The best places to visit

Paris is abundant in little gated squares, parks and tree-lined avenues, so you rarely get the feeling of being trapped in an urban jungle. Even so, even in a city with as much greenery as Paris, sometimes you seek wide-open spaces and luckily Paris has a mighty fine selection of these too. From the famous Tuileries gardens to the lesser-known Albert Kahn museum, each of these gardens is breathtakingly beautiful and unique to the next. Jardin du Luxembourg Located in the 6th arrondissement, the Jardin du Luxembourg is one of the prettiest gardens boasting the beautiful building of the Sénat, an orangery and the Medici fountain. The gardens come to life in spring when Frenchmen start their days early with a traditional game of boules and children drive the model sailboats in the water feature. Tuileries No garden is more typically Parisian with its backdrop of renaissance architecture or more ideally situated. Every season breathes new life into the gardens; summer brings with it ...

Paris is a haven for patisseries and undeniably home to the best in the world. Don’t be afraid to indulge, after all eating your way through the city of lights is a big part of experiencing it and chances are you’ll be walking off all of those calories anyway. My advice to you would be to embrace the sweet life, if only for a short while and use this guide containing only the best pastry shops in Paris, to do so. Ladurée A trip to Ladurée is often the first priority for many visitors to Paris and who can blame them? It’s certainly the first thing in my head as I jump off the plane. Ladurée still remains the prettiest of all of Paris’ patisseries. Head to the store along Rue Bonaparte and grab a box full of pastel-coloured macarons to share along the banks of the Seine. Or alternatively find a spot of the terrace along the Champs-Elysées and order a Réligieuse and a Saint-Honoré swallowed down by the Marie-Antoinette tea. 21 Rue Bonaparte, 75006 Paris | Métro Saint Germain des Près ...