Travel Reference
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Discover Paris & Around
At a Glance
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Louvre & Les Halles
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) Home to Paris' monumental museum.
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Marais & Bastille
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) The city's hippest neighbourhood.
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Latin Quarter
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) The university district.
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St-Germain, Odéon & Luxembourg
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) From café life to classic
architecture.
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Étoile & Champs-Élysées
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) Paris' most famous boulevards.
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Montmartre
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) The city's artistic quarter.
Sights
Louvre & Les Halles
JARDIN DES TUILERIES
Garden
( 7am-7.30, 9 or 11pm; Tuileries or Concorde)
Beginning just west of the Jardin
du Carrousel, the formal, 28-hectare garden was laid out in its present form - more
or less - in the mid-17th century by André Le Nôtre, who also created the gardens
at Vaux-le-Vicomte and Versailles. The Tuileries soon became the most fashionable
spot in Paris for parading about in one's finery; today it is a favourite of joggers. It
forms part of the banks of the Seine World Heritage Site listed in 1991.
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