1st, 2nd, 8th & 9th Arrondissements M° Louvre-Rivoli, Tuileries, Concorde, Opéra, Pyramides, Madeleine The Louvre is the largest museum in the world, with a total area of almost 100 acres, including 650,000ft² of exhibition rooms. It was once just a small...
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1st & 2nd Arrondissements M° Châtelet, Les Halles, Etienne-Marcel, Pont Neuf, Louvre-Rivoli The Place du Châtelet gets its name from the Grand Châtelet fortress that used to guard the bridge to the Ile de la Cité. Today the square is dominated by twin...
5th Arrondissement M° St-Michel, Cluny-Sorbonne, Maubert-Mutualité, Cardinal Lemoine, Jussieu, Place Monge, Censier-Daubenton, Luxembourg Extending over much of the 5th arrondissement, today’s Latin Quarter remains the center of the city’s university life...
Beaubourg & Hôtel de Ville 3rd & 4th Arrondissements M° Rambuteau, Châtelet, Hôtel-de-Ville The Beaubourg neighborhood isn’t quite as chic as the Marais, yet it hasn’t sold its soul to the fast-food and cheap clothing chains found in Les Halles either...
6th Arrondissement: St-Germain-des-Prés, St-Sulpice & Luxembourg M° St-Germain-des-Prés, Odéon, Mabillon, St-Sulpice, Luxembourg Dominated for centuries by a vast Benedictine abbey, St-Germain-des-Prés came into vogue in the 20th century as the center of...
St Paul & Le Marais 3rd & 4th Arrondissements M° Rambuteau, Hôtel-de-Ville, St-Paul, Bastille, or Chemin Vert. The Marias is one of the city’s most popular neighborhoods, with an established Jewish population, trendy designer boutiques, and a lively...
6th & 14th Arrondissements M° Montparnasse, Denfert-Rochereau, Edgar-Quinet, Vavin Begin at Place Pablo Picasso (M° Vavin), at the noisy intersection of Boulevard Montparnasse and Boulevard Raspail. During the period between wars known as Les Années...
3rd Arrondissement M° Temple, Arts et Métiers, Rambuteau or République In the 1990s, the Temple Quarter used to be considered a bit of a “dead” area, with nothing more than wholesale shops and ateliers for the leather and jewelry industries. But the...
7th Arrondissement: Orsay, Invalides & Eiffel Tower M° Ecole Militaire, Musée d’Orsay, Bir-Hakeim Tour Eiffel, La Tour-Maubourg, Invalides, Varenne After spending time in the narrow, winding streets of the Marais or Latin Quarter, the 7th arrondissement’s...
Place des Victoires & Jardins du Palais Royal 1st & 2nd Arrondissements M° Palais-Royal, Etienne Marcel Begin at M° Etienne Marcel. Try and visit the recently re-opened Tour de Jean-Sans-Peur (20 Rue Etienne-Marcel), the tower where the Duke of...
NOTE: This description was first published in a print travel guide by Heather in 2005; much has changed in the following decade! Until this is updated enjoy the historic snapshot. 😉 The 13th ArrondissementM° Gobelins, Place d’Italie, Corvisart, Tolbiac, Porte...
9th Arrondissement M° Grands Boulevards, Trinité, Pigalle, St-Georges The vast 9th arrondissement has many personalities, from the luxury shops around the Opéra Garnier and the sex shops below Pigalle to the Orthodox Jewish quarter near the Folies Bergères...
