Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #16 in Paris, France

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 13.2 km
Ascend 235 m
Descend 239 m

Explore Paris in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Paris

Sight 1: Hôtel Elysées Céramic

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Hôtel Elysées Céramic

The Céramic Hotel is an Art Nouveau style hotel built in 1904 by Jules Lavirotte, located in Paris, in France.

Wikipedia: Céramic Hôtel (FR), Website

419 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: Cathédrale Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky

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The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is a Russian Orthodox cathedral church located at 12 Rue Daru in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was established and consecrated in 1861, making it the first Russian Orthodox place of worship in France. It was constructed in part through a gift of 200,000 francs from Tsar Alexander II. Under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate from 1931 as a consequence of the Russian Revolution, the parish retroceded to the Moscow Patriarchate in 2019, becoming the see of the Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe. The cathedral should not be confused with Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, which is a provincial cathedral of the Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe . The closest métro station is Courcelles

Wikipedia: Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Paris (EN)

1016 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 3: Fers

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Fers is a work by French artist Driss Sans-Arcidet. Created in 2009, it is a sculpture in tribute to General Dumas, located in Paris, France.

Wikipedia: Fers (sculpture) (FR)

30 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 4: Général Dumas

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Général Dumas

Thomas Alexandre Davy de La Pailleterie (25 March 1762 – 26 February 1806) was a French Revolutionary Revolution general.

Wikipedia: Général Dumas (FR)

1614 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 5: Casino de Paris

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Casino de Paris

The Casino de Paris, located at 16, rue de Clichy, in the 9th arrondissement, is one of the well known music halls of Paris, with a history dating back to the 18th century. Contrary to what the name might suggest, it is a performance venue, not a gambling house. The closest métro/RER stations are Liège, Trinité – d'Estienne d'Orves, and Haussmann – Saint-Lazare.

Wikipedia: Casino de Paris (EN), Website

795 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 6: Chapelle Sainte-Rita

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The Sainte-Rita Chapel is a Roman Catholic chapel located at 65 Boulevard de Clichy in the 9th arrondissement of Paris opposite the Moulin Rouge. Dedicated to Saint Rita of Cascia, the patron saint of lost causes, the chapel was inaugurated in 1956 to serve the prostitutes of the Pigalle, then a busy red-light district. It is affiliated with the nearby Église de la Sainte-Trinité.

Wikipedia: Sainte-Rita, Paris (EN)

165 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Comédie de Paris

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Comédie de Paris

The Comédie de Paris is a Parisian theatre located at 42, rue Pierre-Fontaine, at the foot of the Butte Montmartre.

Wikipedia: Comédie de Paris (FR), Website

626 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 8: La Boule Noire

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La Boule Noire is a performance hall in the Montmartre district, located 120 boulevard de Rochechouart in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. She adjoins the Cigale room.

Wikipedia: Boule Noire (salle de spectacle) (FR), Website

292 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 9: Crypte du Martyrium de Saint-Denis

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Saint Denis’s martyrium crypt is a religious building in the Montmartre district, 11 Yvonne-Le-Tac Street, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. It is the place of several significant episodes in religious history.

Wikipedia: Crypte du martyrium de saint Denis (FR)

402 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: Espace Dali

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Dalí Paris is an exhibition space for works by Salvador Dalí from the Dali Universe collection, in particular sculptures and prints. Renovated in 2018, the museum has more than 300 original works, representative of his work. It is located in Paris, in the Montmartre district.

Wikipedia: Espace Dalí (FR), Website

215 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Fontaine Wallace

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Wallace fountains are public drinking fountains named after, financed by and roughly designed by Sir Richard Wallace. The final design and sculpture is by Wallace's friend Charles-Auguste Lebourg. They are large cast-iron sculptures scattered throughout the city of Paris, France, mainly along the most-frequented sidewalks. A great aesthetic success, they are recognized worldwide as one of the symbols of Paris. A Wallace fountain can be seen outside the Wallace Collection in London, the gallery that houses the works of art collected by Sir Richard Wallace and the first four Marquesses of Hertford.

Wikipedia: Wallace fountain (EN)

218 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris

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The Basilica of Sacré Coeur de Montmartre, commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica and often simply Sacré-Cœur, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica in Paris dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was formally approved as a national historic monument by the National Commission of Patrimony and Architecture on December 8, 2022.

Wikipedia: Sacré-Cœur, Paris (EN), Website

404 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 13: Halle Saint-Pierre

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Halle Saint-PierreJim Linwood from London / CC BY 2.0

The Halle Saint-Pierre is a museum dedicated to outsider, outsider art. It is located in Paris, at the foot of the

Wikipedia: Halle Saint Pierre, musée d'Art Brut et d'Art Singulier (FR), Website

970 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 14: Hôpital Lariboisière

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Lariboisière Hospital is a hospital in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, France.

Wikipedia: Lariboisière Hospital (EN), Website

1475 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 15: Basilique Sainte-Jeanne-d’Arc

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The Saint Joan of Arc Basilica is located on the Rue de Torcy and the Rue de la Chapelle in the quartier de la Chapelle of the 18th arrondissement of Paris. Its design was the subject of a contentious design competition. The winning partially-completed design was eventually scrapped in favor of a more modest modernist design.

Wikipedia: Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, Paris (EN)

910 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 16: Le Cent Quatre

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The Centquatre is a public establishment for Parisian cultural cooperation, opened since October 11, 2008 on the site of the old municipal service for funeral pumps, at 104 rue d'Aubervilliers, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris. At its launch, low attendance, as well as the importance of subsidies from the City of Paris, arouse different controversies in the press. Since the change of direction in 2010 and the arrival of José-Manuel Gonçalves, the site's attendance has increased considerably, to the point of becoming a cultural high place in North Paris.

Wikipedia: Cent Quatre (établissement culturel) (FR), Website

1654 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 17: Forêt linéaire

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The Southern Linear Forest is a green space located along Rue Émile-Bollaert in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, in the Pont-de-Flandre district.

Wikipedia: Forêt linéaire sud (FR)

1091 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 18: Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie

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Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie

The Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie or simply CSI is the biggest science museum in Europe. Located in the Parc de la Villette in Paris, France, it is one of the three dozen French Cultural Centers of Science, Technology and Industry (CCSTI), promoting science and science culture.

Wikipedia: Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie (EN), Website

570 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 19: Argonaute

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ArgonauteGuilhem Vellut from Paris, France / CC BY 2.0

Argonaute is an Aréthuse-class submarine, and the fourth ship of the French Navy to bear the name. Launched on 29 June 1957, the submarine served as flagship within the Toulon submarine squadron. Argonaute was decommissioned on 31 July 1982. The vessel was converted to a museum ship in 1989 and located in Paris.

Wikipedia: French submarine Argonaute (S636) (EN), Website

347 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 20: Le Cabaret Sauvage

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The Cabaret Sauvage is a performance venue located in the Parc de la Villette, at 59, boulevard Macdonald, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, not far from the Porte de la Villette metro station.

Wikipedia: Cabaret Sauvage (FR), Website

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