Les Hespérides Vaugirard

Les Hespérides Vaugirard is a dormitory in Paris, Île-de-France. Les Hespérides Vaugirard is situated nearby to the post office Bureau de Poste de Paris Volontaires/Francois Bonvin, as well as near the bike rental Volontaires - Vaugirard.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Volontaires station and Montparnasse Tower.

Volontaires station

Metro station

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Volontaires is a station on Line 12 of the Paris Métro located in the 15th arrondissement. The station is named after the nearby Rue des Volontaires. In 1822, locals transformed an existing dead end into an alley that led to the Rue de Vaugirard, hence its initial name of Ruelle Volontaire, with the "s" added later to pay homage to the soldiers of the French Revolution, the National Volunteers.

Montparnasse Tower

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Tour Maine-Montparnasse, also commonly named Tour Montparnasse, is a 210-metre office skyscraper in the Montparnasse area of Paris, France. Constructed from 1969 to 1973, it was the tallest skyscraper in France until 2011, when it was surpassed by the 231-metre Tour First in the La Défense business district west of Paris's city limits. Montparnasse Tower is situated 1 km east of Les Hespérides Vaugirard.

Gare Montparnasse

Railway station

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Gare Montparnasse, officially Paris Montparnasse and formerly Gare de l'Ouest, is one of the seven large Paris railway termini, and is located in the 14th and 15th arrondissements. Gare Montparnasse is situated 1 km east of Les Hespérides Vaugirard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 15th arrondissement and Grenelle.

15th arrondissement

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The 15th arrondissement of Paris is in the city's southwest on the Left Bank of the Seine. Quite up-market and quiet, it is the largest arrondissement by both area and population.

Grenelle

Quarter

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Grenelle is a neighbourhood in southwestern Paris, France. It is a part of the 15th arrondissement of the city. There is currently a Boulevard de Grenelle which runs along the North delimitation of the quartier, and a Rue de Grenelle, a few kilometers North-East in the 7th arrondissement.