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TUILERIES AND OPÉRA Best for
The grand monuments of
PAGE 102 The Musée du Louvre, with its infamous glass pyramid Parisian art and culture,
shopping, entertainment
and Mona Lisa, bookends the stately Tuileries. At the
other end of the district, with the famous eponymous
manicured gardens and its cafés and art galleries in Home to
Musée de Louvre
between, is the opulent Opéra Garnier. The area around Experience
this storied building is studded with theatres and Coming face to face with the
grandly epitomizes Baron Haussmann’s plans for Paris, Mona Lisa before sampling
with monuments at every intersection. Its broad pastries along Rue Montorgueil
avenues, lined with exquisite churches and wallet-
emptying department stores, are filled with bustling
crowds of Parisians. This is the place to stroll, shop and
repeat, whether it’s for rose-flavoured macarons from
Ladurée’s original shop or a luxury bag from Printemps.

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