Paris & Around - Discover France: Experience the Best of France - page 190

• » Marché aux Puces de St-Ouen ( rue des Rosiers, av Michelet, rue Voltaire, rue Paul
Bert & rue Jean-Henri Fabre, 18e; 9am-6pm Sat, 10am-6pm Sun, 11am-5pm Mon ;
Porte de Clignancourt) Founded in the late 19th century and said to be Europe's largest.
• » Marché aux Puces de la Porte de Vanves (av Georges Lafenestre & av Marc Sangni-
er, 14e; 7am-6pm or later Sat & Sun ; Porte de Vanves) The smallest and, some say,

friendliest of the big three.

SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY
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Books

( 37 rue de la Bûcherie, 5e; 10am-11pm Mon-Fri, 11am-11pm Sat & Sun; St-
Michel) Paris' most famous English-language bookshop sells new and used books
and is a charm to browse (grab a read and sink into one of the two cinema chairs
near the stairs out back).

GUERLAIN
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Perfume

( www.guerlain.com ; 68 av des Champs-Élysées, 8e; 10.30am-8pm Mon-Sat,
noon-7pm Sun; Franklin D Roosevelt) Guerlain is Paris' most famous parfumerie,
and its shop, around since 1912, is one of the city's most beautiful.

PIERRE HERMÉ
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Cakes & Chocolates

( www.pierreherme.com ; 72 rue Bonaparte, 6e; 10am-7pm Sun-Fri, to 7.30pm Sat;
Odéon or Luxembourg) It's the size of chocolate box, but once in your tastebuds
will go wild. Pierre Hermé is one of Paris' top chocolatiers and his boutique is a ver-
itable feast of perfectly presented petits fours, cakes, chocolate, nougats, macar-
oons and jam.

LE BON MARCHÉ
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Department Store

( 24 rue de Sèvres, 7e; 10am-8pm Mon-Wed & Fri, 10am-9pm Thu & Sat; Sèvres
Babylone) Opened by Gustave Eiffel as Paris' first department store in 1852, the