Passages Couverts in Paris, Paris, France

I suddenly felt the emotions, the smells, the sounds 鈥� like magic I found myself in my beloved Galerie Vivienne which for years has been a stage聽in my daily route from school to home in the first years and from home to work later.

I used to leave聽my class at the聽IESA at number 5 avenue de l鈥橭p茅ra in the late afternoon, with Paris beginning聽to light up and, after a dreamy ritual looking aimed at the Opera Garnier on my left,聽I walked till聽the Com茅die Fran莽aise, and from there through聽the gardens of the Palais Royal, under whose porch elegantly stay still the聽Galeries du Palais Royal (open daily from 8.00 am to 11.00 pm), giving聽me聽fantasies inspired by the adventures of told by Dumas, so detailed almost to seem almost memories鈥�

These galleries are the de Montpensier, the de Beaujolais, the de Valois and the des Proues and represented for years a symbol of Parisian debauchery, the DOC one! Now there are less聽shops, but some luxury boutiques and 鈥渕y cafe鈥澛燼re still there聽鈥� because once blessed with good fortune and the strength of my aspirations, I followed聽the same path coming out of Garnier 鈥� who I still cast a dreamy look at聽鈥� and I started treating myself with a cup of聽green tea and a聽pistachio macaron in the cafe聽under the arcades! ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).

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Guide Name: Passages Couverts in Paris
Guide Location: France » Paris
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Silvia Moggia
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:

Galerie Vivienne
Com茅die Fran莽aise
Palais Royal
Galeries du Palais Royal
Passage Brady
Passage du Bourg-l鈥橝bb茅
Passage Choiseu
Galerie Colbert
Passage du Grand Cerf
Mus茅e Grevin
Passage Verdeau
Passage des Panoramas

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