Le Marais

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Location

Paris
France
48° 51' 33.3324" N, 2° 21' 34.8048" E
FR
General info: 

If you wish to see how the rich people of Paris lived in the past (and how some of them still do), visit Les Marais area. Here are dozens of castles, mansions, and churches built by the French aristocracy. Les Marais is a magnificent mixture of various architectural styles from different times that all have one thing in common – luxury. The oldest building in the area dates from the 13th century.

Nowadays, this historic district is home to dozens of art galleries and museums, but even today some of the Paris’ bourgeous families reside here as they did for centuries. Other aristocratic families have moved, leaving behind wonderful palaces. Luckily, those buildings didn’t get ruined, but are reconstructed and now serve as upscale hotels. Some of those are Hôtel de Sens, Hôtel de Sully, and Hôtel d'Albret.

Getting there: 

Le Marais area is located on the right bank of the River Seine and stretches over 3rd and 4th arrondissement.

Costs: 

You can expect the prices to be slightly higher than in other parts of the city.

Interesting places nearby

At the foot of the Julier mountain pass and amidst an impressive alpine scenery of lakes you’ll find the Swiss ski resort Corvatsch – Sils – Silvaplana.

Courchevel is a winter playground for the rich and famous – attracting a steady influx of stars from Beyonce to Beckham.

Courmayeur: one hundred kilometres between and off-piste on the perfectly groomed slopes or down virgin snow chasing after the last snowfall. On skis or a snowboard, in the presence of the highest mountain in Europe.

While skiing in Crans Montana Aminona you have an impressive view on the Matterhorn and the Mont Blanc. The Swiss ski resort is situated at 1,500 to 3,000 m above sea level and provides a variety of slopes of all difficulty levels.

Far from the factories, to ski the traditional way, the villages of CREST-VOLAND and COHENNOZ offer you their typical and traditional French chalets situated within an amazing local panorama.

In the heart of the Parpaillon mountain, Crévoux is a Ski Resort which has the private://Mountain Villageprivate:// label. It's domain covers the heights from 1550m to 2400m.