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From the apartment, it is a 5-minute walk to Place des Vosges and enchanting Saint Catherine's Square in the Marais. The apartment is on the edge of the Marais and is within 10 minutes of the home of Victor Hugo and the Carnavalet Museum. It is 15 minutes away from the the Picasso Museum. Within 15 minutes you can walk to the Seine and Île Saint Louis. It is a 20-minute walk to Notre Dame and a short (10-minute) Métro ride on Line #1 directly into the ground floor entrance of the Louvre. Across the Place de la Bastille is the Porte de Plaisance de Paris-Arsenal, a marina with over 200 slips for various riverboats and pleasure craft, situated on the first stretch of the Canal Saint-Martin, which starts from the River Seine and proceeds underground for several kilometers. You can board a péniche for a narrated cruise of the Canal, passing under the old foundations of the ancient Bastille fortress, then resurfacing after tracing Boulevard Richard Lenoir, to pass through several more locks and rotating bridges before emerging at the Bassin de la Villette.
To the right of the Opéra de la Bastille, on avenue Daumesnil, you can ascend a flight of stairs to access the Viadux des Arts—also known as the Promenade Plantée—a unique garden planted the length of an old railway viaduct, offering a pleasant stroll as far as the Bois de Vincennes at the boundary of Paris. And don't forget to board a nearby Bateau Mouche (or its smaller cousin, the local "Bat-O-Bus" water taxi) for a round-trip tour of the Paris sights from the water, then enjoy dinner at one of the floating restaurants on the Seine! |
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Place des Vosges - 5 Minutes Away |
Place des Vosges Fountain |
Place des Vosges Lamp Post |
St. Catherine's Square in the Marais |
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Paris Arsenal - 5 Minutes Away |
Pont Louis Philippe from Île St. Louis - 15 Minutes Away |
Notre Dame - 20 Minutes Away |
Le Louvre - 20 Minutes Away
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