Paris Reimagined: A Modern Bucketlist
Paris Reimagined: A Modern Bucketlist
Liv and Jack
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This is the ultimate Paris bucket list for those who have already been— a.k.a. have done all the “touristy things” or are searching for something new. ✨
We tend to romanticize a city stuck in time without stopping to enjoy its progress, modernization, and diversity. Here’s a contemporary guide to Paris that includes a list of places you may not have thought to visit.
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🥐Bakeries/Cafes
Café Kitsune Palais Royal
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Cafe from Maison Kitsuné serving specialty coffee, plus sweet & savory fare. Located in the beautiful Palais Royale with outdoor seating only.
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Le Pain Retrouvé
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One of the best boulengeries we visited while living in Paris. Their cookies and almond croissants are delicious!
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Yellow Tucan
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Quaint hangout with yellow & white accents, serving specialty coffees, pressed juices & pastries.
Jack and I loved the atmosphere at this place and it’s a stone throw away from one of our favorite public parks, 📍Place des Vosges.
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Loulou
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Bustling, vintage-style diner featuring traditional Australian comfort food and outdoor seating.
Reservations highly encouraged! Click the link below to book.
We really enjoyed the coffee and avocado toast. ☕️🥑
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KB CaféShop
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Coffee from worldwide sources is roasted in-house & served in hot & cold drinks on a pavement terrace.
Easily our favorite casual cafe in all of Paris. Lovely baristas, incredible coffee, and great bakery items. They have somewhat limited indoor seating, but plenty of outdoor seating.
Plus, it’s located on 📍Rue des Martyrs, an adorable street lined with local shops & restaurants.
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Café Méricourt
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Compact, casual all-day brunch spot serving sweet & savory dishes, plus specialty coffee drinks.
On weekends, you can reserve a table between 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. If you don't have a reservation, register on their Skeepit virtual waiting list.
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Gramme
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Gramme is a Parisian cafe canteen and a wonderful spot for brunch. They draw inspiration from the cultural diversity of Paris, recognized for its culinary richness. Gramme's cuisine is based on quality products and seasonal ingredients. They are also committed to working with producers and artisans who share the same values as them.
If you go on the weekend, arrive early or be prepared to wait in a line. 🍳🥐
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🍴Restaurants
Pink Mamma
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Pink Mama serves fresh, 100% made-in-house food in the spirit of the authentic Italian trattorias. Every floor is a different theme, and their menu changes every month.
🍴Reservations: Highly encouraged, book below!
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Dalia
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Trendy restaurant offering Eastern Mediterranean-inspired cuisine, plus cocktails. I would recommend making a reservation!
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Liza
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The duo Liza and Ziad Asseily created Liza Paris in April 2005 at 14 rue de la Banque to give birth to a real little corner of contemporary Beirut.
In 2015, they asked the talented designer Maria Oussemi, the decorator of Liza Beirut, to sublimate the Parisian decor of Hubert Fattal to recreate Liza Paris, creating a link between the Parisian and Lebanese identities of their establishments.
Reservations highly encouraged! Click the link below to book.
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LouLou Montmartre
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Organic meze & burgers, plus cocktails & craft beers, in an airy room with expansive city views. They also serve brunch on the weekends!
All of their products are 100% organic, and they work with French suppliers to bring you a gorgeous, seasonal menu.
Reservations highly encouraged! Click the link below to book.
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Crêperie des Pêcheurs
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Artisanal creperie with crepes prepared with fresh, nautural ingredients and organic flour and eggs.
Don't forget to order them with a side of cider (popular in Normandy, France).
We recommend getting them to-go and then enjoying them along the Seine river.
Reservations: not necessary
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🥂Drinks
Bisou.
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🍹 A trendy cocktail bar with no menu— you tell them what you like and they make you a gorgeous concoction!
I would recommend making a reservation.
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Lavomatic
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Fun speakeasy situated in a working laundromat. The same owners also run L'Épicier, a Moroccan themed speakeasy that’s not too far away from this one.
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No Entry
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Hidden-away cocktail bar & speakeasy with a cool vibe & displays of colorful infused spirits (source: Google).
I highly recommend making reservations for 📍 Pink Mama, the restaurant that hosts this hidden speakeasy. If you want to just do drinks, no reservation needed. Just tell the host that you are headed to No Entry and then head one floor down.
Can you find it? 👀
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Terrass'' Rooftop Bar
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A fashionable rooftop restaurant in the Terrass hotel featuring stylish dining & panoramic city views.
🍴Reservations: They don't accept reservations, so be prepared to wait it a queue. But don't worry, the view and atmosphere is worth it!
P.S. They also serve an afternoon tea from 3:30 P.M.-7 P.M. Treat yourself to a gourmet break while enjoying the view from our rooftop!
2 pastries from the trolley + 1 hot drink 25 €
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L'Épicier
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A hidden bar within a grocery storefront! Can you figure out how to get in? 👀 Moroccan themed and so fun!
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Chez Camille
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A great neighborhood bar serving up draft beers, wine & cocktails with a soundtrack of '50s & '60s rock 'n' roll.
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SHOP
FREE'P'STAR
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5 vintage clothing and accessories shops, for men and women, in the heart of Paris. The location we've saved for you is their main store, with other amazing thrift stores nearby.
Some other nearby thrift stores worth checking out:
- KILO SHOP Kawaii
- Hippy Market
- Tilt Vintage Paris 4th
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Merci
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Fashion items & design objects in a trendy 3-story boutique, with large spaces & a glass roof. There’s also a library cafe!
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Marché découvert d'Aligre
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Looking for a less crowded and more local French market? This is your place!
The market is divided into two parts. The covered market is dedicated to food stalls. The outdoor market takes place on the square and even overflows into the street. Don't forget to shop for vintage treasures!
Covered market:
Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4 p.m.-7.30 p.m.; Saturday, 9am-1pm and 3.30pm-7.30pm;
Sunday, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Open market:
Tuesday-Friday, 7.30am-1.30pm;
Saturday-Sunday, 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
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Galeries Lafayette Haussmann
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Grand, century-old department store with a steel-frame art nouveau glass dome ringed by loggias.
Head to the very top floor of this famous shopping center for a stunning (and free) view of Paris!
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Shakespeare and Company
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Shakespeare and Company is an English-language bookshop in the heart of Paris, on the banks of the Seine, opposite Notre-Dame. Since opening in 1951, it's been a meeting place for anglophone writers and readers, becoming a Left Bank literary institution.
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🎨Museums/historic landmarks
Rodin Museum
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The Rodin Museum is an art museum dedicated to the works of the renowned French sculptor Auguste Rodin. It showcases an extensive collection of Rodin's sculptures, drawings, and other works of art.
The museum is housed in the Hôtel Biron, an 18th-century mansion that was once the residence of the sculptor. The mansion and its surrounding gardens provide a beautiful setting for the display of Rodin's masterpieces.
🎟 Tickets are €13
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The Centre Pompidou
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In 1969, President Georges Pompidou decided to provide France with a venue like no other: a centre for art and culture capable of housing both the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, with an international dimension, a large public library (the future Bpi), a centre for industrial creation and a centre for musical research and creation (Ircam), all together in one and the same building situated in the heart of the capital.
For Claude and Georges Pompidou, the Centre Pompidou had to be a place where all disciplines could meet, where artists could converse with the public. It also had to support emerging scenes and introduce and provoke debate.
Levels four and five house and amazing collection of modern and contemporary art, with temporary exhibitions on sixth floor.
🎟 Tickets to museum: €14 per person
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59 RIVOLI
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This 6-story contemporary art gallery and studio space will blow you away! It’s completely free to visit, just leave a donation at the door.
It’s open daily from 1 PM to 8 PM, excluding Mondays.
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Sainte-Chapelle
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Completed in 7 years, a record time, the Sainte-Chapelle is intended to house the most precious relics of Christianity, including Christ's Crown of Thorns, acquired by Saint Louis. Divided into 15 windows 15m high, the stained glass windows of 1113 scenes from the Old and New Testament tell the story of the world until the arrival of the relics in Paris.
🎟 Ticket: €11.50
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Musée d'Orsay
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Closed Mondays.
Open late until 9:45 pm on Thursdays.
🎟 Tickets: €16 each
Recommend 2+ hours to visit.
My favorite museum in Paris! It’s a must.
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🌳Parks
Palais-Royal Garden
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A landscaped grounds of a 17th-century palace with a large fountain, tree-lined walkways & flowerbeds.
This is one of our favorite gardens in Paris, due to the fact that it’s tucked away from the crows and provides a peaceful escape from bustling Paris. Grab a coffee from Café Kitsuné and sit by the fountain or under the trees and enjoy!
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Luxembourg Gardens
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The creation of the garden began in 1612 when Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV, constructed the Luxembourg Palace as her new residence. Bring a book and grab a pastry and relax in this huge, elegant park. Don't miss the gorgeous Marie de Medici fountain.
There are also many great activities for children, such as puppet shows, slides, carousels, and pony rides!
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🎥Other
Grand Rex
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If you’re a movie buff, seeing a film in the famous Grand Rex theatre is a MUST! 🎥
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Fotoautomat
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📸 If you’re in Montmartre, you MUST stop and take photos in this original vintage analog black and white photo booth! It’s one of less than 50 left in the world.
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Galeries Lafayette Rooftop
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Ride the escalator up to the eighth floor of Galleries Lafayette Paris Haussmann for an amazing (and free) view of Paris.
At the top, you'll also find The Galeries Lafayette Cube Bar, featuring fresh cocktails, champagne, fruit salads, sweet, sour or salty tapas, rillettes and creamy dips with 100% natural textures and flavors!
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Port Debilly
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Walk down the stairs to the path along the water for crowd-free views of the Eiffel Tower! A perfect place for a picnic and photo session, of course.
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Coulée Verte René-Dumont
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The Coulée verte René-Dumont or Promenade plantée or the Coulée verte is a 4.7 km elevated linear park built on top of obsolete railway infrastructure in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was inaugurated in 1993.
The walk gives you the opportunity to admire various remarkable views of the most modern and typical parts of the 12th arrondissement.
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Liv and Jack
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An American (Liv) 🇺🇸 + A Brit (Jack) 🇬🇧 falling in love with the world.
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At 23, I married my high school sweetheart, Jack. Our adventures have taken us to cities as big as London, England, and towns as remote as Modica, Sicily. We've lived, worked, and traveled all over Europe with a special focus on Italy, France, and the UK.
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