Périgot
16 blvd des Capucines Paris 75009
Really useful home equipment, from feather dusters to shopping carts, and great foldup, ecologically friendly shopping bags to tuck into purse or pocket and unfold when needed.Musée d’Orsay
62 Rue de Lille Paris 75007 Métro: Solférino.
The renowned national museum housed in a Belle Epoque railroad station brilliantly transformed by architect Gae Aulenti, focused on Western art from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century, including the Impressionists, Manet, Van Gogh and Gauguin. Closed Mon.
Axis Strategy Consultants
374 Avenue de la Gaule, Ile de la Dérivation 78955 Carrieres Sous Poissy, France
AXIS Strategy Consultants are a French regulated Courtier d’Assurance that specialize in retirement planning for expatriates. We also offer Assurance Vie based solutions for succession planning and reducing exposure to wealth tax in FranceLa Maison des Trois Thés
1 rue Saint Médard Paris 75005
A chic architect-designed boutique and tea shop run by Chinese tea master Madame Yu Hui Tseng. Very expensive, often rare teas for the tasting.Musée Carnavalet
16 rue des Francs-Bourgeois Paris 3rd Métro Saint Paul or Chemin Vert
The city’s fascinating museum of Paris history, installed in two adjoining 16th- and 17th-century mansions in the Marais district, one of them the former home of Madame de Sévigné. Closed Mon.En Attendant les Barbares
35 rue de Grenelle Paris 75007
The pioneer gallery, which opened in 1984, boasts an A-list including unique pieces, limited and unlimited editions by Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti, Andrée Putman, Arik Lévy, Hilton Mc Connico and Eric Schmitt.Printemps
64 blvd Haussmann Paris 75009
With three buildings—Mode, Beauté/Maison and Homme—Printemps offers 27 floors of high-end fashion and home decor, including an entire floor of luxury accessories and a huge selection of beauty products and rare perfumes. As well as a 10 percent discount for individual foreign shoppers (register at the Welcome Service, ground floor, Mode building), Printemps also offers a unique concierge service, at a fee for French clients but free for foreign passport holders. Almost anything within reason can be arranged, from a chauffeured car to visit Versailles to a table at a top restaurant or tickets to the Paris Opéra.Meert
16 rue Elzévir 75003 Paris Métro Saint-Paul
The most beautiful confiserie-pâtisserie in Paris, and the first Paris offshoot of the exquisite Meert pâtisserie and tea salon in Lille, founded in 1761. Meert’s fame centers on its unique version of the gaufre, a delicate waffle native to the old region of Flanders, treasured for its sublime cream center perfumed with Madagascar vanilla. The boutique also carries chocolates and jams and, on Saturdays only, delicious pastries.Perrin Antiquaires
98 rue du Fbg St-Honoré Paris 75008 Métro: Champs-Elysées–Clemenceau
Founder Jacques Perrin and his son Philippe specialize in exceptional late 17th- to early 19th-century French furniture, painting, sculpture and decorative objects, displayed in a beautiful three-story mansion on the Place Beauvau.Maison Européenne de la Photographie
5-7 rue de Fourcy Paris 75004 Métro: Saint Paul
France’s national photography museum, with multiple temporary exhibits. Closed Mon and Tues.La Cinémathèque Française
51 rue de Bercy Paris 75012 Métro: Bercy
Now installed in a building designed by Frank Gehry at the edge of the Bercy park, France's legendary Cinémathèque includes a superb movie museum and a vast film-archive library. Daily screenings and excellent temporary exhibits. Closed Tues.Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson
2 impasse Lebouis Paris 75014 Métro: Gaîté
A foundation housing the archives of the great French photographer, offering regular temporary exhibits of work by Cartier-Bresson and other photographers. Open Tues-Fri & Sun afternoons, Sat 11 am-6 pm, closed Mon.