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LES RUCHERS DU ROY Map Food & Drink

01 42 72 02 96; www.lesruchersduroy.com, in French; 37 rue du Roi de Sicile, 4e; 11am-8pm Mon-Sat, 2-8pm Sun; St-Paul

‘The King’s Apiaries’ sells honey and apiarian products fit for a monarch – especially its pure royal jelly, a substance secreted by worker bees and fed to future queen bees. It sells dozens of types of honey, including those made from one single type of flower (miels monofloraux), honeys made from a number of blossoms (miels polyfloraux) and various regional honeys (miels des régions).

MARIAGE FRÈRES Map Food & Drink

01 42 72 28 11; www.mariagefreres.com; 30 & 35 rue du Bourg Tibourg, 4e; shop 10.30am-7.30pm, tearooms noon-7pm; Hôtel de Ville

Founded in 1854, this is Paris’ first and arguably its finest teashop. Choose from more than 500 varieties of tea sourced from some 35 countries. In addition, Mariage Frères has two other outlets: the 6e branch (Map; 01 40 51 82 50; 13 rue des Grands Augustins; Odéon) and the 8e branch (Map; 01 46 22 18 54; 260 rue Faubourg Saint Honoré, 8e; Ternes)

PRODUITS DES MONASTÈRES Map Food & Drink

01 48 04 39 05; 10 rue des Barres, 4e; 9.30am-noon & 2.30-8pm Tue-Fri, 10am-noon & 2.30-6.30pm Sat, 12.15-1pm Sun (just after church service); Hôtel de Ville or Pont Marie

This shop on an ancient cobbled street just down from Église St-Gervais-St-Protais sells jams, biscuits, cakes, muesli, honey, herbal teas and other comestibles made at Benedictine and Trappist monasteries in Jerusalem. For linens, candles, sandals and ceramics sourced from the same places, go around the corner to Monastica (Map; 01 48 87 85 13; 11 rue du Pont Louis-Philippe, 4e; 10am-6pm Tue-Fri, 10am-noon & 1.15-6.30pm Sat).

2 MILLE & 1 NUITS Map Gifts & Souvenirs

01 48 87 07 07; http://2001nuits.free.fr; 13 rue des Francs Bourgeois, 4e; 11am-7.30pm; Chemin Vert or St-Paul

The large ‘2001 Nights’ shop at the end of a courtyard just off rue des Francs Bourgeois has colourful gifts and decorative items with an Oriental (read: ‘Arabian Nights’) slant. Some of the stuff for sale – a silver cup with a handle made from antelope horn, for example – is just this side of kitsch, but it’s all good fun.

ATELIER D’AUTREFOIS Map Gifts & Souvenirs

01 42 77 35 56; 61 blvd Beaumarchais, 3e; 10am-5.30pm; Chemin Vert

This treasure chest of a shop stocks exquisite music boxes – both new and antique – and will repair any that are ailing. It’s a shop that will attract both collectors and souvenir hunters.

BOUTIQUE PARIS-MUSÉES Map Gifts & Souvenirs

01 42 74 13 02; 29 rue des Francs Bourgeois, 4e; 2-7pm Mon, 11am-1pm & 2-7pm Tue-Sat, noon-7.30pm Sun; St-Paul or Chemin Vert

This boutique stocks museum reproductions, especially of art and sculpture on exhibit at museums run by the City of Paris, such as the Musée Carnavalet and the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.

CSAO BOUTIQUE & GALLERY Map Gifts & Souvenirs

01 42 71 33 17, 01 42 77 66 42; www.csao.fr, in French; 9 & 9bis rue Elzévir, 3e; 11am-7pm Tue-Fri, to 7.30pm Sat; St-Paul or Chemin Vert

This wonderful shop and gallery, owned and operated by the charitable Compagnie du Sénégal et de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CSAO; Senegal and West Africa Company), distributes the work of African craftspeople and artists. Many of the colourful fabrics and weavings are exquisite. Included are items handmade from recycled handbags, aluminium cans and tomato paste tins.

LA BOUTIQUE DES INVENTIONS Map Gifts & Souvenirs

01 42 71 44 19; www.la-boutique-des-inventions.com; Village St-Paul, 13 rue St-Paul, 4e; 11am-7pm Wed-Sun; St-Paul

This unique shop in the heart of Village St-Paul, a delightful little shopping square with antique shops, galleries and boutiques, is a forum for inventors and their inventions. Be the first on the block to own a shaker that sprinkles its own salt, a pepper grinder that twists itself or a miraculous filter that turns water into wine. Lots of wacky designs, too.

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