Apartments in the famous neighbourhoods of Paris

The Grands Boulevards district stretches west to east across several different arrondissements, from the elegant place de la Madeline, via the place de l’Opéra, to the recently renovated place de la République. The layout of the wide boulevards that give the area ...

From the Sentier neighbourhood to the Forum des Halles, the cobbled, often pedestrianised streets of Montorgueil radiate from its eponymous central thoroughfare. The last bastion of the eateries that made the legendary reputation of the Paris foodhalls (Les Halles), ...

Across from the Eiffel Tower, between Trocadero and Maison de la Radio, the upmarket neighbourhood of Passy is luckily not as sleepy as it first appears. Of course, the private mansions, landscaped gardens and little cobbled streets continue to attract those born into ...

In a marvellous location behind the Eiffel Tower and Invalides, La Motte-Picquet-Grenelle is the most densely inhabited area of Paris’ Left Bank. Calm, traditional but also innovative, it attracts mostly high-earning families with an interest in culture. Avenue de ...

Les Halles is a very lively, largely pedestrianised neighbourhood that was once home to Paris’s largest food market. The market was long since replaced by the unlovely and mostly underground Forum des Halles, France’s second most popular shopping mall, which is ...

Alésia is a primarily residential neighbourhood south of Montparnasse in the 14th arrondissement. Once working class, Alésia has been somewhat gentrified over the last decade and has a lot to recommend it to potential residents: good shops, bars and restaurants; the ...

After inventing the striptease, brothels and raunchy cabarets, becoming synonymous with nightlife, debauchery and sex across the world, Pigalle has cleaned up its act. Now, the hipster neighbourhoods of SoPi and NoPi are where anyone who’s anyone wants to be seen. ...

Just east of the chic neighbourhood of St.-Germain-des-Prés, where the 6th and 5th arrondissements meet, is the square and fountain that gives this part of the Latin Quarter its name. Home to the Sorbonne as well as other prestigious educational institutions, the area ...

Once a working-class neighbourhood, the Canal Saint Martin has become the Brooklyn of Paris. Full of romance, with its dainty bridges and locks that set the pace for the barges and pleasure boats that travel up and down, the canal attracts a motley crew of open-minded ...

The tiny Île Saint-Louis is much quieter than its larger neighbour, the Île de la Cité, and seems a world away from the rest of Paris. Tourists may stroll through the neighbourhood on their way to and from Notre Dame, enjoying the views of the Seine and pausing to ...