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Fifth edition of Art Basel Paris at the Grand Palais, 23 to 25 October 2026: 206 galleries announced and a packed week of art across the city.

Between All Saints' Day and the December rush, Paris allows itself four quieter weeks. Our roundup for the month: Paris Photo at the Grand Palais from 12 to 15 November, Beaujolais nouveau on Thursday the 19th, two rugby fixtures at the Stade de France, the exhibitions settled in for winter at Orsay and the Louvre, and the first festive lights at the end of the month.

TRUSTECH, Supply Chain Event, Step by Pollutec, Educ@tech Expo and SIMI at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, the Journées Dermatologiques de Paris at the Palais des Congrès de la Porte Maillot: the agenda of professional events for December 2026, with dates, access conditions and routes from the Hôtel R de Paris.

Four minutes' walk from the hotel, Perception is the most ambitious table in the neighbourhood: high-level French cooking that chef Sukwon Yong sends travelling toward Korea through ingredients, condiments and ferments. À la carte from 15 to 38 €, five-course tasting menu at 85 €, only nine services a week.

The dated programme of the 93rd Fête des Vendanges de Montmartre, from 7 to 11 October 2026, the story of Clos Montmartre, and the route up the Butte by metro from the 9th arrondissement.

Dates, free entry, bookings: what to know about European Heritage Days 2026 in Paris, plus a free walking route through Nouvelle Athènes, just minutes on foot from the hotel.

Award-winning bistros, chef-driven cuisine and Japanese soba: the 9th-arrondissement tables selected by Le Fooding 2026, with their prices, opening hours and the walk to reach them.

A free, little-known Parisian visit: step through the doors of Hôtel Drouot, in the 9th arrondissement, to watch paintings, jewellery and furniture go under the hammer, with no registration and no obligation to buy.

From pastry to fine-art photography, November lines up four consumer fairs across three Paris venues. Dates, access and the best time slots from the 9th arrondissement.

67 rue de Clichy, a 3-minute walk from Hôtel R de Paris. L'Ascension is chef Amar Chalal’s first restaurant: a former Yannick Alléno protégé and 14-month globe-trotter serving French market cuisine with global accents, remarkable sauces and a short, carefully crafted menu.

Sport, contemporary art, neighbourhood festivities and family Halloween: everything to see and do in Paris in October 2026, with our bearings from the Hôtel R de Paris in the 9th.

The first monographic exhibition devoted by a French national museum to Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), organised with the National Portrait Gallery in London and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Around eighty works at the Musée d'Orsay, from 6 October 2026 to 31 January 2027. Opening hours, prices, timed tickets, the quietest time slots and how to get there by metro from the 9th arrondissement.

From September 28 to October 6, 2026, Paris becomes the fashion capital again. Here's the calendar for the women's spring/summer 2027 Fashion Week, what's actually open to the public, and how to make Hôtel R de Paris your base camp for the week.

The City of Paris counts around 1,400 cool spots: parks, pools, misting fountains, covered and air-conditioned venues. Here's how to use them from the 9th arrondissement when the heat sets in, with opening hours, prices and the pitfall to avoid with pools.