You may leave Paris, but Paris will never leave you.
While you search for your unique place to stay, discover the city of lights by neighborhood. Each is presented with a slideshow, and a selection of places to visit, shop, and eat. You can either click on the accommodations displayed on the Paris map below, or click on the list of "quartiers" in the right-hand column. Enjoy your exploration!
Urban transformation, from the heart
From a logistic standpoint, this is heart of Paris (or according to Zola, the stomach) : the place where all the railways cross, where masses of people flow in and out day and night. It was and is once again a ...
Where it all began
The secret passages
The 2nd arrondissement is one of the smallest, most dense, and least know districts in Paris. If you're not careful, you hardly know when you've entered and departed. Rather appropriately, you can consider this neighborhood as a passage ...
The Marais less traveled by
Don't get stuck on the question "in which arrondissement is the Marais?" The better-known part (referred to as the Lower Marais) is located in the 4th, and includes the Tour St. Jacques, the Centre Pompidou, L'Hôtel de Ville ...
"Very old, yet very trendy"
Whether you enjoy losing yourself in long medeival streets, admiring art and architecture of across the centuries, or discovering the most trendy shops and restaurants, Le Marais is always worth a day, each and every time you come to Paris ...
Where the most ancient and the young come together
Roughly equivalent to the 5th arrondissement, this ancient and world-renknown part of the city is like a millenium treasure hunt or a riddle ralley for young and old alike. First challenge: find the Roman ruins and the original name for ...
The Legend
St. Germain des Prés was once the gathering place for the intellectual and artistic elite. Now they are gone, and only the legend and the nostalgia remains. Yet, this is one of those quartiers that cannot disappoint you (even though ...
A shopping legend
Shake down the walls
Ever since that momentus revolutionary destruction of a prison (even though there were only seven inmates at the time), the Bastille neighborhood has carried a naughty reputation. It subsequently became a hot spot for dance halls, brothels, and other unruly ...
The new "East Side"
The lesser-known village on the hill
A lesser-known area in the southern part of Paris, the Butte-aux-Cailles neighborhood has retained a village-like atmosphere in stark contrast to the high-rise buildings of the 13th arrondissement. The Butte-aux-Cailles is made up of a handful of quaint cobblestone streets ...
Back to the roaring twenties
Montparnasse became famous with Americans in the 1920s, as many fled prohibition and took advantage of the strong dollar. Henry Miller and Ernest Hemingway are probably the best known examples. The district lost a bit of its antiquated charm when ...
Bourgeois village life
For many French, if you live in the16th you are immediately categorized as bourgeois and rather boring. On the other hand, if you are invited, you won't mind sipping Chateau Pichon-Longueville on a terrace with the Eiffel tower lit ...
The heights of majesty
For many French, if you live in the16th you are immediately categorized as bourgeois and rather boring. On the other hand, if you are invited, you won't mind sipping Chateau Pichon-Longueville on a terrace with the Eiffel tower lit ...
A mixed bag of surprises
The 17th is an arrondissement that would be better off split in two for the sake of presentation, considering the contrast between its western and northern frontiers. It is upscale and at times ultra-chic, starting on the southwest side at ...
The most famous urban village
Once upon a time there was a hill covered with vineyards and vine-covered thatch-roof abodes and...some forty windmills. The village looking down upon the city of lights was annexed by that city in 1860, but never entirely lost its ...
Contemporary and cosmopolitan Paris
Paris offers many faces, and the 19th is one of the most contrasting and least well known. Shunned by tourists and even some Parisians, the 19th has at least two features worth discovering: La Vilette and les Buttes Chaumont.
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Cosmopolitan village life around one of the world's most famous cemeteries.
This is not the Paris of ritz and glitz, but it is endearing in its own way. Whilst the Père-Lachaise is the dominant tourist attraction, this part of Paris contains a rich history of popular village life in places such ...
Perched on a hillside overlooking Paris and the Seine.
St. Cloud is a pleasant town on the banks of the Seine, just west of Paris. It offers a magnificent view of the Eiffel tower as well as La Défense (the modern business center).
Colombes and Bois Colombes are northwestern Paris suburbs, just across one of the bends of the Seine. They are predominantly middle to upscale neighborhoods because of their proximity to La Défense (Paris' major business district) and also to the center ...
