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Boat Bar Hopping: The Hottest Bateauxs on the Seine

A picnic on the Seine is a great way to wind down a day, but a rooftop bar on the Seine may be even better. Here are our top three choices for the best boat bars on the Seine (in the Port des Invalides/Quai d’Orsay area) that you must check out this summer before they float away from the 7th arrondissement and your rosé préférée is gone to be replaced by mulled wine. 1) Rosa Bonheur Sur Seine: an offshoot founded by the team behind the Rosa Bonheur situated in the Parc Buttes-Chaumont, this immensely popular floating barge bar is packed to the brims with people. While it seems like the sides of the boat are bursting with action, it’s actually the dancefloor inside that has all the main attractions. With an eclectic lineup of music going from hip hop to blaring wedding music in one swoop (don’t be…

Where To Get Your Coffee Fix In Paris

Love it or hate it, coffee in most Parisian cafés has an acquired taste. Too strong for some, too bitter for others, if you want a truly decadent cup of caffeine fueled deliciousness, you’ll have to look around. Or rather you won’t, because we’ve done the leg work for you! Here’s our round up of the three best places that hit the spot just right when it comes to refueling!

Thirsty Thursday – Ritz Hotel Bar

With its hallways haunted by the ghosts the likes of Coco Chanel and Marcel Proust (we wonder what conversations they have late at night together over a bottle of Bordeaux), It is no surprise that the Ritz rhymes with glitz. Sorry, but there isn’t a more cheesy way we can state the obvious that still captures the truth of the hotel that’s decked out in all the varnishes of its rich past. Situated in the glamorous 1st arrondissement of Paris (if the jewelry advertisements are true, love means you went shopping at the nearby Place Vendome for your anniversary), the hotel and its bars are a common hangout of the fashionable, powerful, and wealthy. This is the sort of place where you still have to wait for a place at the bar at 1:00am in the morning, but oh is it worth it. This is the sort of place where…