Tag: Paris

The Parisian Market of the Month: Le Marché Saxe Breteuil

Among the 82 Parisian markets, the Marché Saxe Breteuil is one of my favourites, Number Three ranking. It is located in the select 7th arrondissement on the wide pedestrian central reservation of the Avenue de Saxe: at one end, the Place de Breteuil and at the other end the Place de Fontenoy and the Ecole Militaire… and above all: the Eiffel Tower in the background!

The Marché Saxe Breteuil is made in the image of the local people: smart, calm and relaxed! Its two lanes of stands are wide and never crowded ; nobody pushes you and the stallholders do not shout at the customers. There is something of a holiday atmosphere: I love it!

Marche-Saxe-Breteuil-Paris-Airy and relaxed
Marche-Saxe-Breteuil-Paris-Airy and relaxed

And for a visitor passing through Paris what could be more authentic and magical than going to the market with a view on the Eiffel Tower?

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Up and Down the Butte Montmartre

The Butte Montmartre competes with the Eiffel Tower to be the most famous and popular tourist attraction in Paris. I therefore hesitated for quite a while before writing a post about Montmartre considering that the place was too busy with lots of tourists to have kept its charm and authenticity. Yet Montmartre is not only a major tourist attraction. It remains a very charming area with a village-like atmosphere where one can still imagine how the artists used to live, meet and work there in the end of 19th century. No doubt that strolling in Montmartre is one of the most extraordinary walks one can go for in Paris: amazing views, lovely cobbled alleys, impressive stairs, beautiful houses and gardens with trees and birds,…

Montmartre-Le Bateau lavoir- place Emile Goudeau
Montmartre-Le Bateau lavoir- place Emile Goudeau

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Reopening of the Musée Jean-Jacques Henner in Paris: A True Gem!

The Musée Jean-Jacques Henner has just reopened last Saturday on the occasion of the European Night of Museums 2016 after two years of renovation. I visited it yesterday. I love the remarkable architecture of the building and the way the works of art are exhibited; and I have been really impressed by Henner’s paintings which I did not know at all before my visit. Thanks to the renovation the Winter garden and the Lounge with columns are now open to the public after a fifteen-year closure: A must-see!

Musee Jean Jacques Henner-Paris- The winter garden
Musee Jean Jacques Henner-Paris- The winter garden
Musee Jean Jacques Henner-Paris- The Lounge with columns
Musee Jean Jacques Henner-Paris- The Lounge with columns

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