Guidebook for Paris
Food Scene
This casual French restaurant is a two minute walk from the apartment and offers 3 course meals for just 14€. The atmosphere is bustling, the food is hearty, and the service is typically French!
239 locals recommend
La cantine de Belleville
108 Boulevard de BellevilleThis casual French restaurant is a two minute walk from the apartment and offers 3 course meals for just 14€. The atmosphere is bustling, the food is hearty, and the service is typically French!
Great Vietnamese restaurant, cheap and always busy. Try the vietnamese crepe!
99 locals recommend
Dong Huong Restaurant
14 Rue Louis BonnetGreat Vietnamese restaurant, cheap and always busy. Try the vietnamese crepe!
French baguette meets Vietnamese cuisine! Get a vietnamese sandwich, around 3€ for a tasty quick lunch.
8 Rue de la Présentation
8 Rue de la PrésentationFrench baguette meets Vietnamese cuisine! Get a vietnamese sandwich, around 3€ for a tasty quick lunch.
Famous old Parisian restaurant. The food isn't amazing, but it's fairly cheap, and the atmosphere is great! Typical French meals and service. Expect to wait in line for a table.
501 locals recommend
Bouillon Chartier
7 Rue du Faubourg MontmartreFamous old Parisian restaurant. The food isn't amazing, but it's fairly cheap, and the atmosphere is great! Typical French meals and service. Expect to wait in line for a table.
L'as du Fallafel
34 Rue des RosiersGreat falafels and great atmosphere!
Essentials
This is the best boulangerie in the area by far! Try the 'tradition' and the 'tradition aux olives'. It is open 7 days: open weeknights until around 8pm and weekends until around 6pm.
165 Rue Saint-Maur
165 Rue Saint-MaurThis is the best boulangerie in the area by far! Try the 'tradition' and the 'tradition aux olives'. It is open 7 days: open weeknights until around 8pm and weekends until around 6pm.
Monoprix is a large department and grocery store with everything you need. Open until 10pm weeknights. Closed on Sunday, but sells very cheap (and good!) pastries outside the doors from 10am.
1007 locals recommend
Monoprix
70-72 Rue du Faubourg du TempleMonoprix is a large department and grocery store with everything you need. Open until 10pm weeknights. Closed on Sunday, but sells very cheap (and good!) pastries outside the doors from 10am.
91 Rue du Faubourg du Temple
91 Rue du Faubourg du TempleSupermarket open 7 days, on Sundays 8:30am - 1pm
Everything Else
163 Rue Saint-Maur
163 Rue Saint-MaurNearby Laundromat, in case you need to dry your washing.
Buttes Chaumont is around 15 minutes walk from the apartment, and is one of the greatest parks in Paris - usually overlooked by tourists. Take a picnic and relax on grass overlooking the lake.
1357 locals recommend
Buttes Chaumont station
Buttes Chaumont is around 15 minutes walk from the apartment, and is one of the greatest parks in Paris - usually overlooked by tourists. Take a picnic and relax on grass overlooking the lake.
Very close to home. Head right to the tops of the hill and you will be rewarded with great views of the city.
1007 locals recommend
Parc de Belleville
47 Rue des CouronnesVery close to home. Head right to the tops of the hill and you will be rewarded with great views of the city.
Beside the canal is alive on summer evenings with people eating, drinking and socializing. You can walk, take the metro, or take Velib bikes (takes 10 minutes, there are bike lanes the whole way)
164 locals recommend
Quai de la Seine
Quai de la SeineBeside the canal is alive on summer evenings with people eating, drinking and socializing. You can walk, take the metro, or take Velib bikes (takes 10 minutes, there are bike lanes the whole way)
Drinks & Nightlife
Great alternative bar, always busy, lots of seats outside, and in a lane filled with street art.
322 locals recommend
Aux Folies
8 Rue de BellevilleGreat alternative bar, always busy, lots of seats outside, and in a lane filled with street art.
Sightseeing
Of all the churches in Paris, this one you must see. The stained glass windows are simply incredible.
331 locals recommend
Sainte-Chapelle
10 Bd du PalaisOf all the churches in Paris, this one you must see. The stained glass windows are simply incredible.