And suddenly, a green parenthesis in the city.
At the bend of an avenue or a boulevard, come across a square, a garden - an invitation to stroll.
Paris and its magnificent parks.
This is what we invite you to rediscover in the eleventh issue of our “Heritage & walks” collection, on sale at newsstands from Monday.
Some seem to have always been there, intertwined with the history of the capital like ivy around the oak.
Some have flashy names that would almost entitle them to appear in Monopoly.
Others are little-known nuggets, squares with subtle charms, with unsuspected panoramas.
All have astonishing destinies, all have been trodden by breathtaking characters, all have secrets that we humbly offer you to discover.
A reading that takes us back in time.
In the Jardin des Plantes, the history of science unfolds before our eyes.
In Bagatelle, we walk alongside the Comte d'Artois and Sir Richard Wallace in the famous rose garden.
More recent, La Villette and its thousand facets will soon be celebrating their 40th anniversary.
The Tuileries summon Louis XIV, Luxembourg Marie de Médicis.
And it's not over yet, in the Parc Montsouris, we go back to the Haussmann era;
in Parc Monceau, you can visit a real open-air museum;
at the Acclimatization Garden, we embark on the first rides ...
To complete a rich list of twenty Parisian sites, we have also concocted a small zoom on eight little-known Parisian gardens to survey.
Examples: the art deco Boussard park in Lardy (Essonne), that of the Château de Compiègne (Oise), the Montorgueil garden to visit… barefoot.
And many others.
“The Secrets of Parisian Gardens”
, 124 pages, 6.20 euros.
On sale at all Ile-de-France and Oise newsagents from Monday, September 13.