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Paris: Canal Saint-Martin & Belleville

🚶 Walking 10 stops Free

🚶10 mapped stops

The Paris the tourists miss — iron footbridges, bohemian Belleville, and Amelie's canal.

Stops on This Tour (10)

  1. 1
    Place de la Republique Sprawling square where Parisians gather to protest, skate, and socialise
  2. 2
    Canal Saint-Martin (south) Tree-lined canal with iron footbridges — Amelie skipped stones here
  3. 3
    Hôtel du Nord Art Deco hotel from Marcel Carne's 1938 film — now a restaurant on the quay
  4. 4
    Canal locks Double lock gates raise boats between canal levels — mesmerising to watch
  5. 5
    Point Ephemere Cultural centre in a former warehouse — concerts, studios, and canalside drinks
  6. 6
    Parc des Buttes-Chaumont Napoleon III's romantic park — cliffs, waterfalls, a temple on an island
  7. 7
    Rue Denoyez Street entirely covered in street art — ever-changing murals and graffiti
  8. 8
    Belleville viewpoint Parc de Belleville terrace — sweeping view from Montmartre to Montparnasse
  9. 9
    Rue de Belleville Edith Piaf was born on this street — multicultural neighbourhood of artists and immigrants
  10. 10
    Pere Lachaise Cemetery Final home of Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde, Chopin, Edith Piaf, and Proust

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