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Marais and the Bastille : Specialist Shops

Top 10 Specialist Shops

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1. The Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore

An English-language bookshop where you can pick up that translated French classic you may have been inspired to read.
2. André Bissonet

A delightful hidden treasure is this shop/workshop where the owner lovingly restores antique musical instruments such as trumpets, harps and violins.
3. La Chaiserie du Faubourg

Bastille has always been the area for furniture makers, and this chair repair shop keeps the tradition alive.
4. Chez Teil

Specializing in products from the Auvergne, mostly foodstuffs such as Auvergne sausages.
5. The Filofax Centre

The name says it all, for the ubiquitous binder that palmtop organizers have not ousted completely. Also stationery, pens and associated items.
6. L’rt du Bureau

If your desk is your altar, you’ll find everything you could possibly need here, and it’s all in the most modern designs. In fact, this shop is worth visiting for the design aspects alone.
7. Librairie l’rbre à Lettres

Beautiful bookshop, though the content is on the serious side, concentrating on art, philosophy and politics.
8. A l’Olivier

For 150 years this shop has specialized in all kinds of oil, from the finest olive oil to massage oil.
9. Papeterie Saint Sabin

Parisian stationery shops are a class apart, and here you will find stylish notebooks, pens, pads and other tasteful items.
10. A la Petite Fabrique

This shop doesn’t just sell chocolate, you can watch it being made. More than 40 flavours and novelty chocolates in all shapes.