« To me, Paris rhymes
with the beautiful days, the light, grave or tender music. To me, Paris rhymes with my loves And my heart can no longer take it… »
These lyrics performed by Edith Piaf reflect the poetry that the island inspires, a mysterious and secret island in which the presence
of its past inhabitants, Camille Claudel and Charles Baudelaire, can still be felt. The Ile Saint-Louis captivates and fascinates with its banks, its town and bourgeois houses, its great shopping street home to the famous luxury ice cream store, Berthillon. Two steps away, the cathedral of Notre-Dame, the Place Dauphine,
the Conciergerie. On the right bank: the Marais, Bastille,
the Centre Beaubourg, the Louvre. On the left bank: the Latin Quarter, Saint-Germain-des-Prés,
the Musée d’Orsay…