The Good Life France Magazine March/April 2015 | Page 15

8. There are 37 bridges over the Seine...

Including 31 road bridges, 4 walkways, 2 exclusively rail bridges and 32 illuminated bridges

The widest point in Paris across the Seine is approximately 200 m (near Grenelle Bridge).

The narrowest point is approximately 30 m (Quai de Montebello, on a small branch of the Seine).

Read more about the bridges of Paris in our January/March 2015 magazine...

9. There are 153 museums in Paris

The Louvre is the most visited museum in the world and in 2014 had 9.3 million visitors.

10. There are more than 1700 boulangeries in Paris.

Every year a contest is held to find the best baguette maker in the city. The title holder for 2014 was Aux Delices de Palais, 60 Boulevard Brune, (14th arrondissement).

By winning the contest the bakery also wins the right to supply 40 baguettes to the Elysée presidential palace for a year!

Click here to discover how to have an authentic bread making experience in Paris

Official Paris Tourist Office

www.paris.fr

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