Themed gardens
Each small garden tied to a colour, a plant and a metal.
Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France — CC BY 2.0 · Dom — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France — CC BY 2.0 · Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France — CC BY 2.0
If you are staying in Paris for several days and want a park without tourists, yes — especially with children in summer because of the ground fountains. With only three days, the Luxembourg, the Tuileries and Buttes-Chaumont are closer and historically finer.
No. It stops in wind, rain and storms, and can close for maintenance. Check on the day before going if it is your main reason, and do not build your plan around it.
Sign in to write your review of this place.
No reviews yet — be the first.
A large contemporary park in south-western Paris on the bank of the Seine, created in the 1990s on the site of the Citroën car factory that once stood here. Its design differs fundamentally from Paris's historic gardens: no classical symmetry and no central axis, but a series of small themed gardens each tied to a colour, a plant and a metal, along with a large open central lawn, two huge glasshouses and ground-level fountains where children play in summer. That makes it an example of how Paris handled its abandoned industrial land in the late twentieth century — not a reproduction of the classical French garden but a design of its own time. One further draw: a tethered balloon lifts visitors above the park for a view over Paris. It runs subject to weather on a separate ticket and stops in wind. Practical points: the park is free and open daily. The location is off the usual tourist route, and it is a neighbourhood park more than a destination.
Each small garden tied to a colour, a plant and a metal.
It lifts visitors above the park — weather permitting, and it stops in wind.
Not an imitation of the classical French garden but frank 1990s design.
15th arrondissement, on the Seine, Paris