Luxembourg Gardens
Park-garden

		rue de Médicis rue de Vaugirard 75006 Paris

Open :	Open every day from 7.15-8.15 (depending on the season) to 14.45-21.30
Subway :	Odéon (lignes 4 et 10)
RER :	RER B (Luxembourg)
Bus :	lignes 21,27,38,58,82,83,84,85 ou 89

Paying parking :

Rue Soufflot

Description

The Luxembourg Gardens are 25 hectares of park in the Latin Quarter, and was the haunt of numerous famous writers (Ernest Hemingway, Georges Sand, Balzac, etc.). Today, lovers of nature and students from the Sorbonne stroll in the park beside the Medicis Fountain and the Octagonal Pond.

The formal gardens are located on the otherside of the chestnut trees.

The informally arranged park lies to the south and has many statues lining its paths. The beehives and the orchard are located at the bottom of the park, where courses are given on beekeeping and the cultivation of fruit trees.

Historical background:

17th century: The gardens are named after the Duke of Piney-Luxembourg, from whom Marie de Médicis bought the estate in 1612. At their creation in 1617, the gardens were limited by the ajoining proprety of the Chatreuse monastery. In 1630, Marie de Médicis had a grotto built in the garden. This grotto was eventually moved and all that is left today is the “Medicis Fountain», which is one of the best spots in the gardens.

18th-19th centuries: Following the French Revolution and the destruction of the Chatreuse monastery, Jean-François-Thèrese Chalgrin designed the perspective out towards the Avenue de l’Observatoire and extended the gardens to the south. A part of this extension was annexed during the city renovation carried out under Baron Haussmann.

The Senate, which has responsibility for the garden, has occupied the Luxembourg Palace since 1879.

Practical Information:

Guided tours are organized on the first Wednesday of every month, from April to October inclusive. These visits are on every Wednesday of the month of June. Rendez-vous at Place André Honorat, in front of the iron gates.

It is forbidden to walk on the grass, bicycle or play football anywhere in the gardens. Game areas (fee charges) are under the shade of the plane trees between the formal gardens and the Rue Guyenemer).

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a very beautiful garden which represents very well the beatuty of Paris 9/10
dudutonio de Nantes, France, the 30/03/2006.

it's sublim . We can rest in this garden quietly and the statues are very beautiful ... 10/10 !!

Just up the road