Marais and Saint Paul Audio Guided Walking Tour

The old commercial port of the Arsenal, where the Canal Saint-Martincomes up from under the boulevard and meets the Seine.

An old fortress stood on the site of the square you are standing in. It was completely destroyed on 14 July 1789 during the storming of the Bastille

The Opera Bastille is among the largest and most impressive opera houses in the world.

Its first name was the Place Royale, because it was designed and built between 1605 and 1612 under Henri IV

HIDDEN GEMS GARDEN

Since 1357 the City Hall of Paris has never left this spot, though the building itself has changed a greatdeal over the centuries.

In the 1960s President Georges Pompidou launched the great project of a centre for contemporary art, to extend the reach of French culture

At the foot of the Centre Pompidou, the Igor Stravinsky fountain was built in 1983 by the artists JeanTinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle

Its first name was the Place Royale, because it was designed and built between 1605 and 1612 under Henri IV.

The only medieval castle left in Paris, and something of a Loire château set down beside the Seine.

The Marais is full of fashion shops and good places to eat, and it even has its own department store: the BHV Marais.

Above the central doorway of Saint-Merri, at 78 Rue Saint-Martin, a small winged demon is carved, both man and woman

The story of Les Halles is much older than people think. Its origins go back to 1137, when Louis VI setup a first market on this spot, on former marshland.

The palace was sheltered from the eyes of the surroundingstreets while sitting in the very heart of the capital.