Underground & cool · Fairground museum · €€€ · 12e · Bastille, Bercy & Aligre
Musée des Arts Forains
A private collection of 19th-century fairground rides and carousels in the Bercy pavilions — many you actually ride on the guided tour. Reservation-only, so it stays uncrowded.
Booking through this link may earn par.is a commission. Same price as anywhere.
Book ahead — it's reservation-only except the late-December Festival du Merveilleux.
Getting there
- Cour Saint-Emilion14210 m · 4 min walk
- Dugommier6710 m · 13 min walk
- Porte de Charenton8810 m · 15 min walk
The district · 12e
Bastille, Bercy & Aligre — Eastern, everydayThe Marché d'Aligre, the Coulée verte's elevated walk, the wine-village of Bercy, and the Bois de Vincennes beyond. Residential and underrated, with the best daily market in central Paris.
Best for: Repeat visitors who want to live like a resident, market bag in hand.
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