Travel Reference
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The 'Station Cafe', in the erstwhile mews of a Marais
hôtel particulier
(private mansion)
with fabulous interior courtyard, is one of the best and most innovative cafe-theatres in Par-
is. Acts range from comic theatre and stand-up to reinterpreted classics.
SHOPPING
The Marais boasts excellent speciality stores and an ever-expanding fashion
presence. Hip young designers have colonised the upper reaches of the 3e
towards rue Charlot as well as rue de Turenne. Meanwhile, rue des Francs
Bourgeois and, towards the other side of rue de Rivoli, rue François Mirron in
the 4e have well-established boutique shopping for clothing, hats, home fur-
nishings and stationery. Place des Vosges is lined with very high-end art and
antique galleries with some amazing sculptures for sale.
Le Marais
CONCEPT STORE
PARIS RENDEZ-VOUS
Only the city of Paris could be so chic as to have its own designer line of souvenirs, sold in
its own ubercool concept store inside the Hôtel de Ville. Shop here for everything from
clothing and homewares to Paris-themed books, toy sailing boats and signature Jardin du
Luxembourg's Fermob chairs.
Quel style!
DESIGN, HOMEWARES
FLEUX
10.45am-7.30pm Mon-Fri, 10.30am-8pm Sat, 1.30-7.30pm Sun; Hôtel de Ville)
Innovative designs for the home by European designers fill this twinset of big white mazes.
Products range from super chic to kitsch, clever and plain crazy. Its e-boutique stocks about
10% of what you see on the shop floor, but Fleux can post most Paris purchases home for
you (at a price,
bien sûr
).
CAKES
L'ÉCLAIR DE GÉNIE
11am-7pm Mon-Fri, 10am-7.30pm
Sat & Sun;
St-Paul)
