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The Normandy coast of the June 1944 landings, with Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc and the American Cemetery.
4 Sights
Le Marais
An old quarter of aristocrats' mansions around the Place des Vosges, with galleries, boutiques and the Jewish quarter.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Place des Vosges, 75004 ParisDirections
- Getting There
- Saint-Paul or Chemin Vert station (Metro lines 1 and 8).
Why Go
The Place des Vosges, laid out in 1612, is the oldest planned square in Paris, and Victor Hugo's house stands on one corner. The streets around it are full of 17th-century mansions, several of them museums.
On rue des Rosiers, the heart of the old Jewish quarter, bakeries and falafel shops line the street.
Nearby in Paris
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