This district includes one of the most sumptuous decorations of the Capital. The Luxembourg garden, designed by Marie de Médicis, covers 23 hectares and offers its visitors an exceptional setting. The panorama on the Luxembourg Palace, seat of the French Senate, brings its edifying side to the landscape.

If the first houses date back to Roman times, today it is one of the most affluent districts, but also a center of knowledge and science for researchers and students. Remarkable buildings such as the Institute of Art and Archaeology, the Panthéon-Assas University or the Faculty of Pharmacy of Paris make this district a dynamic center for the left bank.

The Luxembourg district is located on the RER B line at the Luxembourg station, there are also metro stops on line 4.

Located near Les Halles, the Montorgueil district can be reached via the Passage du Grand Cerf. At the time, it was at the heart of a working-class district with many factories and workshops. Even today, there are many second-hand furniture and craftsmen’s shops.

At 51 rue Montorgueil, in a sumptuous setting designed by Paul Baudry (decorator of the Opéra Garnier), is the Boulangerie-Pâtisserie Stohrer. Founded in 1730, it is the oldest pastry shop in Paris. At 78, the listed building Au Rocher de Cancale opened in 1848 when the street was just a succession of caterers specialising in the sale of oysters.

The heterogeneous population of this district changes according to the time of day: sometimes visited by tourists during the day who find the Paris of the postcards, by bankers and start uppers of the area who come to eat there at midday and by a clientele of young active people at the beginning of the evening who come to benefit from the many trendy bars.