L'Éclair de Génie

St-Germain & Les Invalides


Salted caramel, vanilla pecan, lemon yuzu, chocolate pistachio, and passionfruit and raspberry are just some of the seasonally changing éclair flavours at this exquisite Left Bank patisserie. It also has a number of Right Bank addresses, including one in Le Marais.


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On Carrefour de l’Odéon, a statue of Georges Danton, a leader of the Revolution and later one of its guillotined victims, stands head intact.

2. Musée National Eugène Delacroix

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3. Église St-Germain des Prés

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4. Église St-Sulpice

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5. Palais du Luxembourg

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7. Musée National du Moyen Âge

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