Paris & Surroundings

One can spend a lifetime exploring Paris and the greater Paris called Ile de France. While most of the articles in this section focus on sights, tastes, history, shops, art and life in the capital, we also make frequent trips to Versailles, Fontainebleau, Vaux-le-Vicomte, Barbizon, Chantilly, Auvers-sur-Oise, the Chevreuse Valley and other notable places in the surrounding region.

Carnivorous Confusion

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Meat is customarily served rarer in France than in the United States, so it’s important to know how to answer when the waiter asks...

Picnicking on the Pont des Arts

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risians and visitors alike have gotten into picnicking as a way of enjoying the company of friends and the beauty of Paris on warm evenings. Here's where to picnic in Paris,

Adventures in Vietnamese Cuisine, Paris

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What happens when two restaurant and travel writers meet to test a restaurant together? Do they eye each other warily over tall menus? Do...
Rabbi Tom Cohen and Rabbi Pauline Bebe

A Couple of Rabbis in Paris

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On the morning of January 14, 2015, American Rabbi Tom Cohen and French Rabbi Pauline Bebe, a unique couple in Judaism in France and worldwide, awoke to news that soldiers had arrived outside their respective synagogues in Paris.

Music video: She Walked Along the River (The T-Shirt Song)

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France Revisited is thrilled to announce the release of our first travel music video, She Walked Along the River (The T-Shirt Song). The song (Rated-R)...

Paris Restaurants: 10 Ways to Keep It Simple and Simply Good

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Those who live in Paris know that it isn't all about fine dining but about dining with fine friends. Here's a selection of 10 restaurants and other eateries throughout Paris for when you want to keep it simple, simply good.

Roasted French Food Porn (Includes Recipe)

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I know food bloggers are supposed to be into food, but do they really have to tell us everything they eat? They remind me of 12-year-old girls with half-chewed food in their mouth, sticking their tongues out to get attention. Not very appetizing.
A peaceful edge of Jardin Truillot, Paris. Photo GLK.

Green Paris: Smoking Is Out, Sparkling Water Is In

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While Paris is test banning smoking in some of its parks and gardens, a new garden, Jardin Truillot, has been opened in the city's least green and most densely populated arrondissement.
Paris luxury hotels, Conversation with an Expert, part 2

The History of Luxury Hotels in Paris, Part 2, 1910-2021 (Video)

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In Part 2 of France Revisited’s “Conversation with an Expert” series about luxury hotels in Paris, Gary Lee Kraut, editor of France Revisited, and Jean-Pierre Soutric, a leading French specialist and consultant on luxury hotels around the world, discuss top-flight hotels created from 1910 to today.

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