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Themed Tour

Glacières de Vanves

At Parc Frédéric Pic

Vanves

🏛️"quite small, but architecture revealing the engineering of yesteryear" (Sortir à Paris)
🦢Pair your visit with a walk around the park's lake and swans
❄️The deeper chamber stays remarkably cool even on hot days

Step into two 18th-century ice houses, ingenious semi-underground chambers that kept winter frozen through summer. These rarely-opened Glacières reveal how Parisians chilled their drinks long before electricity.

rarely opened heritage site
18th-century engineering
semi-underground chambers
family-friendly outing

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