Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville - Paris - page 346

Paying your respects to the rich, famous and infamous at Cimetière du Père Lachaise .
Being seduced by place des Vosges , a square triumph of architectural symmetry and
understated bon goût.
Learning about German-occupied Paris and Holocaust horrors at the Mémorial de la
Shoah .
Explore Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville
Sublime place des Vosges is a perfect starting point. Meander west along rue de Rivoli or
rue du Roi de Sicile, a parallel twinset with shops, cafes and bars. Essential for history buffs
is the Mémorial de la Shoah, a two-minute walk from some of the city's best coffee at La
Caféothèque. Bearing north towards the Haut Marais, hipster strips laden with drinking and
dining options include rue Vieille du Temple (near the revamped Musée Picasso), rue du
Bourg Tibourg, and rue Rosiers in the heart of the historic Jewish quarter Pletzl. From the
Haut Marais, bar-busy rue Oberkampf and rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud duck east into the
solidly working-class districts of Ménilmontant and, further on, increasingly appealing and
multicultural Belleville. Post-exploration, head to the river for a flop on the sand on the
Seine-side quays immediately west of Pont de Sully - host to Paris Plages in July and
August.
Local Life
Great coffee Join discerning coffee lovers in a bevy of coffee-driven cafe openings:
Fondation Café , Boot Cafe , Belleville Brûlerie .
Belleville Explore this vibrant, multicultural and staunchly working-class 'village', old
haunt of Edith Piaf and new haunt of Parisian trendsetters.
A market lunch Lunch with locals on delicious Moroccan couscous around communal
tables in Paris' oldest market, Marché aux Enfants Rouges .
Parisian picnic Grab a sandwich to picnic in the Musée des Archives Nationales gar-
dens, by the Seine on a wooden lounger or sun deck between Pont d'Arcole and Pont
Louis-Philippe; with dramatic city views in Parc de Belleville ; or between flowers on
Square de la Roquette, 11e.