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Tips for Walkers
Starting point: Place d’Italie
Metro.
Length: 2.6 km (1.6 miles).
Getting there: Start from the
Place d’Italie Metro via lines 5, 6
or 7. Or take bus No. 27, 47, 57, 67
or 83 and get off at the stop
“Place d’Italie”.
Stopping off points: The Rue de
la Butte-aux-Cailles is full of great
cafés and restaurants. Le Temps
des Cerises (No. 18) is very
Le Temps des Cerises, full of bohemian atmosphere r atmospheric, while Fusion (No.
12) is devoted to fusion cuisine.
At the end of the road is the On Rue des Cinq Diamants, Chez
Place Paul Verlaine t. On the Gladines (No. 30) is a great bet for
other side of the square is the a good lunch, while Les Cailloux
PLACE red-brick Art Nouveau (No. 58) is a chic option.
D ’ I T AL IE swimming pool y. Built in 1924,
Place 1 it houses one indoor
d’Italie pool and two lovely des-Prés. Head down
Corvisart A U G U S T E B L A N Q U I 3 2 areas. Take the steps in interesting rough stone
the street, noting the
outdoor swimming
RUE PERE GUERIN
front of the building to
houses p, and go
R PAULIN MERY
find the modern
straight, past an
R UE G E R A R D
unusual purple Art
fountain on the square
B O U L E V A R D
Nouveau-style house
4
R U E B A R R A UL T P A SSA GE B ARR AU LT RUE DES 5 CINQ DIAMANTS RUE SIMONET MOULIN DES PRES RUE DU RUE BOBILLOT A V E N U E D ' I T A L I E A V E N U E D E C H O I S Y u. This is supplied by Crêpes et des Cailles Damesme, turn right
Le Puits Artésian, a
at No. 104 a. Take a
local well 580 m
right onto the Rue
Crêpes from Des
(1,902 ft) deep,
into the Rue du Docteur
dating from
R UE D E L A B U T T E AU X CA I L L E S
locals queuing to fill
Rue Dieulafoy s. Here are several
RUE DES
9 DAVIEL R U E A LP HA ND 8 7 6 RUE SAMSON t R UE V A NDREZA N NE DEUX AVENUES 1863. You may see Leray and then right again onto
RUE
VILLA DAVIEL q PA r RUE CHÉREAU u PL. plastic bottles here. unique, colourful cottages with
PAUL
VERLAINE
w RUE DE POUY y Exit the square, flower-filled front gardens behind
take a right and
railings. At the end of the row,
RUE DE L’ESPÉRANCE R U E M A R T I N B E R N A R U E B O B I L L O T RUE DU Tolbiac restaurant Chez Nathalie Pape, a left onto the Rue
0 RUE BUOT e SSAGE BOITON R D i RU E DU MO U LINET RUE TOUSSAINT FERON then another take a right onto the Rue Henri
right past the chic
RUE MI C H A L
Damesme, walk up to the Rue de
with its flowery terrace,
busy, Paris. Turn right and walk
R U E D E T O L B I A C R U E D E T O L B I A C d which is always packed in Tolbiac and back out into modern,
summer, into the Rue up to the Metro Tolbiac d.
o Vandrezanne, continuing
SQ. DES MOULIN DES PRES A V E down this pedestrianized
PEUPLIERS H ROUSSELLE street into the passage
RUE DES PEUPLIERS RU E H a R U E D A M E S M E RUE DU DR LAU R ENT N U E D ' I T A L I E Vandrezanne, a steep cobbled
RUE E ET
RUE DU MOULIN DE LA POINTE
p PAPE
alleyway with antiquated
lampposts i. Cross over the
Rue du Moulinet and take the
s R DIEULAFOY Rue du Moulin des Prés until
you come to the Rue de
R U E D R L E R A Y
R U E B O U RGON Tolbiac. Cross this busy road,
then take a right, stepping back
into another time at the Square
des Peupliers o. Built in 1926,
Key each house is different, reflecting
the ideals of the time. All have
Walk route
pretty little gardens, most have
lovely Art Nouveau porches and
the ornate gilded lampposts are
0 metres 200
very special. Leave the Square
0 yards 200 des Peupliers and take a right Square des Peupliers, with its unique
back onto the Rue du Moulin- houses o
For additional keys to symbols see back flap
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