The Luxembourg Gardens, set amongst 25 hectors of land, really is the ideal place to come to in order to relax and recharge your batteries in Paris.
Queen Marie Médicis created this garden during the period 1614 ? 1631 and had the Palace du Luxembourg built in a Florentine style as her personal residence. Around the period of the French Revolution a proportion of the gardens were sold in order to co...
+ Read more The Luxembourg Gardens, set amongst 25 hectors of land, really is the ideal place to come to in order to relax and recharge your batteries in Paris.
Queen Marie Médicis created this garden during the period 1614 ? 1631 and had the Palace du Luxembourg built in a Florentine style as her personal residence. Around the period of the French Revolution a proportion of the gardens were sold in order to cover the renovation costs of the palace. During the 18th century the gardens were the preferred place for philosophers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau to take a walk.
The Luxembourg Gardens boast a remarkable diversity of plants and whilst walking around it you will come across a fruit garden, greenhouses and orchards etc. The garden also boasts a number of fountains and statues as well as the Pavillion Davioud and its exhibitions.
Here you will come across Parisians, students and tourists however it is also an ideal place to come and enjoy a sweet treat or for children to come and play.
Madame Vacances invites you for a true historical stay in the Hotel Jardin le Bréa or the Hôtel Observatoire Luxembourg.
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