Bois de Boulogne

The 865 hectares Bois de Boulogne lies on the western edge of Paris and was created under Napoléon III (second part of the 19th century). Its designer, the Baron Haussman, was an admirer of the large and central London parks (such as the beautiful Hyde Park and Regent Park). He decided to create two similar parks in Paris.
They are respectively the Bois de Boulogne on the west side of Paris and the Bois de Vincennes on the east. The Bois de Boulogne, the most fashionable of the two, is bordered by the very residential cities of Neuilly and Boulogne.
The Bois de Boulogne is a favourite destination of Parisian walkers, bicycle and horse riders. It also houses the two Parisian horse courses (Auteuil and Longchamp) and the pretty Bagatelle gardens. The Roland Garros tennis courts lie on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne. At night, the Bois de Boulogne welcomes a very different population and becomes the red district of Paris.