11 of the best · Paris, France
Shopping in Paris: Department Stores, the Avenue Montaigne and the Covered Passages
Galeries Lafayette and Printemps under their domes, Le Bon Marché and La Grande Épicerie, La Samaritaine, the avenue Montaigne, the covered passages and Shakespeare and Company.
Our 11 favourites, listed A–Z · Updated October 2026
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The Left Bank department store
Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche
The Left Bank’s department store, with La Grande Épicerie next door.
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Under the glass dome
Galeries Lafayette Paris Haussmann
The great department store on the boulevard Haussmann, under its stained-glass dome.
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Department stores 5
Under one roof.
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Under the glass dome
Galeries Lafayette Paris Haussmann
The great department store on the boulevard Haussmann, under its stained-glass dome.
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Beside Le Bon Marché
La Grande Épicerie de Paris
The food hall of Le Bon Marché, on the rue de Sèvres.
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Art Nouveau and Art Deco by the Seine
La Samaritaine
The restored department store by the Pont Neuf, with its Art Nouveau glass roof.
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The Left Bank department store
Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche
The Left Bank’s department store, with La Grande Épicerie next door.
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Beside Galeries Lafayette
Printemps Haussmann
The department store beside Galeries Lafayette on the boulevard Haussmann.
Fashion streets 2
The couture houses.
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The couture houses
Avenue Montaigne
The avenue of the great couture houses, from the Rond-Point to the Seine.
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Fashion and Hermès
Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
The street of fashion houses, with Hermès at number 24 and Le Bristol at 112.
Passages, bookshops and concept stores 4
Paris originals.
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On the rue du Bac
Deyrolle
The cabinet of curiosities on the rue du Bac: natural history, taxidermy and botanical prints.
46 rue du Bac, 75007 ParisExplore View on map
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Mosaic floors and glass roofs
Galerie Vivienne
The most elegant of the covered passages, near the Palais-Royal.
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Fashion and home
Merci
A concept store for fashion and home on the boulevard Beaumarchais.
111 boulevard Beaumarchais, 75003 ParisExplore View on map
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Facing Notre-Dame
Shakespeare and Company
The English-language bookshop facing Notre-Dame across the Seine, since 1951.
37 rue de la Bûcherie, 75005 ParisExplore View on map
