Shopping Guide
Belle Époque domes • Haute couture houses • Flagship avenues • Covered passages • Flea-market treasure hunts • Place Vendôme jewels • Left Bank refinement • Concept-store cool • Détaxe savings • Rooftop department stores
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Paris shopping is "luxury and flea-market in the same day":
From the haute-couture flagships of the Champs-Élysées and the jewellery houses of Place Vendôme to a seven-hectare antiques market on the city's edge — the range is the whole point.
<p>Paris rewards a plan: the city splits cleanly into luxury avenues, grand department stores and weekend markets, each its own half-day.</p>
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<li>🛍️ Grand department stores cluster on Boulevard Haussmann — one stop for fashion, beauty and a free rooftop view.</li>
<li>💎 Place Vendôme and Avenue Montaigne form the luxury core — high jewellery and couture, best browsed slowly.</li>
<li>🕰️ The 19th-century covered passages hide independent boutiques and antiquarian bookshops, sheltered from the weather.</li>
<li>🧭 A vast antiques flea market sits just north of the city — a weekend-only world of vintage and bric-a-brac.</li>
<li>💶 Non-EU visitors can reclaim around 12% VAT on goods over €100.01 in one store — ask for a détaxe form with your passport.</li>
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