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EIGHT GUIDED WALKS

Paris is a city for walking. It is more compact luxury modern residential architecture,
and easier to get around than many other Monceau for its sumptuous Second Empire
great capitals. Most of its famous sights are mansions and Ile St-Louis for its ancien régime
within walking distance of one another town houses and narrow streets. The old-
and they are close to the heart of the city, fashioned charm of the iron footbridges
the Ile de la Cité. survives along Canal St-Martin, and steep
There are 14 classic tourist areas described village streets that were once home to
in the Area by Area section of this book, each famous artists still enrich Montmartre. A
with a short walk marked on its Street-by- tranquil village atmosphere also pervades
Street map, taking you past many of the most two lesser-known hilltop districts – Buttes-
interesting sights. Yet Paris offers a wealth of Chaumont, with one of Paris’s loveliest parks,
lesser-known but equally remarkable areas, and Buttes- aux-Cailles, whose quaint, cobbled
whose special history, architecture and local alleyways belie its association with the ill-fated
customs reveal other facets of the city. Paris Commune of 1871, while the once
The eight walks around the following working-class area of Faubourg St-Antoine
neighbourhoods take in the main sights and has been given a new lease of life as an arti-
also introduce visitors to their subtle details, sans’ quarter with a pleasure-boat harbour.
such as street markets, quirky churches, All the walk areas are readily accessible
canals, gardens, old village streets and by public transport and the nearest Metro
bridges. And the literary, artistic and historical stations and bus routes are listed in the Tips
associations allow the past and present to for Walkers boxes. For each walk, there are
blend into the changing and vibrant life of suggestions on convenient resting points,
the modern city. Auteuil is renowned for its such as cafés and squares, along the route.
Montmartre
(pp270–71)

Parc Monceau Buttes-
(pp262–3) Chaumont
(pp272–3)
Canal St-Martin
Opéra (pp264–5)
Champs- Quarter
Chaillot Elysées Tuileries
Quarter Quarter Beaubourg
and The
Invalides S eine Les Halles Marais Faubourg
and Ile St-Louis St-Antoine
Eiffel Tower St-Germain- Ile de La (pp266–7) (pp274–5)
Quarter des-Prés Cité
Latin
Quarter
Auteuil Luxembourg Jardin des
(pp268–9) Quarter Plantes
Montparnasse Quarter

Buttes-aux-Cailles
(pp276–7)
Key 0 kilometres 2
Walk route 0 miles 1

Paintings for sale at the bustling Place du Tertre

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