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BEAUBOURG AND LES HALLES

Sandwiched between the Tuileries and the been transformed into a huge underground
Marais, Beaubourg and Les Halles are busy mall called the Forum des Halles, with shops,
centres for shopping, eating and sightseeing. cinemas and even a swimming pool. Above
The area mixes the modern and the old – ground, there are gardens, cafés, bars and
one minute you could be facing the Centre vintage shops. Recent renovations have
Pompidou, an architectural wonder with an done much to dispel its reputation as a
inside-out industrial design of scaffolds, rather seedy area after dark.
pipes and steel ducts; the next, be strolling Sights in the area include the Eglise
by the Renaissance Fontaine des Innocents. St-Eustache, modelled after Notre-Dame,
Les Halles, also known as the “Belly of Paris”, and Vieux Rue Montorgueil, a cobblestone
was an 800-year-old food market that once pedestrian district with produce shops,
provided the city’s sustenance. It has since terraced cafés and trendy bars.
Sights at a Glance
Historic Buildings and Streets Historic Cafés Restaurants see pp296–8
0 No. 51 Rue de Montmorency 6 Café Beaubourg 1 L’Ambassade d’Auvergne
q Tour Jean Sans Peur Fountains 2 L’Ange 20
e Bourse du Commerce 4 Fontaine des Innocents 3 Auberge Nicolas Flamel
t La Samaritaine 4 Benoît
y Tour St-Jacques Museums and Galleries 5 Blend
Churches 1 Pompidou Centre pp110 –13 6 Filakia
7 Frenchie
3 St-Merry 5 Galerie Marian Goodman 8 Le Garde Robe
7 Forum des Images
w St-Eustache 9 Musée de la Poupée 9 Le Hangar
r St-Germain l’Auxerrois 10 Le Pharamond
Modern Architecture 11 La Régalade St-Honoré
2 Place Igor Stravinsky R U E R E A U M U R 12 Spring
8 Forum des Halles 13 Le Tir Bouchon
Sentier 100m R U E 14 Yam’Tcha
R U E
R U E
RUE LEOPOLD BELLAN
RUE DE PALESTRO
Réaumur
RUE ST SAUVEUR
R E A U M U R
GRENETA
RUE MANDAR
Arts et
R U E D U L O U V R E M A R C E L
R U E
R TIQUETONNE
M O N T M A R T R E
Marcel
RUE DU JOUR
See also Street Finder RUE J J ROUSSEAU E T I E N N E Etienne T U R B I G O MA R T I N RUE CHAPON
D E
S T
map 12, 13 RUE DE VIARMES R CASSIN R U E Halles R U E LESCOT D E N I S R AUX OURS RUE DU GRENIER
RUE COQUILLERE
Les
PLACE
ST LAZARE
R A M B U T E A U
RUE B DE
P S T D E CLAIRVAUX RUE MICHEL LE
COMTE
RUE SAUVAL R U E B E R G E R PLACE Châtelet les RUE R U E R UE R U E B E A U B O U R G
M QUENTIN Halles COSSONNERIE Rambuteau
RUE DE LA
RUE S T HO N OR E
PLACE
RUE
R U E B E R G E R
PL M DE POMPIDOU RAMBUTEAU
GEORGES
NAVARRE
R DE L'ARBRE SEC RUE DES BOURDONNAIS RUE DES HALLES ST DENIS B O U L E V A R D E MICHELET MAR T I N T E M P L E
Louvre RUE DU PONT NEUF RUE QUINCAMPOIX
PLACE
Rivoli Châtelet R AUBRY LE BOUCHER
RUE
RUE DES PRETRES
ST GERMAIN
RUE DE LA MONNAIE RUE DE Châtelet RUE R N FLAMEL S T D U
L’AUXERROIS
Pont Neuf BERTIN POIREE RUE J LANTIER RIVOLI BON R D U R E N A R D
COLONNE
RUE E
Pont Neuf QUAI DE LA MEGISSERIE AVE Châtelet R RUE ST R U E
S e i n e PLACE DU VICTORIA Hôtel
CHATELET R DE LA TACHERIE de Ville
Pont au Change QUAI DE GESVRES
0 metres
400
V O I E G E O R G E S P O M P I D O U
0 yards 400 Pont Notre- Dame
Pont d'Arcole
Large air vents on the exterior of the Pompidou Centre For keys to symbols see back flap
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