Boutique Hotel Find: Hotel Habituel
Here to help remind travellers of the romance of railway travel is Hôtel Habituel Paris, the second opening from hotelier Yoan Marciano. Sitting just a stone’s throw away from the Gare du Nord, it’s perfectly primed for a pit-stop and cosy enough to encourage a longer stay. Alix Thomsen and Laura Leonard, the same duo […]
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Boutique Hotel Find: Le Pigalle Paris
Le Pigalle lies on Rue Frochot, in an area dubbed ”˜La Nouvelle Athènes’ (new Athens) developed in the 1820s for the rising professional classes of the new industrialist era. Influenced by London’s urban architecture, neoclassical flourishes meet with colourful Place Pigalle and the heady cultural mix found on the southern slopes of Montmarte. Charlotte de Tonnac […]
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Restaurant Find: Vivant Cave Paris
First opened by Pierre Jancou in 2012 as an informal accompaniment to Vivant Table, Vivant Cave Paris is a creative kitchen counter and natural wine cellar. Whilst Vivant Table is no more, Vivant Cave lives on, under new management with a team whose contagious energies are at home in this ”˜living cave’. The growing sweep […]
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Café Find: Ob-La-Di Paris
This new hole-in-the-wall café in the Marais offers more than meets the eye. Namely a substantial menu of organic and vegan dishes. And sits next to the equally rave-worthy Candelaria Taqueria. It’s quickly become a meeting place for the local creative set. With Australian baristas ready to make you a real coffee, and a mushroom […]
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Café Find: Claus Paris
Turn down a side street amidst the hustle of the Rue De Rivoli, The Louvre, and Les Halles and you’ll find yourself face to face with Claus – a true hidden gem in the center of the madness. Claus has two parts, and upon entry you’re greeted by the épicerie, aka a small grocery store. […]
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Café Find: Holybelly Paris
1 / 1 ( 2 votes ) There’s no argument that the Parisian breakfast is timeless classic. A buttery croissant to accompany your espresso is hard to beat and should be enjoyed, as many times as possible during a stay in Paris, but that being said, sometimes it just doesn’t cut it. Sometimes you want […]
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Home Wares Boutique Find: Maison Empereur Marseille
Maison Empereur is old Marseille’s most fabled general store. Established in 1827 and still run by the same family six generations later, this home goods emporium is an institution as genuine as they come. Seekers of quality home goods can spend hours scanning through traditional hardware items, children’s toys, bathroom products, hung leather goods, French […]
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Contemporary Art Find: Palais de Tokyo Paris
1 / 1 ( 3 votes ) Three words have long epitomised the avant-garde in Paris in recent years. Palais de Tokyo has been defining creative accessibility since 2002 with its anti-museum aesthetic and multi-disciplinary ethos around contemporary art. Occupying a monumental building built for the Paris International Exhibition in 1937 in the 16th arrondissement, […]
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Modern Art Find: MaMo Marseille
One visit to MaMo Marseille and you’ll understand right away why this city is a European capital of culture. There is something truly extraordinary about showcasing inspirational modern artworks atop one of urbanist Le Corbusier’s greatest architectural achievements. The landmark building Cité Radieuse, is a vast apartment complex built in the early 50s just outside […]
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Jazz Club Find: U.Percut Marseille
U.Percut is where Marseille’s musically educated congregate in the evenings. The small, subterranean nightlife hotspot keeps a pretty strict music policy covering local and international jazz acts as well as attracting underground musical tastemakers such as Quantic, Alex Barck and Mo Kolours who play curated global sounds for the discerning audience. http://u-percut.fr/ U.Percut Marseille 127 […]
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