Paris

The place Vendôme is the climax of one’s five-star pilgrimage. In the heart of the capital, in walking distance from the Madeleine, the Opera Garnier and the Jardin des Tuileries, it’s a fairy place paved with diamonds.

All legendary fine jewelry houses have their flagship store around the place Vendôme: Cartier, Chaumet, Van Cleef & Arpels, Mauboussin, Buccellati, Boucheron, Bulgari, and more recently, Dior, Fred and Chanel - which iconic N°5 bottle stopper and Première watch designs are said to be inspired by the place Vendôme shape seen from a Ritz balcony…