Place Dauphine ligger på Ile de la Cité i Paris 1: a arrondissement. Den kan nås till fots från tunnelbanestationerna Pont Neuf och Cité (trafikeras av linjerna 4 och 7), bara några hundra meter från katedralen Notre-Dame-de-Paris. Det rekommenderas inte att ta sig till Place Dauphine med bil eftersom parkering är knapp och komplicerad.
Place Dauphine is located just east of the Pont Neuf's midpoint on Île de la Cité in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. An entry point is between the two 17th-century buildings on the bridge. Take Métro line 4 or 7 to Pont Neuf or Cité, and walk a few minutes to the square.
Place Dauphine is open 24-hours and is especially popular in the evenings and weekends when locals gather for an aperitif at one of the restaurants or for a competitive game of pétanque.
Similar to British lawn bowling or Italian bocce, pétanque is a game played with heavy metallic balls on a level dirt or gravel surface—and ideally, as is in the case of Place Dauphin, under the pleasant shade of plane trees. The objective is to throw the balls so they land closer to the target ball (cochonnet) than your opponents’ balls. In France, the goal is to win, but also drink wine while doing so.
