4 Best Shopping in Versailles, Side Trips from Paris

In the heart of the Notre-Dame neighborhood, a few steps from the fabulous market, the Quartier des Antiquaires is a warren of streets, passages, and squares beginning at the northwest corner of the market square and extending along the cobbled streets to the charming Passage de la Geôle. You'll find scores of elegant antiques shops brimming with eye-popping objects, paintings, furniture, china, and bibelots from every epoch.

This charming, highly rated confiserie (candy shop) offers a cornucopia of chocolates and traditional French sweets.

Everyone heads here to pick up homemade pâté, cold cuts, cheese, salad, and other picnic essentials.