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Did You Know?
A million “love locks”
were removed from
Pont des Arts in 2015 –
they were straining
the bridge.
EXPERIENCE Paris

PARIS FOR
ROMANTICS

Paris is the ultimate romantic city. Its very fabric seems made for romance,
from enchanting gardens to beautiful riverside walks, while the city’s
pavement cafés invite intimacy and lingering tête-à-têtes. Everywhere
you look there is a heady mix of elegance, passion and culture.

Intimate Spaces
There's little more romantic than escaping
the crowds in a peaceful hideaway. With its
cobbled streets, dreamy Montmartre (p162)
is full of secret staircases and little squares
affording scenic glimpses of the city spread
out below. Or flee the crowds with a trip to the
slopes of Parc des Buttes-Chaumont (p157).
One of the few parks in Paris where you can
actually sit on the grass, it's an ideal spot for a
leisurely picnic – and
afterwards there’s a
rowing lake to drift An idyllic Corinthian
upon while reading a temple in Parc des
book of poetry aloud. Buttes-Chaumont
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