All eyes were on the French capital for the 2024 Olympic Games, and the city is sure to remain a popular destination throughout 2025. One of the most important things to ask when planning a Paris city break is: which neighbouthoods deserve your time?
The best way to get your head around the layout of Paris’s 20 central arrondissements, which looks as illogical as the French counting system, is to think of it as a snail’s shell. How typically French, to structure their capital city like an escargot. The first arrondissement is where you’ll find the Louvre, former home of the French royals, and from here, the spiral goes clockwise and outwards.
