Apartments in the famous districts of Paris

Tourists crowd Montmartre, visiting the enormous basilica of Sacré Coeur and retracing the steps of such of artists as Picasso and Van Gogh. But despite the crowds, Montmartre retains much of its age-old charm and its winding maze of sloping cobbled streets, steep ...

Named for the Paris stock market (“la Bourse”), which is still to be found in the same location it has occupied since the early nineteenth century, the 2nd is the city’s central business district and the smallest of all the arrondissements. There are some lovely ...

The 3rd arrondissement contains the quieter and arguably more pleasing section of the Marais neighbourhood (the bustling part of the Marais is in the 4th) and retains a strong flavour of its medieval origins. That old-world charm is reflected in apartments that have ...

The 5th is home to Paris’s greatest university, the Sorbonne, and is at the heart of the Latin Quarter. The area has been gentrified in recent years but the students keep it lively and the art-house cinemas, ethnic restaurants, and vintage clothes shops, as well as ...

The newly revamped Place de la République is at the intersection of three arrondissements: the 3rd, the 10th and the 11th. Head north and you reach the Gare du Nord. Occupying the square kilometre between the station and the Grands Boulevards is the trendy ...

The 14th takes in most of the district known as Montparnasse and views of the area are dominated by the unlovely Tour Montparnasse (itself located in the 15th), one of central Paris’s only skyscrapers. Once a haven for artists in flight from the escalating rents in ...

The 12th has come up in the world ever since the arrival in the area of two of Paris’s foremost cultural attractions, bringing hip bars and restaurants in their wake. The first is the Cinémathèque Française, housed in a building designed by Frank Gehry, in the ...

The Gobelins neighbourhood in the west of the arrondissement retains a medieval feel and just south of the Place d’Italie is the village-like Butte-aux-Cailles, with cobbled streets, pretty squares and plenty of traditional bistros. Beyond that is Paris’s large ...

The neighbourhoods of Ménilmontant and Belleville are still largely working class districts that, since the middle of the 19th century, have welcomed wave after wave of immigrants. That history is reflected in a vast array of multi-ethnic restaurants, cafés and food ...

The once run-down 19th has become increasingly smart in recent years and is popular with families looking to climb the first rung on the Parisian property ladder and with students and young professionals looking for lower rents. The large, informal Parc des ...