The world has been thrown a curveball, a terrible one we all hope to recover from real soon. However, there’s always a silver lining. Stick with us for the next 10 minutes and we’ll guide you there.
We understand that your long awaited vacation has been cancelled and you’re quarantined within the confines of your walls. How does experiencing the City of Lights from the comfort of your couch sound? Hear us out.
Stand below the Eiffel Tower and gaze at the cloud-piercing Iron Lady, perfect the Coq au vin recipe, fall in love with French classics by Edith Piaf, patiently flip through the Hunchback of Notre Dame and run a French-binge marathon - a bunch of things you can do from the comfort of your home and still transport yourselves to the cobblestone streets of Paris. You’re going to love heading out from home!
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Experience Virtually
Thank god for videos and VR, you can (virtually) walk the monument-lined boulevards of Paris from your couch! Catch a glimpse of the Iron Lady, walk the cobbled Montmartre, enjoy a quick trip down years of french monarchy at the Palace of Versailles or take a spine-chilling visit to the underground catacombs - all of this from this very screen!
Top Sights in Paris
You’ll be walking these streets soon. This is just a trailer.
Eiffel Tower
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Catacombs of Paris
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Louvre
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Palace of Versailles
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Arc de Triomphe
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Musée d'Orsay
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Montmartre
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A Walk Through Paris
Discover the best of Paris
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From memoirs like A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemmingway and travel guides like Don't be a Tourist in Paris: The Messy Nessy Chic Guide - travel the rues of Paris through the power of words and your imagination. We promise, you’ll be a more learned traveler the next time you book your tickets to Paris. Choose your pick and get reading!
Stories about the French capital
A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See
Don't be a Tourist in Paris: The Messy Nessy Chic Guide
Don't be a Tourist in Paris: The Messy Nessy Chic Guide
How to be Parisian Wherever you are: Love, Style and Bad Habits
How to be Parisian Wherever you are: Love, Style and Bad Habits
The Only Street in Paris: Life on Rue des Martyrs
The Only Street in Paris: Life on Rue des Martyrs
There’s no better time to fulfill your couch potato fantasies. Binge watch and expand your Netflix horizons! We have a few recommendations that will keep you occupied for a few 20 hours, and then some more.
It’s Time For Some French Binge
We hope you pick up some French. It’ll surely come handy!
Family Business
Family Business
Find Me in Paris
Find Me in Paris
Call my agent
Call my agent
The Returned
The Returned
Jo
Jo
Ratatouille
Ratatouille
Midnight in Paris
Midnight in Paris
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Amélie
Amélie
Paris, I Love You
Paris, I Love You
PS: Use Netflix Party to watch our recommendations with your friends online. You can synchronize video playback and add group chat as well!
How about grooving to the beats of David Guetta and Daft Punk (yes, they are both French) to keep you company at your WFH set up? Our carefully curated “Social Distancing” playlist is just what you need to keep you going through these drab long days where your laptop, pet and spouse are your only company.
Top artists in Paris
La vie en rose will instantly transport you to the glitzy streets of Paris.
Social Distancing Playlist - Paris Edition
Maximum volume is recommended so your neighbors can dance with you!
The kitchen is your playground and the possibilities are endless. Learn to whip up some French crepes and try your hands at the rather complex Coq au vin. How fun would it be to perfect the recipe before tasting the real deal in Paris!
Boulangeries and Fromageries in your kitchen
FYI - French gastronomy is listed by UNESCO on the world's "intangible cultural heritage”
Coq au vin, simplified
French crepes
Beurre Blanc
French Onion Soup