Practical informations<\/strong><\/p>\n Close to Place d’Italie, behind some new apartment blocks, you will find one of the rare parts of Paris that still feels like a village<\/strong>. Quite isolated and therefore well preserved, the streets are paved with cobblestones<\/strong>. It was only urbanised recently, at the start of the 20th century, with detached houses<\/strong> and low buildings, due to the weakness of the ground.<\/p>\n The animated streets<\/strong>, lined with numerous bars, restaurants and shops, have a social, party atmosphere, and are home to a vast open-air gallery<\/strong> of works of graffiti, some by Miss Tick, a famous local street artist. Other beautiful back-alleys<\/strong> with terraced houses and gardens lead back to the hill where old houses mix with other peculiarities, including one of Paris\u2019 last remaining natural wells<\/strong>, where locals are used to coming to drink fresh water or fill containers. An unforgettable experience is guaranteed as you wander through la Butte aux Cailles<\/strong>, anti-establishment Parisian party district, with it\u2019s restaurants and detached houses that provide an unrivaled Left Bank atmosphere<\/strong>. One of Paris’s favorite playgrounds for street artists, the area also boasts of hidden gems<\/strong> and many other peculiarities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6239,"template":"","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[143],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6073","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-visit-paris","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"featured","11":"virtual","12":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n\n
\nCharming back streets take the stroller into the past on the tracks of the “little Alsace<\/strong>” with residential homes built like typical ones in the eastern province, or the “little Russia<\/strong>“, with houses built to shelter taxi drivers emigrated to Paris after the Russian revolution.<\/p>\n
\nThe tour will also show other charming parts of the neighborhood with colored houses<\/strong> and isolated pedestrian streets<\/strong>, built for quarry workers, but now sought by the highest bidders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"