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Attention, lovers of the world. Until mid-August, you can enjoy in Paris, in the spectacular Palais de la Découverte built in 1900 for the Universal Exhibition, the largest exhibition ever mounted around Love with capital letters. De l'amour is a tremendously ambitious interdisciplinary project that breaks all kinds of barriers. It mixes everything. Through literature, philosophy and science, dance, plastic arts or cinema, it encourages us to rediscover that universal experience that moves the world. And it does so from very different points of view, many of them surprising, using the latest technology , both in French and Spanish.
An unusual adventure that ends up prompting us to go out and continue to deepen the issue, to look for that Paris that we have been relating for centuries to the most ardent and sweeping love.
Sena river
A few steps from the Palais de la Découverte, this river has been thousands of times love scene: in the iconic Bateau Mouche by candlelight, walking along its banks or crossing its famous bridges. The most charismatic are the Pont Marie where tradition dictates that you have to kiss making a wish. Or the no less romantic Pont des Arts, Pont Neuf and Pont de l'Archevêché although now they also have to compete with the new Léopold Sédard Senghor catwalk, between the Tuileries Garden and the Orsay Museum , which has become fashionable between lovers. And whoever wonders where the thousands of locks are, they can approach the Place Royale where Mexican artist Carmen Mariscal has included them in her installation La Casa de las Cadenas (as of March 13).
Montmartre
It is no accident that the iconic wall of the Je t'aime , designed by Frédéric Baron and Claire Kito, is in the Square Rictus . It's hard to find a more romantic neighborhood in Paris. At every step a corner emerges that makes us want to kiss, if we are well accompanied. It is advisable to follow the route of the movie Amélie to finish at the Café des Deux Moulins . Listen to Dalida's passionate songs under what was her home. Get lost in narrow streets or look out over the Sacré Coeur basilica . There is even a museum dedicated to Vie Romantique, inside which one of the city's most intimate coffee houses is hidden.
Kisses
You can tour Paris in search of your most famous kisses. Starting at the Rodin Museum, where the most reproduced marble kiss in the world is preserved and where they even propose a very special evening on February 14. Then you can go to the cemetery of Montparnasse, where another iconic kiss is hidden, the one performed by the Romanian sculptor Brancusi for the tomb of Tatiana Rachewskaïa, a young Russian woman who in 1910 committed suicide for love. In its surroundings there are several famous buried couples, such as the unconventional formed by Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir or that of Man Ray and his wife Juliet. Then you have to go to the Louvre to be ecstatic at the sculpture of Antonio Canova Cupido and Psyche . And finish in front of the City Hall, where photographer Robert Doisneau consecrated forever the idea of kissing in Paris.
A garden, a temple, a canal
Whoever looks for a secret garden, away from curious looks, will find it in the heart of the Marais. It is called Saint-Gilles-Grand-Veneur and it is reached through the passage (rue Hesse) that leaves the number 12 rue Villehardoin. On the other hand, the most romantic channel in Paris is that of Saint Martin, where you can rent a boat for two. As it is also advisable to do so to reach the temple dedicated to love in the Daumesnil lac, in the heart of Bois de Vincennes. There is another temple dedicated to Cupid, even more beautiful, on the island of La Jatte, but already in Neuilly-sur Seine.
A romantic dinner
There are multiple candidates but these are perhaps the infallible (only suitable for loose budgets): Lapérouse in the Latin Quartier with its beautiful interior and excellent cuisine. If you really want to surprise, the Cristal Room Baccarat bonbonniere does not fail. For those looking for something more spicy they may find it in Derrière, where there are many reserved and offer the possibility of dining in a bed. If you prefer something more adventurous and at a reasonable price, a good option is South an arche perché, which is famous for the possibility of sitting down to eat on a swing. And to enjoy the best views of the Eiffel Tower, nothing better than Les Ombres, which bears the Jean Nouvel seal and is part of the Musée Quai Branly. Although whoever wishes to declare himself in the same tower can do so very soon in the super-exclusive and renovated Le Jules Verne directed by Fréderic Anton.
The most seductive purchases
The list of irresistible stores in Paris could be endless. But if we had to stay with only one address, this would be the classic Bon Marché Rive Gauche, the first large warehouse in history opened in 1852 and today belongs to the exclusive LVMH group. It is the most exquisite. It is full of art and whims to give away and surprises are never missing like the romantic installation of Oki Sato, during the month of February, which invites us to attract good weather to the city.
The golden brooch
A romantic experience in Paris must have as a climax a hotel that celebrates love, such as those who already announce it in their own name: the Hotel Amour, the Hotel Grand Amour or the Hotel Montmartre Mon Amour. As well as the exotic Maison Souquet that was a famous lupanar and is now a magnificent five stars. Or why not, the delicious Jules et Jim in the heart of the Marais or L'Hotel, the last abode of Oscar Wilde that can not be more beautiful and attractive in every way.
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