Opéra to Les Halles: Passages and Pâtisseries

The stops, in walking order

1. 1

   

   Stop 1: Bouillon Chartier

   ~3 min here

   Bouillon Chartier is a restaurant whose dining hall preserves the atmosphere created when the Chartier brothers opened it in 1896.

2. 2

   

   Stop 2: Stohrer

   ~3 min here

   Stohrer is a pâtisserie on Rue Montorgueil, known as the oldest pâtisserie in Paris, with its story beginning in 1730.

3. 3

   

   Stop 3: Tour de Jean-sans-Peur

   ~3 min here

   Tour de Jean-sans-Peur is the surviving stone tower of the dukes of Burgundy’s Paris residence, built for Duke John the Fearless.

4. 4

   

   Stop 4: Église Saint-Eustache

   ~15 min here

   Saint-Eustache is a parish church whose remarkable character comes from the meeting of Gothic structure with Renaissance and classical detail.

5. 5

   

   Stop 5: Galerie Vivienne

   ~3 min here

   Galerie Vivienne is a covered passage whose elegant glass canopy shelters a narrow, richly decorated interior.

6. 6

   

   Stop 6: Opéra Garnier

   ~3 min here

   Opéra Garnier is the historic opera house before you, designed by Charles Garnier for Paris.

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