High-end antiques

Rare and distinctive antiques are a hallmark of the rue des Saints-Pères.

Magic meringues

Multi-flavored meringues in a Left Bank pâtisserie said to reverse negative wishes, spells, curses, hexes, you name it, back onto the sender.

 

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Hermès, Paris

Horse and rider atop the Hermès building, a reminder of the brand's equestrian beginnings.

Hermès (main shop)

24 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré 75008

Interior refresh

Creative furnishings fill the upstairs loft at this Marais concept store.

MERCI

111 Boulevard Beaumarchais 75003

The purple hour

 

 

It's early and hardly anyone is awake as a café gets ready to open.

 

Twizy

"Twizy" Renault's all-electric two-seater can zip around narrow Paris streets.

The boulanger

Proudly he stands, and rightly so, in front of the day's labors.