the 1st arrondissement – beyond the Louvre

Every Sunday I spend two days in a different Paris arrondissement and show you the version worth your time — not the tourist version.

Episode 01: the 1er. The Louvre is right there but here's what I actually did instead.

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:44 Palais-Royal before the crowds
1:58 Galerie Véro-Dodat — the covered passage that looks exactly like 1826
2:55 Sainte-Chapelle
4:19 Musée des Arts Décoratifs — the Louvre's quiet neighbour
5:25 Coffee at Crème du Palais-Royal + Stohrer, Paris's oldest patisserie
6:08 Dinner at Alfi's — an Argentinian chef, Italian food, a former bookshop
7:07 Night walk past the illuminated Louvre

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📍 LOCATIONS

Coffee & Pastry
Crème du Palais-Royal — 12 Rue de Montpensier, 75001
OATS Coffee — Rue Montmartre, 75001
Stohrer (founded 1730) — 51 Rue Montorgueil, 75002

Food
Alfi's — 26 Rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 (book ahead)
Au Rocher de Cancale — 78 Rue Montorgueil, 75002

Drinks
Verjus Bar à Vins — 47 Rue de Montpensier, 75001
Bar de l'Entracte — 1 Rue Montpensier, 75001
Le Fumoir — 6 Rue de l'Amiral de Coligny, 75001

Places
Palais-Royal garden — Place du Palais-Royal, 75001
Galerie Véro-Dodat — 19 Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 75001
Square du Vert-Galant — Square du Vert-Galant, 75001
Fontaine des Innocents — Place Joachim du Bellay, 75001

Museums
Musée des Arts Décoratifs — 107 Rue de Rivoli, 75001
Sainte-Chapelle — 8 Boulevard du Palais, 75001 (book ahead)
Le Louvre — Rue de Rivoli, 75001 (Richelieu wing only)

Bonus
Fotoautomat at La Samaritaine — 9 Rue de la Monnaie, 75001 (enter Rue de Rivoli side, 1st floor)