The ultimate guide to Paris for those who don’t like to do things everyone else does. Highly confidential gastronomic addresses, hidden gardens and cafés, astonishing secret passages and much more. All the inspiration you need to explore the city is right here…
Between the Palais-Royal, the Grands Boulevards, and Les Halles, Paris still has more than twenty covered passages and galleries—a legacy of an era when these shopping arcades allowed people to walk throu...
Every time the Seine rises, he inevitably reappears in conversations and in photos. Parisians look at his boots, his legs, and then his uniform to gauge how high the water has risen. Situated beneath the...
Just a few minutes from Les Invalides, at 30 Rue de Bourgogne, a small door leads to one of Paris’s most unique literary venues. There’s no huge stage or program like in a traditional theater: at the Club...
Today, Rue Chanoinesse is one of the quietest little streets on the Île de la Cité. A few historic facades, Notre-Dame just a few meters away, and almost nothing to hint at the macabre history associated...
Since its addition to the calendar, Madrid has established itself as one of the most anticipated stops of the season. At the MADRING circuit, the Spanish capital offers an urban track designed for spectac...
Gilded reception rooms, a huge ballroom, offices, and, several meters below, a heavy reinforced door. The Paris City Hall hides in its basements a rather unexpected remnant of the interwar period: a bunke...
At 31 Rue Saint-Guillaume, in the 7th arrondissement, nothing really gives away what lies behind the gate. Yet at the back of a courtyard stands one of the most astonishing houses in Paris: the Maison de...
You know them without really knowing them… And yet, it’s impossible to take a step in Paris without noticing them. Theiconic rattan chairs foundin our favorite Parisianbistrosand cafés are part of the cit...
In Paris, it’s hard to miss the Eiffel Tower. We take pictures of it, show it to visiting friends, stroll around it… but let’s be honest: few people really know its history, let alone that of the Champ-de...
There’s always that pivotal moment at any gathering with friends when someone finally pulls out their phone. That’s exactly the moment MAGNETIC aims to eliminate. Run by The Leisure Company, this new 600-...