The Passages of Paris

In Paris, the term ‘passages’ refers to covered walkways through which one goes from one street to another by passing through one or more buildings, and which are intended solely for pedestrians. The shops there are splendid, well-stocked, but somewhat expensive. In bad weather, like the Palais-Royal, they serve as promenades and meeting places. They are generally lit by gas.

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    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 12.08 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 30 
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    Difficulty: Moderate

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    Back to start: No
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    Ascent: + 23 m
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    Descent: - 5 m

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    Highest point: 54 m
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    Lowest point: 30 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Paris (75000)
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    Start: N 48.853244° / E 2.348133°
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    End: N 48.879872° / E 2.35525°
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    IGN map(s): Ref. 2314OT
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Description of the walk

(S) Starting from Notre-Dame, take Rue d’Arcole with the Hôtel-Dieu on your left, cross the Pont d’Arcole. Cross the Quai de l’Hôtel de Ville at the pedestrian crossing, then cross the Place de l’Hôtel de Ville with the Paris City Hall on your right. Cross Rue de Rivoli and take Rue du Renard straight ahead, then turn left onto Rue de la Verrerie.

(1) At the end, turn right onto Rue Saint-Martin, pass the Église Saint-Merri on your right and cross Place Edmond Michelet, then Rue Aubry Le Boucher. At No. 129, turn left into Rue de Venise; at the end, turn right into Rue Quincampoix and cross Rue Rambuteau. Between Nos. 80 and 82, turn right into Passage Molière and at the end turn right into Rue Saint-Martin

(2) Turn left onto Rue Rambuteau; at No. 54, turn left into Passage de l’Horloge à Automates and exit onto Rue Beaubourg. Turn left at No. 30 on the same street into Passage des Ménestriers, then right onto Rue Brantôme. Exit onto Rue Saint-Martin; turn right at No. 221 and turn left into Passage de l’Ancre.

(3) At the end, turn left into Rue de Turbigo and right into Rue de Palestro. At No. 3, turn left into Passage du Bourg l'Abbé; at the end, take Rue Saint-Denis. Cross over and, at No. 145, enter Passage du Grand Cerf; at the end, turn right into Rue Dussoubs.

(4) Turn right onto Rue Greneta. At Rue Saint-Denis, turn left and, at No. 164, turn right into Passage de la Trinité. Exit onto Rue de Palestro on the left and, at No. 27, turn into Passage Basfour. At the end, turn right onto Rue Saint-Denis.

(5) Turn right onto Rue Réaumur, then left onto Boulevard de Sébastopol and, at No. 119, turn left into Passage du Ponceau. At the end, turn left onto Rue Saint-Denis and, at No. 239, turn left into Passage du Caire; go through all the passages via Rue du Caire and exit onto Rue d’Aboukir on the right.

(6) Turn right onto Rue d’Alexandrie, then left onto Rue Sainte-Foix at No. 14 and turn left into Passage Sainte-Foix. At the end, turn left onto Rue Saint-Denis and, at No. 232, turn left into Passage Lemoine and at the end onto Boulevard de Sébastopol. Turn left and cross Rue Blondel and Rue Sainte-Apolline.

(7) Turn right onto Boulevard Saint-Denis, cross Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, pass the Porte Saint-Denis on your right and turn left onto Rue Boucharon. At No. 23, turn left into Passage du Marché, exit left onto Rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin. At No. 43, turn right, enter, cross Boulevard de Strasbourg and, at No. 58, enter Passage de Brady bis, exit onto Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis on the left.

(8) Turn left into Passage de l'Industrie and then right again onto Boulevard de Strasbourg; at the end, turn right onto Boulevard Saint-Denis; at No. 19, turn right into Passage Prado, exit onto Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis on the left, and pass Porte Saint-Denis on your left.

(9) Turn right onto Boulevard de Bonne Nouvelle, passing Rue d'Hauteville.

(10) Turn left onto Rue Poissonnière, cross Rue de Clery, Rue d’Aboukir and Rue Réaumur, then continue along Rue des Petits Carreaux; turn right onto Rue Léopold Bellan; at No. 9, turn left into Passage Benaiad.

(11) Turn right onto Rue Bachaumont; at the end, turn left onto Rue Montmartre, cross Rue Étienne Marcel.

(12) Head down Rue Rambuteau, pass Saint-Eustache Church on your left, turn left onto Rue du Louvre then right onto Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau; between numbers 17 and 19, turn right into Galerie Véro Dodat.

(13) Exit onto Rue du Bouloi, turn right onto Rue Montesquieu, cross Rue des Bons Enfants and Rue de Valois, enter the gallery opposite, and at the end turn right into Galerie du Jardin.

(14) Turn left, then at the end, right into Galerie Montpensier; at the end, turn right into Galerie de Beaujolais, then left into Passage des 2 Pavillons.

(15) Rue La Feuillade, enter the two galleries, Colbert and Vivienne, and exit left onto Rue de la Banque. Turn left onto Place de la Bourse, then right onto Rue Vivienne.

(16) Turn right onto Rue Saint-Marc; at No. 8, turn left into Galerie Saint-Marc, Galerie Feydeau and Galerie Montmartre. Exit, cross Rue Montmartre and, opposite at No. 10, enter Passage Panorama and Passage Jouffroy. Exit onto Rue de la Grange Batelière and, at No. 6, enter Passage Verdeau to exit left onto Rue du Faubourg Montmartre.

(17) Turn right onto Rue Cadet, cross Rue Lafayette and Rue de Montholon to take Rue Marguerite de Rochechouart straight ahead. At No. 19, turn left into Passage Briare.

(18) Exit right onto Rue de Maubeuge, cross several junctions until you reach Place de Roubaix and turn right towards the finish at Gare du Nord (E).

Waypoints

  1. S : km 0 - alt. 35 m - Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
  2. 1 : km 0.84 - alt. 37 m - Rue Saint-Martin - Église Saint-Merri (Paris)
  3. 2 : km 1.4 - alt. 35 m - Rue Rambuteau
  4. 3 : km 2.29 - alt. 35 m - Rue de Turbigo
  5. 4 : km 2.65 - alt. 34 m - Rue Greneta
  6. 5 : km 3.07 - alt. 34 m - Rue Réaumur
  7. 6 : km 3.97 - alt. 38 m - Rue d'Alexandrie
  8. 7 : km 4.45 - alt. 35 m - Boulevard Saint-Denis
  9. 8 : km 5.28 - alt. 34 m - Passage de l'Industrie
  10. 9 : km 5.88 - alt. 37 m - Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle
  11. 10 : km 6.22 - alt. 38 m - Rue Poissonnière
  12. 11 : km 6.84 - alt. 34 m - Rue Bachaumont
  13. 12 : km 7.32 - alt. 35 m - Rue Rambuteau
  14. 13 : km 7.9 - alt. 35 m - Rue Bouloi
  15. 14 : km 8.13 - alt. 34 m - Galerie du Jardin
  16. 15 : km 8.59 - alt. 37 m - Rue la Feuillade
  17. 16 : km 9.7 - alt. 36 m - Rue Saint-Marc
  18. 17 : km 10.56 - alt. 32 m - Rue Cadet
  19. 18 : km 11.06 - alt. 40 m - Rue de Maubeuge
  20. E : km 12.08 - alt. 53 m - Gare de Paris-Nord

Worth a visit

Passage Molière - Passage de l'Horloge à Automates - Passage des Ménestriers - Passage du Bourg l'Abbé - Passage du Grand Cerf - Passage de la Trinité - Passage Basfour - Passage du Ponceau - Passage du Caire - Passage Sainte-Foix - Passage Lemoine - Passage du Marché - Passage de l'Industrie - Passage Brady - Passage Brady bis - Passage Prado - Passage Benaiad - Passage Véro Dodat - Galerie des Proues - Galerie du Jardin - Galerie Montpensier - Galerie de Beaujolais - Passage des 2 Pavillons - Galeries Colbert - Galerie Vivienne - Galerie Saint-Marc - Galerie Feydeau - Galerie Montmartre - Passage Panorama - Passage Jouffroy - Passage Verdeau - Passage Briare.

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Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 20, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A few sections (3) towards the end of the route are closed, so it’s impossible to take them, but it’s not too difficult to get back on track

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