The chairs of Luxembourg Garden

The Luxembourg Garden, close to the Hotel Raspail Montparnasse, is ideal for daydreaming and serenity and offers to its visitors chairs and seats that can be moved around the large basin or in the shaded alleys.

As early as the 18th century, strollers fell under the spell of the Luxembourg garden where and chairs, more comfortable than the old benches, were put at their disposal for a mere 40 cents. The management was then entrusted to private contractors who paid rent to the Senate. In 1843, nearly 1,500 chairs were made available to the strollers on sunny days.

In the 1920s, the “Senat” armchair, created by the Ateliers de la Ville de Paris and still present today, moved into the Luxembourg garden. Robust, comfortable, simple and painted green,  it became the emblem of the garden. It allows to sit comfortably (and for free since 1974) to daydream, read or relax. Parisians and tourists adore its style which evokes the Paris of the Roaring Twenties. You can also find it at the Tuileries . It was  recently adopted by  the University of Harvard in the United States.

This icon of Parisian urban heritage will preserve your comfort while staring at the Luxembourg garden, inspired by the Florentine garden of Boboli, created in 1612 at the request of Queen Marie de Medicis and  at the Palais du Luxembourg, where  the French Senate hold its cessions since 1799.

During your next stay in Paris, make time to wander to the Luxembourg Garden, close to the Hotel Raspail Montparnasse and take advantage of  the 25 hectares of this haven of peace in the heart of Paris. You will discover a garden « à la française” to be compared to the English-style garden also present, an orchard with several varieties of old apple trees, an apiary, a rose garden, and greenhouses containing a superb collection of orchids and… the famous Senat chairs. Do not hesitate to move them around, and settle down to take advantage this quiet garden which Saint Germain des Prés and the Latin Quarter residents affectionately call “Luco”.

A 7 minutes walk from our hotel will suffice to enter  the Luxembourg Garden : go right on  Boulevard Raspail (100m), turn right into rue  Bréa (190 m), continue on rue Vavin : here you are, one of the Luxembourg Garden gates opens in front of you

Opening hours according to the seasons : HERE

garden of Luxembourg close to our hotel