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A Parisian experience

We visit Balzac’s house
29th February 2024

If you are fascinated by the literary side of Paris, the Left Bank neighbourhoods near our hotels are a good...

We go inside the Bastille column!
30th January 2024

If you spent any amount in Paris, you'll almost certainly have seen the large green column at the centre of...

We visit the Notre-Dame du Raincy church, a little-known architectural marvel
3rd January 2024

With its giant stained glass windows restored to mark the centenary of its construction (in reinforced concrete by the Perret...

We visit the Marine Museum after its six-year renovation
21st November 2023

Just days after we announced the reopening of the Marine Museum in Paris, we decided we couldn't wait any longer,...

We visit La Fab., a modern art space by d’agnès b.
31st October 2023

Stylist and clothes designer agnès b. has supported art (especially cinema) and collected it for a long time now. She...

A Vespa rally, École Militaire and the Paris Sewers Museum!
30th September 2023

This year we really made the most of September's Open House Weekend, with three wildly different activities: - the annual...

Forget the Louvre – we visit the Bourdelle Museum, one of the prettiest in Paris
7th September 2023

Last spring we told you about the reopening of the Bourdelle Museum (close to our hotels) after two years or...

The beautiful, turn of the century houses of Enghien-les-Bains
27th July 2023

We introduced you to Enghien-les-Bains last summer, when we followed a walk around the vast lake there (43 hectares!) This...

We visit the surprising Georges Brassens park
29th June 2023

If you've been to Paris more than once, there's a high chance you've spent time in the Luxembourg Garden, the...

We visit the Gare des Invalides – a mysterious former train station soon to be transformed
28th May 2023

Paris has six main train stations, including Gare du Nord (the busiest station in Europe), Gare d'Austerlitz and Gare Montparnasse,...