Le Moulin de la Vierge

St-Germain & Les Invalides


Gorgeous gold lettering and rural river scenes on the glossy black façade and beautiful tiles, glass display cabinets and marble counter tops inside make this art nouveau bakery a beautiful place to shop for artisan breads, éclairs, buttery madeleine cakes and spectacularly layered millefeuille.


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1. FluctuArt

0.23 MILES

Opened in 2019, this hip cultural centre occupying a péniche (barge) off pont des Invalides brought an unexpected dash of coolness to an otherwise…

2. Hôtel des Invalides

0.27 MILES

Flanked by the 500m-long Esplanade des Invalides lawns, Hôtel des Invalides was built in the 1670s by Louis XIV to house 4000 invalides (disabled war…

3. Musée de l’Armée

0.27 MILES

North of Hôtel des Invalides, in the Cour d’Honneur, is the Musée de l’Armée, which holds the nation’s largest collection on French military history.

4. Musée des Égouts de Paris

0.33 MILES

Raw sewage flows beneath your feet as you walk through 480m of odoriferous tunnels in this working sewer museum, which underwent important renovations…

5. Immeuble Lavirotte

0.36 MILES

Let your eyes settle on the aesthetic minutiae of the fantastic art nouveau façade of this building, which is one of the most photogenic private edifices…

6. Pont Alexandre III

0.37 MILES

Built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle (World’s Fair) to link the Grand Palais and Petit Palais with Les Invalides on the Left Bank, this Beaux Arts…

8. Église du Dôme

0.38 MILES

With its sparkling golden dome (1677–1735), the landmark church of Hôtel des Invalides is one of the finest religious edifices erected under Louis XIV and…