Angelina: at new address Musée du Luxembourg
0 comments // in Bakery Cafés Gourmet Luxembourg Museums & Monuments Parks & Gardens // November 21, 2012
Angelina has just opened a new tea room at the Musée du Luxembourg.
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Funny Windmills at the Royal Palace
0 comments // in Exhibitions Palais Royal // August 10, 2011
Wind turbines and even giant beetles are flying in the wind above the garden at the Royal Palace … Takis, who now lives in Athens, recently created these clever sculptures, which run around an axis driven by the wind. Continue Reading →
The Jardin du Luxembourg for kids
0 comments // in Luxembourg Paris for kids Parks & Gardens // May 22, 2011
Le Jardin du Luxembourg, the great green patch of Paris’s Left Bank neighborhoods, has looked about the same since Napoleon took it over at the end of the 18th century. This park offers many attractions for children, as the puppet theater, the merry-go-round, at the circular pond you can rent a toy boat and also enjoy a pony ride.
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Perfect picnic gardens Ile de la Cité – Paris
0 comments // in Paris Photos Paris Walks Parks & Gardens // May 15, 2011
When the weather turns warm, a picnic it’s a good way to enjoy the parks, the gardens and river-side quais in Paris, picnics have the added advantage of being easy on the budget. When in Paris, stock up like the Parisians do, go to the boulangerie for bread, quiches and pastries, then visit the fromagerie for cheese and of course the marchand de vin for a lovely bottle of wine.
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Springtime in Paris
0 comments // in Paris Walks Parks & Gardens // March 24, 2011
After months of rain, snow, and freezing temperatures, springtime in Paris is a welcome sight. With its new flowers, new colours and sunlight, this is the best time to visit and enjoy the spring Parisian landscape.
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The Gardens of Palais Royal
0 comments // in Palais Royal Parks & Gardens // September 10, 2010
Originally residence of Cardinal Richelieu in the 17th century, the Palais Royal is a palace and associated gardens located in the 1st district of Paris. It is just in front the Louvre Museum west wing and next to the Comedie Française. The gardens are surrounded by stone arcades under which you can shop for antiques or trendy shoes and bags. On sunny days, you can enjoy some peace and quiet in the park with its fountains and statues!
6 rue de Montpensier 75001 Paris. Tel:(0)1 47 03 92 16
Luxembourg gardens – a green oasis
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The Luxembourg gardens on the left bank of Paris are an oasis of green space and art where you can admire fountains, statues, flowers and enjoy activites for children such as riding poneys. On sunny days the gardens are filled with parisian reading, pick-nicking or just strolling, very romantic too!
Jardins de Luxembourg, 71 boulevard st michel 75005 Paris. RER Luxembourg.
Chateau and garden of Bagatelle – Paris 75016
0 comments // in Monuments Parks & Gardens // January 4, 2010
Created in the 18th century at the heart of the Bois de Boulogne, the beautiful Parc de Bagatelle is laid out in the Anglo-Chinese style. The 24-hectare park is landscaped in a determinedly romantic fashion and features charmingly bucolic scenes with waterfalls, grottoes, little bridges and a Chinese pagoda, and includes a world renowned rose garden showcasing 1200 different species. The Bagatelle Castle was built in just 64 days at the end of the XVIIth century by the Count of Artois following a bet with Marie-Antoinette.
Adress : Route de Sèvres, ois de Boulogne, 75016 PARIS. Metro Porte Maillot.
Opening time : Chateau Open Sat, Sun and bank holidays with visits at 3pm and 4.30pm
Open 11am to 4.30pm every day during temporary exhibitions.
Park : Open every day from dawn to dusk
Arenes de Luteces – PARIS 75005
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The Arènes de Lutèce are the only surviving ruins of the Roman conquest of Paris (formerly known as Lutetia), along with the remains of the public baths at Cluny. This amphitheatre once seated over 15,000 people. Probably built in the first century AD, it fell into ruin in the third century AD and was rebuilt in the 6th century. The remains were discovered during various excavations in the area in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Adress : 47, rue Monge – 75005 PARIS
Opening Time :
Summer : 9am – 9.30pm.
Winter : 8am – 5.30pm.
Free entrance
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