Courtyard Week 4: 56-58 rue de Vieille de Temple

It's that time again, Courtyard Week. I have taken more dangerous risks to photograph this edition than a paparazzi photographer trying to get a snap of Brangelina.

Today it's a courtyard in the Marais that has an open iron gate in front rather than doors. I have passed it many times and admired the potted rosebushes. I decided to let myself in one day- it's semi-public during the day- and I discovered a sprawling courtyard with  lush gardens and an eclectic mix of buildings with architecture ranging from the 1800s to early 1900s. I photographed it in July and the abundance of flowers and plants in bloom made it feel like a tropical garden in the middle of Paris.

56-58 rue de Vieille de Temple, 3d. arr.
Metro: Hotel de Ville or St. Paul 

New! Eye Prefer Paris Cooking Classes
I am happy to announce the launch of Eye Prefer Paris Cooking Classes. Come take an ethnic culinary journey with me and chef and caterer Charlotte Puckette, co-author of the bestseller The Ethnic Paris Cookbook (with Olivia Kiang-Snaije). First we will shop at a Paris green-market for the freshest ingredients and then return to Charlotteís professional kitchen near the Eiffel Tower to cook a three-course lunch. After, we will indulge in the delicious feast we prepared along with hand-selected wines.

Cost: 185 euros per person (about $240)
Time: 9:30AM- 2PM (approximately 4 1/2 hours)
Location: We will meet by a metro station close to the market
Class days: Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
Minimum of 2 students, maximum 6 students.

Click here to sign up for the next class or for more info.

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.

Tours cost 195 euros for up to 3 people, and 65 euros for each additional person. 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

Comments

[Beth]

Oh, so pretty! I love courtyards. :)

[duke]

Howdy Richard! Your courtyard updates are among my favorite emails from Eye Prefer Paris. I picture you in full camouflage, scaling walls, dashing from cover to cover, snapping photos with a spy camera. But for some reason the spy camera in my imagination isn’t a flashy new digital one. It’s one of those circa-1975 numbers that’s the size of a cigarette pack and uses actual film. Too many James Bond movies, I guess.

Double-0-88-ly,
Duke

[Ali]

Lovely!