Cindy's Paris List

18 Places

Père Lachaise Cemetery

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

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Montmartre Cemetery

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

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The Gravestone Courtyard

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

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Musee de la Magie

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

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Jules Lavirotte's 29 Avenue Rapp

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

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Salvador Dalí Sundial

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

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Saint-Ouen, France

Tombées du Camion

Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.

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Foucault's Pendulum

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

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Montparnasse Cemetery

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

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Le Louxor Palais du Cinema

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

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Musée de Cluny

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

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Rue Crémieux

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

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Paris Bird Market

For one day a week a famed French flower district turns into an avian bazaar.

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The Recumbent Effigy of Victor Noir

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

Cannonball of the Hotel de Sens

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

The Wax and Bone Relics of Saint Vincent de Paul

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

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LaBeL RéCuP'

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

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Lines of Cremains at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

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