Musee Rodin

Housed in the sumptuous Hôtel Biron, an 18th-century mansion near Les Invalides, the Rodin Museum is one of the most enchanting places in Paris. It was here that the sculptor Auguste Rodin lived and worked at the end of his life, bequeathing his entire oeuvre to the French state. The interior winds through salons with polished parquet floors and gilded woodwork, where white marble and powerful bronzes seem to come alive in the natural light streaming through the tall windows. The highlight, however, remains its three-hectare sculpture garden, a veritable oasis of greenery in the heart of the capital. Strolling among the rose bushes and hornbeam hedges, visitors discover the artist's monumental masterpieces: The Thinker, The Burghers of Calais, and the breathtaking Gates of Hell. It is this unique alliance between the finesse of classical architecture, the raw power of sculpture and the serenity of the park that makes this museum an enchanting interlude, far from the tumult of Paris.