Paris Digest
Paris city guide since 1997
Rue de la Paix and Place Vendome concentrate most high-end jewellery stores in Paris, including Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels. The top watch brands have their store in the same district, close to the Louvre and Opéra Garnier. French fashion in Paris.
Rue de la Paix is rightly the most expensive street in the Paris version of the Monopoly game. Rue de la Paix connects Opéra Garnier to Place Vendome, a Paris top sight. Rue de la Paix and Place Vendome are famous for their high end jewellery and luxury Swiss watch stores. The world's top luxury brands are packed in a tiny Paris area that you can walk through in 10 minutes.
13 rue de la Paix. The legendary Cartier boutique, reopened its doors end 2022 after two years of renovation.
In 1899, when Cartier moved to 13, rue de la Paix, the road, opened up in 1814 at the request of Napoléon, already concentrated fashion houses, prestigious fabric merchants, perfumers and goldsmiths. It then distinguished itself as a Mecca for Parisian fashion but not yet for jewelry.
From the outset, the Cartier boutique was unique because of its universal vocation: its opening in 1899 was associated with the arrival of Louis Cartier as head of the house and the creation of the design studio.
The architectural identity has been preserved, as has the original façade and historical details, notably the decorative mouldings, combined with contemporary elements. All of this is under a glass roof that floods the six floors with light.
Cartier
13, rue de la Paix 75001
Boucheron
20 Rue de la Paix
tel 33 (0)1 42 44 42 40
Bulgari
25 Place Vendome 75001
tel 33 (0)1 55 35 00 50
Chaumet
12, Place Vendome 75001
tel 33 (0)9 60 50 04 77
Cartier
23 Place Vendome and 13, rue de la Paix 75001
tel 33 (0)1 44 55 32 20
Chanel
18, Place Vendome 75001
tel 33 (0)1 40 98 55 55
Dior
8, Place Vendome 75001
tel 33 (0)1 42 96 30 84
Fred
7 Place Vendome
tel 33 (0)1 42 86 60 60
Van Cleef & Arpels
22, Place Vendome 75001
tel 33 (0)1 55 04 11 11
Bucherer
The largest watch store in the world
12 Boulevard des Capucines 75009
Breitling
10, rue de la Paix 75002
tel 33 (0)1 42 61 18 84
Jaeger-LeCoultre
7, Place Vendome 75001
tel 33 (0)1 53 45 70 00
You also find in Rue de la Paix the classical Alfred Dunhill of London (15), the table arts of Christofle (24), the cristal of Daum (4).
Figaret (21) and Charvet (28, Place Vendome) sell beautiful shirts and ties. Look for Repetto (22) and Massimo Duti (18-20) marvelous stores.
Paris metro: Rue de la Paix and Place Vendome are close to the Opéra metro station. Line 3, 7, 8.
