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 The garden envisioned by Jules Graver- attributed the ‘Houses of the Famous’ label, eaux and designed by the landscape artist has retained its interior decor and furni- Édouard André in 1899 accounts for more ture;it hosts exhibitions, workshops and than 2,900 varieties of roses. A work of art meetings. The park surrounding the house labelled ‘Remarkable Garden’, and included bears witness to the writer’s travels and his on the ‘supplementary list of historical mon- interest in botany. The arboretum is home to uments’, it is also accredited ‘Conservatoire more than 500 species of trees and shrubs, des Collections Végétales Spécialisées’ and including 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, except 1 Jan, 25 Dec and first 2 weeks of Jan. Park: 1 May and 8 May. Full rate: €3.10. Guided visits by daily, 9am-5pm (March to Oct, 7pm). Maison appointment (additional admission fee €0.80). de Chateaubriand/full rate: €3/€4 (outside/ https://roseraie.valdemarne.fr during temporary exhibitions). Park: free. http://vallee-aux-loups.hauts-de-seine.fr Rungis market 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 veg- etables, meat and fish, dairy products … ), flow- ers 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 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’ takes Pêcheurs. 94150 Rungis. 0 825 05 44 05 you from the Montparnasse train station in (€0.15/min). Fri only, by appointment. Meeting Massy through a surprisingly bucolic land- point: Place Denfert-Rochereau (Paris) at 4am. scape, labelled an ecological green space. End of visit at 10am-10.15am at the same spot. You can cover the 14 kilometres either on Full rate: €85. www.visiterungis.com foot or by bike. Along the way are recrea- tionalareas — playgrounds, skateboarding DID YOU KNOW? lanes, fitness trails tracks and picnic areas. A little detour enables you to discover the The statistics relating to the transfer of Malakoff street art trail. The Coulée Verte is the Halles de Paris to Rungis are stag- the first stretch of the Veloscenic greenway, gering: 1,000 companies moved, 5,000 a 450 km cycling route that will take you tonnes of goods distributed in 1,500 lor- from Paris to the Mont Saint-Michel. ries, 10,000 m of equipment … All in just3 Start from rue André Gide. 92320 Châtillon. one night — that of the 2 to 3 March 1969 M Châtillon – Montrouge.o — for what is considered to have been www.tourisme92.com the move of the century. IN AND AROUND MONTPARNASSE 73