Maybe essentially the most superb mosque to be present in a non-Muslim-majority nation, this one can also be very welcoming to vacationers.
The mosque neighbours the Jardin des Plantes botanical backyard, within the Latin Quarter of the fifth arrondissement, in Paris’ inner-south, and prices €3 (US$3.20) to enter.
French- or English-speaking tour guides come without cost and may clarify how this jewel was erected practically a century in the past by Muslim immigrants from North Africa.
2. Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
Overlook becoming a member of the snaking queues exterior The Louvre and as a substitute admire artworks and artefacts from past the Western world on the Quai Branly Museum.
The Louvre is revered for its works by European masters whereas the Quai Branly focuses on these from Asia, Africa, Oceania and the Americas.
Reveals are accompanied by indicators in a number of languages, together with English, that element the historical past, design and cultural significance of every merchandise.
The museum, which opened in 2006, is called after the road it stands on and the French president who instigated the undertaking.
3. Candora Paris
Nobody else on the planet smells like I do. Which can not sound like a great factor however, belief me, it’s. All due to RO’C, a cologne named after me, made by me, and worn solely by me.
As a substitute of buying designer scents on the upmarket Champs-Élysées, strive mixing a bespoke perfume at Candora Paris.
The tip product is usually a one-off, I’m informed by proprietor Emmanuel Frossard, as a result of Candora provides 22 base essences from which contributors can mix greater than 1,500 distinct fragrances.
First, he defined the subtleties of crafting a brand new scent. Then Frossard quizzed me on the pure smells I discover interesting. His suggestions steered me in direction of a fruity but masculine mixture of grapefruit, bitter orange and tobacco.
Candora’s two-hour workshops value €95, which features a 50ml bottle of the brand new perfume contributors have created.
4. Bibliothèque Nationale de France – Richelieu
Close to the verdant Palais-Royal Backyard, the Seventeenth-century BnF Library Richelieu is spectacular in its scale, the stately facade adorned with arches, balustrades, high-quality stonework and dozens of porthole-style home windows.
All of which is a mere entrée to the plat principal (“important course”): the Oval Room. Greater than 20,000 texts fill this cavernous house.
Hand-carved picket guide cabinets tower over guests studying in its 160 research seats, as pure mild streams by means of the large glass panel on its 18-metre-high ceiling. Enter and you may be misplaced for phrases – though not for lengthy, given the contents.
Elsewhere within the advanced, which reopened in September 2022 after a 12-year refurbishment, are a analysis library, a museum, an area for non permanent exhibitions, a backyard, a guide store and a restaurant.
5. Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs Church
Courting again to the twelfth century, the Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs Church shares with Notre-Dame many good-looking design options, corresponding to rib vault ceilings, dramatic columns, vibrant hand-painted frescoes and polychromatic stained glass home windows.
The church’s single bell tower is comparable in look to Notre-Dame’s famed twin towers.
Located in Paris’ third Arrondissement, the church flanks one other ignored attraction, the Musee de Arts Metiers, a museum of commercial design that dates again to 1794, with a set of greater than 80,000 objects, though solely 2,500 are on show.
