Latin Quarter
Enchanting nooks and crannies overflow with new and secondhand English-language books. The original shop (12 rue l’Odéon, 6e; closed by the Nazis in 1941)…
Must-see shopping in Latin Quarter
Latin Quarter
Kids and kids-at-heart will adore this sugar-fuelled tour de France. The school-geography-themed boutique stocks rainbows of artisanal sweets from around…
Latin Quarter
This wonderful little fromagerie feels more like a farm shop you'd find in the countryside than an inner-city Parisian boutique. Organic eggs sit in straw…
Latin Quarter
At any one time this beer-lovers' fantasyland stocks around 500 different craft and/or international brews, along with four on tap to taste on the spot…
Latin Quarter
One of the best fromageries (cheese shops) in Paris, this cheese-lover’s nirvana is filled with to-die-for delicacies, such as St-Félicien with Périgord…
Latin Quarter
For anyone planning an adventure in France, this bookshop is an invaluable resource. Detailed IGN topo maps and guides for climbing, via ferrata, hiking,…
Latin Quarter
Music might be more accessible than ever before in the digital age, but for many, digital recordings will never replace rummaging through racks for…
Latin Quarter
This outdoor store has colonised the Latin Quarter, with some two dozen different boutiques scattered around its original shop that opened on rue St…
Latin Quarter
Established in Paris in 1986 by esteemed parfumeuse Patricia de Nicolaï, whose great-grandfather Pierre-François Pascal Guerlain founded Guerlain 150…
Mayette la Boutique de la Magie
Latin Quarter
One of a kind, this 1808-established magic shop is said to be the world’s oldest. Since 1991 it’s been in the hands of world-famous magic pro Dominique…
Latin Quarter
Album specialises in bandes dessinées (comic strips), which have an enormous following in France, with everything from Tintin and Babar to erotic comics…
Latin Quarter
This chandeliered boutique – one of several in Paris – concentrates on one dessert, the marvellous merveilleux: meringue layered with whipped cream and…
Latin Quarter
Inside 18th-century Hôtel Dubuisson, this chaotic but welcoming Canadian-run bookshop serves free coffee (sweetened with maple syrup) to sip while you…
Latin Quarter
All of the cheeses at this great fromagerie can be vacuum-packed for free to take home – look up to admire the murals on the building’s cherry-red façade…
Latin Quarter
Buy fine food, accessories and Champagne from the vineyards of famed Michelin-starred restaurant La Tour d'Argent in their chic, gourmet boutique, a…
Latin Quarter
Stuffed olives and capsicums and marinated aubergine are among the picnic goodies at this gourmet Italian deli, which also sells ready-to-eat hot meals…
Latin Quarter
Shop for fruit and veg (some organic), cheese, bread and so on at this welcoming, village-like food market that spills across place Maubert thrice weekly.
Latin Quarter
A mouthwatering range of chocolates by several maîtres chocolatiers (master chocolate-makers) are laid out like jewels at this chocolate shop.
Latin Quarter
One of Paris' largest bookshops sells titles in English, has stacks of browsing space, and stocks an exceptional range of maps, guides and travel lit.
Latin Quarter
This branch of Le Vieux Campeur, a couple of doors down from its flagship store, sells everything imaginable for running and cycling.
Latin Quarter
Open-air Marché Monge is laden with wonderful cheeses, baked goods and a host of other temptations.
Latin Quarter
Specialises in jazz, blues, gospel and timeless crooners, mostly on vinyl or CD.
Latin Quarter
Grocers, butchers, fishmongers and other food purveyors set their goods out on street stalls during this almost-daily market. Many stalls close from…
