Paris & Around - Discover France: Experience the Best of France - page 147

( 57 rue Cuvier & 3 quai St-Bernard, 5e; 7.30am-7pm; Gare d'Austerlitz, Censier
Daubenton or Jussieu) Paris' 24-hectare Jardin des Plantes was founded in 1626 as
a medicinal herb garden for Louis XIII. Here you'll find the Eden-like Jardin d'Hiver
(Winter Garden), also called the Serres Tropicales (Tropical Greenhouses); the
Jardin Alpin (Alpine Garden; weekend admission adult/child €1/0.50;
8am-4.40pm Mon-Fri, 1.30-6pm Sat, 1.30-6.30pm Sun) with 2000 mountain plants;
and the gardens of the École de Botanique (admission free; 8am-5pm Mon-Fri)

where students of Paris' Botany School 'practise'.
The Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes (adult/child €8/6; 9am-6 or 6.30pm) ,
a medium-size zoo (5.5-hectare, 1000 animals) in the northern section of the
garden, was founded in 1794.
A two-day combined ticket covering all the Jardin des Plantes sights, including all
the sections of the Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, costs €20/15.

Palais du Luxembourg, Jardin du Luxembourg
PHOTOGRAPHER: JOHN SONES