Se préparer, because we’re all about to head to Paris. No, not for the Olympics! The other major event to hit the French capital this year – the return of Emily in Paris for season 4, obviously! And we’re not just in Paree this year either, because Emily’s also running off to Italy for her own Roman Holiday (more on that later).

To get prepped for the new season, we’re going on a voyage rapide around all the very prettiest Emily in Paris filming locations, from opera houses to cemeteries (nicer than you think) and right on to a secret little lake hidden in a park in Rome. Allons-y!

We’re starting off with a golden spot that takes us right back to the beginning of the show – the park where Emily and Mindy first meet. Just a short stroll from the Louvre, you’re probably already familiar with the Palaise Royal itself – its courtyard is where you’ll find those black and white columns everyone loves to get a picture standing on (Emily literally does the same later in the season). But this grand gaff that housed royals right up until Versailles was built also has a gorgeous garden which is a perfect spot for a picnic surrounded by some seriously elegant boxed hedges.

One of the prettiest streets in Paris (and that’s saying something), Rue l’Abreuvoir can be found in magical Montmartre and is where Emily and Mindy end one of their crazy nights out.

At the top of this street is also where you’ll find the pretty in pink (and green) La Maison Rose restaurant, also featured in the show. Come early in the day if you want to catch the street when it’s quiet.

In season 2, Emily visits Père Lachaise with her slightly very eccentric colleague, Luc. After a trip to the cinema for a screening of Jules and Jim, they head to the famous cemetery for a picnic – on the grave of Honoré de Balzac.

This mix between an English Park and a shrine is where you’ll find all funerary art styles represented – from Gothic graves to Haussmanian burial chambers. Grab a map and go looking for the final resting places of Chopin, Colette, Edith Piaf, and Oscar Wilde (his gravestone is now surrounded by glass to protect it from all the lipstick kisses he gets).

Back in season 1, Emily ambushes Pierre Cadault during a performances of Swan Lake at the Palais Garnier, Paris’ picture-perfect opera house. As you do.

You can obviously dress to the nines (although we think this occasion might call for the tens and above) and get tickets for a show, but if you’re shorter on budget you can still sashay down those grand staircases by buying a ticket for a self-guided tour around this masterpiece of 19th century theatre architecture.

If you’ve still got some highschool French in you, you’ll know this bridge is called the New Bridge – a little ironic, considering it’s actually the oldest bridge in Paris.

Stretching from the Left Bank to the western end of the Ille de la Cite (that little island in the middle of the Seine), King Henri III declared that – unusual for the time – it mustn’t have any buildings on it, leaving us with a perfect, unobstructed view of the river today. It also gave us a spot for Emily to have a dramatic quarter-life crisis on at the end of season 2.

In season 2, Emily says au revoir to Paris for a bit and heads to the French Riviera, where she checks into her digs at the Four Seasons Grand Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, on the tip of a lush peninsula in St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. Set in 14 acres of blooming gardens, this place comes with doodles by Picasso and Jean Marais, and a guest book to make the jaw drop (Charlie Chaplin, Jean Cocteau, Robin Williams, Paul McCartney…)

If you wanna pretend like a European aristo wintering in days gone by, this is the place to be.

Also during her Riviera retreat, Emily and Camille make a visit to the Chapelle Saint-Pierre in Villefrance, just down the coast from the Grand Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat.

Minding its own business on Quai Courbet, this quiet Romanesque chapel dedicated to the patron saint of fishermen, Peter, is not just for getting some good luck when out on the water – it also happens to be covered in the work of French artist Jean Cocteau. From Biblical parables to the young girls of Villefranche and his own mates, the walls are one large canvas for his art.

Whilst no locations have been confirmed yet, Lily Collins and potential new amore played by Eugenio Franceschini, were spotted filming at the Trevi Fountain in Rome for season 4, no doubt for a scene involving throwing coins into the water (remember, it’s one to return to Rome, two to fall in love with an Italian, and three for you to get married).

Notoriously busy, if you want it to be (almost) empty, you’ll have to be up with the larks. Before them, probably. Fancy a picture without the crowds? Head upstairs in the United Colours of Benetton store opposite and look for the window overlooking the fountain.

Lily and Eugenio were also spotted whizzing around the Borghese Gardens on a Vespa (when in Rome…)

They don’t call this place the city’s green lung for no reason. A short walk from the top of the Spanish Steps, the Villa Borghese gardens are a huge expanse of green to get lost in. As well as one of the best lookout points in the city, it’s also home to many, many busts of famous historical figures, and – tucked way, way towards the back – a pretty little boating lake where at its centre sits the Temple of Asclepius, a 17th century copy of a destroyed temple on Tiber Island.

Make like Emily and score some cheap flights to Paris – bon voyage!