All the colours of the rainbow: the Marais

Description

What would be the best description of„le Marais”, this city within the city? Perhaps we could try colourful, buzzing, open, amazingly bohéme and free-spirited, but still these words don’t fully capture its essence. Le Marais is living history, where the lavish renaissance palaces line the winding narrow streets with their hidden gems of marvellous fountains, leading towards the oldest square of the city: the jaw-droppingly picture-perfect Place des Vosges. Here world-class temples of art stand shoulder to shoulder with exclusive fashion showrooms that exude the palpable charm of the bourgeoisie, and Paris’s historic Chinatown is just around the corner from the traditional Jewish patisserie that still opens its doors daily in the Pletzl (the Jewish quarter). All these magical places are surrounded by and mingle joyfully with the crowded cafés with their rainbow-couloured LGTB flags flying high and proud, beaconing partygoers to get lost in the pulsing nightlife. Let’s take a plunge right into the thick of it!