A stroll along Rue du Bac, Paris


There’s a magic to shopping in Paris that no other city can match. Besides the well-known places, I love going out for hidden gems, so this time I chose Rue du Bac, where quirky boutiques abound, with chic home furnishings and accessories, gourmet food shopping, jewelry, antiques and fine art.

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The instant I stepped in Du Bout Du Monde, I felt I found myself in Miss Havisham’ Satis House, from Great Expectations movie (1998). This shop reveals the French art of living where everything is harmony and sophistication, with timeless elegance of the natural materials.

Bu Bout du Monde entrance.

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My favourite Rue du Bac boutique, Siècle Paris, with wonderful handcrafted jewellry, home & table accessories

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Ignace Paris, with their inspiration drawn from the Art Deco, offer a large range of jewellery items made of semi-precious gems all of them being set manually in their workshop in the Parisian district called Saint Germain des Prés. “Precious drops of topaz, citrine, amethyst, peridots, moonstones … enhance airy and elegant string of pearls, precious necklaces, fine earrings and bracelets either on a chain or on a silk thread.” Unfortunatelly, they do not allow taking pictures of the refined jewellry inside the store, but you can visit them on www.ignace-paris.com.

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The Conran Shop and Clinic

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Blanc D’Ivoire offers a selection of art deco furniture, beautiful linens as well as decorative objects

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La Grande Epicerie de Paris includes a gourmet market that all foodies should pay a visit to

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Strolling along selecting cheeses, macarons and chocolates from small shops.

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Des Gâteaux et du Pain

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La pâtisserie des rêves

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5 Comments

Maria Olga Baluarte
Reply August 30, 2014

What a lovely and inspyring web page. So many beautiful memories of our visit to the Rue de Bac, Paris. Congratulations.

    roxana
    Reply October 10, 2014

    Thank you so much dear Olga!

denise Leemputte
Reply February 25, 2015

I have just come back from Paris. I lived in Paris many years and was wondering what happened to the wonderful shop on Rue De Bac that had lovely tablecloths , flatware and glasses. It was on a corner...

Thanks so much

    Shawn
    Reply July 7, 2017

    You sound like me Denise! I lived in Paris in 1981-1983 I went back to Rue de Bac and found my friend and her shop nearly ten years ago. Good luck in finding the shop you search!

    Hildreth Willson
    Reply August 3, 2019

    I think that was Diners en Ville, 27 rue de Varenne, and cannot find any evidence of its existence now. Also known at 89 rue du Bac. What a lovely store. I do miss it.

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