Bercy Village in Paris

8 June 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit, Shopping Reading Time:  3 minutes

© flickr.com - jean-louis zimmermann/cc-by-2.0

© flickr.com – jean-louis zimmermann/cc-by-2.0

Bercy Village is a shopping and leisure center in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, inaugurated in May 2000 and opened to the public in 2002. It is operated by the real estate company Altarea.   read more…

Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine in Paris

29 January 2023 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Paris / Île-de-France Reading Time:  6 minutes

© Chabe01/cc-by-sa-4.0

© Chabe01/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine (English: Street of the Suburb of Saint Anthony) is a street in Paris. It should not be confused with Rue Saint-Antoine, which leads from the center to the Bastille. The Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine owes its name to the fact that it combines the suburb of that name outside the city walls of Charles V (French: Enceinte de Charles V) with the Abbey of Saint-Antoine-des-Champs (destroyed in the 18th century).   read more…

Place de la Nation in Paris

24 January 2023 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Paris / Île-de-France Reading Time:  5 minutes

Le Triomphe de la République © Siren-Com/cc-by-2.5

Le Triomphe de la République © Siren-Com/cc-by-2.5

The Place de la Nation (formerly Place du Trône, subsequently Place du Trône-Renversé during the Revolution) is a circle on the eastern side of Paris, between Place de la Bastille and the Bois de Vincennes, on the border of the 11th and 12th arrondissements.   read more…

Opéra Bastille in Paris

26 January 2021 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries, Paris / Île-de-France Reading Time:  10 minutes

© flickr.com - besopha/cc-by-2.0

© flickr.com – besopha/cc-by-2.0

The Opéra Bastille (“Bastille Opera House”) is a modern opera house in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. Inaugurated in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand‘s Grands Travaux, it became the main facility of the Paris National Opera, France’s principal opera company, alongside the older Palais Garnier; most opera performances are shown at the Bastille along with some ballet performances and symphony concerts, while Palais Garnier presents a mix of opera and ballet performances. Designed by Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott, it is located on Place de la Bastille. It may seat 2,723 people in total, with a main theatre, concert hall and studio theatre.   read more…

Rue Crémieux in Paris

24 February 2020 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Paris / Île-de-France Reading Time:  5 minutes

© flickr.com - Arthur Weidmann/cc-by-sa-2.0

© flickr.com – Arthur Weidmann/cc-by-sa-2.0

Rue Crémieux is a one-block pedestrian street in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, originally built as workers’ housing. The street has been widely recommended to tourists for its quaint painted housefronts, and has become a popular destination for filming and for social media photos.   read more…

Return to TopReturn to Top