Apr 25, 2022
It's the Paris Countdown! Here comes an-depth guide to the 13th arrondissement of Paris after we spent 24 hours there.
The blog post is here with all the pictures.
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Music: A Pres Maxson interpretation of La mer, by Charles Trenet.
Below are all the places we mentioned.
Where to stay? / An unusual hotel
Address: 86 Quai d'Austerlitz, 75013 @offparisseine
The best restaurants
Eat in Chinatown:
Impérial Choisy @imperialchoisy
Address: 32 Av. de Choisy, 75013
Best place for a drink
Evening drink on a boat
Bateau El Alamein @bateauelalamein
Address: 10 Port de la Gare, 75013
Terrace drink:
Les Tanneurs de la Butte @lestanneursdelabutte
Address: 22 Rue de la Butte aux Cailles, 75013
The best cafe
Bob’s Cafe in MK2 Bibliothèque
Address: MK2 Bibliothèque, 128-162 Av. de France, 75013
More things to find
Stroll through the Butte-aux-Cailles
Visit the antique map shop
Librairie Loeb Larocque - maps & books @librarie.loeb.larocque
Address: 31 Rue de Tolbiac, 75013
Track down traces of the Bievre river
Find the magnificent globes
François-Mitterrand Library - The Globes of Coronelli or Globes of Marly are a pair of globes (terrestrial and celestial) of large size (about 4 meters in diameter) made by Vincenzo Coronelli and offered to Louis XIV at the end of the 17th century.
Address: Quai François Mauriac, 75706