Parks & gardens · Paris
Luxembourg Gardens
Marie de' Medici's Italian garden, now the Senate's front lawn and the Left Bank's living room.
Opening hours, admission and address
- Address
- Rue de Médicis - Rue de Vaugirard
- Opening hours
- Summer07:30–21:30
- Winter08:15–16:30
- Admission
- Free, and there is nothing to book. The Senate reprints the gate times on the 1st and 16th of every month to follow sunrise and sunset: closing swings from about 21:30 in late June to 16:30 in December, and even August is already down to about 20:15. Read the board at the gate rather than trusting a fixed hour.
- Category
- Parks & gardens
- Official website
- jardin.senat.fr
- Coordinates
48.84672, 2.33641
Where it is
Walk it with the guide
Luxembourg Gardens is one of 17 stops on Paris Essentials. The guide adds the story behind it, the detail worth crossing the square for, and the tip that only someone who has stood here would write down.
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