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The Champs-Elysées , a boulevard one thousand feet in width , extends east over a mile from the monument of the Place de la Concord . Handsome buildings flank the sides , and much of the open space is shaded with elm and lime trees . Grand statues , fountains , and flowers add their charm . Between three and five o'clock every pleasant afternoon this magnificent avenue becomes the most fashionable promenade in the world . Here you will behold the elite in attendance at Vanity Fair ; many are riding in elegant equipages , many on horseback , and almost countless numbers on foot . The popular drive is out the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne , 320 feet in width , to the Bois de Boulogne , a beautiful park of 2250 acres , containing several lakes and fringed on the west side by the River Seine . In the southwest part of this park is located the Hippodrome de Longchamp , which is the principal race-course near Paris , where races attract vast crowds , especially when the French Derby or the Grand Prix of twenty thousand dollars is competed for early in June .