Parc des Varennes

The Parc des Varennes occupies a steep hillside where the Seine valley rises toward the plateau of Issy. It centers on a series of tiered, gravel-lined terraces held up by mossy stone walls that date back to when this land served as a private orchard. A local gardener named Marcel once spent thirty years grafting apple trees along these specific slopes, fighting the chalky soil until he produced a local variety that local families still talk about today.