intheareaof Roseraie du Val-de-Marne Domaine de Sceaux Domaine Départemental de la Vallée-aux-Loups François-René de Chateaubriand lived in this romantic residence from 1807 to 1818. The garden envisioned by Jules Graver- The Vallée-aux-Loups, which has been eaux and designed by the landscape artist attributed the ‘Houses of the Famous’ label, Édouard André in 1899 accounts for more has retained its interior decor and furniture; than 2,900 varieties of roses. A work of art it hosts exhibitions, workshops and meet- labelled ‘Remarkable Garden’, and included ings. The park surrounding the house bears on the ‘supplementary list of historical mon- witness to the writer’s travels and his inter- uments’, it is also accredited ‘Conservatoire est in botany. Not far from here, the arbo- des Collections Végétales Spécialisées’ and retum is home to more than 500 species of is a member of the network ‘Botanic Gar- trees and shrubs, including the first weeping dens Conservation International’. blue Atlas cedar. Rue Albert Watel. 94240 L’Haÿ-les-Roses. 87 rue de Chateaubriand. 92290 Châtenay- M Porte d’Italie, then bus 184.o 01 47 40 04 04. Malabry. 01 55 52 13 00. Maison de 4 May to 15 Sept 2019: daily, 10am-7pm. Chateaubriand: daily, 10am-12 noon and 1pm- Full rate: €4. Guided visits by appointment 5pm (March to Oct: 6.30pm), except Mon, (additional admission fee €1). 1 Jan, 25 Dec and first 2 weeks of Jan. Park: https://roseraie.valdemarne.fr daily, 9am-5pm (March to Oct: 7pm). Maison de Chateaubriand/full rate: €3/€4 (outside/ Rungis market during temporary exhibitions). Park: free. Extending over 234 hectares, this is the http://vallee-aux-loups.hauts-de-seine.fr biggest fresh food and produce market in the world! Every night, restaurateurs and shopkeepers come to source food products (fruit and vegetables, meat and fish, dairy products ... ), flowers and plants, from 1,200 wholesalers. Between 3am and 4am in the morning, activity is intense! Because Rungis feeds all of Paris ... Visits to the market take place in the very early morning, and a tour Coulée Verte du Sud Parisien ends with a tasting of regional products. Also called the Promenade Départementale Marché International de Rungis. Place des des Vallons de la Bièvre, this ‘linear park’ Pêcheurs. 94150 Rungis. 0 825 05 44 05 takes you from Malakoff to Massy through (€0.15/min). Fri only, by appointment. Meeting a surprisingly bucolic landscape, labelled point: Place Denfert-Rochereau (Paris) at 4am. an ecological green space. You can cover End of visit at 10am-10.15am at the same spot. the 14 kilometres either on foot or by bike. Full rate: €85. www.visiterungis.com Along the way are recreational areas — playgrounds, skateboarding lanes, fitness DID YOU KNOW? trails tracks and picnic areas. A little detour enables you to discover the Malakoff street The statistics relating to the transfer of art trail. The Coulée Verte is the first stretch the Halles de Paris to Rungis are stag- of the Veloscenic greenway, a 450-km gering: 1,000 companies moved, 5,000 cycling route that will take you from Paris to tons of goods distributed in 1,500 lorries, the Mont Saint-Michel. 10,000 m of equipment ... All in just one3 Start from rue André Gide. 92320 Châtillon. night — that of the 2 to 3 March 1969 — M Châtillon – Montrouge.o for what is considered to have been the www.tourisme92.com move of the century. IN AND AROUND MONTPARNASSE 73