around 3-5 square de l’Opéra – Louis Jouvet (9th). M Opéra.o 01 40 06 10 09. PALAIS GARNIER The museum is closed temporarily. Due to reopen in 2021. Free guided tour. https://musee-parfum-paris.fragonard.com 11ÉGLISE DE LA MADELEINE 13LE MANOIR DE PARIS Are you familiar with Paris’s darkest legends? To relive the tale of the Phantom of the Opera, the crocodile in the Paris sewers, the Man in the Iron Mask or the bloodthirsty barber … go along to the Manoir de Paris! In a listed house, dozens of professional actors re-enact the dark days of the capital's history. Fear reaches Situated in the Haussmanian centre of the a climax during special events like ‘Halloween’ French capital, the Madeleine Church has and ‘Dark Valentine's Day’. The thrills continue the unusual appearance of a Greek temple with ‘Skeleton Key’, a 1-hour escape game without a cross or a bell tower on its exterior. adventure at the Manor, full of suspense! Before entering through the two monumen- 18 rue de Paradis (10th). M Gare de l’Est.o tal bronze doors, visitors may admire the 01 87 16 47 05. Corinthian columns that surround the edifice. • LE MANOIR: Fri: 6pm-10pm. Sat and Sun: Inside are sculptures, paintings, the famous 3pm-7pm. Closed 1 May. Full rate: €29. neo-Byzantine-style mosaic by Charles- www.lemanoirdeparis.fr Joseph Lameire and the magnificent organ • THE SKELETON KEY: Sat: 11am-10pm. Sun: created by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. Throughout 11am-8.30pm. La Crypte maudite (‘The Cursed the year, the church boasts a programme of Vault’): Fri, 5pm-10pm. Rate per session first-rate classical music. Surrounding the according to the number of players. church, on the Place de la Madeleine, are www.skeletonkey.fr plenty of restaurants, shops and exclusive delicatessens making the area a popular spot. 14CHOCO-STORY PARIS – Place de la Madeleine (8th). M Madeleine.o LE MUSÉE DU CHOCOLAT 01 44 51 69 00. Daily: 9.30am-7pm. www.eglise-lamadeleine.com 12MUSÉE DU PARFUM – FRAGONARD Fragonard occupies a magnificent 19th- century building situated between the Madeleine Church and the Palais Garnier. This historic place, which had been suc- Choco-Story tells the 4,000-year-old history cessively a theatre, a bicycle carousel and of chocolate from its Mexican origins to an English furniture shop, today offers an chocolate making today. At this museum, olfactory, sensory and interactive journey spread over 850 m, visitors get to discover2 into the history of perfume and the famous the secrets of the cocoa bean in a fun and Fragonard perfume house. A guided tour interesting fashion, from its beginnings to reveals precious perfume bottles, videos, a contemporary production techniques. Daily cabinet of curiosities, a unique collection of demonstrations provide an insight into the objects (from antiquity to the present day), different stages of production, before end- as well as the secrets of perfume making. ing with a much anticipated chocolate tast- ing. Workshops are also available, enabling visitors to make their very own chocolate. 28 bd de Bonne Nouvelle (10th). M Bonne Nouvelle.o 01 42 29 68 60. Daily: 10am-6pm, except 1 Jan and 25 Dec. Full rate: €12. https://museeduchocolat.fr HISTORIC HEART | 23