The Péreire walk and the Dauphine district

Starting point and access: Place du Maréchal Juin.
- Metro – Line 3, Péreire station. Take Exit 2 to Square Albert Besnard.
- RER – Line C, Péreire-Levallois station. Join the route at the entrance to the Promenade Péreire, directly opposite the station.

(S) As you exit the metro station, turn right. After a few metres, at a sort of crossroads, take the^second tarmac path on the left and cross the square. Then cross the avenue at the traffic lights. Turn left, cross Avenue de Villiers and then Boulevard Péreire Nord. Walk past the plaques honouring the Péreire brothers and then Marshal Juin, until you reach the entrance to the Promenade Péreire on your right.

Enter the promenade, walk under a pergola and past a bandstand. Cross Rue Rennequin and continue straight ahead along the promenade. Then cross Rue Laugier and continue along Promenade Péreire. The route ends under a pergola covered in roses. Then turn right onto Rue Bayen. Cross Boulevard Péreire Nord and continue straight ahead.

(1) Opposite No. 48, turn left into Square Olave and Robert Baden-Powell. After a small reception area, turn left onto a wide path. Pass a playground on your right, followed by some toilets. Climb a flight of stairs or a ramp running parallel to it and leave the square.

Cross both ‘sides’ of Boulevard Péreire and continue straight on along Rue Lebon. Take the first left, Rue Faraday, then the first right, Rue Bayen. Pass under the portico of the Château des Ternes, cross Rue Pierre Demours and continue along Rue Bayen.

Cross Rue Villebois-Mareuil on the right-hand side and emerge onto Avenue Neil (opposite, note the impressive building of the former Magasins Réunis, dating from 1912). Follow the avenue to the right and, at the traffic lights, cross Avenue des Ternes (on the left, a view of the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile).

(2) Follow Avenue des Ternes to the right. After No. 53, turn left under an archway leading to both a hotel and the Passage Doisy. Follow the passage as it curves to the left and then turns right. At the end, turn right onto Rue d’Armaillé.

Walk past the entrance to Saint-Ferdinand Church and turn left into the street of the same name. Walk left and back along the^{second street} on the left, the Cité Férembach (colourful old houses on the even-numbered side).

Walk round Place Saint-Ferdinand (sculpted group) and continue roughly opposite onto Rue du Débarcadère. At the end, turn left and walk alongside Neuilly-Porte Maillot station. Cross Avenue de la Grande Armée at the traffic lights (view of the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile on the left and the towers of La Défense on the right).

(3) Walk up Avenue de la Grande Armée to the left. At the traffic lights, take the^second right, Rue Duret. Then take the first left, Rue du Bois de Boulogne. At the T-junction, turn right onto Rue Le Sueur (view of the top of the Eiffel Tower).

(4) At the end of the street, cross the northern side road of Avenue Foch, then a grassy area along a gravel path. Next, perform a zigzag to cross Avenue Foch at the traffic lights (unobstructed view of the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile). Then cross a second grassed area (with a majestic plane tree on the right) and the southern side road of Avenue Foch.

Continue along Rue Paul Valéry and turn immediately right onto Rue Léonard de Vinci. Go round the Place du Vénézuéla, continue straight ahead along Rue Léonard de Vinci and emerge onto Place Victor Hugo.

(5) Go round the square on the right (note the lion-shaped balcony pillars on the building on your right straight away). Pass the entrance to the Church of Saint-Honoré d’Eylaud and turn right into Rue Mesnil. Note the Marché Saint-Didier on your left and, at the T-junction, turn right into the street of the same name.

At the junction (Place Jean Monnet), take the second turning on the left, Rue de la Pompe. Cross Rue de Longchamp and walk alongside the Lycée Janson de Sailly (note the busts of scholars and authors from the 16th to the 18th centuries high up on the building). You’ll come out onto Avenue Henri Martin, where you’ll find the Rue de la Pompe metro station on your left (E).

To get back home:
- Metro – Line 9.

A good pair of trainers is all you need for this urban walk.

Toilets and drinking fountains are available in the public gardens (shown on the map). Bars, restaurants and shops are located along the route.

A detailed map is required (at the very least the one accompanying this description).

Opening hours of public spaces:
Promenade Péreire:
- Opens: 8.00 am on weekdays; 9.00 am on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
- Closing: 5.45 pm to 9.30 pm, depending on the season. See detailed opening hours.
Square Olave and Robert Baden-Powell:
- Opens: 9.30 am on weekdays; 9.00 am on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
- Closing: 5.00 pm to 8.30 pm, depending on the season. See detailed opening hours.

Walk undertaken by the author on 5 May 2018.

- The Promenade Péreire, a flower-filled and shaded walk, between (S) and (1).
- Château des Ternes (16th–18th centuries).
- Former shops joined together (1912), just before (2).
- Views of the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile.
- Mansions in the 16th arrondissement.