The prettiest movie theater in Paris, La Pagode, has an excellent programming and if you are lucky enough, you will enjoy a cup of tea in the Japanese Garden but don't tell anyone as they want to keep the place very confidential : 57 rue de Babylone 75007.

A listed building, the Pagoda has had an eventful history. It dates back to the 19th century when it was bought, deconstructed, and brought back to France by Mr Morin, a director of Bon Marché, to give to his wife as a present. Rebuilt exactly as it had been, in the gardens of a townhouse, it first opened as a ballroom, before becoming a cinema in 1931. It first closed for works in 1973, re-opening in 1979, and was closed again in 1997. It was the efforts of the Save The Pagoda foundation that led to  being re-opened in November 2000.