Free entry
PlaceOutdoors
Parc de Belleville
A hillside park with a broad Paris view. Come for a change of perspective and give yourself time to explore the paths below.
The Paris edit
Places with a point of view
Discover the spaces that give Paris its character.
Discover the spaces that give Paris its character. An editor’s starting point for discovering another side of Paris.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
CENTQUATRE-PARIS
An arts space you can drop into: open halls for independent practice, shops and a programme of separately ticketed performances.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Musée Cernuschi
Asian art at the edge of Parc Monceau. The permanent collection is free, with room for a museum visit and a little time outside.
Free entry
PlaceOutdoors
Jardin du Luxembourg
Make room for a garden hour: fountains, tree-lined paths and a music kiosk on the Left Bank. Entry to the garden is free.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris
A free route into modern and contemporary art beside the Seine, with a separate programme of ticketed exhibitions.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Musée Bourdelle
Sculpture, former working spaces and garden courtyards near Montparnasse. The permanent collection is free to enter.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Petit Palais
A free permanent collection and a garden pause near the Champs-Élysées. A museum visit you can keep pleasantly unhurried.
Free entry
PlaceOutdoors
Parc des Buttes-Chaumont
Big slopes and a generous stretch of green in the 19th. Restoration closes the central area, including the Temple de la Sibylle.
PlaceCulture
Maison de Victor Hugo: Place des Vosges
A literary stop on Place des Vosges. Admission currently requires an exhibition ticket, including access to the permanent rooms.
Free entry
PlaceOutdoors
Parc Monceau
A tree-filled pause in the 8th arrondissement, with winding paths and several entrances. Pair it with Cernuschi or leave the afternoon open.
PlaceCulture
Musée Cognacq-Jay
An eighteenth-century collection in a Marais townhouse. A compact visit for paintings, furniture and the details of domestic life.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Musée Zadkine
A sculptor’s studio and garden tucked off rue d’Assas. A small, free museum that rewards looking closely rather than rushing through.
PlaceCulture
Maison de Balzac
A writer’s house above the streets of Passy, with a garden that makes a literary visit feel pleasantly removed from the city.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Jardin des Plantes
A botanical garden for an unhurried Left Bank walk. The outdoor paths are free; the museums, greenhouses and zoo are separate visits.
PlaceConcerts
Bus Palladium
Live music, club nights and a new chapter for the Pigalle address. Choose a date from the current Bus Palladium programme.
PlaceCulture
Musée Guimet
Asian art at place d’Iéna, with enough detail in a single gallery to reward an unhurried afternoon.
PlaceFood & drink
Bar de la Maison Souquet
A velvet-lined cocktail stop behind the red lanterns on rue de Bruxelles, close to Pigalle but with a quieter pace.
PlaceFood & drink
Le Très Particulier
The cocktail bar inside Hôtel Particulier Montmartre: red velvet, a glass-roofed garden room and a reason to linger beyond dinner.
PlaceFood & drink
Terrass’’ Hotel rooftop
A seventh-floor bar for a wider view of Paris, with the rooftops as company and a walk-in policy that keeps the evening flexible.
PlaceCulture
Shakespeare and Company
A bookshop pause beside the Seine, with shelves worth getting lost in before the evening begins.
PlaceConcerts
Caveau de la Huchette
Swing, live jazz and a dance floor below the Latin Quarter, for a night that carries on after dinner.
PlaceConcerts
La Bellevilloise
A cultural meeting point in eastern Paris, with concerts, club nights and several rooms to build an evening around.
PlaceCulture
Louvre Museum
A former royal palace that rewards a focused visit: choose a collection, then leave time for the courtyards.
PlaceCulture
Musée de l’Orangerie
Monet’s Water Lilies give this Tuileries museum its remarkable rhythm, with another collection to explore downstairs.