The 4th arrondissement of Paris: The Old Marais

The Earful Tower: Paris

Oliver Gee

Arts, Paris, Society & Culture, Travel, Places & Travel, France

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The 4th arrondissement is this week's focus on the podcast. Here's what we found after spending a full day there.

Mentioned in this show

This podcast episode includes a brief interview with Paul Barron, the owner of the Peloton Cafe, and our final ranking on the district out of 100.

This episode features music by Pres Maxson, including his take on Notre Dame de Paris by Edith Piaf.

We’ll share our visit, in video format, on our YouTube channel in the coming days. We’ll be making one of these travel vlogs every week, so be sure to subscribe (you can do it in one click via this link).

Read our full guide with all the pictures on the Earful Tower website here.

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0:00.0	Ooh, the Marais.
0:02.4	It's special, isn't it?
0:04.0	This is a special episode.
0:05.8	It's very dear to my heart.
0:08.6	And many people's heart, I think.
0:10.1	I think a lot of people have, we're almost, almost nervous to talk about an almost sacred place.
0:17.0	I know, I feel like it's a grand dame.
0:19.1	The grand dame of The Grand Dame of Paris.
0:21.3	Today we're going to take everyone through the fourth Arandisement of Paris as part of our
0:27.3	Paris countdown season.
0:29.5	My name's Oliver G.
0:30.7	I'm Lina G.
0:32.4	Norden G.
0:33.6	I forgot my maiden name there for a second.
0:35.7	We're going to walk you through what is a very special aridismount steeped in history,
0:41.3	but also thriving in the modern scene.
0:44.3	Just drop dead gorgeous through most of it.
0:48.2	Oh, it's so good.
0:49.1	A tourist haven in some parts, but quite easy to avoid the tourists.
0:52.4	And a place that's personally special to both of us, I think.
0:56.8	Yeah.
0:57.3	Especially me.
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