Ville magique. The perfect guide to the Paris of your dreams

This book combines all of Angelika Taschen's recommendations for Paris hotels, shops, restaurants, cafes, and bars into one volume, ensuring visitors a wealth of ideas and a guarantee that their Parisian sojourn will never have a dull moment. From the ultra-hot Colette fashion concept store to Tom Ford's secret hideaway to Hemingway's favorite brasserie, all of the best insider tips are gathered together between these covers so that when you hop out from under yours, you'll have plenty of exciting things on your agenda.

Dictionary-style cut out tabs help the reader to have quick access to each chapter.

Among the highlights are:

Decorative ceramics shop Astier de Villatte

The ultra-modern Comme des Garçons perfume and candle boutique

Ladurée, the best macaroons in the city

Ma Bourgogne restaurant on the beautiful Place des Vosges

Classic bistro Allard that has hardly changed in 70 years

Left bank restaurant La Palette, a favorite of Picasso and Braque

Brasserie Lipp, where Hemingway ate the eat herrings he wrote about in A Moveable Feast

The ultra-luxurious Ritz hotel on elegant Place Vendôme

The cozy and cute Hôtel Bourg Tibourg in the Marais

Hôtel Verneuil in St. Germain-des-Prés opposite the former residence of Serge Gainsbourg

The quintessentially French Hôtel Duc de Saint-Simon