The Paris edit

Good judgement. Great days out.

Thoughtful shortlists to make the city your own.

Thoughtful shortlists to make the city your own. An editor’s starting point for discovering another side of Paris.

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Make a day of northeast Paris

Choose an arts hall, a hillside park or a Cambodian meal. Four starting points for getting beyond the centre.

4 considered recommendations
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Cernuschi and Monceau: art, then air

Two neighbouring places for a compact afternoon: a free permanent collection, then a pause among the trees.

2 considered recommendations
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The Left Bank, at your own pace

Sculpture, a garden pause and a bowl of ramen. Three anchors for an unhurried day between Montparnasse and rue Mazarine.

3 considered recommendations
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Paris after six

A Thursday exhibition or an unhurried dinner: three starting points for making more of a Paris evening.

3 considered recommendations
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Two museums. No ticket required.

Two free permanent collections for an afternoon in Paris: choose city history in the Marais or art and a garden pause near the Champs-Élysées.

2 considered recommendations
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Paris through rooms and tables

Three ways to bring history into a day: a collection, a guided conversation and a long table on the Left Bank.

3 considered recommendations
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Paris: gardens and small museums

A sculptor’s studio, a writer’s house and a botanical garden: three ways to leave the busiest museum circuit for a while.

4 considered recommendations
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Pigalle to Montmartre, behind the doors

A garden table, a velvet salon and Le Très Particulier at the end of the climb. Three addresses for an evening with room to linger.

3 considered recommendations
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The Left Bank, from books to live jazz

Sculpture, a garden chair, bookshop shelves, a proper dinner and a cellar full of swing. Five ways to stay on the Left Bank a little longer.

5 considered recommendations
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East Paris, from courtyards to the club

The Marais, a bouillon lunch, the heights of Belleville and a final night on rue Boyer. An eastward day with a change of rhythm after dark.

5 considered recommendations
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Four Paris cinemas for a proper film night

A restored classic on rue Champollion, a participatory cult screening, the Louxor at Barbès or the scale of the Grand Rex. Choose the room as well as the film.

4 considered recommendations