PARIS - France 2014 - page 214

Mouches river cruises. A movie on the Champs-Elysées is a fun experience (weekly list-
ings in Pariscope under “Cinéma”), and a drink or snack at Renault's futuristic car café is
a kick (at #53, toll tel. [phone]).

▲ Ile St. Louis and Notre-Dame
This stroll features floodlit views of Notre-Dame and a taste of the Latin Quarter.
TaketheMétro(line7)tothePontMariestop,thencrossPontMarietoIleSt.Louis.
TurnrightupRueSt.Louis-en-l'Ile,stoppingfordinner—oratleastaBerthillonicecream
(at #31) or Amorino Gelati (at #47). At the end of Ile St. Louis, cross Pont St. Louis to
Ile de la Cité, with a great view of Notre-Dame. Wander to the Left Bank on Quai de
l'Archevêché, and drop down to the river for the best floodlit views. From May through
September you'll find several moored barges (péniches) that operate as bars. Although I
wouldn't eat dinner on one of these barges, the atmosphere is great for a drink, often in-
cluding live music on weekends (daily until 2:00 in the morning, closed Oct-April, live
music often Thu-Sun from 21:00). End your walk on Place du Parvis Notre-Dame in front
ofNotre-Dame (toweropenFri-Sat until23:00inJuly-Aug),orgobackacrosstheriverto
the Latin Quarter.

Open-Air Sculpture Garden
Dayornight,thisskinnyriverfrontparkdottedwithmodernartmakesforapleasantwalk,
but it's especially fun on balmy evenings in the summer, when you may encounter rock
music and salsa dancing. It's on the Left Bank across from Ile St. Louis, running between
the Arab World Institute and Jardin des Plantes (free, music around 20:00, very weather-
dependent, Quai St. Bernard, Mo: Cardinal Lemoine plus an eight-minute walk up Rue
Cardinal Lemoine toward the river).

After-Dark Tours
Several companies offer evening tours of Paris. You can take a traditional, mass-produced
bus tour for €25 per person, or for a little more (around €100 per couple), take an hour-
long, vintage-car tour with a student guide. A pedicab will take you around for €40-50 per
hour. Do-it-yourself-ers can save money by hiring a cab for a private tour (€50 for one
hour). All options are described below.

▲▲▲ Deux Chevaux Car Tours
If rumbling around Paris and sticking your head out of the rolled-back top of a funky old
2CV car à la Inspector Clouseau sounds like your kind of fun, do this. Two enterprising
companies haveassembled averitable fleet ofthese “tin-can” cars(France'sversionofthe
VW “bug” that hasn't been made since 1985) for giving tourists tours of Paris day and

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