Practical Informations<\/strong> Walk the steep streets of the Belleville and M\u00e9nilmontant hills to discover the charms and secrets<\/strong> of these northern Parisian neighborhoods. Belleville and M\u00e9nilmontant<\/strong>, traditional working class and Parisian areas, have seen a long evolution to now welcome some of the most vibrant and trendy districts<\/strong> of Paris. On top of the most beautiful panorama<\/strong> over Paris, discover artists workshops as well countless street art works. Hidden villas<\/strong> and back alleys lead to pretty squares and architectural beauties<\/strong> hidden behind modern buildings.
\n\u2022 Meeting Point: Belleville metro station (lines 2 and 11)
\n\u2022 Duration : 2h15
\n\u2022 Walking tour
\n\u2022 Private tour<\/strong> at any date (270\u20ac\/group)<\/p>\n
\nSeparated from Paris by the surrounding wall for a long time, the two villages were used for sheltering brigands, smugglers and Parisians who came to get entertained in the many taverns<\/strong> and cabarets located there, the whole surrounded by vast vineyards<\/strong>.
\nIntegrated in the capital in 1860, the two suburbs rapidly got urbanized to house factories, workshops and workers’ residences. This population is at the center of the social riots<\/strong> of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
\nAfter the war, the neighborhood changed radically with the arrival of extremely diverse communities<\/strong> making of Belleville one of the most cosmopolitan areas<\/strong> of Paris. At the same time, a large number of old and unhealthy buildings were destroyed to make room for large complexes typical of today’s northeast of Paris.
\nThere are, however, several villas, cottages and passages full of charm<\/strong>, amidst steep streets with local shops, colorful squares, bars and restaurants very popular with Parisians.
\nIt will also be possible to admire the last “water maintenance houses<\/strong>” of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, witnesses of the capture of sources used to feed some religious congregations of Paris, now wedged between modern buildings and small houses<\/strong> with vegetal or colored walls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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