Galerie Colbert and Vivienne
From Paris Hotels Reviews
Galerie Colbert and Vivienne
Galerie Colbert, one of two passages linking rue Vivienne with rue des Petits-Champs, has been renovated and incorporated into the INHA (National Institute of Art-History), under the umbrella of the Bibliothéque Nationale, and is out of bounds to the general public; on the corner of the passage and rue Vivienne is the 1830s-style brasserie, Le Grand Colbert, to which senior librarians and academics retire for lunch. The flamboyant decor of Grecian and marine motifs in neighbouring Galerie Vivienne establishes the perfect ambience in which to buy Jean-Paul Gaultier gear, or you can browse in the antiquarian bookshop, Librairie Jousseaume, dating back to the passage 's earliest days, and take a tea break in A Priori The.
