MAP - Marché aux Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen

"The world's largest flea market, where antique dealers and brocanteurs (second-hand dealers) sell their wares." - The MICHELIN Guide

"Flea market lore holds that Marché aux Puces de Saint-Ouen is the largest antiques and second-hand marketplace in the world. Even if it weren't, the sheer surface area (seven hectares) and number of vendors (around 1,700) suggests it should have its own ZIP code. And it certainly helps explain the 5 million visitors who descend each year in search of rare treasures, everything from home goods to textiles—although bargains are harder and harder to come by." - Lindsey Tramuta

"According to Fressange, the trick to unearthing a treasure at the Marché aux Puces is to go in without looking for anything in particular at all. Instead, be open to how a statue, a desk, or a mirror you stumble upon can instantly transform a room and give it life. 'On one visit, I found a beautiful trumeau mirror and as soon as I brought it home, it turned a familiar room into a space with personality,' she says. 'Same thing with a long and narrow table that I picked up there ten years ago that I painted white: all of a sudden I felt like I had something entirely new but with the same perfect proportions.'"