Paris Luxembourg Gardens Walk (2020)

The walk begins at the Boulevard Saint-Michel entrance to Luxembourg Gardens.

The central pond with its toy sailboats, surrounded by Luxembourg’s formal garden.

The route circles the basin toward the southern gate.

The southern gate with views toward the Paris Observatory.

A wider perspective of the Grand Basin and formal gardens from the south side.

The route continues along garden paths toward the western side.

An unexpected basketball court tucked into the garden grounds.

The small bronze replica of the Statue of Liberty in the western garden.

The western gate of Luxembourg Gardens.

A dramatic sculpture group near the garden’s northwestern paths.

The Senate’s orangery building along the garden’s northern edge.

The garden’s rose collection in a formal setting near the Orangerie.

Aimé-Jules Dalou’s monument to the painter Eugène Delacroix.

The route circles the palace before heading to the garden’s exit.

The walk ends at the Odéon gate on the northern edge of Luxembourg Gardens.