Paris
Take a Tour of Victor Hugo's Paris
As a film version of his Les Miserables hits theaters, consider traveling in the French writer’s footsteps
December 24, 2012 |
By Nina Fedrizzi
Who Was Casanova?
The personal memoir of history's most famous lover reveals a misunderstood intellectual who befriended the likes of Ben Franklin
April 2012 |
By Tony Perrottet
Stolen: How the Mona Lisa Became the World’s Most Famous Painting
One hundred years ago, a heist by a worker at the Louvre secured Leonardo’s painting as an art world icon
June 16, 2011 |
By James Zug
Jeu de Paume: Holding Court in Paris
Court tennis, the quirky game of finesse and speed that once dominated France, is now kept alive by a small group of Parisians
May 19, 2010 |
By Jonathan Brand
Rick Steves’ Europe: Rue Cler, Paris, France
The “best little street in Paris” offers tasty cheese, delectable pastries, vegetable stalls and old-fashioned merchants as an irresistible slice of authentic neighborhood life
May 01, 2010 |
By Rick Steves
Circling in on Paris’ Arc d’Triomphe
On the eastern end of the Champs-Elysees, the iconic memorial arch is a traffic nightmare but a tourist’s lesson in French history
August 01, 2009 |
By Rick Steves
Navigating the Paris Metro
With nearly 300 stops in the underground system, the Metro takes Parisians and tourists alike from neighborhood to neighborhood
August 01, 2009 |
By Rick Steves
A Record Find
How The Phantom of the Opera led me to a long-lost musical treasure in Paris
March 2008 |
By Michael Walsh
The Louvre’s Priceless Masterpieces
Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo are just two of the works housed within the walls of this fortress-turned-royal palace-turned-museum
January 2008 |
By Alison McLean
Snapshot: Paris Underground
Tunneling into the fascinating dark underbelly of the City of Lights
November 05, 2007 |
By Siobhan Roth
Americans in Paris
In the late 19th century, the City of Light beckoned Whistler, Sargent, Cassatt and other young artists. As a new exhibition makes clear, what they experienced would transform American art
January 2007 |
By Arthur Lubow
Paris, Mon Amour
For photographer Robert Doisneau, finding an openly affectionate couple in the City of Light was as easy as falling in love
July 2005 |
By Rudolph Chelminski
Toulouse-Lautrec
The fin de sià¨cle artist who captured Paris' cabarets and dance halls is drawing huge crowds to a new exhibition at Washington, D.C.'s National Gallery of Art
May 2005 |
By Paul Trachtman
