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TUILERIES QUARTER

Located in the 1st arrondissement, the Tuileries float sailboats in the ponds. Stop at the Musée
area is classic Paris, with grand squares, iconic de l’Orangerie, or walk along the area’s main
buildings and fine-dining restaurants. Taking streets, such as Rue St-Honoré, full of
its name from the tile factories that stood on designer boutiques, and Rue de Rivoli, with
the site when Queen Catherine de Médici had its bookshops, luxury hotels and fabulous
her palace built, the Tuileries is now known views across the gardens. The Palais-Royal
for the beautiful sculpted gardens that line is worth a visit for its splendid architecture
the Seine from Place de la Concorde to the and famous courtyard, or catch a theatre
Louvre. Grab a chair and watch the children production at the Comédie Française.

Sights at a Glance
Historic Buildings and Streets Monuments and Fountains Restaurants see pp298–300
3 Palais-Royal 6 Fontaine Molière 1 Bistrot Victoires
i Banque de France 0 Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel 2 Café Marly
3 Carré des Feuillants
Churches Museums and Galleries
4 La Cordonnerie
7 St-Roch 1 Musée du Louvre pp122–9 5 Les Fines Gueules
Theatres 9 Musée des Arts Décoratifs 6 Le Grand Véfour
4 Comédie Française e Galerie Nationale du 7 Kei
Jeu de Paume 8 Le Meurice
Shops r Musée de l’Orangerie 9 Verjus
2 Louvre des Antiquaires y Village Royal
q Rue de Rivoli
Squares, Parks and Gardens
5 Jardin du Palais-Royal
8 Place des Pyramides
w Jardin des Tuileries
t Place de la Concorde
u Place Vendôme
o Place des Victoires
D'ANGLAS
R U E C A M B O N
BOISSY Madeleine R RICHEPANCE LA MADELEINE See also Street Finder
BOULEVARD DE RUE DES CAPUCINES
RU E ROYALE R ST FLORENTIN R DU MONT THABOR ST HONORE Pyramides RUE DES PETITS CHAMPS
map 5–6, 11–12
PLACE
RUE R U E S A I N T H O N O R E VENDOME RUE DANIELLE CASANOVA
R DUPHOT
RUE DE LA SOURDIERE
RUE
Concorde R DE CASTIGLIONE R U E S T R O C H R STE ANNE VILLEDO V A L O I S
PLACE DE LA R U E D E R I V O L I RU E D 'ARGEN T E U IL R DE RICHELIEU
CONCORDE T E R R A S S E D E S F E U I L L A N T S AVE DE L'O PERA R MOLIERE R DE MONTPENSIER D E RUE HEROLD
R CROIX DES PETITS CHAMPS
Tuileries
R U E S A I N T H O N O R E
PLACE A
Pont de la Concorde JARDIN DES MALRAUX R U E RUE DU COLONEL DRIANT L O U V R E
TUILERIES
Palais-Royal
Musée du Louvre
JARDIN DU
Pont Solférino AVE DU GEN. LEMONNIER CARROUSEL CARROUSEL RUE DE RIVOLI R U E D U
R U E S T- H O N O R E
PLACE DU
T E R R A S S E D U B O R D D E L ' E A U
Q U A I D E S T U I L E R I E S
COUR
S e i n e
Rivoli
Pont Royal NAPOLEON CARREE Louvre
COUR
Quai du
JARDIN DE
Louvre Q U A I D U L O U V R E R DE L’AMIRAL DE COLIGNY
L'INFANTE
Pont du Carrousel
0 metres 400
0 yards 400 Passerelle des Arts
La Fontaine des Fleuves in Place de la Concorde For keys to symbols see back flap
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