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DISCOVERING THE BEAUTIFUL PARC MONCEAU AND ITS ELEGANT NEIGHBOURHOOD

The classical colonnade and pond in Parc Monceau. Photo, Alamy In the last two posts, we have looked at two outstanding Paris museums, relatively little-known to visitors, b…

THE CERNUSCHI MUSEUM OF ASIAN ART, PARIS

The grand staircase of the Musee Cernuschi. Photo, Alamy The Musée Cernuschi is relatively unknown to most visitors to Paris.  Located on a quiet, leafy street that leads up…

L’HÔTEL DE LA MARINE – A TOUCH OF VERSAILLES IN THE HEART OF PARIS

Th Hotel de la Marine faces onto Place de la Concorde. If you’ve been to Paris more than once, very likely you have been past the Hôtel de la Marine.  This is not a hotel in…

LA SAMARITAINE, AN ICONIC PARISIAN DEPARTMENT STORE REBORN

The beautifully restored Art Nouveau interior of La Samaritaine.  La Samaritaine has finally re-emerged, like the phoenix rising, if not from the ashes, from a long hibernat…