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Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville


Coffee roasted by Paris' Café Lomi is the big draw of this pocket-sized coffee shop, clad with large mirrors, geometric blue-and-white tiles and glass vases of fresh flowers. It's not designed for hanging out with your laptop, but the crowd is hip, and the café, cookies, cakes and dishes like poached pear, ricotta and honey on toast superb.


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1. Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Founded by renowned French humanist photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004) and his portrait-photographer wife Martine Franck (1938–2012), this…

2. Musée National Picasso

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One of Paris’ most treasured art collections is showcased inside the mid-17th-century Hôtel Salé, an exquisite private mansion owned by the city since…

3. Le Mur du Marais

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Wall murals by a succession of different street artists plaster one wall of a building, a two-minute walk from the Musée National Picasso, on the corner…

4. Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature

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Collections at the Hunting and Nature Museum, inside the delightful Hôtel de Guénégaud (1651), include paintings, sculptures and objets d’art related to…

5. Musée des Archives Nationales

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France's National Archives and small museum are set in a stunning pair of hôtels particuliers (mansions) amid beautiful gardens. Dating from the early…

6. Musée Cognacq-Jay

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This museum inside the Hôtel de Donon displays oil paintings, pastels, sculpture, objets d’art, jewellery, porcelain and furniture from the 18th century,…

8. Musée Carnavalet

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