Paris

Louvre Museum

The world’s most-visited museum – Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo. Enter via the Carrousel to skip the pyramid queue.

Skip-the-line entry to the Hall of Mirrors and State Apartments, plus round-trip transport from central Paris.

The world’s largest antiques flea market – a labyrinth of 1,700 stalls just north of the city. Free to wander.

Intimate Art Deco hotel right on the Canal Saint-Martin; spacious rooms with canal views.

Twenty metres underground, an ossuary of millions lines the old quarry tunnels. Timed entry essential.

Graze through the Marais – falafel, cheese, charcuterie, pastries and wine – with a guide on the city’s best food-walk turf.

The elevated planted walkway atop a former railway viaduct – the inspiration for New York’s High Line. Free.

Boutique 4-star with a small spa in the heart of Saint-Germain, minutes from Notre-Dame.

Charles Garnier’s opulent 1875 opera house – the grand staircase, gilded foyer, and Chagall ceiling.

A three-hour tasting walk through Montmartre’s fromageries, wine shops and patisseries above the Place du Tertre.