13 best paris guidebooks

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Welcome to Paris

Explore Paris’s iconic landmarks, world-famous museums, cool cafes, cutting-edge haute cuisine and so much more with the help of your DK Eyewitness guide. Whether you’re here for a quick visit or a grand tour, we’ll help you to navigate the very best this incredible city has to offer.

In-depth area-by-area guides

Our in-depth area guides make traveling around Paris easy, whether you want to discover the treasures of the Louvre, marvel at the opulence of Versailles, brave the creepy catacombs, or stroll the tree-lined boulevards⁠—we’ve got you covered. And our selection of itineraries suggest several realistic ways to make the most of your time⁠—whether you’re staying for a few days or just a few hours.

Be inspired

With so much to see, we’ve created expert-led special features that show how to experience Paris your way. Across detailed page spreads, we take a look at how to discover what’s inspired countless thinkers and artists; shop the trendiest stores and markets; relive the city’s rich history; raise a glass of the finest wine; eat the very best cuisine and take the perfect photo.

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Welcome to Paris

Paris has a timeless familiarity for visitors, with architectural icons, exquisite cuisine, chic boutiques and priceless artistic treasures.

The wrought-iron spire of the Eiffel Tower, the broad Arc de Triomphe, the Champs Élysees, the gargoyled Notre Dame cathedral, lamplit bridges spanning the Seine and art nouveau cafes spilling on to wicker-chairlined terraces are indelibly etched in the minds of anyone who’s visited the city.

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Pierre Coulon

Cheesemaker—La Laiterie de Paris

In 2017, Pierre Coulon opened an urban cheese shop the likes of which Paris had never seen. Yes, La Laiterie de Paris sells a range of French and foreign cheeses that are matured on site, but what makes La Laiterie unique is that they make their own cheese as well. “Make cheese great again!” goes their slogan.

Marie & Alexandre Thumerelle

Booksellers, publishers—Ofr.

Ofr. is an independent arts bookshop, gallery, and publisher in Paris…Let’s start again! Ofr. is a bohemian utopia, a creative forcefield, a machine for ideas, a drop-in center for the city’s artists, punks, and dreamers. On any day of the week, pass by, get inspired, see what happens.

Apollonia Poilâne

Baker—Poilâne

The Poilâne saga began ninety years ago, in 1932, when Apollonia’s paternal grandfather moved from Paris from Normandy and set up a bakery in bohemian Saint Germain-des-Pres. They chose to specialize in big loaves of nutritious country-style sourdough bread made with stone-ground flour rich in wheatgrain. Today, the Poilâne sourdough is still prepared in the basement of the rue de Cherche-Midi bakery from starter, stone-ground flour, Guerande sea salt, and water, then baked in the ancient wood-fired oven there.

Majid Mohammad

Florist—Muse

In his Montmartre flower shop, Majid Mohammad has created a little sanctuary where the beauty of the natural world fuses with civilization’s splendors. He orchestrates a magical moment in time with the colors and forms of flowers and plants, their scents, their delicate freshness. Interspersed amongst the flowers are antiques, vases, sculptures, and art tomes. Classical music booms from the speakers.