The Marais, an area in Paris, between Beauberg and the Bastille, became a fashionable aristocratic district in the 16th and 17th centuries, but after the bloody revolution it was abandoned to the masses by the aristocrats who preferred to keep their heads attached, and fled for their lives. The renovated mansions are now museums, libraries and elegant apartments. Shops selling designer clothes, works of art, and house and garden accessories stand side by side to the grand old mansions. This old, secluded area of Paris is as imagined by dreamers and artists, as safe by night as it is by day, with as many bars and restaurants as could be wished for.

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