For art en pleine air head to the Rodin Museum, www.musee-rodin.fr, where the real bargain is the euro 1 (US$1.25) entry fee to the gardens. Tucked amid the linden trees are some of Rodin’s greatest works – large bronze casts of The Thinker, The Gates of Hell, The Burgh
a picnic lunch and stay awhile. The museum itself charges euro 5 (US$6.20).
Eagerly awaited this fall is the return of a Paris architectural jewel, the Grand Palais. Its grand central hall reopens after a 12-year structural overhaul that restored the building’s glass-and-steel cupola, a glittering landmark in the Paris skyline. The work cost euro 100 million (US$124 million) but visitors get to view it for free until Oct. 1. After that, the Grand Palais resumes its function as a cultural center for festivals, exhibits and fashion shows.
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