HOTELS: Hôtel de Crillon, one of the oldest luxury hotels in the world, located at the foot of the Champs-Élysées, 10 place de la Concorde, 75008. Amour, funky rooms individually decorated by Parisian avant-garde artists, close to Montmartre, 8 rue Navarin, 75009. Hotel d’Aubusson, a 17th-century town house in the historical district of Saint Germain Des Pres. Hôtel Luxembourg Parc, near the Luxembourg Gardens, a 17th-century house, the bedrooms are decorated in the styles of Louis XV, Louis XVI, and Napoleon III.

CAFES and BARS: Café de la Mosquée de Paris, 9 rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 75005. Angelina, 226 rue de Rivoli, 75001. Ladurée, 75 Avenue des Champs Elysées, 75008. Le Café Marly, Louvre, 93 Rue de Rivoli 75001. Café de l’Homme, Trocadéro, 75016. Ritz : Bar Vendôme, Bar Hemingway, Bar le Cambon, 15 Place Vendôme 75001.

RESTAURANTS:  L’ami Louis, bistro 32, rue de Vertbois 75003. Chez Allard, Bistro at Odeon, 1 rue de l’Eperon 75006. La Coupole, brasserie Art déco, 102, boulevard du Montparnasse 75014.

ICE CREAM: Berthillon, 31 Rue Saint-Louis en l’Ile  75004.

SHOPPING:  Galeries Lafayette 40 boulevard Haussmann, Printemps Haussmann no 64. Le Bon Marché: 24 rue de Sèvres, 75007. Haute Couture, avenue Montaigne and rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. The trendy rue des Francs-Bourgeois near Place des Vosges in Le Marais for fashion and decoration. The high-end rue de Seine, rue Jacob and rue du Bac in Saint-Germain des Pres for art and antiques. Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, samedi, dimanche, lundi, 10h – 17h30.

EPICERIE FINE : La Grande Epicerie de Paris, 38 rue de Sèvres, 75007. Fauchon, Hédiard, place de la Madeleine 75008. Lafayette Gourmet, 40 boulevard Haussmann, 75009.

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Avenue Montaigne, in the 8th arrondisement of Paris, boasts numerous stores specialising in high fashion, such as Dior, Chanel, Valentino and Ralph Lauren, as well as jewellers like Bulgari and other upscale establishments such as the Plaza Athénée hotel.