Our 10 night visit this month will not be a high energy -let%26#39;s see all visit. So if the weather cooperates I need to know different spots to sit for 10 days.
Suggestions?
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Some of my favorite sitting spots are: Sq Vert Galant, Place Dauphine and the park at the Memorial de la Deportation
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Luxombourg Gardens, Gardens of the Rodin Museum.
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Parc Monceau - peaceful and beautiful. Less than 10 minute walk from Arc de Triomphe. Also Luxembourg Gardens, Rodin and the little park on LaMotte Piquet near Les Invalides. We always take a book and stop many times a day to relax, read and people watch. We%26#39;ve done all the museums and sites and now enjoy the neighborhoods and parks. Very relaxing.
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Parc Montsouris. It is very beautiful. When I was there in Oct. %26#39;07 it had murmuring benches. (It was an artistic experiment.) Very interesting.
Le Jardin de Tuilleries.
on the grass at Hotel de Ville looking at that masterpiece. (Is there always grass--I can%26#39;t remember. Last time I was there people were camped out in front watching football/rugby (?) footage on a big screen. (I saw both while there so now I can%26#39;t remember what was in front of Hotel de Ville on the screen.)
I loved Parc Monceau too.
I have a beautiful new book called Quiet Corners of Paris (Borders had to order it for me). Perhaps you could get some nice ideas here. It is copyrighted in 2006 and translated into English in 2007 by David Downie who wrote one of my favorite books Paris, Paris, Journey into the City of Light.
A Priori Tea in the Passage Jouffroy.
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Thank you--I have begun mapping these!! Many fit in with visits to nearby sights, or are sights themselves! Dave
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You are going to discover that Paris is well fixed for parks--small, neighborhood %26#39;pocket parks%26#39;, like the Square George Cain tucked in, in a nook formed by the rear facade of Musée Carnavalet--to grand jardins--like the Tuileries and Luxembourg. There are quais and bridges all along the Seine dotted with benches, and likely looking cafés with interesting views or street-scapes scattered about in every neighborhood in Paris. So NO MATTER where you happen to be in Paris at the moment, there will probably be a pleasant parc or likely-looking café just down the block or %26#39;round the next corner....and if that one doesn%26#39;t quite suit, simply walk a bit farther down that block or turn another corner. Odds are the next one will.
PARCS, JARDINS, SQUARES--
www.paris.fr/portail/Parcs/Portal.lut…
It%26#39;s also worth noting that in Paris, %26#39;..Comparative Café Chair Comfort..%26#39; testing (%26#39;..this one%26#39;s toooo soft...toooo hard....juuuuust right..) is a greatly under-appreciated %26#39;..occupation..%26#39;.
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Check this older piece from the New York Times out for a few more specific %26#39;locations%26#39;--
%26quot;..PARIS; A Revelation of Secret Gardens..%26#39;--
query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html…
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On Ile St Louis, to to the tip at the downstream end (toward Notre Dame) and there is a lovely small park there that%26#39;s very peaceful.
I agree re Luxembourg (of course) but one of my favorite %26quot;sitting%26quot; experiences was on a hot summer day when I got an ice cream cone (Berthillon, mai oui) from a stand on bd St Germain, and sat on a bench under a tree along the street just watching everything go by while eating the world%26#39;s best ice cream.
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Sorry, that%26#39;s %26quot;GO to the tip . . .%26quot;
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BT-- thanks for replying The plans are shaping up. Got the VIP apt on Rue St Honore. Getting a countryside tour in a traction car from Vernon and my cousin from London is coming to visit. Got your gallery for a souvenir art piece noted--that is how our house is %26quot;decorated%26quot;. Got a few cafes noted and a short list of museums - Marine, Rodin, Picasso and the Louvre in the evening. Got my cheese shop, wine shop listed. Now we have places to hang out. Could life be any better--We are so fortunate. Dave
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