Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #18 in Paris, France
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12.7 km
202 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 ParisSight 1: Musée des Arts Forains
The Musée des Arts Forains is a private museum of funfair and fairground objects located within the Pavillons de Bercy in the 12th arrondissement of Paris at 53, avenue des Terroirs de France, Paris, France. It is open to the public by prior reservation.
Sight 2: Chais et Entrepôts de Bercy
The Bercy warehouses were a complex reserved for wine merchants located in the Bercy district on the outskirts of the 12th arrondissement. Located along the Seine, this area received, stored and redistributed wines and spirits.
Sight 3: Parc de Bercy
The Parc de Bercy is a public park located along the Rive Droite in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. Development started in 1994 on the site of a former wine depot before an official opening three years later by Mayor Jean Tiberi. Sponsored by President François Mitterrand, the project covered 14 hectares.
Sight 4: Hommage à Charlie Parker
Tribute to Charlie Parker is a work of the French sculptor Alain Kirili located in Paris, in France. Created in 2007, this is an installation dedicated to the Jazz Charlie Parker musician.
Sight 5: Cité-refuge de l'Armée du Salut
Sight 6: Halle Freyssinet - Station F
The Halle Freyssinet is a railway building built in the 1920s that housed the couriers of the Gare d'Austerlitz until 2006. Its entrance is located at 5 parvis Alan-Turing, via rue Eugène-Freyssinet located at 55 boulevard Vincent-Auriol, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris.
Sight 7: Square Gustave Mesureur
Square Gustave-Mesureur is a square in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, in the Salpêtrière district.
Sight 8: Parc de Choisy
The Parc de Choisy is a public park located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, near the Quartier Asiatique between avenue de Choisy, rue George-Eastman, rue Charles-Moureu, and rue du Docteur-Magnan. It was created in 1937. The nearest metro station is Tolbiac.
Sight 9: Institut Dentaire et de Stomatologie de la Ville de Paris
The George-Eastman Dental Institute is a dental medical center located at 11 rue George-Eastman in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, along the Parc de Choisy. Built to the plans of Édouard Crevel in the 1930s thanks to a donation from the American industrialist George Eastman, it is characterized by its red brick walls adorned with monumental sculptures by Carlo Sarrabezolles.
Sight 10: Piscine de la Butte aux Cailles
The Butte-aux-Cailles swimming pool is one of the oldest swimming pools in Paris, France. It is located at 5, place Paul-Verlaine, in the Butte-aux-Cailles district, in the 13th arrondissement.
Sight 11: Parc Kellermann
Parc Kellermann is a public park located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris which was created between 1939 and 1950 on the former bed of the Bièvre river. The park is located between boulevard Kellermann, the rue de la Poterne-des-Peupliers, and rue Max-Jacob. The nearest metro station to the park is Porte-d'Italie.
Sight 12: Jardin Michelet
The Michelet Garden is a green space in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Sight 13: Jardin Marie-Thérèse Auffray
The Marie-Thérèse-Auffray Garden is a green space in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France, the work of the French artist Rorcha, famous for the remains of the Lutetia aqueduct that he presents to the public and for the blooming of his Japanese cherry trees (Sakura), of which it has become a popular place of observation and photography internationally in spring.
Sight 14: Le plancher de Jeannot
The Plancher de Jeannot is a 15-square-metre piece of parquet flooring, engraved with 80 lines of capital letters and hallmarked, made in 1971 by Jeannot le Béarnais (1939-1972).
Sight 15: Chapelle Sainte-Anne
The Sainte-Anne Hospital Chapel is a chapel located within the Sainte-Anne Hospital Center in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. It is accessible from Rue Broussais.
Sight 16: Chapelle Saint-Yves
The Chapelle Saint-Yves is a Catholic chapel erected in the center of the Cité du Souvenir, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. It was built in 1925, on the initiative of Father Alfred Keller, to pay tribute to the victims of the First World War. Mainly known for its frescoes painted by George Desvallières, it has been classified as a "historic monument" since 1996.
Sight 17: Mire de l'Observatoire
The South Sight, or Observatory Sight, is a monument located in Montsouris Park in Paris, France.
Sight 18: Fondation Deutsch de la Meurthe
The Fondation Émile and Louise Deutsch de la Meurthe is the oldest house in the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris. Founded in 1925, it consists of six residential buildings and one central administrative building, which also houses a bell and clock tower. In total there are 393 beds for 341 rooms: 243 single rooms, 27 double rooms, 56 studios, 10 two-room apartments and 5 three-room apartments. Common spaces include 15 shared kitchens, a laundry room, a TV room, and game room with billiards and ping-pong. The central building also contains a great hall, a small lounge, a classroom, and a music room with frescoes painted by Maurice Guy-Loë. The front of the administrative building has an exit gate and is often referred to as the 37 Boulevard Jourdan gate.
Sight 19: Fondation Avicenne
The Avicenne Foundation, historically known as the House of Iran, was the pavilion of Iranian students at the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris. It was inaugurated in November 1969. Two Iranian architects, Mohsen Foroughi and Heydar Ghiai, joined a team of Claude Parent, Claude Colle, André Bloc and René Sarger. This resulted in this rare project on French territory, a building suspended from a metal frame.
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