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6  HOW T O USE THIS GUIDE

HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE

This Eyewitness Travel Guide helps you get with maps, photographs and detailed
the most from your stay in Paris with the illustrations. In addition, eight planned
minimum of practical difficulty. The opening walks take you to parts of Paris you might
section, Introducing Paris, locates the city otherwise miss.
geographi cally, sets modern Paris in its Carefully researched tips for hotels, shops
historical context and explains how Parisian and markets, restaurants and bars, sports
life changes through the year. Paris at a Glance and entertainment are found in Travellers’
is an overview of the city’s specialities. The Needs, and the Survival Guide has advice on
main sightseeing section of the book is Paris everything from posting a letter to catching
Area by Area. It describes all the main sights, the Metro.

Paris Area by Area
The city has been divided into These are clearly located by the section is made simple by
14 sightseeing areas. Each numbers on an Area Map. This is the numbering system used
section opens with a portrait of followed by a large scale Street- throughout for the sights. This
the area, summing up its by-Street Map focusing on the refers to the order in which they
character and history, with a list most interesting part of the are described on the pages that
of all the sights to be covered. area. Finding your way about complete the section.

Colour-coding on each page makes
P ARIS AREA B Y AREA  93
THE MARAIS the area easy to find in the book.
The Marais went from royal enclave in the Picasso, Musée Carnavalet and Maison de
17th and 18th centuries to a wasteland Victor Hugo, as well as the beautiful
during the Revolution. Eventually taken over Place des Vosges, make it a must on every
by artists and shopkeepers, this area has now visitor’s list. Some of its old-world charm
climbed its way out of dilapidation, with can still be found in Rue des Rosiers, Paris’s
trendy restaurants, bars and chic boutiques, Jewish quarter, with its small cafés and
while rising property prices have driven many cobblestoned passageways. A hot spot for
locals away. Its elegant mansions, world-class eclectic art galleries, the Marais is also the A locator map shows you where
museums and art galleries such as Musée heart of the Parisian gay community.
you are in relation to surrounding
areas. The area of the Street-by-
0 metres 400
0 yards 400 Street Map is highlighted.
See also Street Finder R U E D U V E R T B O I S Temple
maps 13–14 R ST MARTIN Arts et Métiers RUE DE TURBIGO RUE DU T EMP L E CITE DUPETIT THOUARS RUE BERANGER République R U E
RUE BEAUBOURG LE COMTE R MICHEL RUE CHAPON R REAUMUR RUE DES ARCHIVES RUE DE BRETAGNE RUE CHARLOT RUE DE TURENNE Filles du Calvaire St-Sébastien B O U L E VA R D AMELOT 180m BOULEVARD RICHARD LENOIR Numbered circ
RUE PERREE
R AU M AIRE
Oberkampf
R U E D U T E M P L E
A M E L O T
PASSAGE ST PIERRE
BOULEVARD DU TEMPLE
PASSAGE ST SEBASTIEN E
listed sights on the area map.
R OBERKAMPF V O LTA I R
RUE PASTOURELLE
RUE DES
AUX CHOUX
T E M P L E HAUDRIETTES RUE DES 4 FILS R U E C H A R LO T PERLE R VIEILLE DU TEMPLE THORIGNY RUE DE M A RAIS RUE DU PONT Froissart RUE PELÉE ALLÉE VERTE BAUDIN RUE ALPHONSE Richard Lenoir SQUARE RICHARD LENOIR
RUE ST CLAUDE
D U RUE DES ARCHIVES R DES FRANCS BOURGEOIS R BARBETTE R ELZEVIR PARC ROYAL RUE DU RUE R U E RUE ST SABIN SQUARE BLVD RICHARD LENOIR
R PAYENNE
R DES BLANCS MANTEAUX
TACHERIE R DE LA de Ville R U E D E T U R E N N E R DE BEARN DES TOURNELLES BOULEVARD BEAUMARCHAIS Bréguet Sabin
Parisians relaxing in the Place des Vosges in the Marais Hôtel R U E R DE LA VERRERIE RUE VIEILLE DU TEMPLE R DE LA RUE ST GILLES Chemin Vert BREGUET SABIN
Sights at a Glance QUAI DE GESVRES R DE LOBAU R U E RUE D E DU ROI DE RUE PAV EE RU E DES FRANCS BOURGEOIS A M E LO T
PLACE DES
Historic Buildings and Streets Opera Houses Restaurants see pp296–8 Pont Notre- Dame Pont R FRANCOIS MIRON St-Paul R I V O L I SICILE R DE SEVIGNE VOSGES BLVD RICHARD LENOIR
2 Hôtel de Lamoignon w Opéra National de Paris Bastille 1 Amici Miei d'Arcole QUAI DE L'HOTEL DE VILLE R DE JOUY R DES TOURNELLES Recommended restaurants in
3 Rue des Francs-Bourgeois Museums and Galleries 2 L’As du Fallafel Port de l'Hôtel R DE L’HOTEL DE VILLE Pont Marie Bastille
de Ville
8 Rue des Rosiers 1 Musée Carnavalet pp96–7 3 Bofinger Pont Louis
p Hôtel de Ville 4 Musée Cognacq-Jay 4 Les Bonnes Soeurs Philippe FAUCONNIER RUE DU RUE SAINT PAUL R U E S T AN Bastille
d Hôtel de Rohan 6 Maison de Victor Hugo 5 Café Charlot Pont Marie BEAUTREILLIS RUE R CASTEX T O IN E the area are listed and plotted
Churches 7 Hôtel de Bethune-Sully 6 Café de l’Industrie QUAI DES CELESTINS R DU PETIT MUSC
t St-Paul–St-Louis 9 Hôtel de Coulanges 7 Le Chemise Sully Morland BOULEVARD HENRI IV
8 Chez Hanna
o St-Gervais–St-Protais 0 Musée Picasso Paris pp100–1 9 Claude Colliot Pont de on the map.
a Cloître des Billettes q Pavillon de l’Arsenal 10 Le Colimaçon Sully RUE CRILLON
s Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux y Hôtel des Archevêques Sens 11 Le Dindon en Laisse
Monuments u Maison Européenne de la 12 L’Ilot Q U AI BOULEVARD MORLA ND BOULE VAR D BO UR DON BOULEVARD DE LA BASTILLE
13 Le Petit Marché
Photographie
e Colonne de Juillet f Hôtel de Soubise 14 Les Philosophes Bassin de l'Arsenal
i Mémorial de la Shoah g Hôtel de Guénégaud (Musée de 15 Qui Plume la Lune H EN RI
Squares la Chasse et de la Nature) 16 Le Trumilou IV
5 Place des Vosges h Musée des Arts et Métiers 17 Le Villaret
r Place de la Bastille k Musée d’Art et d’Histoire
j Square du Temple du Judaïsme
For keys to symbols see back flap
152  P ARIS AREA B Y AREA LA TIN QU AR TER  153
Area Map Street-by-Street: Latin Quarter Begun in the 13th century, this beautiful
3 . St-Séverin
fine example of the Flamboyant Gothic style.
1For easy reference, the sights in Since the Middle Ages, this riverside quarter has been Place St-Michel church took three centuries to build and is a
contains a
dominated by the Sorbonne, and acquired its name from
fountain by
the early Latin‑speaking students. It dates back to the
Davioud. The
Little Athens is a
Rue du Chat qui
bronze statue by
Roman town across from the Ile de la Cité; at that time,
Pêche (meaning
each area are numbered and the Rue St‑Jacques was one of the main roads out of Duret shows St “street of the lively place in the Locator Map
evening, especially at
Michael killing
Paris. The area is generally associated with artists,
fishing cat”) is the
the weekend, when
the dragon.
intellectuals and the bohemian way of life; it also has a
the Greek restaurants
narrowest street
in Paris at just
See Central Paris Map pp16–17
located on an area map. To help history of political unrest. In 1871, the Place St‑Michel St-Michel Metro 1.8 m (6 ft) wide. situated in the
touristy streets
became the centre of the Paris Commune, and in May
around St-Séverin
1968, it was the site of the student uprisings. Today, the
are at their busiest.
the visitor, the map also shows eastern half has become sufficiently chic, however, to QUAI ST MICHEL PETIT PONT
contain the homes of some of the establishment.
metro and mainline RER stations RUE DE LA HARPE RUE DE LA HUCHETTE
Metro Cluny
and car parks. La Sorbonne BLVD ST MICHEL RUE ST JULIEN LE PONT AU DOUBLE Shakespeare & Co (see pp323–4) at
if chaotic, bookshop. Any books
purchased here are stamped with
Stars indicate the sights RUE DU PETIT PONT PAUVRE QUAI DE MONTEBELLO No. 37 Rue de la Bûcherie is a delightful,
Shakespeare & Co Kilomètre Zéro Paris.
that no visitor should miss. 2 . Boulevard St-Michel RUE GALANDE
The northern end of the Boul’Mich, as it is
affectionately known, is a lively mélange of
cafés, book and clothes shops, with bars and
experimental cinemas nearby.
RUE ST-JACQUES RUE LAGRANGE
Numbered sights, such BLVD ST-GERMAIN 4 . St-Julien-le-Pauvre
One of the oldest churches in
as St-Séverin 3, are RUE DES ECOLES RUE THENARD Rue du Fouarre used to host Paris, St-Julien-le-Pauvre has
13th-century Romaneque
lectures in the Middle Ages.
architecture. The vault was
The students sat on straw
shown on this map. (fouarre) in the street. added in the 17th century.
Metro 0 metres 100
Mutualité
No. 22 Rue Maubert Rue Galande was home 0 yards 100
to the rich and chic in
1 . Musée National du St-Séverin is the the 17th century, but Key
narrowest house in
subsequently became
Moyen Age Paris and used to be notorious for its taverns.
One of the finest collections of medieval art the residence of Abbé Suggested route
in the world is kept here in a superb late Prévost, author of
A suggested route for a walk 15th-century building. Manon Lescaut.
takes in the most attractive and
interesting streets in the area. Street-by-Street Map
2This gives a bird’s-eye view of the heart of each sightseeing
area. The most important buildings are picked out in
stronger colour, to help you spot them as you walk around.
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