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 Vallée-aux-Loups, which has been attributed The garden envisioned by Jules Graver- the ‘Houses of the Famous’ label, has retained eaux and designed by the landscape artist its interior decor and furniture; it hosts exhi- Édouard André in 1899 accounts for more bitions, workshops and meetings. The park than 2,900 varieties of roses. A work of art surrounding the house bears witness to the labelled ‘Remarkable Garden’, and included writer’s travels and his interest in botany. Not on the ‘supplementary list of historical mon- far from here, the arboretum is home to more uments’, it is also accredited ‘Conservatoire than 500 species of trees and shrubs, includ- des Collections Végétales Spécialisées’ and ing the first weeping blue Atlas cedar. is a member of the network ‘Botanic Gar- 87 rue de Chateaubriand. 92290 Châtenay- dens Conservation International’. Malabry. 01 55 52 13 00. Maison de Rue Albert Watel. 94240 L’Haÿ-les-Roses. Chateaubriand: daily, 10am-12 noon and 1pm- M Porte d’Italie, then bus 184.o 01 47 40 04 04. 5pm (March to Oct: 6.30pm), except Mon, Early May to mid-Sept: daily, 10am-7pm. 1 Jan, 25 Dec and the first 2 weeks in Jan. Park: Full rate: €4. Guided visits by appointment daily, 9am-5pm (March to Oct: 7pm), except (additional admission fee €1). 1 Jan and 25 Dec. Maison de Chateaubriand/ https://roseraie.valdemarne.fr full rate: €4/€5 (outside/during temporary exhibitions). Park: free. RUNGIS MARKET https://vallee-aux-loups.hauts-de-seine.fr Extending over 234 hectares, this is the 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 COULÉE VERTE DU SUD PARISIEN place in the very early morning, and a tour Also called the Promenade Départementale ends with a tasting of regional products. des Vallons de la Bièvre, this ‘linear park’ Marché International de Rungis. Place des takes you from Malakoff to Massy through Pêcheurs. 94150 Rungis. 0 825 05 44 05 (€0.15/ a surprisingly bucolic landscape, labelled min). Guided tours only, by appointment. an ecological green space. You can cover www.visiterungis.com the 14 kilometres either on foot or by bike. Along the way are recreational areas — DID YOU KNOW? playgrounds, skateboarding lanes, fitness trails tracks and picnic areas. A little detour The statistics relating to the transfer of enables you to discover the Malakoff street the Halles de Paris to Rungis are stag- art trail. The Coulée Verte is the first stretch gering: 1,000 companies moved, 5,000 of the Veloscenic greenway, a 450-km tons of goods distributed in 1,500 lorries, cycling route that will take you from Paris to 10,000 m of equipment … All in just one3 the Mont Saint-Michel. night — that of the 2 to 3 March 1969 — Start from rue André Gide. 92320 Châtillon. for what is considered to have been the M Châtillon – Montrouge.o move of the century. https://destination.hauts-de-seine.fr IN AND AROUND MONTPARNASSE | 79