WHILE YOU’RE IN PARIS…

HANG OUT IN LE MARAIS Browse for vintage pieces and cafecrawl in this historic Jewish quarter, which is lled with antiques shops and tempting boutiques. When you get peckish, stop for a falafel: you’ll nd the very best around the city in this neighbourhood.

DINE LIKE IT’S 1686 Le Procope (procope.com) is Paris’s oldest cafe and was serving citizens almost a century before the French Revolution. If you’re feeling brave, order the calf’s head, one of the dishes served when Le Procope opened its doors in 1686.

GAZE ON GOTHIC SPLENDOUR Skip the queues at Notre Dame and instead visit the Ile de la Cité’s less celebrated Gothic masterpiece, the 13thcentury SainteChapelle. Built in seven years and modest in size, the sacred building holds a secret within: its wondrous vaulted ceiling (right).