Paris shopping is one of the best activities that tourists should indulge in while visiting the city. Shopping in Paris is great fun as shopaholics can buy anything from fashionable clothes to accessories, from books to antiques and from heavenly perfumes to tableware and much more. There are numerous high-end streets in Paris, that house the stores of leading French as well as international brands.
Tourists can visit shopping streets like rue de Seine, rue du Bac and rue Jacob to buy antiques and art items. Music instruments of high quality can be purchased at rue de Rome.
The unending varieties of Paris shops showcase the trend-setting fashion items of the city. The shops located on Place des Victoires and Rue Etienne Marcel are good for shopping some of the best leather goods, shoes and bags of Paris. The emporiums that specialize in jewelry and Haute Couture are Chaumet, Cartier, Chanel, Celine, Christian Dior, Piaget, Christian Lacroix, Yves Saint Laurent, Arpels and Van Cleef, to name a few.
Paris Shopping Malls
Some of the notable shopping malls in Paris are:
- Forum des Halles: It is among the most
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popular shopping centers in Paris. Situated in Châtelete, in the center of Paris, it has several undergrounds shops, which are directly linked to the RER - Metro station. It houses a wide variety of shops that cater to the needs of young shoppers. The mall also has a swimming pool and good cinemas as well. A certain section of the mall, known as Espace Créateurs is the perfect place for discovering the latest creations of upcoming designers of Paris.
- Val d’Eulope: This shopping center is highly praised by foreign visitors. It is a modern mall that includes several small boutiques, a huge supermarket known as Auchan, an electronic store named Darty and many more stores. Shoppers can also enjoy the cinema, restaurant and exhibitions of the shopping center.
Some of the other famous shopping centers in Paris are Carrousel du Louvre, Bercy 2, Centre commercial Galaxie, Galeries marchandes des Champs-Elysées, Boutiques du Palais des Congrès, Les 4 temps, Passage du Havre, Maine Montparnasse and Les 3 quartiers.
Paris shopping is a dream for every shopaholics, as the city offers a myriad of shopping malls, boutiques, designer stores and all.
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