Tagged: cafes

Shopping in Paris: Exploring the City's Historic Covered Passageways—and What to Buy There

Travelers in search of unique shopping finds, an unstructured stroll, or simply an escape from the rain will be richly rewarded by ducking into one of Paris's many covered…

Paris Bookshops, Cafes, and Other Stops to Add to a French Literary Pilgrimage

April 19, 2023 Paris is known as the City of Light, but it could just as aptly be nicknamed the City of Lit. After all, it's the hometown of writer-stuffed cafés, poet-haunted cobbled…

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…

Tokyo Cafe’s Robot Waiters Operated Remotely by Staffers with Disabilities

We usually think of robots as taking jobs away from humans, but the opposite is true at a new cafe in Tokyo. Opened June 22 in the city's Nihonbashi area, Dawn Avatar Robot Cafe uses…

The Most Eye-Popping Art Nouveau Cafes in Paris

There are scores of attractive restaurants in Paris, a city that values beauty more than most others, but few places to eat can outrank the beauty of the Art Nouveau cafes created…

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…

10 Questions To Ask Your Travel Insurance Provider

Travel insurance is a tricky, slippery world. "I don't know how people without insurance backgrounds figure out insurance," said Steve Dasseos, president of TripInsuranceStore.com…