Hello friends,
On one of my days in Paris I will be visiting the Rodin museum in the morning and I have an entry reserved to the Louvre at 4:30 (open until 9:45pm on Friday) . I plan to be near the Louvre at around 4:00.
After visiting the Rodin museum (plan to finish at around noon) I would like to relax before going to the Louvre. My Airbnb is about 50 minutes away from the Rodin (one way). I rather not waste about two hours travelling to my Airbnb but yet I will need to rest in order to enjoy the Louvre museum.
Any suggestions? Thanks
Posted by
SF Bay Area, CA
2030 posts
If the weather is nice, stroll the Tuilleries, sit on benches and people watch. Have hot chocolate at Angelina on rue du Rivoli. There is an English language bookstore near it, Galignani, good for browsing. Cafe le Nemours on Place Colette is a fun place to hang out, for lunch or a drink.
All are near the Louvre.
Posted by
OP
17 posts
Thanks BG! Is the book store the same style as big book stores in the US?
Posted by
Ontario, Canada
4656 posts
Check whether Rodin still has the Gardens. At the back was a hedged room with comfy cement chaise lounges. Perfect for a nap....but it was also 9 years ago.
Posted by
Chicago
8556 posts
the obvious place is the Rodin Gardens which has loungers and a snack bar. It is included in the admission to the museum I believe. If that is full or doesn't work out, you can find a loungey sort of chair in the Tuilleries and move it into the shade. They have 3 kinds of movable chairs: upright, upright with arms and then a sort of lean back chaise like think -- no precisely a chaise but better for napping.
Posted by
OP
17 posts
Thanks guys! The tips are very helpful! Yeah, definitely no napping in public:)
Posted by
Florida (previously California)
3990 posts
I propose something completely different. Go to a spa for a massage and stroll to the Louvre after that feeling completely refreshed. I suggest THÉMAÉ at 20-22 rue Croix des Petits Champs, which you can get to quite easily by taking bus 69 from the Rodin Museum.
Posted by
Paris
10205 posts
Easy, as others have said. Either the garden at the Rodin Museum, or in the Tuileries. No need to go schlepping off somewhere else in the opposite direction.
Posted by
11570 posts
Most of Musee Rodin is an outdoor sculpture garden. In fact people who live nearby can join just to use the park. Lovely place.
We always visit Musee Rodin every time we are Paris and have only gone inside the Mansion once. The major works are outside. It is not a draining, museum intensive experience, rather peaceful. There is a café on the premises.
Posted by
Chicago
8556 posts
Alas the old policy of an inexpensive ticket to the gardens no longer exists, so now you have to pay for the entire museum for garden entry which makes it a non starter for me now. If you are going to the museum anyway then of course it makes complete sense to visit the garden.
Posted by
SF Bay Area, CA
2030 posts
yairdvora,
the bookstore is fairly large, but not as large as the ones in the US like Barnes & Noble.