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Jul 12, 2022 · Rue Crémieux. We start our stroll with a small street in the 12th arrondissement of Paris: rue Crémieux. This charming paved alley is lined with houses in absolutely charming pastel colors: pink...
- Courtney Traub
- 75011 Paris, France
- Butte aux Cailles: Art Deco Charms, Street Art, and Cobblestones. Butte-aux-Cailles, 75013 Paris, France. Where might one find a natural spring bubbling up in a quiet square, Art-nouveau and Alsatian-style houses on leafy, narrow old lanes, and sidewalk cafes spilling out onto cobblestone streets where nary a car passes?
- Charonne, Rue St. Blaise and Environs: An Offbeat Haven in the Northeast. 75011 Paris, France. Web Visit website. This area's so neglected by visitors, you rarely even see it mentioned in many popular guidebooks.
- Passy: A Chic, but Ultracute, Niche Near Trocadero. Passy, Paris, France. Moving westward, we next come to Passy, an unassuming and remarkably unpretentious little village in the chic 16th arrondissement.
- Batignolles: An Old-World Getaway in the Northwest. Batignolles, 75017 Paris, France. Not far from the traffic and noise of Place de Clichy and the debauched red-light district of Pigalle lies yet another area that nary a tourist has ventured into: the old district of Batignolles.
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- La REcyclerie. This former railway station is now a bustling hub for creative types, hipsters and nature lovers. Part restaurant/bar, part community center, La REcyclerie is a massive, airy space that’s perfect for a quick lunch or writing session.
- Jardins passagers de la Villette. What was once an industrial wasteland is now a glorious 3,000m2 agricultural space within the sprawling Parc de la Villette.
- Garden on Rue Fessart and Rue Clavel. While grandiose gardens are impressive to look at, one of the best ways to experience Paris’ urban farming trend is to happen upon one of these spaces unintentionally.
- Jardin Partagé Leroy Sème: A Lovely Shared Garden. This community garden in Belleville gets lots of love, evidenced by its bursting flowers, fruit trees and lush vegetable patches.
Jul 14, 2022 · “But city living doesn’t have to be unpleasant and anonymous. We want to create the atmosphere of a village in an urban space.” “Conviviality is not just a good feeling,” adds Bernard.
Dec 8, 2023 · Anna Brooke 08 December 2023. Negotiate your way around the French capital with Culture Trip’s insider guide to its most fascinating neighbourhoods, from Montmartre to the Latin Quarter and beyond.
Dec 18, 2019 · In fact, over one thousand undertakers worked together in their own veritable mini-city at the town’s edge, from coffin makers and casket upholsters to carriage builders and stablehands for horse-drawn hearses of the day.
Mar 11, 2020 · Back in the 1700s, when maps referred to rue Saint-Blaise as ‘grand-rue Saint-Germain’, Charonne was a village surrounded by orchards and vineyards where bourgeois and aristocrats from Paris built country houses and sent their children to be schooled by nannies in the fresh air.
