Travel. Paris. The France Today Pocket List

From the tea garden of the Musée de la Vie Romantique to the glamour of Les Ombres in the Musée du Quai Branly, Paris museums offer food for contemplation.

The Best Small Paris Museums

Paris has some 150 museums and exhibit spaces, among them many lesser-known and less-crowded gems that are a delightful refuge on a wintry day and a welcome relief from long lines at the Musée d'Orsay or the bedlam beneath the Louvre's glass pyramid. Here's a selection of our favorites.

The Best Paris Chocolatiers

If chocolate is the food of the gods, as its botanical name, theobroma cacao, indicates, then Paris is today's Mount Olympus.

Ten Terrific Paris Bistrots

The enduring love of old-fashioned, traditional Paris bistrots is a delicious rebuke to a novelty-oriented and media-driven international food culture that's increasingly dominated by the hearsay of the internet.