I went to my dentist yesterday for a painful experience, cleaning my teeth, and left with a pleasant one, finding a lovely new courtyard in his building. The dentist’s office is in a residential 18th century building next to the Etienne Marcel metro station, bordering the commercial Les Halles area. The building is pretty non-descript from the outside but once inside there is the quaintest courtyard with a country setting. A private terrase is surrounded by bottle green iron fence festooned with the lushest ivy. Around the rest of the courtyard were window boxes in bloom and flowering potted plants. A young woman was feverishly planting away and I can see the plants and flowers were her pride and joy. I love discovering new finds like this and I always tell my tour clients some of the most beautiful Paris sites are the ones hidden behind the big doors in these courtyards.
I am pleased as punch to announce the launch of Eye Prefer Paris Tours, which are 3-hour walking tours I will personally be leading. The Eye Prefer Paris Tour
includes many of the places I have written about such as small museums & galleries, restaurants, cafes & food markets, secret addresses, fashion & home boutiques, parks, and much more.
I look forward to meeting you on my tours and it will be my pleasure and delight to show you my insiders Paris.
Check it out at www.eyepreferparistours.com
Hey Richard, this is beautiful, I think I'd be at the dentist's office all the time, just to get a look at this courtyard and garden.
Posted by: Maria Ruiz | May 13, 2008 at 09:41 PM