Throughout its 80 districts, Paris is brimming with historic monuments, parks, squares, hidden alleys, and countless cultural venues. It's also a bustling city shaped daily by artisans and creative entrepreneurs who embrace its traditions to perpetuate and revive them. To discover or rediscover it, we recommend strolling, on foot or by bike, and letting yourself be guided by the encounters you make along the way. In the footsteps of this edition's guides: bookseller, feather artist, conductor, prima ballerina, urban planner, flower grower, and food critic, you'll get off the beaten track and slip into the shoes of real Parisians for a weekend or a week.

Illustrations: Kinga Katanics
Photography: Charlène Lambert Gazzola