Guidebook for Paris
Sightseeing
The most beautiful park in Paris. Stroll, jog, picnic, or grab a beer and tapas at hipster-hangout Rosa Bonheur - a 3 minute walk from the apartment!
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Buttes-Chaumont Park
1 Rue BotzarisThe most beautiful park in Paris. Stroll, jog, picnic, or grab a beer and tapas at hipster-hangout Rosa Bonheur - a 3 minute walk from the apartment!
Explore the cobbled lanes that fan out from the rue de Mouzaïa, between the rue du Général Brunet and the rue de Bellevue...full of picturesque, candy-coloured houses, a very different side to Paris!
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Rue de Mouzaïa
Rue de MouzaïaExplore the cobbled lanes that fan out from the rue de Mouzaïa, between the rue du Général Brunet and the rue de Bellevue...full of picturesque, candy-coloured houses, a very different side to Paris!
Everything Else
Widely regarded as one of the best bakeries in Paris. One of only four in the city with a wood-fired oven. Great bread, even better cakes! Expensive but worth it. Also small "salon de thé" for eat-in.
83 Rue de Crimée
83 Rue de CriméeWidely regarded as one of the best bakeries in Paris. One of only four in the city with a wood-fired oven. Great bread, even better cakes! Expensive but worth it. Also small "salon de thé" for eat-in.
Olympic sized swimming pool. It is covered and heated in winter. Outdoor pool in summer.
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Piscine Georges Hermant
8-10 Rue David d'AngersOlympic sized swimming pool. It is covered and heated in winter. Outdoor pool in summer.
Not only is the metro (line 11) here but every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday morning there's a market where you can find not only food, but clothes, flowers, accessories, DVDs and other bits and bobs!
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Place des Fetes
Not only is the metro (line 11) here but every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday morning there's a market where you can find not only food, but clothes, flowers, accessories, DVDs and other bits and bobs!
Les Bains de Saadia
30 Rue des SolitairesLadies, for all your beauty and pampering needs.
The bread at this bakery is good (try the "tradition") but the pastries are pretty dreadful! Lacking service, too, à la parisienne! Long wait possible during peak times. Closed Friday.
93 Rue de Belleville
93 Rue de BellevilleThe bread at this bakery is good (try the "tradition") but the pastries are pretty dreadful! Lacking service, too, à la parisienne! Long wait possible during peak times. Closed Friday.
Food Scene
Great, cheap Vietnamese food. Always packed with locals so a good idea to book.
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3 Rue de Mouzaïa
3 Rue de MouzaïaGreat, cheap Vietnamese food. Always packed with locals so a good idea to book.
50m from the apartment and a great place for a morning coffee on the cute terrace that overlooks Place Rhin et Danube.
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Café Parisien
2 Pl. de Rhin et Danube50m from the apartment and a great place for a morning coffee on the cute terrace that overlooks Place Rhin et Danube.
Fantastic neighbourhood restaurant with an excellent (natural) wine list.
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22 Rue du Plateau
22 Rue du PlateauFantastic neighbourhood restaurant with an excellent (natural) wine list.
A neighbourhood gem; fantastic food and wine, tucked away in a little-known side street a few minutes' walk from the apartment. Monday is couscous night!
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Ô Divin
35 Rue des AnneletsA neighbourhood gem; fantastic food and wine, tucked away in a little-known side street a few minutes' walk from the apartment. Monday is couscous night!
Shopping
Authentic Italian deli with delicious dishes to take away. A selection of Italian wine, too.
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Al Forno
29 Rue du Général BrunetAuthentic Italian deli with delicious dishes to take away. A selection of Italian wine, too.
A very typical Parisian street with a village feel, lined with boutiques, galleries and local stores (towards the rue de Belleville end).
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La Villette
211 Av. Jean JaurèsA very typical Parisian street with a village feel, lined with boutiques, galleries and local stores (towards the rue de Belleville end).
Drinks & Nightlife
A trendy bar to see and be seen - when the sun is out it's packed by 5pm, but it's also a really pleasant place to have a drink outside of peak times (lunchtime, early afternoon during the week).
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Rosa Bonheur
2 Av. de la CascadeA trendy bar to see and be seen - when the sun is out it's packed by 5pm, but it's also a really pleasant place to have a drink outside of peak times (lunchtime, early afternoon during the week).
Essentials
44 Rue des Alouettes
44 Rue des AlouettesLarge, reasonably-priced supermarket, 7 minutes walk from the apartment.
Closest supermarket to the apartment but it's smallish with a more limited selection. Also the only supermarket in the neighbourhood that's open on Sunday.
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Carrefour City
175 Av. de ClichyClosest supermarket to the apartment but it's smallish with a more limited selection. Also the only supermarket in the neighbourhood that's open on Sunday.
8 minutes walk from the apartment on the Place des Fêtes (opposite the metro station). Posh groceries, good selection of products but a little more expensive than Simply Market.
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MONOPRIX
5 Rue du Poteau8 minutes walk from the apartment on the Place des Fêtes (opposite the metro station). Posh groceries, good selection of products but a little more expensive than Simply Market.