Paris Plages is extended by one week at La Villette – Le Figaro

Paris Plages is extended by one week at La Villette – Le Figaro

The 13th edition of Paris Plages ends this Sunday but the capital’s mayor Anne Hidalgo decided to extend the animations a week at La Villette. Despite bad weather harms the event.

This year, Paris Plages granted an additional week of vacation in the Paris region at La Villette . Until August 24, visitors will be able to enjoy activities such as kayaking, sailing, zip or bocce. The side of City Hall and along the Georges Pompidou, the event will end as scheduled on August 17.

This is the first time that the event enjoys an additional week since its inception in 2002 The City justifies this change by “the arrival of the new mayor of Paris,” in April. For Parisians of modest means, living in Seine-Saint-Denis and Paris, the site of La Villette is the closest.

The communication department of the City “is not yet available to an assessment of the crowd “for this 2014 edition, which began on July 19. But the weather did not reserve the best reception in Paris Beaches and the weather was not always conducive to outdoor activities.