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Best Summer Events In Paris

By Kacee Taylor | Published: July 21, 2012
Paris has a full menu of events for summer, from its Paris Jazz Festival in Parc Floral until July 29, to scattered brocante fairs for treasure hunters seeking antique Christofle silver and oil paintings. On the first Sunday of each month the national museums are free and every Sunday bicycle riders can freely experience riding by the [...]
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Summer in Paris

By David Dadoun | Published: June 19, 2012
    Ice cream cones drip in the sunlight.  Children laugh with delight as they ride the carrousel in the Jardin des Tuileries.  Women in breezy sundresses sit lazily at a café mid-afternoon.  Friends share wine, cheese, and a baguette for a pique-nique in the park. Stars only begin to sparkle in the sky after [...]
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Jardin des Tuileries

By David Dadoun | Published: March 27, 2010
In the gardens that Catherine de Medici built, her son Louis XIV reigned, and his grandson, Louis XVI, with wife Marie Antoinette, sought refuge and were placed under house arrest, stand the most beautiful gardens in Paris, Jardin des Tuileries, located next to the Louvre and off the banks of the river Seine.  Designed by [...]
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Jardin du Ranelagh

By David Dadoun | Published: February 23, 2010
In one of the more fashionable parks in Paris, Jardin du Ranelagh offers a vast play area for children,  gymnasium, stationary trains, swings, a carousel, large grass areas to play football/soccer, badminton, tag, and even pony rides. In the chic 16th, it is close to some nice restaurants, and thus perfect after a Sunday brunch [...]
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Champ de Mars

By David Dadoun | Published: February 23, 2010
Under the gaze of the Eiffel Tower is a splendid park for children that most tourists miss, simply because they fail to go about half a mile towards L’Ecole Militaire.  So this remains a little exclusive haven for Parisians to enjoy. There are two main play areas for children at the park, one for little [...]
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