People love Paris not only because of the elegance of the French from the inside out, but also because the city is full of love and hope.
FRI10:00
Musée d'Orsay: the base camp of Impressionism
Even if you have traveled the world, for the two creators, the favorite museum is the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Across the Seine From the Louvre, Orsay is a must-see destination for every art fan. It was converted from an abandoned railway station and is known as the base camp for Impressionist works. It houses works by Monet, Cézanne, Gauguin and others, which have been linked to almost the entire history of European art in the 20th century. Van Gogh's "Starry Night", Monet's "Nihonbashi" and "Water Lilies" are also included. In the sunset, you can also take a silhouette in front of the clock on the side of the second floor, so that the Olympiad is complete.
FRI14:00
Seine River Cruise: The First Way to Unlock Paris
The Seine River Cruise is the first way to open Paris, and you can sit on the boat to see the museums and palaces on both sides of the Seine. Most of the cruises depart from the Eiffel Tower and run from west to east, passing the Musée d'Orsay, the Church of Saint-Germain and Notre Dame Cathedral. Descend to the right bank of the Seine, the Town Hall, the Centre Pompidou, the Louvre, the Grand Palais, and back around the Eiffel Tower. Although the buildings along the way are all marble and gray, this trip connects the history of France for nearly a thousand years. The scenery at night is very different, the color-changing Eiffel Tower is very dazzling in the night sky, and the "night cruise on the Seine" is also a great way to see the night view of Paris.
FRI16:00
Grand Palace: The Frontier of Fashion
Recently, the busiest place in Paris is not the Champs Elysées, nor the Eiffel Tower, where hordes of fashionistas and star bloggers are rushing to the "Grand Palais", the main position of the just-concluded Paris Fashion Week. It was not where The Kings of France once lived, but was built by France to host the 1900 World Expo, after which they left behind the Eiffel Tower and the Grand Palais de Paris. On weekdays, it is an exhibition hall for the exhibits of Independent French Artists, and the level of antiques and oil paintings is not inferior to that of the Olympiad.
FRI18:30
Le Mini Palais: Justifying the name of Western food
"Le Mini Palais" is a restaurant hidden in the Grand Palace, just after seeing the exhibition at the Grand Palace, where the signature dishes are salmon, cod, and duck. In addition to the food itself, the setting of the restaurant may be more attractive, and on the balcony, you can see the night on the banks of the Seine, where the night in Paris has just begun.
FRI21:00
Wood Rooftop Bar: Paris Sleepless
In Paris, if you go to bed early, you must be in a violent situation, and the various bars become the most charming places in the city on Friday nights. Take Le Perchoir Marais, known as the best rooftop bar in Paris, a refuge for many white-collar workers away from the hustle and bustle of the city. The huge terrace on the top floor overlooks the city, with large wooden tables and rich greenery. As the weather warms up, night owls can get moving.
SAT11:00
Centre Pompidou: a cultural factory in Paris
On the brain-opening place in the world? In addition to the Tate Gallery in the United Kingdom, the other is the Pompidou in France, which is lined with pipelines and refineries like a cultural factory in Paris. Although it is internationally famous, when it was built in 1977, it was complained about by Parisians, and it is more industrial than the Grand Palais, Versailles and other French luxury palaces. Pompidou not only has avant-garde paintings, it consists of four parts: industrial creation, public library, museum of modern art and institute of music. Of course, from 1905 to the present, the works of Picasso, Chagall and Andy Warhol are the treasures of the town hall, and visitors can also "climb" along the pipe to the top floor of Pompidou, overlooking the whole city of Paris.
SAT10:00
Pantheon: Great souls
In the era when we were still watching Yu Qiuyu, the most impressive thing was a point in "Walkers Without Borders", to the effect that he went to Paris not for the Louvre on the Arc de Triomphe, but for the Pantheon. Because some of the world's greatest souls are buried there, Dumas, Hugo, and Zola are neighbors here, and the Curies are buried here. The most amazing thing is that in the center of the Pantheon, Rousseau and Voltaire, who had different ideas in their lifetime, slept opposites, and the equality of the left, revolution and freedom of the right have gradually become the constant contradictions in France. Another name in the church that can't be missed is Saint-Exupéry, the author of "The Little Prince", whose name is engraved behind a pillar in the hall, and we all want to believe that he flew to the "Night Watch" and returned to his own lonely planet.
SAT14:00
Cafe Flora: Taste the taste of the Century-old Left Bank
When you come to the left bank of the Seine, how can you miss the cafes that are more than 100 years old? The cafés favored by Beauvoir, Sartre, Hemingway and others still bloom in Paris today. The flower god should be the one with the highest appearance value, and there is also the movie of the same name "Flower God Cafe". Founded in 1887, the café was the place of enlightenment for existential masters such as Sartre and Camus, and Duras and others often went here to chat and write. Since World War II, the interior of the café has changed little. Nowadays, many travelers who like philosophy and literature come here to take photos.
SAT18:00
Shakespeare's Bookstore: "Meet you before sunset."
This may be one of the most famous bookstores in the world, the two-storey bookstore has become a cultural landmark in Paris because of the appearance of Hemingway and Joyce, and because the male protagonist of the movie "Before Sunset" has signed and sold here. The Shakespeare Bookstore is located diagonally opposite Notre Dame Cathedral, with green facades, yellow signs, and in addition to backpackers walking out of the bookstore with Ulysses from time to time, there are also very elaborately dressed local grandmothers with a cup of coffee and sitting in the lounge area outside the bookstore for a day.
SAT20:00
Racines Des Prés: A little genius of French cuisine
The French like to eat after a chef, such as David Lanher, who was the chef of some of the best restaurants in Paris, and the recently opened Genes Des Prés was selected by the Mirror as one of the 20 best restaurants in Paris last year, and is the representative of French cuisine. Biscay shrimp sauce soup, butter-baked clams are the shop's signature dishes, as are puff pastry and cocoa ice cream.
SUN09:00
Bastille Market: Look for a taste of Paris in the bazaar
Many people believe that in the Michelin three-star, the 3-hour French meal has a sense of ceremony far greater than the thing itself. And the lives of ordinary people are hidden in the wet market. The Bastille Market is one of the most important bazaars in Paris, and in addition to its huge scale, you can also taste almost all the top ingredients in the Michelin restaurant, such as porcini mushrooms, black truffles, foie gras, king crab... A lot of food vendors in France will also queue up, such as french roast chicken and paella that have spread throughout the Internet, as well as a variety of cheeses, but whether you like cheese or not really varies from person to person...
SUN14:00
Pierre Hermé: Sweet girlish heart
How can you come to Paris without trying a macaron? Laduree single-handedly created the dessert that swept the world, while Pierre Hermé artistized the macaron to the best of his ability, and the pastry chef himself was also known as the "Picasso of the dessert world". Pierre Hermé is a double line of Laduree, which tastes fresher and more diverse than Laduree. Macarons are representative of sweetness, so they are also known as "girly breasts".
SUN16:00
Montmartre: The more chaos, the more Paris
Parisians say that the chaos of the city belongs to the 16-18 districts, and the rest of the place does not carry the pot. Montmartre is such a "desperate" place. A hill inside the subway station with the Church of the Sacred Heart, which houses the world's largest portrait of Jesus, with God embracing everyone with open arms. There is the Plaza du Tau, the home of contemporary French street artists, where Dalí and Picasso painted portraits of passers-by when they were young. There is also one of Paris's romantic landmarks, the "Love Wall", which is actually a dark blue wall, but it is handwritten "I love you" in more than 300 languages, including Chinese.
We all think that Paris is the ultimate romance, kissing and taking pictures with lovers under the love wall is romantic; holding hands on the banks of the Seine is the exclusive Parisian time; waiting for the lights to turn on under the Eiffel Tower, turning from yellow to red and then becoming colorful; making a wish when the fireworks rise on new Year's Eve in Paris. Paris has a princess dream that belongs to every girl, a girlish heart, the pursuit and yearning for beauty, a heart that is always young, and can withstand the years.
SUN19:00
Kong: Asian art collision field
Compared to New York and Berlin, Paris is a slow-paced old town. Although the best fashion design and artistic geniuses graduate every year, the whole city still has a taste of the last century. In recent years, Paris has used their artistic brains on food, such as Kong, one of the locations of Sex and the City in France, and has been a social media darling since it opened in 2003. This is a panoramic skylight of the Internet celebrity restaurant, design inspired by the space capsule, next door is the famous Louis Vuitton building, the restaurant interior is full of strong Japanese geisha culture, the walls are painted with various faces, a large number of metal elements and Asian art, French food combined to create a collision of beauty.
A special guide to shopping in Paris
The Golden Triangle region: Paris in luxury
This Golden Triangle region has nothing to do with drugs. The fashion of Paris, belonging to Chanel, Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, in the place represented by the Champs Elysées, Paris Spring and Lafayette, is the century-old culture of French luxury. But if you want to shop in Paris to avoid the large number of Chinese tourists, a more low-key option is in the Golden Triangle region, especially Avenue Montaigne and Avenue George V. The flagship stores of major mainstream luxury jewelry are generally opened on Avenue Montaigne, and the storefront will have a "special design", and the degree of luxury will not be inferior to that of Beverly Hills in the United States.
Rue roses in the Marais district: literary and art shopping
But for the average Frenchman, their daily commute must not be carrying Louis Vuitton, they will go to the Marais district and look for treasure in some small shops. Because marais originally meant marshland, it was fortunate to retain many of the old streets of the 19th century, which in the early years was a Jewish gathering place, and now it is the territory of fashion hipsters and the main position for French girls to buy and buy. When the Champs-Elysées, the Parisian Spring, and even the Golden Triangle Montaigne were all seized by tourists who bought luxury goods, the three or four neighborhoods of the Marais district left the last piece of Paris' city.
Text | Kojima & Hiroshi
The image comes from the Internet