The Islands - Paris - page 431

A Parisian Picnic Find yourself a bench in the grassy gardens behind Cathédrale Notre
Dame to admire its flying buttresses between sandwich bites; Huré is the gourmet
takeaway-sandwich spot.
Getting There & Away
Metro The closest stations are Cité (line 4) and Pont Marie (line 7).
Bus Bus 47 links Île de la Cité with the Marais and Gare de l'Est; bus 21 with Opéra and
Gare St-Lazare. On Île St-Louis it's bus 67 to Jardin des Plantes and place d'Italie, and
bus 87 through the Latin Quarter to École Militaire and Champ de Mars.
Bicycle Île de la Cité has a trio of handy Vélib' stations: place Louis Lépine by the Cité
metro station, and also at 1 quai aux Fleurs and 5 rue d'Arcole, both by Cathédrale Notre
Dame.