The Olympic hot air balloon shines again in Paris

It was one of the most glittering and spectacular of the Paris 2024 Olympics and now will once again soar in the Paris sky. The hot air balloon with the Olympic brazier that enchanted the world last summer will rise again above the roofs of the City of Light for the pleasure of Parisians and tourists. From next Saturday 21st June and until September 14, the hot air balloon which, in particular, during the sunset, it sends out golden reflections of dreamlike beauty will be visible again at the gardens of Tuileries, between the Louvre Museum and the Arc de Triomphe, with a strengthened technical device to enable it to 'fly' for three consecutive summers. To promise the return of the ball, after the incessant drumming tam on social media from those who wanted it to never be removed, was It was President Emmanuel Macron himself who had the idea to perpetuate the rite at least until the next Olympics in Los Angeles 2028. Through the website vasqueparis2024.fr, it will be it is possible to know the times of each night flight, and of keep up to date on any cancellations, depending on the weather conditions, which in Paris are capricious even during the beautiful season. In the capital of France twinned with Rome, that of the hot air balloon is an ancient tradition. Over two hundred years ago, on December 1, 1783, Jacques Charles and Marie-Noël Robert took flight in front of 400,000 visitors who came to the Tuileries to attend the event. Nine days earlier, the two engineers had however nevertheless had advance notice from the famous Montgolfier brothers, who managed to get a balloon with two men on board at the castle of La Muette, after having attempted a first flight in Versailles with a duck, a rooster and a calf on board. The Olympic ball that will be back again from the day after tomorrow visible at the Tuileries is added to the 'Ballon Generali' present all year round in the André Citroën Park, not far from the Eiffel Tower, which serves, in addition to breathtaking views 150 meters in height, to measure the air quality of Paris.