Parks, villas and gardens

Founded in the seventeenth century as a simple garden for the medicinal plants of the kings, the Jardin des Plantes is the historical heart of the

Former hunting reserve of the French sovereigns, the Bois de Boulogne is a gigantic green lung twice the size of the Central

Designed at the end of the eighteenth century for the Duke of Chartres, the Monceau Park is one of the most elegant and unusual green oases

Originally a training ground for royal army cadets, the Champ de Mars (Field of Mars) is today one of the open spaces

Born from the radical transformation of old abandoned chalk quarries, the Buttes-Chaumont Park is the steepest and most adventurous public space

Designed in the seventeenth century by André Le Nôtre at the behest of the Sun King, the Tuileries Garden is the absolute masterpiece of the garden

Commissioned at the beginning of the seventeenth century by Queen Marie de' Medici, the Luxembourg Gardens are a masterpiece of landscape art and the park