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Open route ↗Day 1
~6.2 km · ~8,200 steps
Pick up a bottle and picnic the Vert-Galant an hour before sunset — the water is at your feet. Stroll a stretch of the Coulée Verte, then Le Perchoir for the city lighting up. Book the rooftop or arrive by 19h.
Île de la Cité / Latin Quarter
~2hWine, a baguette, and the Seine at eye level
- Square du Vert-Galantlocal
Willow-shaded tip of the island at water level — Paris's classic picnic-kiss spot.
- Shakespeare and Company
Legendary English-language bookshop opposite Notre-Dame.
Bastille & Oberkampf
~3hElevated gardens to rooftop lights
- Coulée Verte René-Dumontlocal
Elevated garden walkway on an old rail viaduct — the original High Line.
- Le Perchoir Ménilmontantlocal
Rooftop bar over the zinc roofs of the 11th — arrive before golden hour.