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The Best Cheap Hotels in Paris for 2025
To afford a stay in Paris , you don’t need a trust fund or stock options. The 10 budget-friendly lodgings that follow may not be known for their chic décor and high thread counts, but…
The Best Food Halls in Paris: Affordable Food Courts for France's Modern Style
The budget-minded food court concept is sweeping Europe, but but in a gastronomic capital like Paris, food courts have adopted a French flair with special accents on culture,…
How to Bike Normandy’s D-Day Beaches: A Car-Free Side Trip from Paris
Beyond their historical significance, Normandy’s D-Day beaches are quite simply beautiful. The stark and ever-changing light on the vast water creates a palette of colors that makes…
Self-Guided Loire Valley Bike Tour: Seeing France’s Castles and Countryside on Two Wheels
You're riding down a country road in the Loire Valley of France, the wind in your hair, a field of sunflowers bowing their heads as you glide by. A fairy tale castle comes into view,…
“Emily in Paris” Filming Locations: A Tour of Places from the Hit Netflix Show
March 3, 2023 Emily in Paris debuted on Netflix in the lockdown year of 2020, when viewers were more than ready to follow the escapist tale of American in Paris Emily Cooper (Lily…
How to Spend Two Days in Strasbourg, the Proudly French City That Looks Like Germany
Let’s say you’re visiting Paris and you’d like to see another side of France—or even another country in Europe—but you don’t have a lot of time and you don’t want to take a plane. The…
Café Gourmand: Try the Mini Desserts, Coffee, and People-Watching at These 5 Paris Cafés
Got a taste for something sweet and refreshing after a day of sightseeing in Paris ? Fortunately, many of the city’s famed cafés have the perfect solution: the café gourmand . These…
How Travelers Can Join the Bicycling Boom in Paris
The French capital has gotten très pedal-friendly. Here’s how to rent a ride and explore the city on two wheels.
This French Château's Magical Festival of Secret Gardens Happens Every Year
For decades, a magnificent castle overlooking the Loire River has been the annual setting for one of Europe's most fantastic feasts for the senses.
Which Paris Arrondissement is Best to Stay In?
What’s your Paris ? Is it cool little bars and clubs or is it monuments and museums? Is it romance and reverie or is it exploration and adventure? Are you mesmerized by iconic…
The Best Paris Cafes: Where to Go, What to Know
It would be a crime to come to Paris and not stop for a coffee (or other drink) in a cafe. Cafe life is an integral part of the Parisian scene, and it simply won’t do to visit the…
13 Favorite Paris Moments
Waiting for the Eiffel Tower to light up after dark, strolling along the Seine on a warm summer night -- these are two of my favorite moments in the world, not just in Paris. This is…
Picknicking Across Paris: 8 Shops for Stocking Up on Supplies
Although restaurants are all very fine and good, there's a lot to be said for a quick and easy outdoor meal when you are a.) tired, b.) on a budget, or c.) a fan of Paris' many lovely…
How Parisians Work: 4 Productive Visits for Travelers
True, you can't visit the offices and workshops where millions of Parisians earn their daily bread, but there are a few places -- from auctions to open studios -- you can go to see…
Shop Smart: Discount Shopping Streets Across Paris
Though boutiques throughout Paris might seem uniformly expensive, there are a few discount-packed streets where those in the know go to stock their wardrobes and apartments with…
4 Private Parties that Will Open Doors to a Whole New Paris
Intrepid Parisians are adding private parties to their nightlife cars instead of just clubs and bars. Situated in unusual locations or private homes, these alternative get-togethers…
5 Things You Don't Know About Paris
With a little bit of insider information, travelers can discover the affordable side of the French capital, while still enjoying its many pleasures.
People Watching, Lit Legends and More of the Best of Paris Cafe Culture
There must be thousands of cafes in Paris, and a thorough run down would easily fill a book. Though you could probably have a primal cafe experience in just about any corner operation,…
Why the Louvre and Musee d'Orsay are Paris' Best Museums
There are scores of museums in Paris. But two are so grand in scope and ambition, so profound in their impact upon the visitor that they have to be counted as iconic experiences.