EXPLORE PARIS COOL IN LE MARAIS
Trendy boutiques, galleries, and elegant hotels flourish in the fashionable Marais region. The area, which was once the city's Jewish quarter, still has a number of kosher restaurants but now a thriving area of art, shopping and food.
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Food culture– Le Marais Restaurants
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You'll have a hard time picking which of the wonderful Le Marais restaurants to eat at because there are so many to choose from! The Marais is a fantastic area to visit. The neighbourhood is known for its fashionable cocktail bars, trendy dive bars, and a lovely rooftop pub with a stunning view of the Eiffel Tower at night!
Do you want something sweet? Le Marais has a lot of that it. Traditional boulangeries offering baked goods abound, tea rooms have started popping up on several streets, and some of the world's most famous pastry chefs, from Yann Couvreur and Pierre Hermé to Christophe Michalak, have opened shops here. If you're looking for something different, go to one of the Jewish bakeries on Rue des Rosiers and try linzer torte, strüdel, baklava, or vatrouchka.
Arts and Culture
Musée Carnavalet
Musée Carnavalet
The Carnavalet - Histoire de Paris museum is the city of Paris's oldest museum. It first opened to the public on February 25, 1880, in the Carnavalet hotel, which is located in the heart of the Marais, one of the capital's most well-preserved architectural areas.
The museum has grown significantly since 1880, with the addition of new buildings and the 1989 purchase of the hotel Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau. The museum's architecture now includes two mansions with a combined history of more than 450 years. Its regularly enhanced collections have retraced the history of Paris from prehistory to the current day for more than 150 years.
Musée Picasso-Paris
For the first time, the Musée Rodin and the Musée national Picasso-Paris are joining forces to present the “Picasso-Rodin” exhibition event. This exceptional partnership between two large monographic museums offers a unique perspective on these genius artists who paved the way for modernity in art. Their masterpieces are presented simultaneously in the two historical monuments that house these national museums.
Shopping in Le Marais
Rue Vieille du Temple, Rue des Francs Bourgeois, and Rue de Turenne are some of the top shopping areas in Paris. It's also not only about shopping for clothes. The Marché des Enfants Rouges, located in the Marais, is the city's oldest covered market. It's been selling fresh food off Rue de Bretagne since 1615, and you can still find it there. When it comes to art, there are several galleries near the Marais' centre, such as the Modus and Symbol galleries at Place des Vosges.
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BHV MARAIS is a Paris retail classic, with its stunning cupola and bird's-eye view of the Hôtel de Ville. This department store, first opened in 1856 in the Marais, houses all of the leading ready-to-wear brands in one location. It also provides a variety of dining alternatives and a large selection of leisure and design things.
Architecture
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Le Marais, known as "The Swamp" since mediaeval times, is a museum of architectural styles. Paris was divided into several small plots during the late Middle Ages, with thin homes densely placed against one another. The Swamp, or Le Marais, was previously covered with little irrigated fields that supplied vegetables for the city. It has kept its name to this day and now covers the 3rd and 4th arrondissements.
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Le Marais has evolved into one of Paris' most diverse architectural ensembles. Today, a variety of fashionable stores, fascinating museums, a vibrant LGBT quarter, and the old Jewish neighbourhood pulsate against a backdrop of French architectural history.
WHERE TO STAY
Hotel Bourg-Tibourg
The details flow with elegance in the Bourg Tibourg: a XIXth century engraving here, a Viollet Le Duc chandelier there, a gargoyled-decorated folding screen further away. Similarly, the rooms are tiny, rib-styled chambers, occupied with priceless furniture sourced from the finest Parisian antique stores and adorned with medallion-shaped fabrics. Each one includes a bathroom with a huge bathtub, mosaics, and black granite flooring. Charm, luxury, and confidentiality, all at one place.
Finally, Camille Muller conceived a little zinc basin on the hotel's exclusive private courtyard, its little garden, complete with its "little forest," teeming with ground ivies and arborescent ferns. The Bourg Tibourg became a scene of utter imagination because to Jacques Garcia's initiative. It's also a dreamer's paradise for people of various countries. A hidden paradise that has been rediscovered.