Underground & cool · Botanical garden · €
Jardin des Plantes
France's botanical garden, founded in 1626 as the royal medicinal beds and still run by the natural-history museum. The grounds are free: a long perspective of flowerbeds, an alpine garden, a rose garden, and a robinia planted in 1601, the oldest tree in Paris.
★ EssentialAmong the oldestLong-running
The walk costs nothing; the four glass Grandes Serres (~€7) and the 1794 menagerie are separately ticketed.
Address57 Rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris
Arrondissement5e
Price€ · Grounds free (greenhouses ticketed)
HoursDaily ~7:30–20:00 summer, 8:00–17:30 winter
Verified openJune 2026
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