local gems

Local gems in Paris

The Paris that exists beyond the postcard circuit rewards curiosity with discoveries few guidebooks dare to champion. The Catacombs of Paris unspool as a subterranean labyrinth beneath the busy paving stones, older than most of the streets above. At the Musée national Gustave Moreau, the Symbolist painter redesigned his own studio as a museum — an immersive total artwork that almost nobody finds by accident. The former Chais et Entrepôts de Bercy, once the city's wine warehouses, still carry the atmosphere of old trade routes. To truly understand Paris, you eventually leave the grand boulevards and follow the paths the city laid for itself.

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