The Jardin des Tuileries (Tuileries Gardens) is situated in the centre of Paris. It separates the Place de la Concorde from the Louvre.
At the part of the park that faces on to Place de la Concorde you can view some of Paris’ most famous landmarks: Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower and Hotel de Ville.
The gardens are a great place to relax in the city, with cafes and kiosks for refreshments, and plenty of chairs with which to sit and recuperate after a busy morning sightseeing.
Children can rent small wooden sailboats to float on the central pond, ride a donkey or have a trip on the traditional carousel.
Between the 21 June and 25 Aug the park hosts a small fun fair. A turn on its big wheel is rewarded with views of the city.
Also situated in the garden is the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume and the Musée de l'Orangerie. The later is home to Claude Monet’s large water lilies paintings and an impressive collection of impressionist paintings.
In the early 16th century this area of the city was a clay quarry for tiles (tuilerie) until Queen Catherine de Medici, a native of Florence, commissioned architect Philibert de l'Orme to build her an Italian Palace and gardens. In the mid 17th century King Louis XIV had the gardens redesigned by André Le Nôtre in a formal French style, and they remained that way until they were renovated in the early 1990’s.
The Palais des Tuileries (Palace of Tuileries) was destroyed by fire in 1871 at the time of the Paris commune, and was finally demolished in 1883.
Address
Jardin des Tuileries
75001, Paris
How to Get There
Métro: Tuileries - Line 1
or Métro: Concorde - Lines 1, 12 & 8.
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