Things to do
How to do Pigalle in 24 hours
With legendary live music venues, underground clubs, hot new bars and all-night sex shops, there’s never a dull moment in Paris’s former red light...
Paris by area
Explore Paris's bustling and varied neighbourhoods
Shopping
Les passages couverts
Glorious glass-roofed shopping galleries built in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Secret Paris
Discover the Paris of underground ravers, ingenious squatters and urbex explorers.
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101 things to do in Paris
Welcome to the definitive guide to getting the most out of Paris.
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Central Paris
Things to do
Marais and Beaubourg
One of the hippest parts of the city, packed with modish hotels, vintage boutiques, restaurants and bars.
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Opéra and Grands Boulevards
Night owls know this part of the Right Bank well: Grands Boulevards and Opéra are the quartiers where clubs, theatres and bars have reeled in...
South and West Paris
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Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Odéon and the Latin Quarter
More sartorial than Sartrian, these days.
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North, East and further afield
Museums
Canal Saint-Martin, Ourcq and Villette
The 19th-century waterway draws a trendy crowd to its shabby-chic bars and appetizing bistros.
Things to do
Belleville and MĂ©nilmontant
Once villages that provided Paris with wine and weekend escapes...