Underground & cool · Canal cruise · €€ · 19e · La Villette & Buttes-Chaumont
Canauxrama Canal Saint-Martin cruise
A flat-bottomed boat works its way along Canal Saint-Martin through nine locks, two swing bridges and the long vaulted tunnel beneath Bastille — the slow, mechanical opposite of a Seine sightseeing loop.
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Take the full Villette-to-Arsenal run for the most lock-working, and book ahead in summer.
Getting there
- Jaurès257b220 m · 4 min walk
- Stalingrad257340 m · 6 min walk
- Bolivar7b420 m · 8 min walk
Around the corner
Wall of the Fermiers généraux · 290 m away
The wall of the Fermiers généraux was one of the several city walls of Paris built between the early Middle Ages and the mid 19th century. The purpose of the wall of the Fermiers généraux was to facilitate collection of municipal taxes on merchandise entering Paris.
Wikipedia ↗Walks that pass nearby
- Canal Saint-Martinstop 6 of 6 · 290 m
Rotonde de la Villette
Built 1788 by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux as one of 50 toll houses ringing pre-revolutionary Paris. Octagonal classical pavilion, surprisingly grand for what was essentially a customs booth. Now hosts a restaurant and exhibitions; the Bassin de la Villette behind it is the city's largest artificial body of water.
Walk around the rotunda once before entering — the four neoclassical porticoes are different. Behind it, the Bassin de la Villette stretches for 700 m to the Parc de la Villette; the wide quays are pedestrianised and full of pétanque players in the evenings.
Where to stay near Canauxrama Canal Saint-Martin cruise
- Hôtel Le LaumièreBudget hotel€ · 10 minA family-run two-star at the foot of Laumière métro with a rear garden that half the rooms open onto and where breakfast moves outdoors in summer. Ten minutes' walk from the cliffs of Parc des Buttes-Chaumont.
- Generator ParisDesign hostel€ · 13 minA polished design hostel near the Canal Saint-Martin whose ninth-floor bar looks across to Montmartre and Sacré-Cœur, with a métro-themed club in the basement.
- St Christopher's Inn Paris - CanalSocial hostel€ · 14 minThe waterfront terrace is the reason to choose this one over its Gare du Nord sibling: it sits on the Canal de l'Ourcq in the 19th, with a bar that runs late and a chill-out room for the mornings after.
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The district · 19e
La Villette & Buttes-Chaumont — Parks and canalsThe wild cliffs of Buttes-Chaumont, the science-museum-and-music campus of La Villette, the Bassin de la Villette's open-air bars, and a multicultural, working everyday Paris around them.
Best for: Park people, families and budget stays who want space and canal swims.
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