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We will follow a fabulous route through these two major department stores, the most visited after the Eiffel Tower! We will indeed visit two stores in a single visit, which is very original, at a pace adapted to your convenience; we will thus be all the more sensitive and captivated by the abundance of beauties of our heritage!<br><br> While feasting our eyes, we will discuss the history of these places, their enlightened founders, architects and decorators, commercial strategy, figures, and we will stop to admire the key points:<br><br> Art Nouveau domes (below and above), walkways (are you ready to climb onto one of them which puts you overlooking the central space, 25m high!), Majorelle Staircase, Belvederes and Terraces with breathtaking views of Paris, Restaurants, Grocery store, Corners with all the Luxury brands, Listed facades and green roofs, Art and exhibition galleries...<br><br> We will travel via escalators or elevators, those which dazzled the whole world with their novelty and modernity, lit with electricity since 1883, sensational effects at the time! Paris is indeed the city of light!<br><br> Thank you, Mr. Zola, who through his novel "Au Bonheur des Dames - Grand magasin fictif situé à Paris 2", will lead me to tell you again about the daily life of shop assistants, between "the worker and the lady", or that of the ruthless male world in power, capitalist, with social progress on the march, and a nascent consumer society.<br><br> Of course, at the end of our visit, everyone will be free to do some dream shopping!