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Along the Seine

Bridges, quays and the two islands, walked end to end.

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Pont Alexandre III
Photograph: Jebulon / CC0

Day 1

Starts from Central Paris (Châtelet) · 3h 25m at the sights, 58m travelling · 11 km

Areas: 7th arrondissement, Île de la Cité, Île Saint-Louis, 13th arrondissement

  1. Pont Alexandre III — The most ornate bridge in Paris, gilded at all four corners (20m)
  2. Pont des Arts — The wooden footbridge between the Louvre and the Institut de France (20m)
  3. Pont Neuf — Despite the name, the oldest standing bridge over the Seine (20m)
  4. Square du Vert-Galant — The willow-shaded prow at the western tip of the island (25m)
  5. Île Saint-Louis — A single seventeenth-century street on an island, almost unchanged (1h)
  6. Bibliothèque nationale de France — Four glass towers shaped like open books around a sunken wood (1h)