France · City guide
Paris
Jazz cellars, café arguments and a bridge called "new" that is four hundred years old. Paris on foot, with someone who knows the backstory.
540 places to see 50 must-see
- Saint-Germain-des-Prés
- Latin Quarter
- Le Marais
- Montmartre
Hidden gems
Three things most visitors walk straight past
- 01
The oldest new bridge
The Pont Neuf — literally "New Bridge" — was finished in 1607 and is now the oldest standing bridge across the Seine in Paris.
- 02
A High Line before the High Line
The Coulée verte René-Dumont turned a disused railway viaduct into an elevated park in 1993, sixteen years before New York opened its version.
- 03
Liberty, facing west
A quarter-scale Statue of Liberty stands on the Île aux Cygnes, a gift from Americans in Paris in 1889. She looks toward New York.
