In a city full of designer and speciality delights, why bother visiting a department store? Well, most of them are over 100 years old for a start, which, if you need the excuse, makes them interesting historic monuments, too.
The chic Au Bon Marché on rue de Sèvres was designed by Gustave Eiffel and inspired a Zola novel; La Samaritaine (metro: Pont Neuf) is vast, spreads over three buildings, still has beautiful Art Nouveau touches and the terrace restaurant has one of the best views of Paris. Fashion and beauty feature large at Galleries Lafayette, where all the major names and the world’s largest perfumery gather under one famous stained glass dome and models strut their stuff at the weekly fashion show. Foodies, meanwhile, can feast their eyes and imagination at Lafayette Gourmet.
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