Galerie Downtown
33 rue de Seine, Paris 75006 Métro: Odéon
François Laffanour specializes in 20th-century European and American furniture and decorative arts, including works by Charlotte Perriand and Le Corbusier.
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 FranceArc en Seine
31 rue de Seine, Paris 75006
Opened in 1984 by Christian Boutonnet and Rafaël Ortiz and specializing in the best of Art Deco furnishings, sculpture and objets d'art by desingers including Pierre Chareau, Jean-Michel Frank, Eugène Prinz, Alexandre Noll, Gio Ponti, Alberto and Diego Giacometti.
Bernardaud
11 rue Royale Paris 75008
The flagship store of Bernardaud, a family firm that has been producing Limoges porcelain for more than a century—classic tableware, vases, light fixtures, gifts and jewelry, along with new collections by innovative young designers.Galerie d’Art St-Honoré
69 rue du Faubourg St-Honoré Paris 75008 Métro: Miromesnil
Paintings from the 16th- to 18th-century Northern European School, mainly Flemish—including Brueghel, Cranach, and Jan Van Kessel.Philippe Le Libraire
32 rue des Vinaigriers Paris 75010
A tiny, cozy bookshop packed floor-to-ceiling with comics, mangas, illustrated novels, books by independent publishers and hard-to-find music CDs.Musée National de la Marine
17 place du Trocadéro Paris 75016 Métro: Trocadéro.
France’s impressive maritime museum, with superb scale models of historic galleys and ships from the 17th century to the present day. and remnants of the ornately gilded royal vessel of Louis XIV.Musée Guimet
6 Place d’Iéna Paris 75016 Métro: Iéna
One of the Western world's most important Asian art museums, with outstanding collections from China, Japan, India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. Closed Tues.Crypte Archéologique du Parvis Notre-Dame
7 place Jean-Paul II Parvis Notre-Dame Paris 4th Métro: Cité, Saint Michel
Under the square in front of Notre Dame cathedral, the archeological remains of the ancient Gallo-Roman city, discovered during excavations between 1965 and 1977. Vestiges of streets and houses, with scale models showing the evolution of the city from the Roman era. Closed Mon.École Suisse Internationale
10 rue des Messageries 75010 Paris France
Ecole Suisse Internationale – Paris – Programs starting from €270 per week (for 18 +) – Standard, intensive, Business French… – Cultural activities, housing from €192per week
RATP / Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens
Métro station Chatelet-Les-Halles (in the RER transfer hall, 1st)
The boutique of the RATP, which runs the Paris Métro and bus lines, with moderately-priced, really fun gifts and souvenirs including tableware, toys, Métro-ticket bath towels and umbrellas printed with the Métro map.Avril Gau
17 rue des Quatres Vents Paris 6th Métro: Odéon
If you’ve worn shoes by Robert Clergerie, Chanel, Charles Jourdan or Stéphane Kélian in the last 20 years, chances are you’ve worn Avril Gau's handiwork. Her new boutique in Saint Germain des Prés is the first dedicated to her own label of shoes, bags and gloves, and it’s earning rave reviews from Parisian fashion mavens. Her sleek pumps, sandals and ballerina flats in top-quality leather, reptile and lambskin are a welcome departure from currently ubiquitous platform stilettos.