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16th district: Passy

9 June 2009 | Categories: Paris Districts

avenue fochFirst of all, this district is a place of a large number of diplomatic embassies and residential areas like Auteuil and Passy. Due to its reputation and social level, this district is considered as one of the most safe and quite.

Furthermore, you can find here Avenue D’Eylau where “James Bond, Thunder ball” in 1965 was shot and the widest and wealthiest street in Paris called Avenue Foch that previously had been named Avenue du Bois de Boulogne. Why? Because it runs from the Arc de Triomphe and finishes at the end of Bois de Boulogne park. By the way, French call this park «a lung» because it is many times bigger than the most popular park in London and New York. There are 30 kilometers of routes, 18 cafés, zoo, children park amusement and hippodrome.

But sport fans love 16th district not for its museums. There are several big sport grounds here, that are Parc des Princes (the stadium of Paris SG football club), Stade Jean-Bouin (home of Français Rugby Union) and the Roland Garros Stadium (the stage for tennis French open).

parc monceauThis district is conventionally divided into 3 areas. Working-class in the northern part, where the famous Place de Clichy is, upper-class in the southern area with Avenue des Ternes and Marché Poncelet and the former independent village of Batignolles between them, right in the center.

The 17th district also hosts the Musée national Jean-Jacques Henner, the Palais des Congrès of Paris, which is a great exhibition center with the skyscraper Concorde Lafayette hotel.

There is Parc Monceau, as well, in its perfect English-style architecture and French-garden styles. But honestly, this park is so popular thanks to an active free access Wi-Fi area. After relaxing in the park finish your sightseeing tour by the outstanding Arc de Triomphe.

sacre coeurThis vicinity seems to be the most privileged and chic district in Paris. Today, Montmartre streets are full of famous person as it was many years and even centuries ago. Life also boils at Place du Tertre that is known due to lots of painters.
18th district is the highest point of Paris, as well. It is a church Sacré Coeur that opens a great views and dazzles its glorious architecture.

Unexpectedly , this vicinity is a small island of African world. To make it sure, visit the market Marché Barbès that offers various produce and hear the live jazz at the open flea market.

The most popular entertainment spot here is the celebrity Moulin Rouge where every visitor can delighting cabaret’s can-can. Less of us know that Moulin Rouge is not just dance and songs. It is a great performance where usually act about 100 artists including doriss girls, dancers, acrobats, magicians and clowns.

La GéodeThe main object in this district is Parc de la Villette. It is a great spot both for relax and mainly for examination. Here you will find a big concentration of diverse museum. For example, you will find the whole Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie here. Also it is obligatory to buy a ticket to the Villet cinema which is a big spherical 3D cinema hall.

The second Parc des Buttes Chaumont will became for you a real world of fairytale with its magnificant lakes, bridges, small waterfalls, greenery and Neo-Classical temple in its background.

In this amazing district there are some also worth-visit places like the Cité de la Musique with the center of Paris music which is Le Conservatoire de Paris or picturesque Canal Saint-Denis and the Canal de l’Ourcq with its romantic boat trips.

20th district: Ménilmontant

9 June 2009 | Categories: Paris Districts

edith piaf grave20th district is unofficially known as Belleville due to the street of the same name. There are three main things that you should pay attention for while being here.

The first one, the Père-Lachaise Cemetery that is the world most-visited cemetery and last place for many genius people of humanity like Chopin, Balzac, Rossini, Piaf, Sarah Bernhardt, Wilde, Callas, Proust, Fourier, Pissarro, Jim Morrison and many others.
The second one is the resting place of great Edith Piaf. Admirers of her work can take a walk across the streets of Piaf’s youth and old ages.

As because this district is a location of inflow of immigrants, the third thing to visit is the second Paris Chinatown on Rue Rebeval. Honestly, Asian restaurants, markets and bars are sometimes turning Paris into a picturesque town in the heart of East.