8AM : Start the day with a short jog through the 8-hectare Parc Georges Brassens, with its former horse market, monumental gates and bronze sculptures. A sensory awakening is guaranteed as you pass through the garden, with its dozens of plant varieties.

9 AM : Energize your body at the restaurant Liife. Try a Muscle Up, an organic high-protein peanut butter smoothie, accompanied by a homemade energy ball with dates, cashew nuts and grated coconut.

10 AM : Prepare your feet for pounding the pavements by paying a visit to Bastien Gonzalez, a former ski champion turned chiropodist who has devoted his life to the health of human tootsies.

NOON : Sharpen your artistic discernment at the Musée d’Art Moderne by studying Les Sports (1935), a fresco by Jean Dunand that pays homage to the practice of sport and the modern way of life with its images of muscular javelin throwers practising in the open air.

1 PM : Take a seat at Grand Central, the modern brasserie in Le CentQuatre and watch break dancers and leading contemporary dance troupes practising their art in the large spaces of this cultural centre on Rue d’Aubervilliers.

3 PM : Drop into the Alex Singer boutique-workshop, founded in 1938, with its speckled tiles and wooden counter, and order the made-to-measure bicycle of your dreams or simply watch the experts making these extraordinary machines.

4 PM : Browse through the wooden shelves of La Galcante, a shop selling historic newspapers, and treat yourself to one of the back issues of L’Équipe that have been piling up here since 1946, the year the French sports newspaper was founded.

5 PM : Step back in time to the 1980s. Pretend you’re somewhere in the Mediterranean and don waterskis belonging to the Ski Nautique Club de Paris, moored on the quays of the Seine, for a joyride past the Longchamp racecourse.

6 PM : Surrender to the strong hands of the masseurs on the Anatomik team, a holistic centre where everything is designed to optimize sports recovery and alignment. Sheer bliss.

8 PM : Take a seat on the banks of the Seine at La Kontxa to eat pintxos (Basque tapas) and watch the pelota match on the Chiquito de Cambo trinquet (court) built for the 1924 Olympic Games.

10 PM : Dive into the deep end of the Pontoise swimming pool, an Art Deco monument often seen in films because of the photogenic double row of cabins surrounding the pool, for a late-evening breaststroke.

11 PM : Indulge in a little French Flair, a welcoming refuge for fans of both football and rugby. Here you can keep track of the scores before dozing off in front one of the big screens, over a high-quality beer.