Paris

Paris is the world's most visited city for good reason: two millennia of history have left it with unmatched boulevards, museums, and monuments, from the Eiffel Tower and Notre-Dame to the Louvre and Sacré-Cœur. But the real Paris is lived at street level — morning croissants, market streets, café terraces, and evening strolls along the Seine. Each of the 20 arrondissements has its own character, from the medieval lanes of the Marais to the village feel of Montmartre. Come for the icons, stay for the art of living. Each arrondissement rewards exploration: the covered passages of the 9th, the canal-side calm of the 10th, the village streets of the 11th and 20th. Morning markets, from Bastille to Saxe-Breteuil, show Parisian daily life at its best, and an evening cruise or riverside picnic on the Seine is close to obligatory.