VIBE

Get your couture groove on at this elegant place (or square) surrounded by 18th century shopping arcades. The boutiques housed in Place Vendôme range from classics like Dior and Chanel to quirky luxury labels like master tailor Charvet, and there’s a particular focus on watches (Piaget, Patek Philippe, Van Cleef & Arpels, Swatch, Cartier, and Boucheron all have shops here). Expect to rub shoulders with some of Paris’s best dressed high society types as you shop thanks to a wealth of luxury residences and hotels (including The Ritz) lining the square.

USE A PURCHASE FROM HERE FOR

Luxury gifts (especially watches); expanding the couture section of your wardrobe

WHY WE LIKE IT

It’s a lovely, petite counterpoint to the spacious shopping boulevards around the Champs-Élysées. We dig the combination of atmospheric surrounds and a great range of designer boutiques.

GOOD TO KNOW

If you need a break from shopping, we recommend stopping in the nearby Jardin des Tuileries or for a drink at Le Bar Hemingway in the Ritz (on the west side of the place).

CLOSEST COMPS

Palais Royal (Paris); Rue Saint-Honoré (Paris)

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