The Linden Flower, a Must-Smell of Paris in June
Everyone seeks out the must-sees of Paris, but the must-smells can also be remarkable in June. That’s when the jasmine bushes and the linden trees were in bloom this year. No need to follow a guide, just follow your nose.
VoiceMap Tour: The Tuileries Garden, from the Louvre to Place de la Concorde
Talk a walk through the Tuileries, Paris's most historic garden, with Gary Lee Kraut. A royal walk, an imperial walk, a people's walk. But beware: drama lurks within its geometry.
VoiceMap Tour: The Luxembourg Garden, Paris’s Most Elegant Park
The Luxembourg Garden is far more than Paris’s prettiest park—it’s a way of life. You enter as a visitor within its gold-tipped fencing, then soon find yourself a full-fledged participant in the lifestyle of the Left Bank. Join us for a stroll in the park with a VoiceMap audio tour.
The Royal Estate of Marly: Absence, History and Splendor
At the Royal Estate of Marly, just over four miles from the relentless restoration of Versailles, all that’s left of what was once Louis XIV’s most precious secondary residence is fragments. Glimpses of its former splendor are found at the Louvre.
Springtime in Paris: Peering in at Renewal
From our windows, from our balconies, from our brief walks and runs, we embrace the arrival of springtime in Paris despite the distance we must now keep from much of its vitality. All is not azure in the lengthening days.
Eisenhower, de Gaulle and the Wild Rabbits at the Invalides
Late on a drizzly afternoon, having learned nothing and felt little from reading about and watching videos of the 75th anniversary of D-Day commemorations in Normandy, I went to visit the wild rabbits that inhabit the lawn of the Invalides.
Green Paris: Smoking Is Out, Sparkling Water Is In
While Paris is test banning smoking in some of its parks and gardens, a new garden, Jardin Truillot, has been opened in the city's least green and most densely populated arrondissement.
Paris Parks & Gardens: Composting in Paris
Niamh Tixier, an Irish resident of Paris, volunteers to join the composting team in her local park and takes her turn stirring the compost bin, only to learn the sad truth about this nourishing pile of rubbish.
Paris Parks & Gardens: The Cross-City Tourist
Alice Evleth, a longtime resident of Paris, lives near the Luxembourg Garden, but on this day she's a cross-city tourist. Searching for a park she's never visited and for a less formal garden where she can walk on the grass, she crosses Paris to the Folie Titon Garden in the 11th arrondissement. That's only the beginning of this tale of discovery