Starting point: Latin Quarter
The Latin Quarter of Paris is known for its student life, lively atmosphere, and bistros. The Latin Quarter is the home to a number of higher education establishments. The area gets its name from the Latin language, which was once widely spoken in and around the University since Latin was the language of learning in the Middle Ages in Europe.

Directions: From the Ile Saint‐Louis cross the Pont de la Tournelle. Continue forward and turn right on Rue Clovis. Saint Etienne‐du‐Mont is on the right and the Pantheon is on the left. Continue forward and turn right on Boulevard Saint‐Michel. Continue forward and turn Right on Boulevard Saint‐Germaine. Turn left on Rue Boutbrie and continue forward on the small walking street to Eglise St‐Severin. Take a right after the church and continue straight ahead to Paroisse Saint‐ Julien‐le‐Pauvre. Take a left (towards Seine) on Rue Saint‐Jacques and take a left on Rue de la Huchette. Take a right down a small walking street, Rue de Chat Qui Peche.

St Germain Blvd
The Boulevard Saint-Germain was the most important part of Haussmann’s renovation of Paris on the Left Bank during the 1850s and ’60s. From the 1930s on, Saint-Germain has been associated with its nightlife, cafés and students. After the Second World War the Boulevard Saint-Germain became the intellectual and cultural site for Parisian life. Philosophers, authors and musicians filled the night clubs and brasseries that line the boulevard. The Boulevard Saint-Germain today is a thriving high-end shopping street.
Directions: Walk west on Rue de la Huchette. Walk through Place St Michel and turn left at the far side on Rue Danton. Turn right on Boulevard St Germain.

Pierre Herme

Directions: From Boulevard St Germain, turn left on Rue Bonaparte.

Orsay Museum
The Musée d’Orsay is housed in the former Gare d’Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. The museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography. It houses the largest collection of impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces in the world, by painters including Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Sisley, Gauguin, and Van Gogh.

Directions: From Rue Bonaparte, turn right on Rue du Vieux Colombier. Turn left on Rue de Sevres. At the Sevres-Babylone stop, take Line 12 to the Solferino stop. Walk north on Rue de Bellechasse.


The Orangerie
The Musée de l’Orangerie is an art gallery of impressionist and post-impressionist paintings. Though most famous for being the permanent home for eight Water Lilies murals by Claude Monet, the museum also contains works by Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri Rousseau, Alfred Sisley, Chaim Soutine, and Maurice Utrillo, among others.
Directions: From the Orsay, turn left on Quai Anatole France. Take a right and cross the Passerelle Leopold-Sedar-Senghor.

A la Biche au Bois (dinner)

