5 good shopping addresses at reasonable prices

5 good shopping addresses at reasonable prices

The stay in the Big Apple is obviously devoted to discovering its museums, its parks and gardens, its musicals and its trendy restaurants. But not only. It’s impossible to resist the temptation to shop here. Demonstration. Shops, Manhattan has thousands. Big, small, famous, confidential. In short, impossible to push all the doors, even with the … Read more

Flights Paris – New York: which are the five cheapest companies?

Flights Paris – New York: which are the five cheapest companies?

Ever more numerous on transatlantic routes, airlines offer direct round trips for sometimes less than 300 euros between Paris and the United States. Direct flights between Paris and the United States for less than € 300 round trip? What was inconceivable a few years ago is becoming possible with the emergence of low-cost companies on … Read more

green light for Manhattan’s first public beach

green light for Manhattan’s first public beach

A project imagined by the architect of the High Line will see the light of day on the banks of the Hudson, in the Meatpacking District. Work should start in the spring. Has Paris Plages been emulated? In New York, Manhattan Island is preparing to welcome its first public beach, on the banks of the … Read more

In New York, rebirth of a legendary hotel

In New York, rebirth of a legendary hotel

Overlooking Times Square, the Knickerbocker was one of Manhattan’s most famous palaces at the turn of the 20th century. It has just reopened. New Yorkers, who practice arrogance with as much bad faith as Parisians, simply say that here is the center of the universe: at the corner of 42nd Street and Broadway, at 6, … Read more

Orly-Bordeaux, Orly-Lyon … Banning short flights, a real gesture for the climate or window dressing?

Orly-Bordeaux, Orly-Lyon … Banning short flights, a real gesture for the climate or window dressing?

ANALYSIS – One of the conclusions of the Citizen’s Convention for the Climate adopted by Emmanuel Macron recommends the abolition of domestic flights when there is an alternative by train in less than 2h30. Progress, really? What if this was just window dressing? In any case, this is an anecdotal decision … The government’s desire … Read more

Bordeaux-Orly journeys will now be … by TGV

Bordeaux-Orly journeys will now be … by TGV

As part of the “Train + Air” program, SNCF is joining forces with Air France to link Bordeaux Saint-Jean station to Paris-Orly airport as of Tuesday, December 15. While the connections between Bordeaux and Paris-Orly are no longer operated by plane, Air France relies on the TGV. After years of head-on competition on this axis … Read more

Which hotel to choose in New York? The Figaro selection

Which hotel to choose in New York?  The Figaro selection

The number one tourist destination in the United States, the Big Apple welcomed 67 million travelers in 2019. The editorial staff has combed through New York establishments. Our guide. Excessive, effervescent, mixed, New York is the symbol ofamerican dream. No wonder the “Frogs”, as our neighbors across the Atlantic call us, are stung! More than … Read more

“Nobody comes to New York to start a family”

“Nobody comes to New York to start a family”

With his New York Love Dictionary, the journalist Serge July offers a travel guide through a sum of extraordinary stories. When we get to town, we sing it first. In New York, “all the sounds, all the rhythms, all the riffs, all the melodies, all the voices, all the noises, all the cries for more … Read more

New York, view of Queens

New York, view of Queens

It blows on this district of the Big Apple, this particular energy that makes the city fascinating. A few anchor points to explore this rapidly changing universe. As we say Brooklyn, Harlem or Manhattan, we will have to get used to saying Queens, period. Because this “borough” one of the five districts of New York, … Read more

New York’s dizzying new platform

New York’s dizzying new platform

It’s the most anticipated attraction of the year: New York’s tallest outdoor panoramic observatory opened to the public on March 11 in the Hudson Yards neighborhood. One more observatory in the sky New Yorker. The highly anticipated Edge opened on Wednesday March 11. Located on the 100th floor of one of the buildings of Hudson … Read more