Around us
We live in the 1st. Not just "we work here" — we're in these little streets between Saint-Honoré, Sainte-Anne, the Tuileries and the Louvre, day after day. This rubric is our personal map of the neighbourhood: six places we love, told without a filter, plus two pages on the surrounding hotels. Not a tourist guide, not a sales pitch — a chronicle. If you read these pages before walking through the 1st, you'll know what we know. And maybe that's the most useful thing we can offer.
The six places we tell
Louvre Museum
The 1st's cultural anchor, 6 minutes on foot. More than a museum — a neighbour we walk through several times a week.
Rue Saint-Honoré
Goyard since 1853, Mandarin Oriental, Saint-Roch church. Two minutes on foot — the 1st's historic shopping street.
Rue d'Argenteuil
Our street. At number 7, between Rue Saint-Honoré to the south and Avenue de l'Opéra to the north. Here's why we picked it.
Rue Sainte-Anne
Paris's Japan Town, five minutes away. Higuma, Aki, Kioko — ramen, mochi, cooking-grade matcha.
Comédie-Française
The House of Molière, 3 minutes on foot. The oldest permanent theatre troupe in the world, founded by Louis XIV in 1680.
Palais Garnier
Charles Garnier's palace, 10 minutes up Avenue de l'Opéra. 1875, Chagall ceiling, the home of Parisian ballet and opera.
Categories
5★ hotels nearby
Ritz, Meurice, Mandarin Oriental, Park Hyatt — four Palaces and six 5★ at 6 to 12 minutes' walk from the salon. Honest distance for each address.
4★ hotels nearby
Régina Louvre, Brighton, Thérèse, Cambon and the others — ten 4★ between 2 and 9 minutes on foot. Often the best value in the 1st.
And if you'd like to drop by, we're at 7 rue d'Argenteuil, Paris 1st — metro Pyramides (lines 7, 14) two minutes away. Walk-ins are rarely possible — a quick call ahead spares the disappointment. But strolling around the 1st before or after a treatment — that, gladly. If these eight pages have made you want a little detour, we've won. Book an appointment.