The best shopping streets in Paris in 2026 are Avenue Montaigne and Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré for luxury fashion, Boulevard Haussmann for the department stores, Rue des Francs-Bourgeois in the Marais for independent boutiques open on Sundays, the Saint-Germain streets for designers and concept stores, and Rue des Martyrs for food.
Paris shopping divides neatly by neighborhood: luxury houses in the 'Golden Triangle' of Avenue Montaigne and the Faubourg Saint-Honoré; department stores on Boulevard Haussmann; independent and young designers in the Marais; elegant Left Bank boutiques in Saint-Germain; and food streets everywhere. Most shops are closed on Sundays, except in tourist zones such as the Marais, the Champs-Élysées and the Haussmann department stores. Sales (soldes) run for four weeks from early January and late June. Non-EU visitors can reclaim VAT on purchases above the threshold.
The grandest luxury fashion avenue in Paris.
Avenue Montaigne is lined with the flagships of the great fashion houses — Dior's historic home at no. 30, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Prada and many more — along with the Plaza Athénée hotel.
Even window-shopping here is an event, especially at Christmas when the trees are lit.
Good to know: Visit La Galerie Dior, beside the 30 Avenue Montaigne flagship, for the house's history.
Avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris
Hermès's historic flagship and a mile of luxury boutiques.
The Faubourg Saint-Honoré is home to Hermès's historic flagship at no. 24 and a long run of fashion and jewelry houses, near the Élysée Palace.
It continues east as Rue Saint-Honoré, with more fashion, concept stores and cafés.
Good to know: Look at Hermès's famous window displays, changed regularly.
Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris
Galeries Lafayette and Printemps, side by side.
Boulevard Haussmann behind the Opéra Garnier is home to the two great department stores, Galeries Lafayette and Printemps, with their domes, rooftop terraces and, at Christmas, famous windows.
Everything is under one roof, and both stores have tax-free desks for visitors.
Good to know: Go up to the free rooftop terraces for views over Paris.
Boulevard Haussmann, 75009 Paris
The Marais's main boutique street, open on Sundays.
Rue des Francs-Bourgeois runs through the Marais toward the Place des Vosges, lined with French brands, independent designers and concept stores in old mansions.
It is one of the few areas where shops open on Sunday, which makes it lively all weekend.
Good to know: Explore the side streets — Rue Vieille du Temple and Rue de Turenne — for smaller shops.
Rue des Francs-Bourgeois, 75003 Paris
Left Bank chic: designers, concept stores and Le Bon Marché.
The streets around Saint-Germain — Rue du Bac, Rue de Grenelle, Rue du Cherche-Midi and Rue de Sèvres — mix designer boutiques, French labels, shoe shops and design stores, with Le Bon Marché department store at the end.
It is more relaxed and intimate than the Right Bank's luxury avenues.
Good to know: Finish at La Grande Épicerie de Paris, the food hall of Le Bon Marché.
Rue du Bac, 75007 Paris
Flagship stores on the world's most famous avenue, open on Sundays.
The Champs-Élysées is lined with flagship stores — Guerlain, Louis Vuitton, Sephora, Apple, Ladurée and big fashion chains — and is a tourist zone where shops open on Sundays.
It is busy and commercial, but an essential Paris walk.
Good to know: Walk it at Christmas when the lights are on.
Avenue des Champs-Élysées, 75008 Paris
19th-century glass-roofed arcades with old bookshops and boutiques.
Paris's covered passages — Galerie Vivienne, Passage des Panoramas, Passage Jouffroy and others — are 19th-century shopping arcades with glass roofs and mosaic floors, home to old bookshops, toy shops, tearooms and boutiques.
Galerie Vivienne is the most elegant; Passage des Panoramas is full of small restaurants.
Good to know: Walk from Galerie Vivienne to Passage Jouffroy in one loop.
4 Rue des Petits Champs, 75002 Paris
A foodie street of bakeries, cheese shops and cafés.
Rue des Martyrs climbs from Notre-Dame-de-Lorette toward Montmartre, packed with bakeries, pâtisseries, cheese and wine shops, delis and small boutiques.
It is a delicious walk on the way up to Montmartre.
Good to know: Walk uphill and graze; finish in Montmartre.
Rue des Martyrs, 75009 Paris
A pedestrian market street of food shops and cafés.
Rue Montorgueil is a lively pedestrian street near Les Halles, lined with bakeries, fishmongers, cheese shops and cafés, including Stohrer, said to be the oldest pâtisserie in Paris.
It is a great place for picnic supplies or a café stop.
Good to know: Try a baba au rhum at Stohrer, which claims to have invented it.
Rue Montorgueil, 75002 Paris
Arcaded high-street shopping from the Louvre to the Marais.
Rue de Rivoli runs from Place de la Concorde past the Louvre to the Marais. The western end under the arcades has souvenir shops, bookshops and the famous Angelina tearoom; the eastern end has big chain stores and the BHV department store.
It is practical and central rather than glamorous.
Good to know: Stop at Angelina for its thick hot chocolate.
Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
Avenue Montaigne and Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré for luxury; Boulevard Haussmann for the department stores; the Marais for independent boutiques; Saint-Germain for chic Left Bank shopping.
Most are closed, but shops in designated tourist zones — the Marais, the Champs-Élysées, Boulevard Haussmann's department stores and others — can open on Sundays.
The official winter and summer sales (soldes) each last four weeks, starting in early January and late June.
If you live outside the EU, ask for a tax-free form (détaxe) when you spend above the threshold in one shop on one day, then validate it at the PABLO kiosks at the airport before checking in.
Galeries Lafayette and Printemps sit side by side on Boulevard Haussmann. See our best department stores in Paris.