Galerie Vivienne Review

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Galerie Vivienne

  • Address: Main entrance at, 4 rue des Petits-Champs, Louvre/Tuileries, Paris, 75002

Fodor's Review:

The grand dame of Paris's 19th-century passages couverts, or covered arcades, a walk through this beautifully restored gallery, with its tiled floor, will send you back to a time of gaslights and horse-drawn carriages. Parisians came to passages like this one to escape the muddy streets, and show amid the boutiques under the glass-and-iron roofs—the world's first shopping malls. Today, the Galerie Vivienne still attracts top-flight shops such as Jean-Paul Gaultier (6 rue Vivienne), as well as some more affordable ones. The Place des Victoires, a few steps away, is one of Paris's most picturesque squares. In the center is a statue of an outsized Louis XIV (1643-1715), the Sun King, who appears almost as large as his horse.

  • Metro: Palais-Royal/Bourse
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