Where Was ‘Emily in Paris’ Filmed?

15.08.2024 - 19:13 / cntraveler.com / Belle Epoque / Claude Monet

Emily is still in Paris. In the first half of Emily in Paris season four, the intrepid PR executive continues her march through the City of Light’s cobblestone streets like a Energizer bunny ensconced in clashing patterns. She just can’t help herself. As in season three, Emily and her merry band of cosmopolitans take their antics to places new as well as old, both in and out of Paris—Claude Monet’s home an hour outside the city in Giverny is one, three Michelin-starred haute restaurant L'Ambroisie another.

To get a working map of Emily’s Paris, we got on the phone with Emily in Paris production designer and real-life Parisian Anne Seibel. When we connected via Zoom, she sat in front of a fabulous Belle Epoque wallpaper and said, “I’m on holiday. My great-grandfather’s house in the South of France. It is raining and I cannot swim.” She’s worked on the show since the beginning, and in her fourth season has seen beloved haunts of hers from past episodes suddenly sprout lines out their doors. Other locals grow exasperated with all the commotion production brings, but she remains undeterred in her mission of showcasing the lovely city.

Below, Seibel shares the destinations on display in the show's latest season.

Alfie (played by Lucien Laviscount) and Emily (Lily Collins) take in a game of tennis at Roland-Garros, the setting of a high-wire PR act for the latter.

Did you have any dream locations that you’d had your eye on?

I really liked going to the museum where we did the big masquerade party—the Galerie-Musee Baccarat, which specializes in crystal and glass for whiskey and water and vases. It’s an old home with a grand staircase and beautiful chandeliers that were great to set a party around. It’s a very iconic place that reminds me of my grandmother and her collection, all this glass she had. It was amazing to go there in modern times and work with it. The exhibition of the crystal that they have there is quite interesting as well.

Stade Roland Garros was another, when Emily attended a match at the French Open. We went there with nobody in it, we actually walked on the court. We were originally supposed to film in it when it was actually Roland-Garros [the tournament] but the [writer's] strike delayed us and so we had to rebuild the event.

Camille (Camille Razat) takes to a rowboat in the gardens of Monet's home in Giverny, France, where she is hiding out from her friends and family following a nervous breakdown.

What about Monet's garden, where Emily goes to find Camille and they both end up acting like bad tourists by falling into the pond?

This was quite a challenge because we changed the season of our series. Normally, the place is known for its flowers and gardens which are very beautiful, but