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This shop doesn’t just sell chocolate, you can watch it being made. More than 40 flavours and novelty chocolates in all shapes.
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For 150 years this shop has specialized in all kinds of oil, from the finest olive oil to massage oil.
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Fabulous displays of old kitchenware, boxes, jars, ashtrays… anything with a colourful old advertisement on it, from the 1960s back to whatever the owner can get her hands on.
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A wealth of meteorites, fossils and minerals. Some specimens are put to good use in imaginative jewellery.
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Specialist in comic books, which are big business in France, from Tintin to erotica.
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Away from the tourist bustle, this Bastille market, dubbed the “Notre-Dame of markets”, retains an authentic Parisian atmosphere. Every morning North African traders hawk inexpensive produce in the open-air market, and there’s an adjacent flea market and a covered market selling top-quality fare.
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A delightful hidden treasure is this shop/workshop where the owner lovingly restores antique musical instruments such as trumpets, harps and violins.
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Exceptional baker producing traditional breads and pastries, and more unusual flavours such as a raisin rye bread.
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One of Paris’s two top department stores, Printemps opened in 1864. Its goods range from designer clothing and accessories, to middle-of-the-range labels and funky fashions, home decor and furniture. The sixth-floor tea room is crowned with a lovely Art Nouveau stained-glass cupola.
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Vintage wines are the speciality at this store. The owner will help you find a wine to match the year of any special occasion.
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