Promenade Plantée in Paris
The inspiration for New York City's High Line (http://www.thehighline.org/) , the Promenade Plantee is a wonderful urban park. A 4.5 km greenway, it was created in the 1980s out of an elevated railway that went out of use in 1969. The Promenade Plantee takes you above l'avenue Daumesnil through the entire 12th Arrondissement. It starts behind the Bastille, passes near the Gare de Lyon, the Reuilly Garden and Viaduc des Arts, ending at the Bois de Vincennes.You will hardly believe your eyes and senses when you ascend to the Promenade Plantee. On offer: art and architecture, trees and flowers, arbors and benches, grass expanses and soaring bridges, cool tunnels and narrow pathways, children playing and adults reading or dozing - all this plus a swimming pool at Reuilly and shopping in l'allee Vivaldi. You'll see a Paris off the beaten tourist track.
My review and some information is at:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g187147-d285344-r5717036-Promenade_Plantee-Paris_Ile_de_France.html
To see amazing photos, go to the Promenade Plantee site http://www.promenade-plantee.org/ (The site is written in French but there are few words - mainly photographs.)
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