ABRAMS The Art of Books
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ABRAMS IMAGE,
NEW YORK
A City Guide by CEREAL
Rosa Park, Editor in Chief Rich Stapleton, Creative Director Richard Aslan, Subeditor Studio Faculty, Book Design
Photography by Ash James, Maud Remy-Lonvis, Rich Stapleton
Words by Alice Cavanagh, Charlie Lee-Potter, Libby Borton, Marissa Cox, Richard Aslan, Ruth Ainsworth
Editor: Laura Dozier
Design Manager: Danny Maloney
Production Manager: Katie Gaffney
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017956791
ISBN: 978-1-4197-3287-4
eISBN: 978-1-68335-340-9
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ABRAMS The Art of Books
195 Broadway, New York, NY 10007
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© 2018 Cereal Limited
Cover © 2018 Abrams
We, at Cereal, have traveled to cities around the world and sought out places we believe to be unique, interesting, and enjoyable. Our aim is to produce guides that would befit Cereal readers and modern travelers alike, recommending a tightly edited selection of experiences that combine quality with meticulous design. If the food is top-notch, so too is the space that accompanies it. You’ll soon notice that our version of the perfect trip is woven in with an understated flair and a penchant for grand landscapes, both natural and constructed. Within these pages, you will find the practical advice you need on where to stay, where to eat, what to see, and where to shop.
This guide to Paris features a considered selection of shops, hotels, restaurants, cafés, and points of interest. Not intending to be comprehensive, we present a discerning edit of our favorite places to visit in the city.
All photographs, copy, and illustrations are original and exclusive to Cereal.
A whole world in twenty arrondissements, spiraling out from the banks of the Seine. The first, the Paris of cinema; the second, a shrine to shopping; three and four, more shiny than seedy; while five is for searchers of Latin charm. Gainsbourg lived in the sixth, seven hosts the Eiffel Tower, eight is pricey, nine and ten are patchy, while eleven is edgily cool. Twelve means cheap sleeps, thirteen spells Chinatown, fourteen slumbers, fifteen remembers better days, and expats swarm to sixteen. Seventeen, up-and-coming; eighteen, Toulouse-Lautrec! The green spaces of nineteen and twenty, finally, allow us to pause. . . .
| COUNTRY | FRANCE |
| AIRPORTS | CDG / ORY |
| LANGUAGE | FRENCH |
| CURRENCY | EUR |
| DIALING CODE | +33 |
photos by ASH JAMES and RICH STAPLETON
MAP
of PARIS
The neighborhoods of Paris are dotted across the arrondissements. For each venue in this guide, the neighborhood is listed first, followed by the corresponding arrondissement number.
E.g.: Le Marais (3)
1 Louvre
2 Bourse
3 Temple
4 Hôtel-de-Ville
5 Panthéon
6 Luxembourg
7 Palais-Bourbon
8 Élysée
9 Opéra
10 Entrepôt
11 Popincourt
12 Reuilly
13 Gobelins
14 Observatoire
15 Vaugirard
16 Passy
17 Batignolles-Monceau
18 Butte-Montmartre
19 Buttes-Chaumont
20 Ménilmontant
HOTEL
in LE MARAIS (3)
A calm refuge in a busy neighborhood, the new Hôtel National des Arts et Métiers is an elegant expression of celebrated designer and art director Raphael Navot’s first foray into hotel design. Placing an emphasis on the use of raw materials, most of which, like the majestic Paris stone columns, have been tempered by hand, the space is awash with a mineral color palette and fitted out with elegant, bespoke furniture. At night, visitors and guests mingle in the Italian restaurant downstairs, or take in the panoramic view on the rooftop terrace.
Cereal talks to Raphael Navot (see this page)
+33 1-80-97-22-80
hotelnational.paris
243 rue Saint-Martin
Paris, FR 75003
HOTEL
in LE MARAIS (3)
Les Bains has been something of a chameleon over the centuries, and its storied past has placed it at the epicenter of Parisian culture. Once a nineteenth-century public bathhouse where Marcel Proust used to bathe, it was transformed into a legendary club, oft-compared to Studio 54 in the 1980s. Today, it’s been reborn as a luxury boutique hotel. Its rooms and suites have been elegantly furnished using raw materials including Carrara marble and mahogany, while finer details like sumptuous velvet sofas in jewel tones allude to its decadent history. Downstairs, the spacious restaurant and bar are furnished with checkered flooring and undulating ceilings that form the shape of giant water drops—perhaps an ode to the building’s first life. The latest incarnation of Les Bains retains its bohemian edge and provides an ideal base from which to explore the city.
+33 1-42-77-07-07
lesbains-paris.com
7 rue du Bourg l’Abbé
Paris, FR 75003
HOTEL
in OPÉRA (2)
Grands Boulevards pairs eighteenth-century Parisian elegance with modern sensibilities. In the rooms, canopied beds and red marble surfaces subtly nod to the styles of Louis XVI of France, which are then softened by linen sheets and worn wooden furniture. For evening drinks, head to The Shell, the hotel’s cocktail bar, named for one of the eighteenth century’s favored motifs; or venture to the rooftop terrace, where views of the 2nd arrondissement accompany the apéritifs.
+33 1-85-73-33-33
grandsboulevardshotel.com
17 Boulevard Poisonnière
Paris, FR 75002
HOTEL
in SENTIER (2)
This well-appointed boutique hotel, located on a cobbled street in the buzziest part of the second arrondissement