The eleventh arrondissement is a lively, vibrant and youthful residential district with a strong sense of community. In earlier days an exclusively working class quarter, the last decade has seen a massive influx of students and upcoming young professionals, attracted by cheaper rents and a trendy bar scene.
Despite gentrification, the eleventh has retained it’s sense [...]
The 10th arrondissement is dominated by two of Paris’ six major train stations - the Gare du Nord and the Gare de l’Est. While the quarter’s residents do benefit from handy rail routes to every major European destination (and through the Channel Tunnel, a direct rail link to London), the have to deal with the [...]
Shoppers’ paradise in the 9th arrondissement - Boulevard Haussman boasts two of Paris’ largest department stores side by side. Galeries Lafayette and Printemps are Parisian institutions, stuffed full with the latest french Fashions. They’re also tourist attractions in their own right - the extravagant domed hall at the heart of the Galeries is worth a [...]
The Champs Elysees, one of the most famous streets in the world, runs the full length of the 8th Arrondissement - at it’s head stands the Arc de Triomphe, Napoleon’s enormous triumphal arch.
When it was built two hundred years ago the Arc stood just outside the city limits - now the eighth arrondissement is a [...]
The towering presence of the Eiffel Tower ensures that a visit to the 7th is on every tourist’s itinerary - a huge swathe of the district’s western corner is given over to hosting Eiffel’s iron mountain, and in fairly dramatic style.
But the tower is only one of many national monuments contained in the 7th arrondissement: [...]
