Transfer by shuttle taxi to the Garden of Ranelagh in Paris

History and visit the Jardin du Ranelagh in Paris

Le Jardin du Ranelagh is a Parisian garden , located at the opening of the avenue Prud’hon in Trocadéro – Passy , in the 16th arrondissement . It is bordered on the west side by the Musée Marmottan Monet. Triangular, the garden covers an area of ​​60,500 square meters. It was created in 1860 by the engineer Jean -Charles Alphand this English garden . The garden is very popular with local families . It offers a large play area for children. These can enjoy rides on donkeys and ponies, swings, the merry-go timber, puppet show , sandboxes or the playground ball. This is a good place to walk and picnic. Parts lawns are accessible to the public. Dogs are allowed, but only on the condition of the leash . The garden has a bandstand and a WiFi access . It is open daily , Monday through Friday from 10 am to 18 pm and weekends from 9 am to 17 pm 30. This site is served by bus lines 22, 32, 52 , for the RER Boulainvilliers well as line 9 metro station La Muette. Do not hesitate to book a prestige car with driver for your transfer to the Jardin du Ranelagh  and other interesting place of Paris during your stay.

The garden is a remnant of the former garden of Chateau de la Muette . In the eighteenth century , Morisan a guard barrier Passy erected on the lawns of the castle a public dance hall . The latter was named Ranelagh by reference to a public ball says Roundhouse music opened in London , which belonged to a Lord Ranelagh . Attracted by its success, Morisan wanted to make this even building ballroom. The rotunda Lord Ranelagh music served as a model for the construction of the latter. It was inaugurated in 1774 and became very popular. During the Revolution , the garden de la Muette was transformed into a muscadine planting. The place found some success after the period of the occupation that the ballroom no longer existed . A few years later , Baron Haussmann became owner. He decided to create a large public park in 1860. He appealed to the engineer of roads and bridges , Jean- Charles Alphand to develop the garden. In 2011 , one of his whereabouts became known as the singer and actress Davia . Between 29 May and 24 June 2013 , work has been undertaken on the side of the avenue Prud’hon to implement elements of fitness .

The garden is shaded by a large number of tree species such as chestnut , beech and ash . It also offers some exceptional species of trees such as Hackberry Provence, pterocarya Caucasus, the Honey locust and many others. Three hazel Byzantium are remarkable for their size , 19, 21 and 28 meters. The oldest chestnut therein the 1800s . The garden is decorated with many statues such as the bronze statue of Jean de La Fontaine , built by the sculptor Charles Correia in 1983, the marble statue of Louis Eugene from 1883 representing the Fisherman hauling the head Orpheus in his nets , another marble Tony Christmas Meditation , built in 1882 …