The neighbourhood that refused to modernise — aristocratic mansions and artisan workshops.

Stops on This Tour (9)

1. 1
   Hôtel de Ville Paris City Hall — Renaissance revival on the site of medieval executions
2. 2
   BHV Marais The great Parisian department store that locals actually use
3. 3
   Rue des Rosiers Historic Jewish quarter — falafel shops and Hebrew bookstores
4. 4
   Musée Carnavalet The history of Paris in a Renaissance mansion — free entry
5. 5
   Place des Vosges Paris's oldest planned square, built by Henri IV in 1612
6. 6
   Maison de Victor Hugo Where Hugo wrote much of Les Misérables
7. 7
   Rue des Francs-Bourgeois Boutique-lined street named for medieval "free citizens"
8. 8
   Archives Nationales France's national archives in the Hôtel de Soubise
9. 9
   Musée Picasso Five thousand Picasso works in a 17th-century salt tax mansion

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