Yvette Horner Promenade

Named in 2007 after the famous accordionist Yvette Horner, who lived in Nogent-sur-Marne for over fifty years, this riverside promenade follows the line of the former Île de Beauté and its elegant holiday villas.
The current walkway traces the course of the former branch of the Marne River that once separated the Île de Beauté from the Nogent shore, before it was filled in in 1968.
From the second half of the 19th century, following the arrival of the railway in Nogent, the Île de Beauté became a popular holiday retreat for the Parisian bourgeoisie, who built splendid villas in eclectic architectural styles—many of which can still be admired today.
Although the island itself is no longer an island, the Yvette Horner Promenade retains the charm and atmosphere of the Marne’s golden age, when weekends by the water were a quintessential part of Parisian leisure life.