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In the heart of the Latin Corner, the Hotel Le Littre is extremely well placed to advise the travelers in search of sensations and invite you to discover Paris with its most gourmand, cultural and unusual treats. Between chocolate parlors, ice cream parlors and museums, Le Littré recommend you to take the time breathing in Luxembourg, the most exquisite gardens in Paris. To each his own guilty pleasure!

Amateur of sweets

Temperate delicacies

Something to celebrate? A broken heart, a birthday or a snack? Any occasion (even a pretext) is good for tasting chocolate. In the Mère de Famille, the one has lasted for nearly 300 years! In a retro decor but not too much, chocolates, jams, calissons, Florentines and marshmallows are piled to please your appetite. Other house in addition, La Maison du Chocolat, which has less experience (30 years still) but ice chestnuts house to die for.

A la Mère de Famille
39, rue du Cherche Midi
75006 Paris
France
T. : +33.(0)1.42.22.49.99

La Maison du chocolat
19 rue de Sèvres
75006 Paris
France
T. : +33.(0)1.45.44.20.40
F. : +33.(0)1.45.44.20.50
Open from Monday to Friday from 10am to 7:30pm, Saturday from 10am to 8pm, Sunday from 10am to 2pm.

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Ice delicacies

Berthillon or the cream of ice cream for over 50 years. Family business implanted all over the Ile de France, Berthillon is famous for being one of the best ice cream parlors in the world. Tourists and celebrities crowd here. Don’t be surprised when you’ve tasted its mythical strawberry sorbet. For the amateurs, be known that Berthillon has declined the tearoom next door!

Chez Berthillon
29 rue Saint-Louis en l’île
75004 Paris
France
T. : +33.(0)1.43.54.31.61
Open from Wednesday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm and Tuesday till 9pm.

For those who prefer Italian ice cream, the family business Amorino differs from other typical ice cream parlors. Argument size, the ice cream is made in the traditional way and from quality products. Innovation, customers can choose as many flavors as they wish, since they are declined in shape of flower petals instead of balls. The size of the ice is therefore limited to your greed.

Amorino
4 rue Vavin
75006 Paris
France
T. : +33.(0)1.42.22.66.86
Open daily from 12am to midnight.

Amateur of fresh air

Created in 1612 at the request of Marie de Medici, the Luxembourg Garden covers 23 hectares. From orchard to orchids, remarkable trees in the apiary, learn the botanical diversity of the Luxembourg Gardens. Discover the architectural treasures of the Garden: The Orangerie and its autumn exhibition, the statues placed throughout the park. Visit of the favorite of Parisians, it also attracts visitors to the capital in search of a puff of oxygen.

Luxembourg Garden
75006 Paris
France
Entrance: Place Edmond Rostand, place André Honnorat rue Guynemer, rue de Vaugirard
Free access.

If the guilt of having this fabulous box of chocolates in hand with nothing to celebrate animates you, exonerate yourself and come celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Zoo! Inaugurated by Napoleon III in 1860, the Zoo attracts children and adults for a moment of pure relaxation with the attraction and entertainment programs, including the enchanted river, the deforming mirrors, the farm animals or even the puppet theater. No reason to worry!

Le Jardin d’Acclimatation
Avenue du Mahatma Gandhi
75116 Paris
France
T. : +33.(0)1.40.67.90.82
Open daily from 10am to 7pm.
Rates: 2.70€.

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Finally, if you’re looking for excitement, challenge the laws of gravity and climb aboard the Ballon Air de Paris. Exit the dizzy at height of 150m to discover Paris from a unique perspective that only birds know how to admire.

Le Ballon Air de Paris
Parc André Citroën
75015 Paris
France
Open daily from 9am till 30 minutes before the park closes.
Rates from 10€.

Photo credit Aerophile

Amateurs of history

Just near the Champs-Elysées, in a particular sumptuous hotel dating from the nineteenth century, the Jacquemart-Andre Museum has a magnificent private collection of art works worthy of the greatest Parisian museums: collections of Flemish paintings of the eighteenth century French, Italian Renaissance, and rare furniture. An unforgettable moment to go into this little known museum for visitors.

Musée Jacquemart-André
158 Boulevard Haussmann
75008 Paris
France
T. : +33.(0)1.45.62.11.59
F. : +33.(0)1.45.62.16.36
message@musee-jacquemart-andre.com
Rates from 10€.

Conquer the world towards the Quai Branly Museum in dialogue with cultures. Museum devoted to primitive arts of Africa, Oceania, Asia and the Americas, it presents more than 300 000 objects including sculptures, textiles, statues and jewelry. A true gold mine for all the travelers in search of unknown lands.

Quai Branly Museum
37 Quai Branly
75007 Paris
France
T.: +33.(0)1.56.61.70.
Open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday from 11am to 7pm, and on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 11am to 9pm.

Photo credit Lois Lammerhuber and Nicolas Borel

Trigger-happy traveler? You will rejoice at the Museum of Army! Created in 1905, this museum located in the Hotel National des Invalides (it was founded in the seventeenth century by Louis XIV to house wounded soldiers), holds one of the largest collections of arms in the world. It has many masterpieces in the history of France from the Middle Ages to 1945, through its conquests and defeats. Are stored among other things, weapons, armors, artillery models, portraits and battle scenes.

Museum of Army
Hotel national des Invalides
129 rue de Grenelle
75007 Paris
France
T.  : + 33.0810.11.33.99
Open daily except the first Saturday of each month.
Rates: 8.5€.

Amateurs of secrets

For inveterate dreamers, the magical world of the Museum of Magic seems entirely appropriate. Under the Village Saint-Paul in the vaulted cellars dating from the sixteenth century, enter the world of hocus-pocus of magic and special effects. All your senses are awakened to meet many secrets that you must try to penetrate. Animated Automata, optical machines, magic mirror, the Museum of Magic offers an exceptional view of the wonderful world of illusionists from the eighteenth century till today.

Museum of Magic
11, Rue Saint-Paul
75004 Paris
France
T. : +33.(0)1.42.77.45.62
F. : +33.(0)1.45.36.01.48
contact@museedelamagie.com
Open on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday from 2pm to 7pm. Open daily during school holidays in zone C.
Rates from 9€.

In the Gardens of Trocadero, en route to 3500m2 of course. Footing? No, the extra pounds will wait! This is the Cineaqua that invites you to discover 43 basins where sharks, sea urchins, clown fish and divers make their movies. The aquarium of Paris also has two movie rooms, an auditorium and a “basin caress”. Escape for the time in one afternoon through a series of workshops, performances and regularly renewed entertaining and educational films.

Aquarium de Paris Cinéaqua
5 Avenue Albert De Mun
75016 Paris
France
T. : +33.(0)1.40.69.23.23
F. : +33.(0)1.40.69.23.01
info@cineaqua.fr
Open daily of the year.
From the 1st of October to the 31st of March, from 10am to 6pm (cash desk closes at 5pm).
From the 1st of April to the 30th of September, from 10am to 7pm (cash desk closes at 6pm).
Rates: 19.5 €.

Finally, on board of the fastest elevator in Europe, pull yourself up on the 56th floor of the Montparnasse tower at more than 190m high! Explore the city in another day. The tower is the proper place to begin a stay and locate your future visits in space, or at the end of stay to rediscover these monuments in another aspect. Just 38 seconds to admire the most beautiful views of Paris: the Eiffel Tower, Invalides, Notre Dame, the Panthéon, Quartier Latin, Saint Germain des Pres, La Defense … Paris opens for you.

Montparnasse 56 SA
tour Montparnasse
33, avenue du Maine
75755 Paris
France
visite@tourmontparnasse56.com
T. : +33.(0)1.45.38.52.56
F. : +33.(0)1.45.38.69.96
Rates: 10 €. (8 € for the clients of the hotel Le Littre)

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