Travel Reference
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Woman with a Parasol Turned to the Right: Claude Monet's 1886 oil-on-canvas painting is on show at the museum.
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PROMENADE
LES BERGES DE SEINE
tion point noon-7pm Sun-Thu, 10am-10pm Fri & Sat; Solférino, Assemblée Nationale or Invalides)
A breath of fresh air, this 2.3km-long riverside promenade is Parisians' latest spot to run,
cycle, skate, play board games or take part in a packed program of
events
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Equally it's simply a great place to hang out - in a Zzz shipping-container hut (free by reser-
vation at the information point just west of the Musée d'Orsay), on the archipelago of float-
ing gardens, or at the burgeoning restaurants and bars (some floating too aboard boats and
barges).
MUSEUM
MUSÉE DES ÉGOUTS DE PARIS
May-Sep, 11am-4pm Sat-Wed Oct-Dec & Feb-Apr; Alma Marceau or RER Pont de l'Alma)
Raw sewage flows beneath your feet as you walk through 480m of odoriferous tunnels in
this working sewer museum. Exhibitions cover the development of Paris' waste wa-
ter-disposal system, including its resident rats (there's an estimated one sewer rat for every
Parisian above ground). Enter via a rectangular maintenance hole topped with a kiosk across
the street from 93 quai d'Orsay, 7e.
The sewers keep regular hours except when rain floods the tunnels. Toy rats are sold at its
gift shop.
