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About 141 miles away
The Normandy coast of the June 1944 landings, with Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc and the American Cemetery.
4 Sights
Latin Quarter
The old student quarter of the Left Bank, around the Sorbonne, with bookstalls along the Seine and lively little streets.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Place Saint-Michel, 75005 ParisDirections
- Getting There
- Saint-Michel Notre-Dame station (RER B and C), or Cluny–La Sorbonne (Metro line 10).
Why Go
Named for the Latin once spoken by its students, the quarter has been home to the University of Paris since the Middle Ages. Its lanes run down to the river, where green bookstalls line the quays opposite Notre-Dame.
The Panthéon and the Luxembourg Gardens are at its top, and its cafés and small cinemas are busy at night.
Nearby in Paris
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