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Forum des Halles Review
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Forum des Halles
- Address: Main entrance: rue Pierre-Lescot, Beaubourg/Les Halles, Paris | Map It
- www.forum-des-halles.com
- Category: Stores/Malls
- Location: Beaubourg/Les Halles
Fodor's Review:
Plans are now underway to remodel Les Halles (pronounced "lay-ahl") yet again, using a new design by French architect David Mangin. Until construction gets going in 2008, there are two reasons to visit. First, the boutiques of up-and-coming young designers are worth a look. Second, the Forum des Images offers inexpensive screenings of rare, foreign, and historic films, often accompanied by excellent lectures (in French). However, if you see a late film and are here after dark, watch your wallet.
Les Halles was Paris's legendary central food market from 1168 until 1969, though aside from the energy on rue Montorgueil few traces of the market's rambunctious 24-hour community remain. The range of food sold here helped French cuisine to develop, and over the centuries different buildings evolved to house the stalls. The best known, the stunning iron-and-glass halls built during the Second Empire, were tragically destroyed in the 1970s, when the wholesale market was moved out to the suburbs.
- Open: Mon.-Sat. 10-7:30
- Metro: Les Halles; RER: Chatelet Les Halles.
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