Paris Shopping

  1. Carrousel du Louvre

    Built around IM Pei's inverted glass pyramid beneath the place du Carrousel and next to Paris' most famous museum, this shopping centre contains some three dozen upmarket shops, restaurants and even the Comédie Française Studio Théâtre. It's open 365 days a year.

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  2. Fauchon

    The most famous food store in Paris: six departments sell the most incredibly mouthwatering (and expensive) delicacies, from foie gras (duck or goose liver) to confitures (jams). The fruit - the most perfect you've ever seen - includes exotic items from southeast Asia, including mangosteens, rambutans and jackfruit. Fauchon also has several eat-in options.

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  3. La Grande Épicerie de Paris

    The exquisitely presented chocolates, pastries, tins of biscuits, fruit and vegetables, seafood, cheeses, wines and other luxury goods in this glorious grocery store, attached to Le Bon Marché, all appear far too beautiful to eat. It's a sight to behold even if you're not here to buy.

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  4. La Petite Scierie

    Strewn with feathery real-life (or rather formerly real-life) stuffed ducks, this tiny shop specialises almost exclusively in foie gras. Foie gras purchases include a gratis bottle of Coteaux du Layon wine, which you can also taste in-store along with foie gras on chunks of baguette.

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  5. Le Bon Marché

    The name's a misnomer - bon marché is French for 'bargain', and this beautifully laid-out store isn't that, by any stretch of the imagination. But it is a Paris institution, built by Gustave Eiffel in 1852 as the city's first department store, and has designer salons and a fantastical food hall, La Grande Épicerie .

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  7. Librairie Gourmande

    All the classic texts of the culinary arts are here at this food bookshop, along with new collections of recipes accompanied by mouthwatering photography.

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  8. Mariage Frères

    Founded in 1854, Paris' premier tea shop has a mere 500 varieties from 32 countries to choose from. In summer you can cool off in the 19th-century salon de thé (tearoom) with a choice of five kinds of tea-flavoured ice cream.

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  9. O&Co

    This olive oil shop (formerly Oliviers & Co) was the first of what is now a worldwide chain; created by Olivier Baussan, who also founded the natural cosmetic company L'Occitane (there's a L'Occitane boutique on this street at No 55). In addition to Baussan's native Provence, O&Co also stocks oils from Italy, Greece, Israel, Turkey and Portugal.

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