Guide to Paris to organize your wedding
First of all, take away the stress of the organization with **an indoor bike session at the Dynamo club**, in the heart of the La Ópera neighbourhood. You will come out like new and you will improve your line while you have a good time to the rhythm of the music. The monitor turns off the light, turns on the speakers and the cycling party begins.
Get one of the L'Art-du-Papier notebooks for your essential to-do list and take the opportunity to choose the paper for the invitations or the menu cards. The Adeline Klam boutique, located in the République district, will surprise you with its original and delicate Japanese papers and, if you feel like it, you can sign up for their origami courses in which you will learn to create garlands and other details with which to amaze your guests.
Romanticism at the L'Abeille restaurant
Take a stroll up the Hill in the famous Montmartre neighborhood and have a snack at Compagnie Générale de Biscuiterie , a 19th-century-style pâtisserie. In her, Gilles Marchal names his cakes and breads alluding to young ladies of the time. You can order a golden Nini Patte baguette at L'Air, in honor of the creator of the first French Cancan school, or sample a vanilla puff pastry in memory of dancer Jeanne Avril.
Have a chic bachelorette party, giving yourselves **a luxury weekend at the hotel Les Etangs de Corot **, a sublime haven of peace for the previous days. A relaxed stay, a few walks around the beautiful pond, a glass of wine in its garden and, to end the day, a dinner at its exquisite gastronomic restaurant Le Corot will make you feel great. This charming hotel is located in the middle of nature, just 15 minutes from Paris and close to Versailles . You can pamper yourself with the treatments and sublime massages at its Caudalie spa and a few moments of relaxation and confidences in its magnificent Jacuzzi. You will like it so much that you will want to repeat it on your honeymoon.
A session at the Caudalie spa
Back in busy Paris, recharge **with brunch at Angelina**, the mythical Parisian tea room in the Saint-Honoré district, under the arcades of the well-known Rue de Rivoli. Enjoy the Belle Époque style of the architect Edouard-Jean Niermans where you will be treated like a queen. Try their new savory menu, a healthy vitaminized fruit cocktail, brouillés eggs, croissants, and pain perdu, accompanied by a glass of champagne , typical of mesdemoiselles . Gourmands will opt for their exquisite hot chocolate l'Africain or its famous Mont-Blanc cake with meringue, whipped cream and chestnut cream, emblem of the house since 1903.
Give yourself a whim and organize a photo shoot with friends with a fashion photographer, like LA Cuellar . To do this, first Let yourself be pampered at Le Comptoir de Madame , choose your favorite polish from the vast selection, and the smiling Mélany will give you a perfect manicure in her pleasant Parisian salon, in the heart of the Palais Royal district. Then put yourselves in the hands of the divine make up artist Junior Queirós who will exploit your beauty to the fullest. You are now ready for your très Gossip Girl photos, you just have to decide on the setting: the quays of the Seine, the Tuileries Garden, La Place des Vosges, the narrow streets of Saint-Germain-des-Prés…
How about we have brunch here?
After the walk, get ready for the big day with a beauty session at Free Persephone, thanks to a 2-hour mind-stopping deluxe foot treatment. You will leave enchanted by this feminine living room, full of light and flowers, perfect for rainy Parisian days. Rest in one of its seats while you taste a fruit water or sign up for one of its workshops, such as eye reflexology or perfumes and, if there are several of you, you can create it à la carte.
As for the hairstyle, you would not have dreamed of anything like letting yourself be carried away by the wise advice of the well-known catwalk artist Marisol Suarez , in his stylish living room at Le Bon Marché . She will receive you with her enormous sympathy and with her expert hands she will make you an extraordinary dry haircut that she will accompany with a perfect color. And, if you are lucky enough to be among the best Hollywood stars, you can have a hair test for your wedding day, a sublime updo full of fantasy It will remain as a true work of art. You will look splendid!
When the rainbow hides in a beauty salon
Don't leave Paris without a dose of floral inspiration: for yourself, for church, or for the banquet. You can take a DIY flower bouquet course with stylish florist Frédéric Garrigues or let Madame Artisan Fleuriste , a charming atelier in the La Butte-aux-Cailles neighborhood, create the bouquet of your dreams. In the Jardin de Matisse he will offer you a spectacular decoration of flower centers for the tables with which you will be enchanted!
After an incredible walk through the Place Vendôme, enter the Hôtel Ritz and settle into the Proust Room, an ideal place for tea time. Try their muffins and a Japanese Sencha Meicha tea and relax by the fireplace. You will spend a luxurious moment of tranquility in its warm atmosphere, elegantly decorated with boiseries.
Let yourself be seduced with the wedding dresses of the most fashionable French designers of the moment among the cute girls of Paris, such as the well-known Laure de Sagazan , Delphine Manivet , Celestina Agostino, Elise Hameau or the sophisticated Ana Quasoar in the La Bourse neighborhood. Take ideas from Georges Hobeika's incredible haute couture showroom, with its stunning fairy-tale outfits.
Beauty session to forget about the world
As accessories, try on the **flower crowns, hats and other decorations by Johanna Braitbart**, you will fall in love with the handmade pieces in her atelier at the Le Marais boutique and, to give a different vibe to your mariage look , you can a round for the mythical Maison Michel hat shop.
If you want to make yourself custom-made shoes, ** Alix de La Forest makes them in all kinds of styles, heights and materials, and at the Dessine-moi un soulier boutique you can try on countless models until you find the perfect one.** If not , you will have to "sacrifice" another afternoon touring the luxury firms on Rue Saint Honoré.
To end the day, have dinner at the Stay restaurant at the Hotel Sofitel Paris Faubourg, a contemporary brasserie by chef Yannick Alléno. If you don't want to lose the line, some dishes on the menu marked with the distinctive light indicate the calories, such as the vegetable tartare, the maraîchère salad with Parmesan flakes, the cod fillet in a broth inspired by Chinese cuisine or the sea bream fillets with avocado oil and citrus vinaigrette. At the end of the evening, look like a girl at the 'pastry library', where they will finish the preparation of your favorite sweet. And, if the weather allows it, continue with a drink in the open air at Les Terrasses, its terrace full of plants, a true oasis in the center of Paris
Updos full of fantasy
If by chance, after all the walks, inspirations and photos of the city of love, you decide to organize your wedding in Paris, **you will love the cocktail, dinner and decoration offered by the Hotel du Collectionneur**. You'll walk down her 1920s transatlantic-style staircase like Kate Winslet in Titanic.
To round off the weekend, if you want to leave your fiancé speechless, We Oui will prepare a personalized surprise: a sequence of events like a movie in which he will be the protagonist. A kind of romantic The Game with a happy ending, an original way to declare your love and say je t'aime!
The Proust Room at the Hôtel Ritz