Five real Paris places from Emily in Paris are easy to visit: Place de l’Estrapade, Place de Valois, the Palais-Royal garden, Pont Alexandre III and La Maison Rose in Montmartre. Each can be seen from the street or, for the garden, within its opening hours.
The screen connections below come from Paris je t’aime, the city’s official tourism office. This guide covers only these Paris places, not the later seasons’ trips to Provence, the Riviera or Rome. What it adds is the part a location list leaves out: what each place really is, what is private, and how to see it without getting in anyone’s way.
Quick answer: what each place is
| Real place | Arrondissement | What it really is | How to see it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place de l’Estrapade | 5th | A small residential square | From the square; the buildings are homes |
| Place de Valois | 1st | Offices and a hotel around a paved square | From the pavement |
| Jardin du Palais-Royal | 1st | Garden of a national estate | Within the estate’s seasonal hours |
| Pont Alexandre III | 7th/8th | A road bridge over the Seine | From the bridge or the riverbanks |
| La Maison Rose | 18th | A working Montmartre restaurant | From across the street, or as a customer |
Place de l’Estrapade: Emily’s square
Emily and Gabriel’s building faces Place de l’Estrapade, a small triangle of trees, benches and a fountain a few streets from the Panthéon. Gabriel’s restaurant on screen, Les Deux Compères, is in real life an Italian restaurant called Terra Nera on the same square.
The flats are private homes, and so is the stairwell behind the front door. You do not need a street number to find the right spot: stand by the fountain and you are in the right place. Photograph the square rather than a particular door or window, and leave the entrances clear for the people who live there.
The restaurant and the shops around the square are ordinary neighbourhood businesses. Treat them as you would any café: go in as a customer if you want to, but do not block a terrace for photos. The Panthéon and the Jardin du Luxembourg are both a short walk away, so the square fits easily into a Latin Quarter morning.
Place de Valois: the Savoir office
Savoir, the marketing agency, does not exist. Its office exterior was filmed on Place de Valois, a quiet, enclosed square of pale stone buildings just east of the Palais-Royal.
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The buildings are working offices and a hotel. The square is a place to look at from the pavement rather than a destination in itself. Its value for a visit is that it sits directly beside the Palais-Royal, so the two stops take only a few minutes to link on foot.
The Palais-Royal garden: where Emily meets Mindy
Through the arcades is the Jardin du Palais-Royal, part of a national estate, where Emily meets Mindy on a bench near the fountain. It is a long rectangular garden of clipped lime trees and lawns, framed on all four sides by the old palace buildings.
The covered galleries around the garden hold shops and restaurants, and make a sheltered way round on a wet day. The estate sets the garden’s opening hours, which change through the year, so check its site before planning an early or late visit.
Pont Alexandre III: the perfume shoot
The perfume campaign in the series is shot on Pont Alexandre III, the ornate bridge built for the 1900 Universal Exhibition, with its gilded statues on tall pillars and rows of bronze lamps. Nothing of the production remains: on an ordinary day it is a road crossing with busy pavements.
For a wider view of the whole arch, go down to the riverbank or look from the next bridge along. On the bridge itself, keep to the side when you stop for photos; cyclists and pedestrians use it as a route, not only a viewpoint.
Montmartre: La Maison Rose
On Rue de l’Abreuvoir in Montmartre, the pink-fronted La Maison Rose is where Emily and Mindy have dinner. It is a long-established restaurant with pink walls and green shutters, on a sloping cobbled corner.
That popularity is the practical problem. The street is narrow and residential, and on busy days photographers spill into the roadway. Go early, take your photo from across the street, and if you want to eat there, contact the restaurant directly rather than relying on a fan list. Sacré-Cœur is a short climb away.
Planning a self-guided walk
The five places fall into three areas. The edit between them on screen is not a walking time, so connect them with a map and the Métro:
- Latin Quarter: Place de l’Estrapade, with the Panthéon and the Jardin du Luxembourg nearby.
- Palais-Royal and the Seine: Place de Valois and the Palais-Royal garden, then along the river to Pont Alexandre III.
- Montmartre: Rue de l’Abreuvoir and La Maison Rose.
With only a morning, choose one or two areas rather than racing between all three. The tourism office’s full list includes many more places from the series; for any of them, use the venue’s own site for opening times, which vary.
Visiting without becoming the problem
- Homes are not sets. Do not buzz doors, film into windows or sit on residents’ doorsteps on Place de l’Estrapade or Rue de l’Abreuvoir.
- Screen businesses are real businesses. Savoir and Les Deux Compères are fictional; the offices, hotel and restaurants behind them have their own customers.
- Use current details. For opening times or reservations, go to each business’s own site.
Can you go inside Emily’s apartment?
No. The building is private housing. The square in front is public, and that is the place to visit.
Are these photos from the show?
No. They are licensed photographs of the real places, not stills from the series, and they do not mark exact camera positions.