Bois de Vincennes Paris : Paris Tourism

Located at the Western part of Paris, to the East of the « Bois de Boulogne”, The “Bois de Vincennes” offers 995 hectares of woods and greens. The origins of this park come from the fact that it was the reserved hunting place of King Philippe Auguste. In the 19th Century the Baron Haussmann gathered inspiration from the great parks of London such as Hyde Park to construct what was going to be the Bois de Vincennes. Alphand was the project leader and created reliefs and three lakes with his team. Daumesnil lake was added later. This park welcomed a racecourse (1863), the Imperial Farm (1859), and the Horticultural school with its arboretum. Today the Bois de Vincennes is fully equipped : the zoo, the flower park, the Buddhist temple and George-Ville’s Farm, whose aim is to open children to agricultural world.