Belleville, Paris!
Peace and quiet
- 5 minute walk
- One of my favorite parks in the world
- It has a couple of cafes where you can sit and have tea
- It has a fun little lookout point high up and a lovely pond
- It has part of the Petit Ceinture, the old, abandoned train line
- It is big so you could walk around it for an hour or more
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Parc des Buttes-Chaumont
1 Rue Botzaris- 5 minute walk
- One of my favorite parks in the world
- It has a couple of cafes where you can sit and have tea
- It has a fun little lookout point high up and a lovely pond
- It has part of the Petit Ceinture, the old, abandoned train line
- It is big so you could walk around it for an hour or more
- 20 minute walk
- At night this area is magical
- It has many restaurants and cafes right along the waterfront
- The lights reflect in the water
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Bassin de la Villette
- 20 minute walk
- At night this area is magical
- It has many restaurants and cafes right along the waterfront
- The lights reflect in the water
- 25 minute walk
- This is a nice area with many parks, canals, the Paris Philharmonic, some other theaters, and a museum of science called “Cite des Sciences et d’Industrie”
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La Villette
211 Av. Jean Jaurès- 25 minute walk
- This is a nice area with many parks, canals, the Paris Philharmonic, some other theaters, and a museum of science called “Cite des Sciences et d’Industrie”
Neighborhoods
- 2 minute walk
- This is basically my neighborhood, where you are staying
- It is the second largest Chinatown in Paris
- There are lots of Chinese markets and restaurants nearby
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Belleville
- 2 minute walk
- This is basically my neighborhood, where you are staying
- It is the second largest Chinatown in Paris
- There are lots of Chinese markets and restaurants nearby
- 15 minute walk
- There are beautiful canals close by that make for great walks
- Search “Pont de la rue Louis Blanc” in Google Maps, walk there, and then go to your right along the canal
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Canal Saint-Martin
- 15 minute walk
- There are beautiful canals close by that make for great walks
- Search “Pont de la rue Louis Blanc” in Google Maps, walk there, and then go to your right along the canal
- 15 minute walk
- This is not the most famous Jewish neighborhood in Paris, but it is home to the largest Jewish population
- Many kosher restaurants and Hebrew bookstores
Danube
- 15 minute walk
- This is not the most famous Jewish neighborhood in Paris, but it is home to the largest Jewish population
- Many kosher restaurants and Hebrew bookstores
- 30 minute walk
- This is the very hip, very posh neighborhood between this apartment and the river
- Lots of cool pop-up stores and restaurants, a fun place to stroll
- If you search for Notre Dame on Google Maps, and walked there, you would walk right through the middle of Le Marais
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Le Marais
54 Rue Vieille du Temple- 30 minute walk
- This is the very hip, very posh neighborhood between this apartment and the river
- Lots of cool pop-up stores and restaurants, a fun place to stroll
- If you search for Notre Dame on Google Maps, and walked there, you would walk right through the middle of Le Marais
Sightseeing
- 20 minute walk
- An historic square with an impressive statue
- Lots of restaurants on the walk to there from my place
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Place de la Republique
- 20 minute walk
- An historic square with an impressive statue
- Lots of restaurants on the walk to there from my place
Tipps für Reisende
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Bakeries in the area
- There are many bakeries nearby, including two or three between this apartment and the Belleville Metro station
- My favorite is a little bit of a walk, so probably not worth it unless you are going across the Buttes-Chaumont Park, but it is delicious: Le Saréden, 54 Rue Petit
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Grocery stores
- There is a “Fanprix” grocery store across the street from this apartment (45 Rue Rebeval)
- There is a “Carrefour City” grocery store one block away near the Belleville Metro station that is a little more economical (8 Rue de Belleville)
- The closes large grocery store that I know of is the Lidl Supermarket (53-55 Bd de la Villette)
- The Monoprix is like a Target or Walmart store, if you need more items (133 Rue de Belleville)
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Pharmacy and bank
- There is a pharmacy on the corner of my building that can be helpful for some emergencies
- There are two branches of the bank Société Générale within five minutes with ATMs
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Gym and pool
- I use a gym that I really like that is a fifteen-minute walk from here called “Espace Sportif Pailleron” (32 Rue Edouard Pailleron)
- They have a pool that costs about 4 Euros per visit
- They have a fitness center with classes like Yoga, Pilates, Cross Fit (they call it Cross Training), Spinning, etc. that you can pay for per class, I think it’s about 10 Euros
- They also have an ice rink, but it is always full of school kids
- Check their website to know when classes are and when the pool is open: https://www.pailleron19.com/ and click on “Plannings”
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Restaurants
I’m not the biggest foodie, but here are some ideas:
- Try the many Chinese restaurants between here and the Belleville Metro
- I like the African restaurant “Massama Délices” (86 Rue de Belleville) and the Lebanese restaurant “L’Artisan Libinais” (91 Rue de Belleville) that are on the way to the Pyrénées Metro
- There is a McDonald’s a five-minute walk away if you exit this building and go right (1 Avenue Simon Bolivar)