Le Marais
3rd & 4thGalleries, falafel on Rue des Rosiers, vintage shops and hidden courtyards.
ArtFoodShopping
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Travels & OutingsParis & beyond
Life in Paris,
journeys everywhere else
The agenda of things to do and quartiers to wander at home — and a journal of the places worth flying for, from the Canaries to California.
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Destinations
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Paris quartiers
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On the agenda
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Paris — the city notebook
Living here, not just visiting: what's on, where to wander, what to remember.
📅 Activity agenda
This season- Sep 4 – 13
🎷 Jazz à la Villette
Parc de la Villette, 19th · Music
- Sep 6 – 20
🪑 Paris Design Week
Showrooms & galleries citywide · Design
- Sep 19 – 20
🏛️ European Heritage Days
Monuments open across the city · Culture
- Early Oct
🌙 Nuit Blanche
All-night art, citywide · Art
- Oct 7 – 11
🍇 Fête des Vendanges de Montmartre
Montmartre, 18th · Food & wine
- 1st Sunday monthly
🖼️ Free entry at major museums
Louvre, Orsay, Pompidou… · Museums
🧭 Quartiers to wander
Montmartre
18thClimb the butte at golden hour — sunset from the Sacré-Cœur steps never gets old.
ViewsClassic
Canal Saint-Martin
10thCanal-side apéros, indie boutiques and the iron footbridges of Amélie.
ApéroStroll
Latin Quarter
5thSecond-hand bookshops, tiny art-house cinemas and Roman ruins at the Arènes de Lutèce.
BooksHistory
Belleville
19th & 20thStreet art on Rue Dénoyez, the best bánh mì in town, and the view from Parc de Belleville.
Street artFoodViews
Saint-Germain-des-Prés
6thLiterary café terraces, jazz cellars and the Luxembourg Gardens next door.
CafésJazz
Butte-aux-Cailles
13thA village inside the city — cobbled lanes, murals and cheap, cheerful bistros.
Village feelMurals
Palais-Royal & the Passages
1st & 2ndCovered 19th-century arcades, the Palais-Royal garden and old-school tea rooms.
ArcadesGardens
🥐 Food & cafés
- •Morning pastry crawl around Rue des Martyrs
- •Couscous in the Goutte d’Or
- •Rooftop drinks when the heat breaks
- •Late-night onion soup at Les Halles
🧺 Markets & flâneries
- •Sunday morning at Marché d’Aligre
- •Bouquinistes along the Seine
- •The Coulée Verte, René-Dumont
- •Puces de Saint-Ouen for a treasure hunt
🚆 Day trips
- •Versailles — go early, gardens first
- •Giverny while the lilies last
- •Forest walks in Fontainebleau
- •Chantilly: château, cream, horses
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Travel journal
Everywhere beyond the périphérique — notes from past and future trips.
🌋 Canary Islands
🇪🇸 Spain
Black-sand beaches, lunar landscapes on Lanzarote and papas arrugadas by the sea.
IslandsVolcanoesSun
🐚 Faro
🇵🇹 Portugal
Gateway to the Algarve — the old town, the Ria Formosa lagoon and boat rides to empty sandbars.
CoastLagoon
🗽 New York
🇺🇸 United States
Walk the High Line, cross the Brooklyn Bridge at dawn, and eat a slice in every borough.
Big cityMuseumsFood
🚋 Lisbon
🇵🇹 Portugal
Tram 28, miradouros at sunset, pastéis de nata still warm from the oven in Belém.
HillsAzulejosPastries
🎡 London
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Free museums, markets from Borough to Columbia Road, and a pint by the Thames.
MuseumsMarkets
🎸 Manchester
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Music history on every corner, the Northern Quarter, and football pilgrimage territory.
MusicFootball
⚓ Liverpool
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
The Albert Dock, Beatles landmarks, and one of the friendliest waterfronts in England.
WaterfrontBeatles
☀️ Málaga
🇪🇸 Spain
Picasso’s hometown — rooftop bars, espetos on the beach and the Alcazaba above it all.
BeachArtTapas
🏗️ Barcelona
🇪🇸 Spain
Gaudí everywhere, vermut in the Gothic Quarter, and Barceloneta for a swim after lunch.
GaudíBeachTapas
🌁 San Francisco
🇺🇸 United States
Fog over the Golden Gate, cable cars up impossible hills, and sourdough at the Ferry Building.
BayHills
🌴 Los Angeles
🇺🇸 United States
Sunset at the Griffith Observatory, tacos everywhere, and the long ride down the Pacific Coast.
BeachRoad trip