Hôtel de la Marine: Glimpses of Decorative Splendor and Onto Paris’s Largest Square
Six years after France’s Naval Ministry vacated its monumental headquarters in Paris facing Place de la Concorde, the public now has access to the 18th-century Hôtel de la Marine whose new museum presents a dozen painstakingly restored historic rooms and an impressive view out to the square. The building also houses a chic café, an upscale restaurant and a private art collection.
VoiceMap Tour: The Tuileries Garden, from the Louvre to Place de la Concorde
Talk a walk through the Tuileries, Paris's most historic garden, with Gary Lee Kraut. A royal walk, an imperial walk, a people's walk. But beware: drama lurks within its geometry.
Baby Liberty Goes Abroad (Video)
Baby Liberty, the 9.3-foot, 1/16-size little sister of the Statue of Liberty on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, left her childhood home in the courtyard in front of France's National Museum of Technology, the Musée des Arts et Métiers, in Paris, on June 7 to embark on a journey to the United States.
The History of Luxury Hotels in Paris, Part 2, 1910-2021 (Video)
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.
The History of Luxury Hotels in Paris, Part 1, 1855-1909 (Video)
France Revisited’s “Conversation with an Expert” series launched on April 15 with a 3-part discussion between Gary Lee Kraut, editor of France Revisited, and Jean-Pierre Soutric, a leading French specialist and consultant on luxury hotels around the world.In Part 1, which can be viewed here, they examine the creation and evolution of luxury hotels in Paris from 1855 to 1909,
The Mona Lisa of the Champs-Elysées (How Le Cat Killed Curiosity)
Paris seeks herd immunity against curiosity by installing 20 monumentally insipid bronzes of Philippe Geluck's Le Chat on the Champs-Elysees.
Gary Goes To Church in Paris, and So Should You (Video)
Parisians aren't known for their religious fervor, yet many go to church, and with good reason: the art, the architecture, the music, and because the most of more notable churches belong to the City of Paris.
On Winter Solstice Night (Includes Audio)
A solstice night tale of darkness poetry and wonder in Paris. Sometimes, late in the evening, I’d look out the window and see him sitting on his stool just beyond the edge of the awning, in the light of the streetlamp, writing in a notebook.
VoiceMap Tour: The Luxembourg Garden, Paris’s Most Elegant Park
The Luxembourg Garden is far more than Paris’s prettiest park—it’s a way of life. You enter as a visitor within its gold-tipped fencing, then soon find yourself a full-fledged participant in the lifestyle of the Left Bank. Join us for a stroll in the park with a VoiceMap audio tour.