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Historic Paris Walk R D U E ST Q R.DES HALLES UAI C F E RAN ÇO PARISS IS M - IT E E TE L RA R ND P B A UDIO R M A Q ' E UA L I D T U LO TOURS U E VRE Historic Paris Walk R D U E ST. S E T E U . C MERRI U R R OI D X DE E L A Pont Neuf U B RE To Orsay RUE DE RIVOLI R TT ON QUAI DE LA MEGISSERIE ER TOUR RIGHT BLVD. DE SEBASTOPOL IE ENDS TOUR RUE DU RENARD PONT ST. JACQUES Q BOATS Châtelet UA NEUF I D E Place Seine River C Q du Châtelet O UAI N DE L Q T 'HOR UA BANK Hôtel I STATUE OF LOG I D E E de Ville HENRY IV GE SV RE S Q UA HOTEL I CAVEAU Place DE PONT AU DE VILLE CHANGE L PONT NEUFDU PALAIS 'H REST. Dauphine CLOCK OT PALAIS EL D DE JUSTICE PONT E V IL LE QUAI DE LA CORSENOTRE DAME PONT SAINTE- FLOWER RUE DAUPHINE MARKET CHAPELLE D’ARCOLE EXIT RUECité DE LUTECE Q Ile de UA L’ANNEXE I DE - S CAFE S CE D la Cité LE N S S T A BLVD. DU PALAIS AU BOUGNANTE I N N R I S T RESTAURANT G St. Michel S S U RUE D’ARCOLE E RUE DE LA CITE ARCHAEO- G R GOOD D U U PONT.MICHEL ST. LOGICAL E . Place C PICNIC SPOT A Place H R TOUR CRYPT A St. Michel N St. André- BEGINS O R Place du I UE ST St. Michel N . AND E RE S -DES-A des-Arts Parvis RTS TOWER S ENTRANCE E St. Michel R. DE LA HUCHETTE RUE DE LA PETIT CHARLEMAGNE PONT HARPE STATUE R . J A NOTRE- R RESTAURANTS MICHEL D IN DAME E PONT T R. STE. ST. LOUIS GROCERY SEVERIN PONT AU R. DANTON DOUBLE STORE Odéon Square Q Q LEFT U A U GALANDE VivianiR I A U D I E ST. E D BLVD. ST. M RESTAURANTS BOULEVARD ST. GERMAIN O ' L N SEVERIN T ON OR A E L B ÉA E BARGES N RUE DE LA HARPE G LL S 200 Meters R O A N Cluny La G PONT DE 200 Yards DANTE E Sorbonne L’ARCHVECHE RUE ST. JACQUES QUAI DE LA TOURNELLE CLUNY BANK MUSEUM q Historic Paris: “The City” i Ile St. Louis h Ste-Chapelle—Exterior Tour BeginsRUE RACINE—Notre-Dame Left Bank Maubert-Ste-Chapelle—Stained Glass Place de w o Mutualitéj l’Odéon e Point Zero a Place Viviani—Medieval Paris k Ste-Chapelle—Up Close r Notre-Dame’s—Façade s Shakespeare and Company l Conciergerie t Notre-Dame’s—InteriorSORBONNE d Latin Quarter ; Conciergerie to Place Dauphine Notre-Dame’s—Side View Boulevard St. Michel Place Dauphine yR BLVD. STMICHEL f 2) . DE V DeportationAUGIRARD Memorial Place St. Michel Pont Neuf & River Seine u g Place2! RUE DES BERNARDINS Maubert © Copyright 2015, Rick Steves’ Europe, Inc. These maps are excerpted from the guidebook Rick Steves’ Paris by Rick Steves and Gene Openshaw. Published by Avalon Travel Publishing, available at www.ricksteves.com. R U E D E S C A R T E S PARIS A UDIO TOURS Historic Paris Walk Notre-Dame Facade Notre-Dame Interior BEST FLYING “WOW- EAST BUTTRESSES WHAT A VIEW GREAT VIEW!” ULATO B RY TOURISTS M BORED ENTHRALLED A GARGOYLE GARGOYLES To Treasury MARY CHOIR IN ROSE WINDOW NORTH SOUTH 28 KINGS OF JUDAH ALTAR Seine PORTAL PORTAL River TRANSEPT ST. DENIS OF LAST OF ST. (HOLDING MARY JUDGMENT ANNE To Left Bank HIS HEAD) & Latin Quarter E NAVE To TOWER To View Of Flying M Right Buresses & PONT AU A ENTRANCE EXIT D ENTER Bank Deportation DOUBLE Memorial E R T DRINKING POINT WC O N FOUNTAIN ZERO CHARLEMAGNE E R STATUE T HOTEL I O DIEU L Place du Parvis C To Sainte- U 20 Meters Chapelle To Archaeological Crypt COLUMNS D & Place St. Michel E 20 Yards U R To Towers EXIT SOUVENIR SHOP To Sainte-Chapelle & ANNEXE CAFÉ Notre-Dame To View BLVD. DU PALAIS & Latin Quarter ST. LAST ENTER of Flying DENIS JUDGMENT Buresses JESUS’ RUE D’ARCOLE PONT AU DOUBLE EXIT PASSION SCENES POINT ZERO WEST WC CHARLEMAGNE ENTRANCE & STATUE 20 Meters SECURITY CHECK WC To Cité & Place du Parvis To Archaeological Crypt & St. Michel 20 Yards Place St. Michel Sainte- Chapelle Courtyard ALTAR A View of Nave D Choir Walls B Glass-Walled E Chapels & Exhibits Confessional Room F St. Geneviève Reliquary ST. CAMPAIGN OF C Joan of Arc Statue G More Chapels LOUIS’ HOLOFERNES PEEK-A- STAIRS BOO WINDOW MORE MOSES LIFE OF MOSES BUTTRESSES HELENA IN SPIRAL JERUSALEM GENESIS SCENES STAIRCASES ROSE WINDOW PALAIS DE JUSTICE (BUILDING SURROUNDS BUTTRESSES SAINTE-CHAPELLE) STAINED GLASS ENTRANCE INTO LOWER CHAPEL TICKETS © Copyright 2015, Rick Steves’ Europe, Inc. These maps are excerpted from the guidebook Rick Steves’ Paris by Rick Steves and Gene Openshaw. Published by Avalon Travel Publishing, available at www.ricksteves.com..
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