Private tour: Les Batignolles
Description
Discover Les Batignolles, its artists, green spaces and little streets as you take a stroll. Come and explore this changing quarter surrounded by its many parks where it's great just to wander.
Follow the trail of the painters through the legendary city of flowers. A favourite place of artistes such as Barbara who dedicated two of her songs to it and of Emile Zola, the district was known for its very active cultural life in the second half of the 19th century. The poet Paul Verlaine spent part of his youth there and the painter Edouard Manet and his friends from the "Batignolles group" frequented its cafés. The Batignolles quarter will enchant you with its soothing ambiance that is ideal for chilling out. Its little shopping streets, parks and green spaces are perfect places for all walkers in search of peace and tranquility.
During this excursion, your city guide will go over the various aspects of the quarter, the duration of the tour and will show you future developments for the Clichy-Batignolles district eco-project.
What you get from this experience:
- A village right in the heart of Paris, discover this unusual quarter.
- Follow in the footsteps of the great painters and writers of the 19th century, the "City of Flowers", Edouard Manet and the "Batignolles group".
- Take a breath of fresh air as you walk through the huge parks and green spaces that surround the district.
Informations pratiques
Useful informations :
duration : 1h30 (presentation to the meeting poin ten minutes before the start of the tour, on your own)
distance traveled : around 2 km
Departure guaranteed from the first participant
Your guide will be waiting at the meeting point with a sign " My Urban Experience »