September 21, 2011 · 1 Comment

Trocadero – Eiffel Tower – © Jean-Michel Leclercq
Written as part of Paris Outdoors Week for our Love Paris campaign.
Jean Michel Leclercq is a photographer living in Paris. Keen on black and white, with images enhanced by HDR and selective colouring, his shots of the city are true portraits – taken with love.
Read below for his five tip-offs on where best to capture Paris on camera…
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September 21, 2011. Written by Isabel Clift · Filed under City Breaks, Gardens & Parks, Museums & Culture, Travel Inspiration, Travel Tips
September 20, 2011 · 0 Comments

Written as part of Paris Outdoors Week for our Love Paris giveaway
The Paris Colour Project began when my husband and I moved to Paris in 2009. What started as simple snapshots I’d post to my blog, grew into a two-year long project…
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September 20, 2011. Written by Isabel Clift · Filed under City Breaks, Travel Inspiration
September 20, 2011 · 0 Comments
Fabien is interviewed as part of Paris Outdoors Week for our Love Paris campaign
We talk Paris sightseeing with Fabien, who works for Paris Authentic – the only Paris tour company offering tours from classic Paris car the Citroën 2CV…
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September 20, 2011. Written by Isabel Clift · Filed under City Breaks
September 20, 2011 · 0 Comments

Written as part of Paris Outdoors Week for our Love Paris giveaway
When visiting Paris, you are visiting one of the most romantic countries in the world. But if you are an outdoorsy type of person, the last thing you feel like doing is spending hours shopping or in your hotel, you’ll want to get out and about. Luckily, Paris has so much outdoor life to offer…
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September 20, 2011. Written by Isabel Clift · Filed under City Breaks, Gardens & Parks
September 19, 2011 · 0 Comments

Alejandro is interviewed as part of Paris Outdoors Week for our Love Paris campaign
We talk Paris with Alejandro from New Paris Tours, who are offering a walking tour for two to the winners of our Paris Outdoors Week competition…
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September 19, 2011. Written by Isabel Clift · Filed under City Breaks
September 19, 2011 · 8 Comments

Our Love Paris giveaway spans the whole month of September, where we’re giving away a themed Paris trip a week – that’s four chances to win!
This week it’s Paris Outdoors Week, and we’ve got the ultimate prize to celebrate the city’s Great Outdoors…
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September 19, 2011. Written by Isabel Clift · Filed under City Breaks
September 18, 2011 · 0 Comments

Written as part of Paris Culture Week for our Love Paris campaign
Taking the kids to Paris? I’m originally from New York and have lived in Paris for the last eight years, so consider myself a bit of an expert on kids’ activities in the City of Light…
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September 18, 2011. Written by Isabel Clift · Filed under City Breaks, Family Travel, Things to do for Families, Travel Tips
September 18, 2011 · 7 Comments

Written as part of Paris Culture Week for our Love Paris giveaway
The first time my son visited Paris, he was four months old. It was early March and the weather was still cold and we had no idea what we were thinking by taking a baby to Paris.
Happily we discovered that Paris is an amazing city for kids and we have gone back on numerous occasions with our now 2 year old son! We have learned some things along the way which can hopefully help anyone who is planning such a trip with young children of their own…
September 18, 2011. Written by Isabel Clift · Filed under Family Travel, Things to do for Families, Travel Tips
September 17, 2011 · 0 Comments

There’s no other city in the world that people fall in love with so deeply than Paris.
And once you’ve whiled away the hours footloose in the Jardin des Tuileries, pottered through the thrift shops in Le Marais, or proactively ticked off the tourist attractions in your guidebook, then you should be set to throw on your party shoes and whirlwind off into the beautiful Parisian night…
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September 17, 2011. Written by Isabel Clift · Filed under Bars, City Breaks, Clubs
September 16, 2011 · 2 Comments

Written as part of Paris Culture Week for our Love Paris campaign
Old or new? Fiction or non-fiction? Genre or literary? If you’re looking for a good book set in Paris, the answer is: all of the above!
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September 16, 2011. Written by Isabel Clift · Filed under City Breaks, Museums & Culture, Travel Tips