Plages

His credo is that Paris Plages—the man-made beach with free entertainment set up along the Seine for a month from July 21—presents a modest and temporary, but nevertheless genuine, attempt to redress the balance.

I Think, Therefore I Am Happy Lennox Morrison 2011

Le Paris Plages could take an entire afternoon (longer if you grab one of the loungers and just close your eyes to soak in the sun).

What to Do in Paris / Que faire a Paris? - French Word-A-Day 2009

This year, on the 10th anniversary of Paris Plages, he promises 10 times more sand than usual.

I Think, Therefore I Am Happy Lennox Morrison 2011

We went to Paris with our family last year - not much to ad to the above, but I would recommend "Paris Plages", which has become a tradition in the last few years - they create a "beach" along the Seine, with misting machines, lots of lounging areas, a small pool with public hours, believe it or not, boules, and scheduled bands - very fun and relaxing.

What to Do in Paris / Que faire a Paris? - French Word-A-Day 2009

But I do want to mention one more thing – the Paris-Plages, where for a month in the summer the city has begun closing roads by the Seine and setting up urban beaches for the Parisians and visitors simply to enjoy.

F. Kaid Benfield: Village Green: Le Tour Reminds Us Why We Love Paris 2010

But I do want to mention one more thing – the Paris-Plages, where for a month in the summer the city has begun closing roads by the Seine and setting up urban beaches for the Parisians and visitors simply to enjoy.

F. Kaid Benfield: Village Green: Le Tour Reminds Us Why We Love Paris 2010

How apt that the filmmaker Agnès Varda chose a house near the sea in which to sit for an interview about her latest, maybe final, motion picture: "Les Plages d'Agnès" ( "The Beaches of Agnès"), which opened last week in New York and Los Angeles.

Memories Without Tears 2009

We went to Paris with our family last year - not much to ad to the above, but I would recommend "Paris Plages", which has become a tradition in the last few years - they create a "beach" along the Seine, with misting machines, lots of lounging areas, a small pool with public hours, believe it or not, boules, and scheduled bands - very fun and relaxing.

What to Do in Paris / Que faire a Paris? - French Word-A-Day 2009

On the coast of Flanders, Ostend -- 'La Reine des Plages' -- is, it need hardly be said, the most important place, and its rise has been very remarkable.

Bruges and West Flanders Am��d��e Forestier 1887

Skipping Nantes as being out of the route of the Anglo-Saxon abroad, though in the Place Grasselin the Français and the Cambronne both deserve a word, and the Plages d'Océan which lie between Nantes and

The Gourmet's Guide to Europe Algernon Bastard 1885