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A Paris café terrace with flower boxes and people at small tables

The Visual Edit · Paris · 60-second escape

Paris, in little moments.

You don't need a grand plan.
Just a city worth noticing.

7 photos60 secondsMorning to night
Croissants in a basket next to a white teapot at a Paris café

01 · 8:30 AM

Butter first. Everything else later.

One croissant. Two hands. Approximately a million flakes.

Photo: Dana Marin / Unsplash

Old books and prints at a bookstall by the Seine

03 · 11:30 AM

Old books. New obsessions.

Somewhere along the Seine, a forgotten postcard is waiting for you.

Photo: Chris Dunn / Unsplash

Green metal chairs under the trees in the Luxembourg Gardens

04 · 1:30 PM

A chair with your name on it.

Not literally. But the Luxembourg Gardens make a convincing argument.

Photo: Eliott Goutard / Unsplash

Halfway through the day. Nowhere to be.

People outside a blue Paris boulangerie with pastries in the window

05 · 3:00 PM

The very necessary unnecessary pastry.

You weren't hungry. Then you saw the window.

Photo: Simona Sergi / Unsplash

Sunset over Canal Saint-Martin in Paris

06 · 5:30 PM

Stay until everything turns gold.

The canal doesn't need a filter. Neither does this moment.

Photo: Marie Dehayes / Unsplash

The Pont Neuf over the Seine in warm evening light

07 · After dark

One more bridge. One more minute.

Paris is very good at making you postpone goodbye.

Photo: Bastien Nvs / Unsplash

Seven little moments. One very good day.

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A little Paris to take home.

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Photos: Hero by Nico Knaack / Unsplash; Butter first by Dana Marin / Unsplash; Flowers with no occasion by Louis Le Pessot / Unsplash; Old books by Chris Dunn / Unsplash; A chair with your name on it by Eliott Goutard / Unsplash; The very necessary unnecessary pastry by Simona Sergi / Unsplash; Stay until everything turns gold by Marie Dehayes / Unsplash; One more bridge by Bastien Nvs / Unsplash (Unsplash and Pexels licenses). Product photos from our Etsy shop. Places mentioned are suggestions; check current details before you go.