Seine riverside walk (car-free sections)

Thread the Berges pedestrian lanes between Musée d’Orsay’s clock façade and Notre-Dame’s reconstruction cranes—each bridge sings different iron filigree. Bouquinistes flip yellowed pages at river lip; runners stitch speed lines beside slow promenaders. Stop midspan to track bateaux-mouches light trails after dusk; pause on île Saint-Louis for Berthillon queues. The banks are public domain—linger on the stones where Haussmann perspectives align.