Discovering Paris from its highest métro
 

This programme comprises 12 short walks in PARIS

to either take when you get off the métro or to listen to as you travel along

The first walk

 NATION

Tells you
the triumphal entry into Paris,
of LOUIS XIV after his coronation,
accompanied by his wife Maria-Theresa



The second walk

DAUMESNIL

The Eglise du Saint-Esprit
The lion fountain
The "Promenade plantée" which crosses
the entire twelfth arrondissement of Paris
on the old railway track of the
Chemin de Fer of Vincennes.



The third walk

 BERCY

The Ministry of Finance
The Palais Omnisport
The park along the river Seine
The old wine storehouses



The fourth walk

 QUAI DE LA GARE

guides you to
France's National Library
The Pont de Bercy
The Pont Charles de Gaulle



The fifth walk

 PLACE D'ITALIE

invites you to discover

The Manufacture de
tapisseries des Gobelins
(Royal tapestry works)
The town house of the Reine Blanche



The sixth walk

 DENFERT-ROCHEREAU

tells you about
The underground of Paris,
The Catacombs,
The lion of Belfort
and a typically Parisian pedestrian market street



The seventh walk

EDGAR QUINET

The rue de la Gaité

The Breton quarter of Paris

The Cimetière Montparnasse



The eighth walk

 MONTPARNASSE-BIENVENUE

The sky-scraper with curtain walls

The panoramic view from the fifty-sixth floor

The Montparnasse Station

 



The ninth walk

 

MOTTE-PIQUET GRENELLE

 

The quarter of the antique shops

 

Fauteuil TILLIARD



The tenth walk

 BIR-HAKEIM

The Pont Bir-Hakeim
The EIFFEL Tower
Stroll along the waterside
The Allée des Cygnes
The Pont de Grenelle
The Statue of Liberty

 



The eleventh walk

TROCADERO

The view over the Eiffel Tower
The Cimetière de Passy
The Théatre National de Chaillot
The Musée de l'Homme
The Musée de la Marine
The Musée du Cinéma
The Musée des Monuments français



The twelfth walk

ETOILE - CHARLES DE GAULLE

The Arc de Triomphe
The radiating Avenues
The Champs Elysées