Le Jardin des Tuileries (The Tuileries garden)
Place de la Concorde, 75001 Paris
Metro station : Tuileries Concorde
Open daily.
April, May, September and October : 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.;
June to August: 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.,
November through March : 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Free visits (in French) of the garden are organized on Saturdays, Sundays at 2:30 p.m. from April to October, meet at the Lemonnier entrance, near the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel du Louvre. Time : 1 hour, 15 minutes.
A beautiful park with many ancient and modern statues, French gardens, ponds and a maze. With its landscape art, its prospects and its sculptures, the garden offers the perfect setting for a break during your visit to the Louvre.
It is at this location that Catherine de Medici built the Tuileries Palace in 1564. At that time the palace already had a beautiful garden. A century later, landscape architect Le Nôtre redrew the park in a French style and opened a viewpoint toward the west, which later became the Champs-Elysées. In the 19th century, following the destruction of the palace, the Carrousel garden was created. The creation of these gardens significantly altered the urban organization of the city, marking the view of the Great Axis, which today extends from the Louvre to the Grande Arche de la Defense. The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, completed in 1808, was created on the model of the Roman arch of Emperor Septimius Severus. Its bas-reliefs recount the victories of Napoleon in the campaigns of 1805.
The Tuileries Garden offers a number of games and activities for children: small boats, trampolines, pony rides and a carnival from June to August.
