Luxembourg Garden – Jardin du Luxembourg

(Last Update: 01.12.2024) Tuileries Garden It is one of the largest parks in the city center of Paris, along with Luxembourg Gardensi… This magnificent park is the 6th park of the city. boroughIt is located in and Pantheonvery close to, in other words Boulevard Saint Germain ve Saint michelWe can describe it as the upper part of . Although the park has several gates, as someone who likes to walk downhill rather than uphill, I will recommend you to enter from the upper main gate and walk downhill.

Therefore, making a point to come to the Luxembourg Garden, RER-BIt will be enough to get off at the “Luxembourg” station of . If you exit the station from the "Jardin du Luxembourg" exit, you will arrive right in front of the upper main entrance.

If you wish, in the Luxembourg Garden on an interestingly summer-hot spring day in April 2018. Pariste.Net TV the one I took for the above Youtube video You can get an idea about this park by watching it. In this video, you can witness for yourself how blue the sky is and how green the Luxembourg Garden is in fine weather in Paris. Oh, and the wonderful one we made from the Luxembourg Garden in April 2024. Instagram live broadcast from this link You can watch it. I'm sure you will enjoy watching it 😉

If we continue our trip, or rather our article, when you enter the Luxembourg Garden from a magnificent road with trees on both sides, you will feel like you are walking in the garden of paradise in greenery if it is spring or summer depending on the season, if it is autumn you will feel dizzy with the dance of red and yellow leaves, if it is winter you will feel like a winter among leafless trees and dried leaves. You may think you are living the fairy tale. Although it snows very little in Paris, if there is snow by accident, you are in for an unforgettable time.

Park 22 hectares It is built on an area and is incredibly large. Considering that Paris is a city of more than a hundred square kilometers, I would like you to think about how much importance was given to creating these giant parks for Parisians to breathe.

While visiting such city center parks in Paris, when I was working in Mecidiyeköy, Istanbul, I always remember how my heart ached when I saw how people, including children, were crowded in the summer heat in a tiny green area called "park", sandwiched between two buildings on Ortaklar Street, to take a breather. .

When you walk down from the upper main entrance of the Luxembourg Garden, you will see a very nice cafe hidden under the trees a little further on the right. If you wish, I can recommend you to sit here, relax, have a drink and enjoy life, either immediately or after visiting the park. Whenever I pass by here A Week in Paris one of the story characters in a chapter of my book. two cheerleader aunts I get the feeling there's a conversation out there somewhere.

The large pool right below adds to the spaciousness of the environment. In this pool, children and sometimes even adults love sailing their tiny sailboats in the wind. People spread out to sit on green chairs, mixing with flowers and insects they prefer.

Stepping on the grass is prohibited in some parts of the park, and allowed in others. In fact, in some sections, some periods are prohibited and some periods are free! I remember being surprised when I saw that in later days they hung a sign saying "it is forbidden to step on the grass" at the entrance of the section where people used to lie loose on the grass; By paying attention to this, you can try to lie on the grass and enjoy in permitted areas.

Jardin du Luxembourg (Jağden du Luxanbug) the giant palace located right across from the pool, is actually Palais du Luxembourg (Luxembourg Palace) It was built as, and today it is French Senate (Le Sénat) It is used as. In fact, this park was once the garden of the Luxembourg Palace...

When you descend the stairs towards the pool and turn right, you will come across a magnificent fountain. This fountain you would pass by without seeing it if you didn't turn your head to the right. Fontaine de Medicis (Medici Fountain) It is mentioned as . Its depth in the nook, its harmony with the water, the color play of the trees and flowers, everything is stunning. Who knows who has passed by this fountain. Emre Caner's book Paris LoveAs I learned from Yahya Kemal Beyatlı He passed by this fountain every day. Why don't you take a stroll in front of this fountain? 😉

There are beautiful sculptures and works of art in the park. If I tried to write them all one by one, it would take pages... You can examine the ones that interest you one by one and find out whose/what statue they are from the explanations on their bases. As you continue your tour in the park, the statue you will see when you get off the left side of the palace was erected in memory of Eugène Delacroix and this statue is one of my favorite statues in the park. If the place that Eugène Delacroix once used as a workshop house is now Eugène Delacroix MuseumIf you want to see , it's not too far, I recommend it.

If you walk a little further, there will be a place on the right. orangery You will see a very beautiful building that was used as a museum and still hosts periodic exhibitions today. If the door of this place is open, do not hesitate to enter, mostly exhibitions are free It can be visited as. Both the interior of the building and the artworks on display may interest you. As I mentioned in many of my articles, this is me. orangeryI love 's very much. Tuileries Gardenthe museum in Orangerie Museum In this sense, you may be interested. 

Inside the Luxembourg Garden orangeryYou will see that there are tennis courts on the opposite side. As if running and exercising in the park were not enough, people also play tennis here. As I always say; In Paris, everything is done to make life beautiful, and all you have to do is take advantage of it. Actually, this park also has a greenhouse, but that is also Palais du Luxembourg (Luxembourg Palace) just like Journées du Patrimoine – Cultural Heritage Days and can be visited on some other special occasions.

If you walk towards the lower gate, exit the park and turn right, you will see the Luxembourg Museum. Meter Stone ve Odéon Theater You will move towards the side. If you turn left and enter the first street on the right, there is a magnificent church just below. Church of Saint Sulpice – Eglise Saint-Sulpice de Paris will appear before you. Below here is the ideal travel route. Boulevard Saint Germain ve Odeon already.

Pleasant trips, pleasant discoveries.

Address: Jardin du Luxembourg, 75006 Paris

Other Notable Parks in Paris City Center:

• Tuileries Garden – Jardin des Tuileries
• Jardin des Plantes
• Monceau Park – Parc Monceau
• Montsouris Park – Parc Montsouris
• Buttes Chaumont Park – Parc des Buttes-Chaumont
• Bercy Park – Parc de Bercy
• Villette Park – Parc de la Villette
• Andre Citroen Park – Parc André-Citroën
• Belleville Park – Parc de Belleville
• Square Louise-Michel – Montmartre
• The Little Belt
• La Coulée Verte – Promenade Plantée
• Georges Brassens Park – Parc Georges-Brassens
• Rives de Seine Park
• Trocadero Garden – Jardín du Trocadéro
• Champ de Mars