"Meandering le Marais" Top 5 Page for this destination Le Marais Tip by BeatChick

Welcome to the Marais! Most people think of it as the center for gay community or Jewish life but it's so much more than that. If you're a museum buff, then this surely is the area for you; if you're not a museum buff, then there is surely one museum that will suit your taste: Picasso, modern art, Victor Hugo, several pre-French-Revolutionary War royalist places, science, dolls (Musée de la Poupée), & Jewish artifacts (including works by Chagall).

If museums just aren't your thing period, then surely there is enough shopping (antiques, jewelry, textiles, boutiques, papeteries) to suit your tastes. Or just hang out in the Place des Vosges enjoying the park, or people watching from one of the cafés surrounding the Place? Not satisfied yet, then perhaps just meandering thru the winding maze of cobblestone streets, discovering pockets of greenery such as the Place du Marché Ste-Catherine? It definitely has great appeal for me.

Photos: Feb 06

Address: Marais district - 3rd/4th arrondissements - Paris
Directions: North of the Seine - East of Boulevard de Sébastopol - West of Boulevards du Temple and Beaumarchais - South of Boulevard St-Martin
Website: http://www.parislemarais.com/

• Updated Mar 16, 2006
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