dr Nadia Payot, one of the leading ladies in French skincare, this institute offers the entire gamut of luxurious face and body treatments. One of the largest...

Now directly linked to London via Eurostar, La Vallée, near Disneyland, is discount shopping heaven. Its 90 stores feature all the usual suspects - Armani, Hilfiger and...

Accordions, from simple squeezeboxes to beautiful tortoiseshell models, second-hand and new.

In the magnificently appointed Printemps you'll find everything you didn't even know you wanted and English-speaking assistants to help you find it. But fashion is where it...