Our Paris bucketlist – the experiences you need to have during your trip to Paris!
- See the Eiffel Tower sparkle
- Have hot chocolate at Angelina
- Eat oysters at Le Baron Rouge
- Shop at a traditional Parisian covered market, at the Marché d’Aligre
- Try a variety of cheeses
- Eat escargot
- Stay in a luxury hotel
- Buy a scarf at Hermes
- Sit outside at the Cafe de Flore
- Eat a croissant at Gerard Mulot
- Walk up to the Sacre Coeur
- Take a river cruise along the Seine river
- Have afternoon tea at Le Meurice
- Eat at pain au raisins at Panifica Bakery
- Have chocolate mousse at the Chapon Chocolate Mousse Bar
- Eat macarons at Pierre Herme
- Stop for tea and macarons at Laduree
- See the Statue of Liberty
- Go to the Louvre
- Walk to the top of the Arc de Triomphe
- Go perfume shopping at Annick Goutal (my personal favorite scents are Eau d’Hadrien, Petite Chérie and Grand Amour)
- See the water lilies at the Orangerie
- Musée d’Orsay
- Palais Royal Gardens
- Eat South Western French classics at Chez Janou
- Eat falafel in the Marais
- Eat at a Michelin starred restaurant
- Weather permitting, have a picnic along the Seine
- Have ice cream (and tarte tatin) at Berthillon (Tarte tatin is this famous ice cream shop’s best kept secret. We have tried a lot of tarte tatins and this one of the best we have ever tasted.)
- Take a food tour
- Take a macaron making class
- Take a cooking class
- Have a Saint Honoré pastry at the Cedric Grolet bakery near Opera
- Visit the Garnier opera house
- See a musical at the Theatre du Chatelet
- Take a long walk along the Seine
- Have a picnic on the Canal Saint Martin
- Drink
- Learn to brew beer at Brew Unique
- Eat a doughnut-brioche hybrid at Boneshaker Doughnuts
- Have royal rosebud tea from Versailles during afternoon tea at Nina’s
- Have a flat white at Arabica in Beaupassage
- Visit Victor Hugo’s house in the Place des Vosges
- Eat confit duck at Cafe Hugo in the Place des Vosges
- Buy a book from the famous English bookshop, Shakespeare & Co.
- Visit Notre Dame (update : due to the fires, Notre Dame is currently closed).
- Eat a crepe
- Listen to classical music in Saint Chapelle
- Visit the Bibliothèque Forney – the gorgeous library/chateau in the Marais.
- Make your own wine at the Louvre’s O Chateau.
- Take a latte art class at La Caféothèque
- Go for Parisian brunch at Cafe Charlot
- Sleep in a Parisian bookstore with Paris Boutik
- Sip wine at Willi’s Wine Bar
- Visit the Picasso museum