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FURTHER AFIELD

Away from the centre, but still within the Internet start-ups. Beyond the périphérique,
périphérique beltway circling Paris, the city the Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes
becomes greener. Former working-class areas are two of the city’s largest public parks, with
like Belleville, Ménilmontant and Batignolles ponds, flower gardens and children’s activities.
are turning into bobo (bourgeois bohemian) Beautiful cathedrals and chateaux also beckon,
villages, with hip bars, vintage markets and such as Versailles, evoking royal grandeur.

Sights at a Glance
Historic Buildings and Streets Leisure Parks f Musée Marmottan-Monet
7 Portes St-Denis et St-Martin 9 Parc de la Villette pp238–41 h Musée des Années 30
y Bibliothèque Nationale v Disneyland® Paris pp256–9 Neighbourhoods
François Mitterrand Parks, Gardens and Canals
o Cité Universitaire 2 Parc Monceau 5 Batignolles
0 Belleville and Ménilmontant
s Rue la Fontaine 8 Parc des Buttes-Chaumont t Bercy
d Fondation Le Corbusier w Canal St-Martin u 13th Arrondissement
j Versailles pp250–55 i Parc Montsouris a Front de Seine (Beaugrenelle)
k Château de Malmaison p Parc André Citroën
l La Défense Cemeteries
g Bois de Boulogne
Churches c Château et Bois de Vincennes q Cimetière du Père Lachaise
pp242–3
1 Cathédrale St-Alexandre-Nevsky Museums and Galleries
x Basilique-Cathédrale de
Saint-Denis 3 Musée Nissim de Camondo
4 Musée Cernuschi
Markets 6 Musée Gustave Moreau
e Marché d’Aligre r Musée de l’Histoire
z Marché aux Puces de St-Ouen de l’Immigration
Key
0 km 5
Main sightseeing areas
0 miles 3 Motorways
Major Roads
Sights Outside the Centre
St-Denis
A86 A1
A15
Bezons Asniéres-sur-
Seine
A86
A14 Bobigny
D7
Nanterre BLVD PERIPHERIQUE N3

A3
Rueil
Malmaison
A86 Montreuil
PARIS
St-Cloud
Boulogne
A13 BLVD PERIPHERIQUE
A4
D910
Versailles
Meudon Montrouge A86
A6B D5
l’Haÿ-
A6A
D906 les-Roses
N118
Formal garden at Versailles For additional keys to symbols see back flap

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