Paris trip 2017

Reba's hot Paris picks!

21 Places

The Gravestone Courtyard

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

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Paris Point Zero

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

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Dans le Noir?

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

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59 Rivoli

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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Shakespeare and Company

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

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Un Regard Moderne Bookstore

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

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Paris Padlocks of Love

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

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Musée de Cluny

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

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Lion of The Botanical Gardens

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

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WWII Bunker Under Gare de l'Est

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

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I Love You Wall

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

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Catacombes de Paris

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Lasco Project at Palais de Tokyo

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

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Sape & Co

A Parisian boutique devoted to la Sape, the elegant Congolese fashion subculture rooted in European colonization.

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Danse de la Fontaine Emergente

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

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Jeannot's Floor

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

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Gustave Eiffel's Secret Apartment

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

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Louis XIV's Globes

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

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La REcyclerie

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

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Saint-Ouen, France

La Chope des Puces: Temple of Gypsy Jazz

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

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Museum of Vampires

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

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