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Eleven kilometres of protected riverside path, almost entirely flat, running through the middle of Paris. On one side the water, on the other the Institut du Monde Arabe, Notre-Dame, the Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay, the Pont Neuf, the Eiffel Tower. This self-guided tour follows that path from one end to the other.
You begin at the four glass towers of the Bibliothèque François Mitterrand, shaped like open books, and ride west. The Left Bank carries you past the floating Joséphine Baker swimming pool, the Jardin des Plantes and its second-oldest zoo in the world, the statue of Rimbaud, the bouquinistes and their four kilometres of green boxes, Notre-Dame, and the address every French crime novel knows, 36 Quai des Orfèvres. Then the Pont Neuf, the Louvre, the Assemblée Nationale, the Pont Alexandre III, the sewers, the Eiffel Tower, and finally the Île aux Cygnes, where the little sister of the Statue of Liberty looks west across the Atlantic.
This is not a live guided tour.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Metro line 14 or RER C to Bibliothèque François Mitterrand, come out beside the four tower blocks of the national library. Also bus 62, 64, 89, 132, or tram T3a. This is a self-guided tour: no group, no guide waiting. Start whenever you like. The route also works by bike.
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Itinerary
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Bibliotheque nationale de France - site Francois Mitterrand (Pass by)
On 14 July 1988, President François Mitterrand announced thecreation of what would become one of the largest and mostmodern libraries in the world
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Cite de la Mode Et du Design (Pass by)
After years of waiting, the famous green caterpillar finally openedin 2012
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Jardin-des-Plantes (Pass by)
Founded in 1793, this botanical garden continues the legacy of theRoyal Garden of Medicinal Plants created in 1626 by King Louis XIII
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Institut du Monde Arabe (Pass by)
By the end of the 1970s the French government had becomeacutely aware of a gap
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La Sorbonne (Pass by)
The Sorbonne is one of the most famous names in educationanywhere.
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Beside the Jardin des Plantes, the legacy of science still glows atwhat was once the Pierre and Marie Curie University
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Shakespeare and Company (Pass by)
one of the most legendary bookshops on the planet
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Notre-Dame (Pass by)
Construction began in 1163 under the reign of Louis VII, led byBishop Maurice de Sully
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Palais de Justice de Paris (Pass by)
one of the most imposing buildings in Paris. With morethan 7,000 doors and over 24 kilometres of corridors
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Pont Neuf (Pass by)
A witness to Parisian life for more than four hundred years, the PontNeuf has watched thousands upon thousands of people cross it.
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Palais De L'institut De France (Pass by)
Founded in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the Académie Française,housed in what was formerly the Collège des Quatre Nations
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Louvre Museum (Pass by)
Twenty three thousand square metres of galleries, fourteenkilometres of corridors, ten thousand steps, four hundred roomsand seventy three lifts
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Musee d'Orsay (Pass by)
The building haslived many lives: palace, railway station, warehouse, auction house.Its story begins in 1810.
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Assemblee Nationale (Pass by)
Since 1799 this building has housed every chamber of the FrenchParliament
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Pont Alexandre III (Pass by)
The Pont Alexandre III is without doubt the most majestic of all theParisian bridges
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Musee du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac (Pass by)
Inaugurated in 2006, the Musée du Quai Branly, museum of the artsand civilisations of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas
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Eiffel Tower (Pass by)
Inaugurated on 31 March 1889, the Eiffel Tower has been a symbolknown across the world ever since, and one of the most visitedmonuments anywhere
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Pont de Bir-Hakeim (Pass by)
Stretching over the Seine between the fifteenth and the sixteentharrondissements, the Bir Hakeim bridge links the Quai Branly to theAvenue du Président Kennedy
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L'Ile Aux Cygnes (Pass by)
At the beginning of the sixteenth century this island lay outsideParis and gave farmers a strip of land where they grazed their cows
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Statue de la Liberte (Pass by)
She is most famous in New York, but the Statue of Liberty has alittle sister standing at the very tip of the Île aux Cygnes
Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Additional info
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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Cancellation Policy
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Cancellation Policy
This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
You will not receive a refund if you cancel.
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