Interested in this area of Paris - what streets border this area - any special parts in particular?

Marti, <BR>The Marais is bordered roughly by the Seine to the south, Rues Beaubourg and Turbigo to the west, Boulevard du Temple to the north and Boulevard Beaumarchais to the east. There are any number of "special parts" one of them being the Place des Vosges, perhaps the most charming square in all of Europe. The "hotels" you'll find listed on maps of the area are not inns by any means; almost all are or were mansions. A number are now museums, Hotel Sale being the Picasso Museum and Hotel Carnavalet being the museum of the history of the city of Paris. <BR> <BR>Go to rue des Rosiers and its side streets and you'll be in the heart of the old Jewish quarter, dating back to the 1200s and still vibrant today.

I highly recommend spending a few hours at the Picasso museum. It was one of my favorite places we visited in Paris, and on the way to and from you can enjoy wandering the streets of the Marais, which is an absolutely delightful neighborhood.

The Marais as far as I know is not a formal governmental subdivision of Paris, but that does not keep it from being a most interesting area. <BR>My wife and I spent a very interesting afternoon on a charming September day in Place des Voges. Children of all ages were there having fun. <BR>We watched with interest as various parenting styles manifested them selves with regards to a fountain in the center of the park. Some parents drug their children away and would not let them play there. Other small children were left virtually unattended. That bothered us because we had walked by the pool and it was deep enough for a 2 or 3 year old to drown. <BR>One parent (nanny??) allowed her child to play in the water to his heart's content with no interference, but she was watching and ready to move quickly if anything had happened. We awarded her our unofficial <BR>parenting prize for the day. <BR>