Le Marais

In between Centre Pompidou and Place des Vosges, Le Marais is Paris most trendy district.

Le Marais became aristocratic when King Henry IV build the magnificent Place des Vosges in 1605. Many nobles built their residence close-by.

The Place des Vosges, the Picasso Museum and  Carnavalet Museum, among many other houses, are beautiful testimonies of the glory of that time. 

The Place des Vosges in Le Marais

Le Marais is also the traditional Jewish district of Paris. Many jews from Eastern Europe settled there during the first half of the last century.

Jewish shops and bakeries (right) share Rue des Rosiers (below) with trendy French fashion stores.

Le Marais is also Paris' gay area. Close to rue des Rosiers, rue Veille du Temple is the heart of this community with shops, restaurants and cafes.

Jewish bakery in Le Marais

The rue des Francs-Bourgeois close by is perhaps Paris most trendy shopping street. Many shops sell incredible stuff you will only find in Paris.

Old streets, urban landscape and churches (Saint-Gervais, Saint-Paul Saint-Louis), museums, communities, trendy shopping, a human size and lively city district where most people walk or ride bicycles, this is Le Marais, Paris city life at its best.

Saint-Paul station on line 1

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