Top 10 Things To Do In Paris

1. The Eiffel Tower
Probably the most insonic structure of the industrial age, eiffel tor de force of vertical engineering remains paris' most alluring landmark.

2. Place De La Concorde
Grandiose the half of it at the neoclassisalhotel de crillon, which sits respentdently on the place de la concorde.

3. Dip Into Ethnic Arts
The new musee du quai branly will house a 300.000-strong collection of ethnic art from Africa, Oceania, Asia, and the Americas.

4. Overhaul Your Underwear
Cheese, chocolate croissants, romantic movies knickers - there are some things the french do best.

5. Enjoy Some Pomp And Ceremony
Once you have tired of graping at all the Pomidou's modern art and its excellent art and cinema exhibition (which are on display until the end of the year), take the escelator up to the top of the centre, where you'll find the unashamamedly chic restaurant georges, run by thierry coste, son of revered restaurant Gilbert.

6. House Hunt With Le Corbusier
You can literaly tick off corb's points of architecture as you walk round the arresting house he designed for a swiss art collector in 1923.

7. Drink Till Dawn
Le Tambour is a classic nighthawks' bar, decked out with vintage transport chic, its slatted wooden banquettes and bus-stop-sign bar stools occupied by Chatty regulars.

8. Be Overwhelmed At The Louvre
You could spend all weekend in paris and only do the Louvre. In fact, make it a week and there's still only half a chance you'd see everithing here.

9. Murano Urban Resort
Not a past-their-best Miami R&B outfit, but the Marai's flashest hotel and definitely the area's slickest cocktail spoot.

10. Max Out The Cards In The Marais
The Marais' reputation for great shopping has been in ascent for the last few years and it continus to rise largely thanks to the yung designers who have their atelier-galleries here.