Art Déco 🐟 Aquarium Tropical, Palais de la Porte Dorée

 

I went out looking for Art Déco architecture on Tuesday

And came home obsessed with fish 🐟 

It’s been 10 years since 

I visited 

The Palais de la Porte Dorrée, 

Classic Art Déco building, built in 1931 by architect Albert Laprade.

Located at 293 Avenue Daumesnil, 75012 (Metro 8) in a part of Paris I don’t often visit.

Here’s a tip👍 If you are going to residential areas, ask Google for the nearest Patisserie 🥐 

Vandermerrsch is top drawer and nearby at 278 Ave. Daumesnil.

They even carry  Christine Ferbier confiture !

I got a mini kouglof and came back for more later. 

Their galette des rois is famous 👌

Back to fish 🐟 

The Aquarium is in the basement 

With more than 500 animal species 

Living in more than 

85 different 

Environments.

I’m sure the last thing

On your Paris to-do list 

Is a visit to an aquarium?!

It wouldn’t even make your list, but

It is a magical experience in a beautiful building.

I want to say it’s a grounding experience…or sea 🌊 level experience? 

It makes you stop and think about this vast ecosystem we are so dependent on.

Mid-February 2 Mississippi sisters 🐊🐊 are joining the gang.

And you could get king 👑 cake on the way home!