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Seasonal & Cultural Highlights
5 GOOD REASONS TO COME TO PARIS!
1. SHOPPING / FASHION / ART - WHAT'S NEW?
Do it in Paris – Shopping
www.doitinparis.fr
Do it in Paris is a bilingual luxury magazine on fashion, beauty and lifestyle in Paris. The columns and advice on the Do it in Paris website provides you with easy access to fashion and its trends. Whether you are a tourist in Paris or a busy Parisienne, Do it in Paris will give you the best addresses to optimize your look and your mood without spending too much.
Christian Dior
30 avenue Montaigne, Paris - 8
Tel: 01 40 73 54 44
www.luxemode.fr
60 years after the Mister Dior's first collection, the historic shop of the house offers itself a new youth thanks to the talent of the architect Peter Marino. An apartment where the classic XVIIIth decoration is revisited with audacious contemporary keys. Over 1200 m ², Peter Marino worked around the grey, color of the house Dior, in 56 different tints.
The Mark Qeelin
18 street Montpensier, Paris - 1
Tel: 01 40 20 93 56
When the Luxury declines in the infinity, Qeelin is a mark of Chinese jewelry which knew how to be imperative by a vision moved in sync with his time while respecting a knowledge and a quality unique. The collection consists of four vintage robots, luxuriously realized golden white or golden pink, overlaid with brilliant blue, yellow, pink sapphires or orange, of ruby or diamonds black or whites.
And always… on Avenue Montaigne, the most elegant and elite fashion avenue in Paris, its 46 fashion shops. www.avenuemontaigneguide.com
* Within walking distance:
2. CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS / EXHIBITION - WHAT'S ON?
Until 16th April 2012
New Frontier: American Art Enters the Louvre
Thomas Cole and the Birth of Landscape Painting in America
Musée du Louvre
The Musée du Louvre, the High Museum of Art (Atlanta), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Arkansas), and the Terra Foundation for American Art have announced the launch of a four-year collaboration devoted to American art.
The first presentation of the “New Frontier” partnership is centered on Thomas Cole (1801–1848) and the rise of American landscape painting.
www.louvre.fr
Until February 26th 2012
Cézanne à Paris
Exhibition
Musée du Luxembourg
19, rue de Vaugirard
75006 PARIS
The 80 works in this exhibition provide insight into the southern painter’s time in Paris.
www.museeduluxembourg.fr
From January 10th to February 13th 2012
Manon, Jules Massenet
Opéra Bastille
At the moment of death all Manon has left are memories, the inn at Amiens and the little table… To accompany this ephemeral dream, Massenet composed the most beautiful music imaginable, sensual, joyful, melancholic and heart-rending.
3. FOOD AND WINE - Best bistros
Restaurant « Les ombres »
27 Quai Branly - Paris 7
Tel: 01 47 53 68 00
www.lesombres-restaurant.com
In protrude from the terrace, the restaurant Les Ombres occupies a volume the asymmetrical glass pan and cover the shell. Its terrace, fully cleared, offers the sight of one of the most remarkable landscapes in Paris.
Theater in Plaza Athénée!
The Relais Plaza, Official Partner of the Comedy of Champs-Elysées, suggest a formula "Dinner / theater". The offer includes: a theater ticket of first category and a dinner to the restaurant The Relay Plaza, Entrance, Dish, Cheese or Dessert and Coffee. Reservation of the Evenings Dinner / theater with the person in charge box office of The Comedy of Champs-Elysées, by telephone in 01 53 23 99 33, or directly in the counter(ticket office) of The Comedy, from Tuesday till Friday from 11 am till 6 pm.
4. FAMILY
Disneyland Paris
77777 Marne la Vallée (Seine et Marne- France)
Tel: 0844 8008 898
www.disneylandparis.com
Discover a spectacular visual feast, magical realms beyond your wildest dreams and rides to make you laugh, scream and fly!
Discover Disneyland Park and walt Disney Studios Park...
5. ECO FRIENDLY
Ballon Air de Paris
Parc André Citroën - Paris 15
Tel: 01 44 26 20 00
The balloon Air de Paris takes you, during 10 minutes, 150 meters above Paris and offers a breathtaking view of the Capital. Since 2008, it is a quality air indicator as its colour varies depending on the quality of the air: from green (good) to red (bad). This is the less polluting aircraft in the world as it works with an electrical winch.
An Ecovisit of Paris!
Make your trip to Paris an Ecovisit in 2011! Take an ecofriendly guided tour of Paris! Do you know where the very first office building in the world exclusively lit with LEDs is located, bulbs of the future? And how Paris helps preserve bees? How many trees has Paris, the most afforested European capital?.....www.ecovisitparis.com
Velib in Paris: 11 different courses to discover Paris.. Also take advantage of our Red Bike Plaza Athénée!