The best MTB trails around Le Kremlin-Bicêtre

fantastic tour in good weather

Difficult route if you are there to ride. I do not recommend it to cyclists other than touring cyclists.

Pondorly - Parc de Sceaux a classic

super place for running, watch out for the opening hours! January 8am-5pm February 8am-6pm March 7:30am-7pm (8:30pm from daylight saving time change) April 7am-8:30pm May 7am-9pm June 7am-9pm July 7am-9pm August 7am-8:30pm September 7:30am-8pm October 8am-7pm (5pm from daylight saving time change) November 8am-5pm December 8am-5pm

Panoramic view of the Grand Canal just after the entrance. An ideal place for a family walk, which is also a favorite ground for runners.

From noble palace to parliament The Palais was built in the 18th century (from 1722) as a magnificent residence for a daughter of Louis XIV. During the French Revolution, it was expropriated and used for political assemblies for the first time at the end of the 18th century. Since then, it has been the heart of French democracy and today the seat of the National Assembly (Assemblée nationale). Architecture and appearance The facade: The striking front with the twelve large columns that you see from the Seine was only added under Napoleon. It was intended to give the building a powerful, antique appearance - matching the church of La Madeleine on the opposite side of the river. The plenary hall: Inside is the famous semicircular hall (Hémicycle), where the 577 members of parliament debate and pass laws. Special features inside The library: A real art highlight with huge ceiling paintings by Eugène Delacroix, which show the development of civilization. Free visits: You can visit the Palais today by appointment. It is a heavily guarded government building, so security checks and ID are required upon entry.

The Parc de Sceaux is a palace park, today 181 hectares in size, south of Paris in the municipalities of Sceaux and Antony in the Département Hauts-de-Seine. The park was designed by André Le Nôtre for Jean-Baptiste Colbert and his eldest son. It was repeatedly threatened with disappearance. During the French Revolution, it was converted into an agricultural school. At the beginning of the 19th century, the castle (from the 15th century, expanded after 1670), which was originally central to the park, was destroyed. A manor house has been documented in Sceaux since the 15th century. In 1670, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, minister of Louis XIV, was looking for a property near Paris and not too far from Versailles. He bought the manor house, acquired additional land and had the castle, which dates from 1597, extended by an unknown architect, possibly Antoine Le Pautre. The castle chapel was painted by Charles Lebrun. Artists such as François Girardon, Jean-Baptiste Tuby and Jean-Baptiste Théodon were involved in the design. Colbert's study was decorated with 24 busts of Roman emperors, senators and noble women. The large north-south axis of the garden measured over a kilometer in length. Contemporaries admired the large cascade.

The Église de la Madeleine (also known as La Madeleine) is a Roman Catholic church in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, distinguished by its unusual architecture in the form of an ancient Greco-Roman temple. It is situated on the axis between the Place de la Concorde and the Palais Bourbon. A special feature: Beneath the church are the historic and magnificently restored Art Nouveau public restrooms (Lavatory Madeleine), considered a local attraction.