The essential guide to perfect Paris shopping
The French capital is a pastel box of colourful and inspiring shops, ranging from century-old family-run haberdashery to shiny new homewares store. The problem can be: where to start?
The 20 rules of eating in a foreign country
You may be a foodie at home, but here's how to be an expert eater when you're overseas too.
Six of the best: Paris cycling routes
The best way to see Paris and it most neglected attractions on two wheels.
The top 10 signature drinks of cities around the world
You can't create an iconic drink, but some drinks say it all about a city.
The most amazing new hotels opening in 2015
However you like your hotels, the upcoming year is sure to please, with architectural acrobatics, spectacular renovations and innovative technologies colluding to produce some fantastic new accommodation offerings.
Six nights in Europe in two cities
We'd like to divide our six nights in Europe between two cities, with a rail trip in between.
The star of European fast trains turns 20
It's been 20 years since the first fast train sped through the Channel Tunnel, changing travel between the UK and Europe forever.
Double the appeal: Picasso Museum in Paris reopens
The renovation of the Musée Picasso Paris has been the French cultural melodrama of 2014.
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Charming and enchanting, Europe's city of fashion, art, culture and romance is a favourite for many, many times over. From haute cuisine to haute couture, Paris seduces with its museums of masterpieces, its tantalising political history, its chic cafes and aroma of sophistication. Home to some of the most famous past and present, this city is the epicentre of style, taste and the 'nouveau'.
