A morning walking tour in the Marais

By Pierre on 18 July Blog, Paris, Walking in France

This morning Pierre took Belinda from Australia on a Walking Tour in the Marais. It was a beautiful sunny day and we took great pleasure in discovering the neighbourhood with its many townhouses built by the nobility and aristocracy of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Here are a few photos of sites we discovered this morning on our Walking Tour:

Rue des Barres:

Hôtel de Sens:

Remains of the Philip Augustus wall:

Place des Vosges:

Hôtel de Carnavalet:

House of Jean Hérouet:

Inner courtyard of the Crédit Municipal de Paris (Mont-de-Piété):

Hôtel de Soubise:

The red gate of the former convent of the Pères de la Merci:

House of Jacques Cœur:

Find out more about the neighbourhood of Marais.

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Pierre

Pierre is a French/Australian who is passionate about France and its culture. He grew up in France and Germany and has also lived in Australia and England. In 2014 he moved back to Europe from Sydney with his wife and daughter to be closer to their families and to France. He has a background teaching French and holds a Master of Translating and Interpreting English-French with the degree of Master of International Relations and a degree of Economics and Management.