Le Marais

This legendary hood needs no sales pitch: it’s picturesque, hip, central, fashionable, medieval, gay, Jewish…lots of intersectionality going on here.

The streets not to miss are Rue Vieille du Temple, Rue des Francs-Bourgeois, Rue des Rosiers, Rue Sainte-Croix de la Bretonnerie, Rue François Miron, Place des Vosges (located in a former royal château complex), and the Village Saint-Paul — a calm outdoor shopping/resto promenade zone. (Step out of the Village Saint-Paul and try to find the remnants of the 1000-ish year-old former boundary wall of Paris. )

Here’s the PARIS > D E F I N E D MAGAZINE Guide to the Marais neighborhood

Coffee + Tea shops

Arté­fact

Le Loir dans la Théière

Au Petit Ver­sailles du Marais

Bakeries + Sweets

Mai­son Aleph

La Qué­quet­terie

Fou de Patisserie

Land & Mon­keys Turenne

L’E­clair De Genie

Aux Mer­veilleux de Fred

Choco­la­terie de Puyricard

Boulan­gerie du Marais

Yann Cou­vreur Rosiers

Le Lautrec Chocolatier

Christophe Micha­lak of Micha­lak Paris

Ernest + Valentin

Dunes Blanch­es

REŸS — Glaces Eternelles

Bältis

27 Rue Saint-Antoine

La Glac­erie

Restos

Bars

La Belle Hortense

The Auld Alliance

Le Per­choir Marais

33 Rue de la Ver­rerie  (sum­mer only — rooftop bar)

Sher­ry Butt

Cav­iste Vinosfera

38 Riv’ Jazz Club & Bar

Bon­nie Club Bar & Restaurant

Divvi­no Marais

Museums + Cultural Sites

Musée de l’art et l’histoire de Judaïsme

Pavil­lion de l’Arsenal

Mai­son de Vic­tor Hugo

Cen­tre Pompidou

Ate­lier Brancusi

Yel­lowKo­rner

Musée Européen de la Photographie

Memo­r­i­al de la Shoah

Hotels

Food Markets

Marché Bau­doy­er

Place Bau­doy­er
Open: Wed — 10a to 8p; Sat — 7a to 2:30p



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