DESTINATIONS PARIS ITALY & FRANCE


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Rates at the Shangri-La Paris start at €850 per night for a Superior Room. shangri-la.com/ paris


Osprey Holidays offers a two-night B&B break to the three-star New Hotel Opera, with flights from Luton, from £269 departing September 3. ospreyholidays. com/travel- agents


16.00: Jardin du Luxembourg. Stroll five minutes west and you’ll find Jardin du Luxembourg, one of Paris’s most beautiful parks thanks to its opulent palace and lush greenery. Especially striking is the Medici Fountain, a glistening mirror pool of water framed by an ornate-looking statue.


17.30: Musée Rodin. Around 20 minutes west lies another of my personal highlights, the Musée Rodin, housed in a charming restored chapel. The real draw, though, is the garden, where sculptures are tucked between colourful flowers, hedges and water features (entry is €5 for the garden and €11 for the whole museum).


19.00: Montparnasse. A half-hour walk south takes you to the Montparnasse Tower, a 59-floor skyscraper stretching nearly 700ft. Speedy lifts whisk you to the top, where an excellent bar/ restaurant serves cocktails against a backdrop of twinkling lights – all without the queues of the Eiffel Tower.


Just round the corner from here is Montparnasse Cemetery, home to the burial places of French icons including philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre and poet Charles Baudelaire.


21.00: Bastille. When night falls head to Bastille, over in the east. This ‘shabby-chic’, slightly grungy


neighbourhood draws in a young, cool crowd with a plethora of food spots – try L’Ecailler du Bistrot for exceptional seafood or Café Divan for casual French classics. If you still have energy, head to one of the cocktail bars that line the ever-buzzing Rue de la Roquette and round off your flying visit in hipster style.


16.00: Medici


Fountain, Jardin du Luxembourg


74 travelweekly.co.uk 5 July 2018


PICTURES: PARIS TOURIST OFFICE/MARC BERTRAND, AMELIE DUPONT, JACQUES LEBAR; SHUTTERSTOCK


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