Photo Courtesy of Paris Chérie
The French may mock the Brits for a willingness to stand in a queue, but hello! - you could spend an entire weekend break in Paris standing in line - and that’s without any intention of joining that snake outside the Louvre to view the Mona Lisa.

A classic hot chocolate and [...]

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It is said that fashion’s biggest magazine brands, Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, can only be in the same room when there is a fashion catwalk between them. Yet both sides sit happily at Le Square Trousseau, a gorgeous Parisian brasserie near Bastille where the food is as good as the Belle [...]

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While the majority of air travellers tend to look rather ghastly in transit, you can stand out from the crowd in Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton’s pastel pale travel chic for spring, accessorized, of course by the smartest carry on handbags. At the Spring/Summer 2012 show, models travelled no further than [...]

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There are few hybrid car services in Paris but there’s one that has the Toyota Prius and sensational service. When I’m in Paris I choose Ecovisit Paris.
Ecovisit Paris. +33 (0) 177 137 999

Image Courtesy of The Hôtel des Sers
Paris is famous for it’s great hotels, small and large. A recent addition to the landscape, The Hôtel des Sers is in a restored mansion in a quiet street perfectly situated near the Avenue Montaigne. It’s that rare beast – a boutique hotel with perfect interior, wonderful service and [...]

Photos by Peter Hunt
Paris’s latest retail love affair is with the absolutely gorgeous Merci. A delightful mini department store that manages to be chic and relaxed al at once. The fashion edit is sensational but its other departments covering furniture, interior design, books and more make it a fully rounded 1500 meter gem. For [...]

Photos by Peter Hunt
One of my absolute favourite things to do in Paris is to visit The Museum of Natural History. The museum itself takes little time to view and is worth the visit simply for the main gallery of marching animals. Sensational.
Paris Museum of Natural History, 36 Rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 75005 [...]

I had carried an article about the Parisian Natural History Museum in my notebook for years and finally managed to get there on my latest trip.. Always a lover of all things stuffed this museum displayed its specimens in such a way that they seemed to interact with the architecture. A playful mix [...]

Sure, it’s on every souvenir they sell in Paris but it is fabulous and there’s no getting away from it. First trip to Paris you must visit the Eiffel Tower. Avoid the middle of the day rather go first thing or late, but do it. Just so you can say you have.