Jardin du Luxembourg or the Luxembourg Garden is walking distance from the Pantheon. It may look like any regular garden but it can't be more far from regular:
- It is smack in the heart of Paris.
- It was the brainchild of a Queen - Queen Marie de Medici in 1612.
- The gardens was built around her residences, the Luxembourg Palace, which today is where the French Senate meets.
- It is inspired by the Boboli Gardens in Florence, and has a "split personality" - it has French and English gardens.
- There are 106 statues in and around the gardens. Keep a lookout for Medici fountain, Orangerie and Pavillon Davioud.
- The gardens is extremely entertaining - enjoy music at the bandstand, steer ships in the pond, ride a horse, pose with the many statues, or simply people watch (how aptly French).
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted - here's where you can escape from the city and spend a good summer afternoon.
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