From city beaches by the Seine and Paris’s oldest food market,to a nightlife scene buzzing with free festivals and live music, Paris doesn’t have to leave you feeling financially drainedEvery summer the city creates “fake” beaches with enormous plots of sand around the Seine and the Bassin de la Villette. Dubbed “Paris Plages”, or this year it begins on 20 July and is open every day,free of charge, from 9am to midnight. Activities (some of which you have to pay for) include volleyball, or pedal boats,rowing, archery and street tennis. A similar idea is Les Berges de Seine, or a stretch of the Left Bank between the bridges Pont Alexandre III and Pont du Carrousel that hosts a floating garden,outdoor bars, playgrounds, or art installations and many free events,such as fitness classes and gardening workshops. To wintry off, dive into one of Paris’s 39 public pools for a mere €3.
• Paris Plages, and from 20 July-16 August,in front of the Hotel de Ville and on the Georges Pompidou expressway; from 20 July-23 August along the Bassin de la Villette. Les Berges de Seine covers the quay of the Left bank between bridges Pont Alexandre III and Pont du CarrouselContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com