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A 90-Minute Walk around the Ile St-Louis

The walk around this tiny island passes
along the picturesque tree-lined quays
from Pont Louis-Philippe to Quai d’Anjou,
taking in the 17th-century hôtels that infuse
the area with such a powerful sense of period.
It then penetrates into the heart of the island
along the main street, Rue St-Louis-en-l’Ile,
enlivened by chic restaurants, cafés, art
galleries and boutiques, before returning to
the north side of the island and back to Pont
Marie. For more information on the main
sights, see pages 79 and 91. Left Bank view of the Ile St-Louis
balconies. At No. 6, the
former Polish library,
founded in 1838, now S e
houses the Société i n RUE DE L'HOTEL DE VILLE
Historique et Littéraire VOI E GEORGES P OMPIDOU
e
Polonaise (see p91), Q U A I
focusing on the life Port de l'Hôtel QUA I DE L'HOTEL DE VILLE
de Ville
of Polish poet A U X Pont Louis RUE D E L'HOTEL DE VILLE
Philippe
Adam Mickiewicz 3 2
7; it also F L E U R S Pont Marie
contains some 4 QUAI DE 1
Chopin scores RUE DU CLOITRE 5 BOURBON Pont
and auto- Pont St a Marie QUAI DE S CELESTINS
NOTRE DAME
graphs by SQUARE Louis s VOI E G E ORG ES POMPIDOU
Fishing on a St-Louis quayside George JEAN XXIII QUAI DE L'ARCHEVECHE o QUAI D'ANJOU
Sand and SQUARE p RUE DES DEUX PONTS
DE L'ILE
Port de
Metro Pont Marie to Victor Hugo. Montebello DE FRANCE Q U A I D ' O R L E A N S y
6
t
Rue Jean-du-Bellay On the right, the Pont de i RUE ST L OUIS EN L'ILE
From the Pont Marie Metro Pont de la Tournelle l'Archevéché 7 u
station 1, walk down Quai des 8 links the island 9
Celestins and Quai de l’Hôtel to the Left Bank. Pont de la QUAI DE q r
de Ville, lined with bookstands, Tournelle 0
with views of Ile St-Louis. Turn Q U A I D E L A T O U R N E L L E 8 BETHUNE BLVD HENRI IV
Pont de
left at Pont Louis-Philippe 2 Sully
and, having crossed it, take the Pont de
Sully
steps down to the lower quay w e
immediately to the right. Walk
around the tree-shaded west
point of the island 3, then up
the other side to the Pont Key S e
St-Louis 4. Opposite the Walk route i n
bridge, on the corner of Rue e
Jean-du-Bellay, is Le Flore en
l’Ile 5, the smartest café-cum- 0 metres 250
tea salon on the island.
0 yards 250
Quai d’Orléans
From the corner of the Quai
d’Orléans and the Rue Jean- Quai de Béthune to
du-Bellay, there are fine views of Pont Marie
the Panthéon’s dome and Notre- Continue beyond the bridge
Dame. Along the quay, Nos. and into Quai de Béthune,
18 –20, the Hôtel Rolland, has where the Nobel-laureate Marie
unusual Hispano-Moorish win- Curie lived at No. 36 9, and
dows 6. No. 12 is one of several where beautiful wrought-iron
stately 17th-century houses balconies gracefully decorate
with handsome wrought-iron Windows of the Hôtel Rolland 6 Nos. 34 and 30. The Hôtel
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