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Jardin des Tuileries Review
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Jardin des Tuileries
- Address: Bordered by quai des Tuileries, pl. de la Concorde, rue de Rivoli, and the Louvre, Faubourg St-Honore, Paris | Map It
- Phone: 01-40-20-90-43
- Category: Parks, Gardens/Arboretums
- Location: Faubourg St-Honoré
Fodor's Review:
The Tuileries may be a typical French garden -- formal with statues, rows of trees, fountains with gaping fish, and gravel paths -- but the grand scale and location make coming here anything but a typical experience. The gardens were designed by André Le Nôtre in the 17th century -- after a former royal palace lived in by Henry XVI and his family and later Napoléon burned down in 1871 -- and it quickly became the place to see and be seen in Paris. Claude Monet and Auguste Renoir captured it with paint and brush, and it's no wonder the Impressionists loved it so -- the gray, austere light of Paris's famous overcast days makes the green trees look even greener.
It's still one of the loveliest places to stroll in the city. Walking through you'll see the Louvre at one end and the place de la Concorde at the other, the Musée d'Orsay on the Seine side, and the Eiffel Tower from several vantage points (although the best is from the top of the west end's staircase).
What was once the formal royal greenhouse used to store the Tuileries' citrus trees in winter is now a reason to visit the garden in its own right. At the endof the Tuileries overlooking place de la Concorde on the rue de Rivoli side is the Musée de l'Orangerie, which now contains the largest display of Claude Monet's lovely Water Lilies series, as well as a sizable collection of early-20th-century paintings. On the opposite side is the Musée du Jeu de Paume, which holds photography exhibits.
- Cost: EUR Free
- Open: April-end of Sept., daily 7 AM-9 PM; rest of year daily 7:30-7
- Metro: Tuileries or Concorde
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