Our article for today will show you Paris street by street. The city of lights and also love! Known as the city of lights, it’s the artistic capital in Europe. The world’s most popular city destination, and also the cradle of the occidental civilization and the best fashion brands in the world.
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The same city that received the bright writer Ernest Hemingway and the mentor artist Pablo Picasso, now opens its gates to the latest designs, with events like Maison et Objet, the event that launches the latest trends and objects of design and decorations, with design all over the world.
So what do you have to do, see, stay, and eat? Here, as always, are the best tips for having the time while visiting the design or the well-known monuments, like the Eiffel tour, Notre Dame Cathedral, Arc de Triomphe, Musée d’Orsay and much more.
Where to stay
HOTEL GABRIEL PARIS MARAIS
25 Rue du Grand-Prieuré
75011 Paris, France
Elegant and minimalistic in the interiors, the hotel’s conceived by the wonderful architect/designer Axel Schoenert. Maintain a gorgeous Art Deco ornamentation in the front building, which highlights the heart of Paris’ Marais district, location of the hotel.
Perfect to rest, the relaxing environment was made thinking in the exhausted travelers, city visitors and those who are stress by the modern way of life.
LA RÉSERVE PARIS
10 Place du Trocadero
75116 Paris, France
Perfect for long stays this La Réserve, located on Paris’s monumental Art Deco Place du Trocadero with spectacular hilltop views of the city, including the Eiffel Tower. A cinematic take on 1930s elegance, it features a highly contrasting palette of beiges and black, setting off soaring ceilings and, in public spaces, double windows that are significantly taller than guests.
MURANO RESORT
13 Boulevard Du Temple
75003 Paris, France
Amazing from the inside out, Murano Resort is standing proudly on a wide boulevard at the edge of Paris’ achingly hip Marais district, the MURANO Resort’s unadorned facade reveals little of the fabulous flamboyance hid within.
This resort is quite a fantasy place, mashing-up quirky design, evocative lighting and technological innovation, perfectly executed to stimulate the senses.
HÔTEL SEZZ PARIS
6 Avenue Fremiet
75016 Paris, France
Mixing the Art Nouveau with contemporary, the Hôtel Sezz Paris is a house-design mecca that places extraordinary emphasis on service, shaking up the luxe Right Bank Passy neighborhood in the process. With a sweeping view of the Eiffel tower from its hillside location across the Seine, Design Hôtel Sezz has one Parisian ‘must’ taken care of; but its intimate interiors, with color schemes calculated to echo Paris’ basic palette of beige stone, gray slate and blue-gray sky, offer a significant update on high-end French hospitality.
LA MAISON CHAMPS ÉLYSÉES
8 Rue Jean Goujon
75008 Paris, France
In the heart of the Parisian Golden Triangle, La Maison Champs Élysées it’s the mix between the comfort world and the French elegance where reality blends with surreal style.
Here, dramatic illusions and ironic interiors will entice guests to return, time and time again. Although it is an ambling distance from the luxury and fashion epicenter Avenue Montaigne, Champs-Élysées and many more of Paris’ iconic landmarks, the entrance to the townhouse at No. 8 rue Jean Goujon is discreet, an address you must know to discover.
Where to spend, best design shops
Galeries Lafayette
40 Boulevard Haussmann
75009?Paris, France
Even visiting their website will give you a sense of the French department store’s charm. Galeries Lafayette is always known for its exceptional holiday window displays and seven-story Christmas tree that stands in the central atrium of the store. You may have to ask around (or just follow the fanny-packs) and make your way to the roof view of the city.
Printemps
64 Boulevard Haussmann
75009 ?Paris, France
Part of the appeal of French department stores is that there are “mini” stores within the store. Favorite shops like Mango and Zara have their own representation in the larger store.
Silvera
33 Rue du Bac
75007 Paris, France
A leader in furniture distribution for over 20 years, this company as the best contemporary design brands in the world. Beyond a simple commercial, the company became a hotbed of knowing discoveries create the event and generate meetings between all stakeholders in the sector.
Ligne Roset
5 Avenue Matignon
75008 Paris, France
Presenting as always good furniture that gives pleasure, synonymous of modern and luxury design furnishing.
Looking to the future, Ligne Roset aims to continue to explore the limitless world of design-forward inspiration by working with designers from a broad spectrum of cultures and backgrounds.
Where to eat, best design restaurants
Paris Opera Restaurante
Place Jacques Rouché
75009 Paris, France
At street Places Jacques Rouché, you will discover Paris Opera Restaurant. Conceived by the architect Odile Decq in the heart of the Palais Garnier, the internal sophisticated decoration will not let anyone indifferent.
Le Jean-François Piège Restaurant
79 Rue Saint-Dominique
75007 Paris, France
Walk a little bit and you will find another top restaurant at 79 Rue Saint Dominique, Le Jean-François Piège restaurant. With interiors by India Mahdavi and a first-floor position, it is undoubtedly an ideal place to prove a delicacy. Diver scallops, blue lobster and turbot from Brittany are special plates that you can appreciate at Le Jean-François Piège.
Le Dauphin
131 Avenue Parmentier
75011 Paris, France
But of you want to be in the ligne of the tendency, you must drop by Le Dauphin, the hottest table in Paris right now, located in rue de Bernard. Le Dauphin is, in fact, a wine bar with a tapas menu from Inaki Aizpitarte, a renowned chef. Paris most fashionable is reinvented by absolute delicacies such as sea scallops with salsify and blood sausage.
Le Renard
12 Rue du Renard
75004 Paris, France
Le Renard is the proof that sophistication can be found in every shape. As a matter of fact, Le Renard is not only a restaurant but also a karaoke club open by local nightlife personality Rasmus Michau.
Kong Restaurant
1 Rue du Pont Neuf
75001 Paris, France
And if a design is a subject that means a lot to you, you mustn’t forget to go to Kong, the restaurant at Maison Kenzo revealed by Philippe Starck. Kong’s outdoor terrace, gallery and smoking room feature Louis XVI furniture. It encourages to dine,drink or simply socialize in the alfresco space.
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