Walking tour along the river Bièvre

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Walking tour along the river Bièvre Duration: 2 hours Difficulty: Easy Arrondissements: 13 th and 5 th Length: 5,8 km Here is the first walking tour of Walking in Paris!

1 Walking tour along the river Bièvre Duration: 2 hours Difficulty: Easy Arrondissements: 13 th and 5 th Length: 5,8 km Here is the first walking tour of Walking in Paris! It will take you along the Bièvre, a little river flowing underneath Paris. You have here the short version of the tour, with only directions to follow. To download the complete version click here: Walking tour along the river Bièvre. I loved this walk, and I hope you will too! Start To go to the Kellerman Park, go to station Porte d Italie (tramway T3, metro line 7) or Poterne des Peupliers (tramway T3)

2 Exit of the park by taking Max Jacob street and go to the Poterne des Peupliers, by taking the street with the same name. Go up the street, which is now called rue des Peupliers, in direction of the place Abbé Hénocque. You are now in the heart of the quarter called Moulin des Prés, or Windmill of the hayfield. Moulin des Prés Take the street Henri Pape, situated at the eastside of the place de l Abbé Hénocque and go northward until the crossover of the street Moulin. At this place you will see a medallion remembering of the windmill

3 Follow the street Moulin des Prés on the left until rue de Tolbiac. Go down this street on the left hand. Here we don t follow the Bièvre very exactly: it flows underneath the houses! Let s go straight ahead and look out for further medallions, especially opposite to the Sainte-Anne church, in the corner with the street Bobillot

A bronze medallion will tell you the path to take: down the street Bobillot, southwards, until Place de Rungis. Take the street Vergniaud towards north. Cross over the street Tolbiac.

4 A bronze medallion will tell you the path to take: down the street Bobillot, southwards, until Place de Rungis. Take the street Vergniaud towards north. Cross over the street Tolbiac. You are now in the quarter Butte aux Cailles. The quarter Butte aux Cailles Go ahead in the street Vergniaud, northwards. Cross the boulevard Auguste Blanqui next to the office of the newspaper Le Monde

5 Take the boulevard Auguste Blanqui towards East, and turn left in the rue de Croulebarbe. The Gobelins Croulebarbe street is called rue Berbier du Mets from now on. Go ahead along this street

6 Dame Blanche (White Lady) Take a little detour in the street Gustave Geoffroy on the right. Come back to the street Berbier du Mets by taking the rue des Gobelins on your left. Then cross the boulevard Arago

Go down the boulevard Arago towards West, take the rue Pascal on the right, cross the boulevard de Port-Royal, take rue Pascal again, and then rue de Valence, on the right.

7 Go down the boulevard Arago towards West, take the rue Pascal on the right, cross the boulevard de Port-Royal, take rue Pascal again, and then rue de Valence, on the right. You are getting to the crossing of the boulevard des Gobelins with the streets Monge, Claude Bernard and rue du Fer à Moulin. Jardin des Plantes (Plant Garden) Cross the place and take the rue du Fer à Moulin. Go ahead until rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and take this street on your left

8 Enter the Garden through the door in front of the Mosque, on rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. End of the walk The river formerly led into the Seine underneath de metro bridge between the 2 railway stations Gare d Austerlitz and Gare de Lyon. Today it ends in the drainage system. You can take your metro at Gare d Austerlitz. You have now finished the tour. I hope you liked it! Please let me know about it, for example on my blogs: My english blog dedicated to walking tours in Paris: Walking in Paris My french blog about Paris: Paris en photos The complete interactive map on Google Maps: Walking tour along the river Bièvre - 8 -

9 Complete map of the walking tour - 9 -

10 Part 1 Walking tour along the Bièvre

11 Part 2 - Walking tour along the Bièvre

12 Part 3 - Walking tour along the Bièvre

13 Part 4 - Walking tour along the Bièvre

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