This most romantic city is dominated by the River Seine from the Eiffel Tower to Notre Dame, grand boulevards and the monumental Arc de Triomphe and Sacré Coeur. It has many areas, each with their own unique character and attractions. On the Left Bank, St Germain is the meeting place for artists and intellectuals with many famous cafés. Ile de la Cité is a tiny island, where Paris began. Champs-Elysées is the chic area between the Bois de Boulogne and Place de la Concorde where wealth, fashion and the upper class live together. Tuileries quarter contains open air cafés, delightful gardens and the fashionable boutiques of Rue du Faubourg St. Honoré. Opéra is a smart area of entertainment, restaurants, cafés, food shops and department stores such as Galeries Lafayette and Printemps. Montmartre stretches from the grand boulevards by the opera through lively Pigalle up to the artist’s quarter round the Sacré Coeur basilica. Marais contains restored, aristocratic mansions and the beautiful Place des Vosges.