Walk..View.. or Place to reflect ?
 

We have 4 days in Paris during the first weeks of September. I also have been fortunate enough to have visited 3 times in the past. I am looking for your favorite... non-touristy....walk, view or place to reflect. I wish I had the time to just wander Paris and stumble across my own and that will have to wait till another time. There are no particular qualifiers other than that it is one of your favorites. I would appreciate anything I can learn from the Fodor Family...Thanks!!

Lemoxster: there is a very special place, a little square at the tip of Ile de la Cité, charming, quiet, you can walk there, take a look at the Seine and reflect as much as you like, then, you can take the vedettes du Pont Neufe and do a Seine cruise. You have a little garden, some trees and seats.
Enjoy your trip.
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This would be my choice as well. I believe, if memory serves, that there is a memorial to the massacre of the Knights Templars & Jacques Demolay within or close to that square? Bonne Vacannes

There is a park at the tip of "the other island" too, towards the Eiffel Tower. When I was there, there were lots of students, smoking something sweet. BUT it still is a lovely place.

I get reflective at just about any small table on the sidewalk.

The Pont de Bir Hakiem is a bridge that isn't frequented by loads of tourists. There is a little spot there with some places to sit. You have the Eiffel Tower reflecting over the Seine and can observe Parisians going about their business.

The Plaza of the Eglise St. Sulpice.

Its a bit crowded in the PM rush hour, but otherwise relatively quiet.e

St Sulpice any morning.

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The Ile des Impressionistes.

Parmenter: you are right about the memorial to the Templars. In my 2009 report I do mention the plaque on this place, and the fact that the Templars are in memory but the King is almost a shadow, only in history for the wrong reasons.
There is a series of six or seven books, The Damned Kings of France, and one of the books is great tabout the "trial" and burning of the Templars

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Thank you all so much for sharing these idea's. We are travelling with another couple and they are "first timers". Your suggestions will help incorporate some new places for us to see in with the first time must see's for them.
I have also been able to find similar topics just worded different enough to escape the "advanced search" :)
jelopez--thank you for mentioning the series of books..I will also be looking into those.
Thank you, again, to the Fodor Family

Jardin des Plantes. Also the nearby Musee de la Sculpture en Plein Air. When I go for a run in Paris, these are on my route.

Square du Temple.

On the northern tip/side of St Clotilde there is a tiny green park with a circular path and lovely quiet seating. It is easy to forget that you are in the very heart of the 7th arr.

▼Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde
23 bis Rue las Cases
75007 Paris, France

I like the Promenade Plantée, though on a sunny Sunday morning, it can get busy with people walking and jogging along. There are lots of alcoves, though, to sit and ponder. And the Jardin de Reuilly, some way along, though a popular municipal park, has some beautiful spots.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrick...57601670143924

Of the big parks, the Buttes Chaumont:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrick...7601670143924/

Also, the gardens around the Musée Cluny:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrick...7601670143924/

And the name of one of the places already mentioned is the Square du Vert Galant:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrick...57601670143924

On weekdays, parks in any direction: Parc Montsouris, Parc Andre Citroen, Parc Monceau, Jardin Villemon, Hopital St Louis

Gardens of the Palais Royale (especially nice after the Louvre).

Arenes de Lutece.

The Square des Batignolles in the 17th.

I love Parc Monceau as well. It's very quiet and very beautiful. Also, I've really enjoyed spending time relaxing in Luxembourg Gardens, especially watching the more seasoned men play boules and young kids play on all of their fabulous playground equipment. My wife and I sat and watched kids play for a while last fall and wished we had our kids there to enjoy it even more.

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Wonderful suggestions, Thank You ! Some I have heard about, most not visited yet. I have started a "blend with first timers" and a "save for next visit" list.

@PatrickLondon--:) Thank you for your links. I haven't had time to view all your photo's but scanned the thumbnails...absolutely beautiful. Your style is much like mine (I am...by any means... nothing more than an amateur) only yours is more advanced!!
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Lexmoster: you must look for the first book in the series, The Iron King, or something like that, as I only have the name in spanish.

@jelopez....Do you recall is the author Maurice Druon?
Thanks
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Yes he is the autor, my facultad not to mention before, sorry!