Running doing a spiral in the centre of Paris!
Running doing a spiral in the centre of Paris! So many things to discover or see again, to share the history of Paris, to understand the link between historical events and the physiognomy of the city, to have the joy of running together… a pleasant stroll (and the satisfaction of a shared drink in the beautiful garden of the Palais Royal after the effort…). Many thanks to Chrystelle, Eric, Flavien, Jérôme, Justice and Marie! Paris Running Tours: private tours or free outings, stay tuned! See you soon for new themed outings, we are full of ideas to show you around Paris 😀 If you too, you come to Paris, we will be very happy to run with you. Join us and discover Paris with authentic Parisians guides who will take you on the best sight running routes in Paris and who always have tons of secrets to share with you: Music: Vlad Gluschenko — Harmony License: CC BY 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en
A personalized tour? What shall I discover of Paris? Known and unknown sites
Here is a question that is often put to us: “I would like to see monuments and sites very well known in Paris but also places less touristic … What am I going to visit with Paris Running Tours ?” Of course, during the run, our guides will make you discover the iconic sites of Paris (with total peace of mind, before the crowd). However, during the same run, our guides, authentic Parisians, will take you to other magnificent places less known and rarely visited by tour operators, AirBnB tours, large groups or standardized tours. We take time before the run to prepare your custom-made tour: you will understand Paris in a unique way. Running allows us to grasp many aspects of Paris, and to discover alternatively the prestigious monuments and also places less known sites by the general public but equally exciting. At Paris Running Tours we know how to lead you there 😉 Here is a panel (a quite small sample) of what you can visit with Paris Running Tours (click on the picture to enlarge them): Thank you Helen and Mike from New Zealand, Catherine from Australia, Kristine from New-York, Chrissann and Michael from New-Jersey, Nicole from Australia, Melissa and Chris from Washington, who ran recently with us and all the other runners we are happy to welcome on our tours. We love to share with you the beauty of the prestigious sites of Paris and the charm of other lesser known places… 😀 If you too, you come to Paris, we will be very happy to run with you. Join us and discover Paris with authentic Parisians guides who always have tons of secrets to share with you:
In front of the Commercial court of Paris with Dave
Dave – Bridge Notre Dame – In the background, on the left, the Commerce Court of Paris and on the right, the Conciergerie Thursday 1st May – 8:03 AM, Monday 12th May – 8:01 AM – Dave comes from the beautiful city of Ottawa in Canada. Two mornings to discover Paris in a sports way. A dive through the different layers of history which offers Paris. Paris is a city which was never destroyed contrary to Berlin (at the end of the war in 1945), Lisbon (earthquake of 1755) or London (fire of 1666), other leading cities. Paris can thus present as well Roman vestiges as buildings of the Middle Age either the numerous royal creations (among others!). Succession of architectural fashions, urbanistic traditions and most of the time a research for urban harmony. See, for example, above, the Commercial court (“Tribunal de Commerce”), in front of which we stopped. Let us look at it just in front: “Tribunal de Commerce” of Paris Something bizarre, no? The dome is not in the center of the building but on the right side! Architect’s whim? No, will of urban harmony. The dome is so placed to close on the South side the perspective of the Boulevard Sevastopol (perspective ended in the North by the train station of “Gare de l’Est”). The Commercial court is finished in 1864 while the Boulevard is inaugurated in 1858. Look at the precise alignment of the boulevard and the court: “Tribunal de Commerce de Paris” and Boulevard Sébastopol Let us pursue our running in the Middle Age Paris, with the magnificent Abbey of Cluny, now the National Museum of the Middle Age (and its Lady and the Unicorn famous tapestries): Dave – “Abbaye de Cluny” and the two old houses of the street François Miron: Dave – “Rue François Miron” Look at the wooden beams of the facade. These facades are rare in Paris. In fact, some old Parisian Middle age houses are hidden by renovations of facade. In 1967, The timber framings which we see here were cleared of the plaster which recovered them. Look at the buildings at the beginning of the 20th century: Indeed, in 1607, protective measures against the fires were decreed, in particular the obligation to cover with plaster timber framings (these measures were strengthened in 1667 because of the big fire of London in 1666!) Now, let us admire the beautiful perspective offered by the Soufflot street: Dave, “Rue Soufflot” (in the background, the Senate and the Eiffel Tower far off) – At the top of the Soufflot street, the Pantheon (The street name is the one of Jacques-Germain Soufflot, architect of the Pantheon) Merci Dave ! The routes of the tours:
By way of the gallery Véro-Dodat with Erin and Jaymi
Erin and Jaymi – The Fountain of the Four Parts of the World 8:55 AM – With Erin from Miami (USA) and Jaymi from San Francisco (USA), we left the “Porte d’Orléans” at the south end of Paris to run toward the center of the city, cross the Louvre, then return by a parallel route. Do you know the garden of the Great Explorers, the small long and narrow park, situated very close by the garden of the Luxembourg? In its entrance, south side, we met the Fountain of the Four Parts of the World, as we can see it on the photo above, behind the pond. This bronze fountain, realized by several artists from 1867 till 1874, symbolizes the four Continents, Africa, America, Asia and Europe (Oceania not being represented). We also name this fountain the Fountain Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux having sculptured the women who represent the continents. We are in the axis of the meridian of Paris. In the background of the photo, we recognize the Paris Observatory, created in 1667. By running northward, in the Latin Quarter, we crossed the Hotel of Abbots de Cluny, where resides, nowadays, the Museum of the Middle Ages: Erin and Jaymi – Hotel of Cluny It is at the Museum of the Middle Ages that we can admire the magnificent Tapestries of the Lady and the Unicorn . Of return southward, we entered the beautiful gallery Véro-Dodat, a passage created in 1826. For the amateurs of fashion, it is at the end of the gallery that one of the most famous mode shoemakers created his first shop. Shoes with very high heel, incompatible with the running… Jaymi and Erin – Galerie Véro-Dodat We went to finish our running by way of the beautiful Montsouris Park, of which the construction was decided by the baron Haussmann in 1860 to match in the South the Park of the Buttes Chaumont, the other big garden in the North of Paris. Erin and Jaymi – Montsouris Park Merci Erin ! Merci Jaymi ! The route of the tour: