What Makes Jardin Atlantique a Great Place?
Access to the park is from within the station (three places), and from Rue de Cat, Rue Mouchotte, Boulevard de Vaugirard and Boulevard Pasteur. People who enter from the station usually do so from curiosity or boredom while they wait for their trains. Most of the park’s users access it from the streets either by stairs or elevators that sit on the street, away from the station. There are a number of public buses that serve the area, as well as the Montparnasse Metro station. The paths within the park are all handicap accessible and are well maintained by the city. On arrival, the park is open, well maintained, and primarily filled with mothers, nannies and children, as well as elderly pensioners. It is possible to seat as many as 490 people comfortably on the park’s benches this does not include seating along the boardwalk, or on the granite edges of the park’s tree pits, or the many slopes formed within the lawn area. Benches are at two levels to accommodate children and adults, and t