Must-see attractions in Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

  • Pere Lachaise Cemetery

    Cimetière du Père Lachaise

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Opened in 1804, Père Lachaise is the world's most visited cemetery. Its 70,000 ornate tombs of the rich and famous form a verdant, 44-hectare sculpture…

  • Shoah Memorial at the Holocaust museum in Paris, France.

    Mémorial de la Shoah

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Established in 1956, the Memorial to the Unknown Jewish Martyr has metamorphosed into the Memorial of the Shoah – 'Shoah' is a Hebrew word meaning …

  • Musée National Picasso

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    One of Paris’ most treasured art collections is showcased inside the mid-17th-century Hôtel Salé, an exquisite private mansion owned by the city since…

  • Atelier des Lumières

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    A former foundry dating from 1835 that supplied iron for the French navy and railroads now houses Paris' first digital-art museum. The 1500-sq-metre La…

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    Musée des Arts et Métiers

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    The Arts and Crafts Museum, dating to 1794 and Europe's oldest science and technology museum, is a must for families – or anyone with an interest in how…

  • Pavillon de l'Arsenal, exterior

    Pavillon de l'Arsenal

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Built in 1879 as a museum, this magnificent glass-roofed building with arched wrought-iron girders wasn't actually used as one until over a century later,…

  • Carnavalet Museum and gardens, Paris. (Photo by Independent Picture Service/UIG via Getty Images)

    Musée Carnavalet

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Paris' history museum, spanning Gallo-Roman times onwards, rambles over a pair of remarkable hôtels particuliers (private mansions), the 1560-built Hôtel…

  • Hôtel de Sully

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    In the southwestern corner of place des Vosges, duck beneath the arch to find two beautifully decorated, late-Renaissance courtyards festooned with…

  • Brasserie BapBap

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    BapBap, whose name means 'Brassée à Paris, Bue à Paris' (Brewed in Paris, Beloved in Paris; the latter a twist on 'drunk in Paris', as in 'consumed in…

  • Musée des Archives Nationales

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    France's National Archives and small museum are set in a stunning pair of hôtels particuliers (mansions) amid beautiful gardens. Dating from the early…

  • Place des Vosges

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Inaugurated in 1612 as place Royale and thus Paris' oldest square, place des Vosges is a strikingly elegant ensemble of 36 symmetrical houses with ground…

  • Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Inside the Hôtel de St-Aignan, dating from 1650, this museum traces the evolution of Jewish communities from the Middle Ages to the present, including…

  • Parc Rives de Seine

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Following the success of the former expressway turned park on the Left Bank, this 4.5km stretch of Unesco-listed Right Bank is also now a car-free…

  • Musée Cognacq-Jay

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    This museum inside the Hôtel de Donon displays oil paintings, pastels, sculpture, objets d’art, jewellery, porcelain and furniture from the 18th century,…

  • Musée Édith Piaf

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    This private museum in Ménilmontant, some 1.5km from the birthplace of the iconic singer Édith Piaf and closer to her final resting place in Père Lachaise…

  • Maison de Victor Hugo

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Between 1832 and 1848 the celebrated novelist and poet Victor Hugo lived in an apartment in Hôtel de Rohan-Guéménée, a townhouse overlooking one of Paris'…

  • Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Founded by renowned French humanist photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004) and his portrait-photographer wife Martine Franck (1938–2012), this…

  • Square Maurice Gardette

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    In the heart of the vibrant 11e, this square was first laid out in 1872 on the former site of the Ménilmontant slaughterhouses, and in 1979 was…

  • Lafayette Anticipations

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    In 2018 the corporate foundation of French retailer Galeries Lafayette opened this unique multidisciplinary space for producing, experimenting with and…

  • Parc de Belleville

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Atop a hill 128m above sea level, this lovely park unfolds over 4.5 hectares of urban greenery, with fountains, trimmed hedgerows, a gargantuan slide, a…

  • Maison Européenne de la Photographie

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    The European House of Photography, housed in the overly renovated Hôtel Hénault de Cantobre (dating – believe it or not – from the early 18th century),…

  • Rue Dénoyez

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    One block east of bd de Belleville, narrow rue Dénoyez was known for years as Paris' most dazzling street-art street, with everything from litter bins and…

  • Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Collections at the Hunting and Nature Museum, inside the delightful Hôtel de Guénégaud (1651), include paintings, sculptures and objets d’art related to…

  • Art Nouveau Synagogue

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    At the heart of the Jewish quarter of Pletzl lies this art nouveau synagogue, designed in 1913 by Hector Guimard, who was also responsible for the city's…

  • Église St-Ambroise

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Built between 1863 and 1868 on the site of a former church, Notre-Dame de la Procession, this distinctive church with twin towers rising 68m was designed…

  • Hôtel de Ville

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Paris’ beautiful town hall was gutted during the Paris Commune of 1871 and rebuilt in luxurious neo-Renaissance style between 1874 and 1882. The ornate…

  • Ben art work

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    In 1993 iconic Niçois artist Ben set to work on one wall of a red-brick building overlooking rue de Belleville. Look up to spot two men appearing to be…

  • Musée de la Magie

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    The ancient arts of magic, optical illusion and sleight of hand are explored in this museum, in the 16th-century caves (cellars) of the Marquis de Sade’s…

  • Le MUR

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Meaning 'the wall' but also standing for Modulable Urbain Réactif (Modular Urban Reactive), street-art canvas Le MUR, on the southern side of the building…

  • Le Mur du Marais

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Wall murals by a succession of different street artists plaster one wall of a building, a two-minute walk from the Musée National Picasso, on the corner…

  • Building Where Jim Morrison Died

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Devout fans of rock star Jim Morrison can admire the elegant Hausmannian building at 17 rue Beautreillis, where the singer lived in an apartment on the…

  • Place du Marché Ste-Catherine

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    Clad with benches and shaded by trees, this pretty pedestrian square is framed on three sides by atmospheric cafe pavement terraces that are perfect for…

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