Emily in Paris: Emily's Paris and Rome

Emily's first Paris address is a small square near the Panthéon, and the show turns its ordinary facades into the heart of the series. The building used as Emily's apartment stands on the square, and directly across it is the real restaurant that serves as the exterior of Gabriel's place, L'Esprit de Gigi. Filming took in the square, the restaurant and the bakery, which appears as La Boulangerie Moderne. Fans still come to photograph the facade and buy a pastry.

Visitor guidance: The square is public, but the building is a private residence; the bakery on the corner still sells pastries.

Emily's agency, Savoir, is placed at Place de Valois, a small square tucked beside the Palais-Royal in the first arrondissement. The Palais-Royal itself is one of the Paris sites most associated with the series, and its garden is a public park framed by arcades of shops, a short walk from Emily's office door on screen.

Location precision: Savoir is a fictional agency; the pin marks the Palais-Royal, with the office filmed at Place de Valois beside it.

Visitor guidance: The square off the Palais-Royal is public; the agency itself is a fictional workplace.

The Café de Flore, one of the oldest coffeehouses in Paris, sits on the corner of Boulevard Saint-Germain and Rue Saint-Benoît on the Left Bank. A scene in the first season was filmed inside it. It remains a working café.

Visitor guidance: A working café; expect queues at the corner of Boulevard Saint-Germain.

The Luxembourg Garden appears in the series and on the official locations walk; Marie de' Medici began it in 1612. The garden covers 23 hectares and belongs to the French Senate, which meets in the palace beside it. Its lawns, tree-lined promenades and the Medici Fountain are classic Paris, and model sailboats still cross the octagonal Grand Bassin. It is open to the public, free, and an easy walk from the Left Bank cafés.

Visitor guidance: Open daily and free; the Medici Fountain and the Grand Bassin are the set pieces.

The Palais Garnier, the opera house at the Place de l'Opéra, is listed among the Parisian sites that feature in the series. Built for the Paris Opera between 1861 and 1875 for Emperor Napoleon III, it is one of the grandest interiors in the city, and its reputation rests partly on Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera. The house is a working theatre and monument, and guided visits take in the auditorium and foyer.

Visitor guidance: Visits run most days; the auditorium and foyer are the highlights.

The white basilica on the butte of Montmartre is the highest point in the city, and the fourth season filmed there. Sacré-Cœur is the second most popular tourist destination in the capital after the Eiffel Tower, so the terrace is usually busy. The basilica is a working church.

Visitor guidance: The basilica is free to enter; climbing the dome is charged and covers the panorama.

The Stade Roland Garros, in the west of Paris, is the home of the French Open, and early in the fourth season Emily's work takes her and her colleagues to the tournament. The complex was built in 1928 for France's first defence of the Davis Cup and is named after Roland Garros, a pioneering French aviator. Its twenty courts include the big show courts, and the French Open fills them every summer. Visitors can tour the grounds outside the tournament or watch the tennis in season.

Visitor guidance: The stadium runs guided tours outside the French Open; matches need tickets.

When Emily flies to Rome for a weekend with Marcello, he meets her and takes her around the city on the back of his Vespa, past its most famous sights. In front of the Colosseum he tells her to look with her own eyes rather than through her phone, a scene that sets up her later move to Italy. The amphitheatre, begun under the emperor Vespasian and finished in AD 80 under Titus, is the largest ever built and the largest still standing. Its arches are open to ticket-holders every day.

Visitor guidance: The amphitheatre is ticketed and queues are long; go early or book a timed slot.

The Trevi Fountain is where Marcello teaches Emily the Roman coin tradition: throw one coin to return to Rome, two to find love, three to marry. The Baroque fountain fills a small square in the old centre, and the custom is taken seriously enough that the coins are collected and given to charity. The square is always crowded, so tossing a coin needs a little patience.

Visitor guidance: The square is always busy; early morning is the quietest time.