Description
The Berges de Seine are the lower riverbanks of the Left Bank in central Paris, between the Musée d'Orsay and the Pont de l'Alma: an old expressway along the water, closed to cars in 2013 and turned into a promenade for walkers, runners and cyclists.
The main draw is the walk itself, at water level, on banks that UNESCO lists as a World Heritage Site together with the monuments along them.
Along the way are the Archipel gardens, named after Niki de Saint Phalle, leisure and sports facilities laid out on the old roadway, including a 100-meter running track, and the contemporary art center Fluctuart, by the Pont des Invalides.
The road was built in the early 1970s as the first piece of a Left Bank expressway, abandoned in 1974 after protests by environmental groups.
In 2017 it became part of the Parc Rives-de-Seine, together with the Right Bank expressway, which was closed to traffic between the Tuileries and the Port de l'Arsenal.
The main draw is the walk itself, at water level, on banks that UNESCO lists as a World Heritage Site together with the monuments along them.
Along the way are the Archipel gardens, named after Niki de Saint Phalle, leisure and sports facilities laid out on the old roadway, including a 100-meter running track, and the contemporary art center Fluctuart, by the Pont des Invalides.
The road was built in the early 1970s as the first piece of a Left Bank expressway, abandoned in 1974 after protests by environmental groups.
In 2017 it became part of the Parc Rives-de-Seine, together with the Right Bank expressway, which was closed to traffic between the Tuileries and the Port de l'Arsenal.