Where to
go in Paris
Some people plan Paris around museums.
We planned it around the restrooms.
A beautifully illustrated guide to Paris places worth knowing — selected for their remarkable restrooms, then judged on everything else. What to order, how to get there, and why you might end up staying much longer than planned.
Paris landmarked a bathroom. We took the hint.
In 1905, a fixtures company sank a mahogany-panelled lavatory beneath Place de la Madeleine — so beautiful the French state eventually protected it as a historic monument. That precedent whispered a very Parisian idea down the century: no room is too small, or too humble, to deserve beauty.
This is the guide to what happened next.
Where and why
Who they are, where they are, and why you'd walk in even if you didn't need to.
Behind the door
The colours, the lights, the moment your jaw drops.
Address & Métro
Hours and the price of admission — usually nothing more than a coffee.
Never just the plumbing
Because you should never leave a Parisian establishment having only used the loo.
Four rooms. No names. Not yet.
Four of the nine, out of focus on purpose. There is no version of this page where you get to see them properly — that is what the book is for.
Guide no. 01 — Paris
Nine addresses, fully illustrated, printed in one colour on paper you'd keep. Pocket format, so it comes with you — and small enough to hide behind a menu while you decide whether to order another.
Fully illustrated Format
Pocket, softcover Language
English Status
Coming soon