The Jardin du Luxembourg is such a lovely world unto itself, no matter the season, that it well deserves its own day on a Parisian itinerary — especially if you’ve been to Paris several times before, and are looking for a slower kind of holiday this time, one of little moments rather than big monuments. […]
Paris Parks
Seeing La Vie En Rose at the Parc de Bagatelle
If you’re the kind of person, when in Paris, who loves nothing more than lazing about flower-filled gardens, you’re more than spoilt for choice. It’s worth making the effort, however, to venture outwards a little, to one of the most charming parks you’ll ever see. Parc de Bagatelle is situated on the western edge of […]
Paris’s New Smoke-Free Parks
In 1560, a certain Jean Nicot introduced tobacco to Catherine de Medici, raving about its various healing powers. The queen and her court were soon hooked — and the ambassador would go on to be immortalised in the word nicotine. The backstory of tobacco in France has long infused smoking with an air of nobility; […]