Great for breakfast, great for lunch, or for grabbing a perfect raspberry tart on the go, Laduree is breathtakingly beautiful.

Cross the portal and peel back the centuries. Their macarons are the stuff legends are made of. The tea salon/patisserie on the Rue Royale is a quintissential Parisian spot. Come prepared to sit awhile and take it all in. Don't we wish there was a Laduree in every city and every town across America? Standing at the counter and peering lustily into the glass case filled with mouth-watering, gorgeous pastries, choosing just one treat seems like an impossible task.

Other Laduree locations in Paris include 75 Avenue Champs Elysees, 21 rue Bonaparte, and for weary shoppers in need of some pampering, patisserie-style, there is a Laduree outpost in the grand department store, Printemps, on Boulevard Haussmann. The website itself is a thing of beauty.

Would I recommend coming straight here from the airport, upon arriving in Paris, for afternoon tea? Absolutely, yes!

LADUREE

16 Rue Royale
8th Arrondisement
Metro: Madeleine
www.laduree.fr