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Starting point and access: Pantin Church.
- Metro - Line 5. Take exit 3 Rue Charles Auray.
- Bus - Lines 61, 145, 147, 249.
See an alternative starting point in the practical information section.
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(S/E) When you exit the metro station, walk a few metres and take thefirst right onto Rue Charles Auray, next to the church (undergoing renovation in January 2022). At the corner of the church, turn right again and walk along the market square. Go straight ahead, cross a small square and go down some steps. Continue straight ahead into Rue du 11 Novembre 1918. At the end, turn right and, at the traffic lights, turn left to walk along Avenue Jean Lolive. Pass a Morris column and, at the corner of a restaurant, turn left to enter Parc Stalingrad.
Go straight ahead and walk along the library building on your right. After this building and before an exit gate, take thefirst cement path on the right (narrower than thesecond). At the crossroads, go straight ahead and take a footbridge over a small pond. At the next crossroads (greenhouse opposite), turn left and, after about 20 metres, left again. Walk along a playground on your right and go up a path interspersed with small steps.
Leave the park and you will come to a street (Rue des Grilles on the map). Follow it to the right and note the small vineyard on the right-hand side of the park. At the traffic lights, continue straight ahead along Rue des Grilles. At the next crossroads, continue straight ahead along Rue des Grilles. At the traffic lights, continue straight ahead along Rue des Sept Arpents.
(1) At the next intersection, cross Rue Charles Nodier and continue straight ahead. Take thefirst left, Rue Jean-Baptiste Clément (note the mural at the corner of the two streets). The street turns right and leads to Rue Marx Dormoy: follow it to the left. At the end, turn left onto Rue Béranger.
At the end (note the mural on the right-hand side of the gymnasium), turn left onto Rue Charles Nodier, then immediately right onto Rue Franklin. Then takethe first right, Rue Lazare Carnot, and walk past old factories and workshops that have been converted into housing. At the end, turn left onto Rue du 14 Juillet. Take thefirst right, Rue Paul de Kock.
(2) When you reach the Church of the Holy Family, turn left and enter Square Salvador Allende (small murals). On the other side (workshop with turret opposite), turn right. At the traffic lights, follow Rue André Joineau opposite. Go straight ahead along this pedestrian and cycle path. At the end, continue straight ahead and walk along a square on your right. At No. 73, pass under a porch on the left and enter Villa du Pré via Grande Avenue.
(3) Take thefirst right, Avenue des Acacias. Turn left onto this road, then go straight ahead and slightly uphill, ignoring a turn-off on the left and then one on the right. Cross Avenue des Maronniers and continue along Avenue de Bellevue. At the end, turn left onto Avenue des Sycomores. Cross Grande Avenue on the left-hand side, then, about 20 metres further on, at the corner of the François Mitterand Library, turn right onto a footpath. At the end, climb a flight of steps.
At the top, turn right. After about 100 metres, turn left to cross at the pedestrian crossing. Then first turn right then left to cross Place Séverine.
(4) At the bus stop, continue straight ahead. At the end (mural opposite on the left), turn right. Cross Passage du Trou Morin (Marin on the map) on the left-hand side. About thirty metres further on, at the corner of the Trou Morin manhole (information panel), turn left into Sente des Cornettes. Ignore Passage des Pavillons on the right and climb between the small houses.
At the top, turn left. After about 75 metres, descend to the left onto Passage du Trou Morin, which starts with steps and then becomes a path. At the end, turn right. Then turn left towards the town centre and walk along the right-hand pavement of Place Séverie.
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(4) At the bus stop, turn right and go under the porch of the Cité-Jardin Henri Sellier. On the other side, walk a few metres and climb up a sloping path on the right. Go through a chicane, turn left and follow a path between the small gardens of small houses. At the end, ignore a path on the right and follow Rue Jules Jacquemin on the right. At the end, turn left.
At the traffic lights immediately ahead, turn right and cross Rue Jules Auffret in two stages. On the other side, first turn right then left to follow thePR®7andPR®9into Avenue Thalie. Walk steadily uphill at the foot of small buildings and cross several private, closed driveways. At the three-way junction, follow thePR®9to the left into Rue Marcelle (the Lilas radio tower is clearly visible).
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(5) At the stop sign, turn right into Passage des Panoramas. At the end, turn left. Shortly afterwards, take thefirst left, Passage Bellevue, and descend slightly. At the end, turn right, cross Rue de Bellevue on the right-hand side and follow Rue Marcelle again.
At the end, turn left, enter Pantin and follow Rue du Bois to the left and downhill. Cross Rue du Bel Air on the left-hand side (panoramic view of Paris and its eastern suburbs) and continue downhill. At the traffic lights, cross Voie de la Déportation and follow it to the left and downhill.
(6) After about 50 metres, before the cemetery, go through a gate on the right and enter Parc Henri Barbusse. Ignore the path on the right. At the crossroads, go straight ahead on a cement path. At the next crossroads, turn left and, at the three-way junction shortly afterwards, turn right, leaving the picnic tables on your left. At the T-junction, turn right, ignore the path on the right and leave the park.
Cross the avenue at the pedestrian crossing and enter Square de la République opposite. Immediately turn left onto a wide gravel path which quickly becomes cemented. Walk slightly uphill. At the next intersection, go straight ahead, pass a chicane and continue on a stabilised path. Further on, you will find a cemented path that descends, interspersed with steps.
(7) When the path turns right, continue straight ahead and go down a small staircase. Cross Rue Jules Jaslin, then turn left to cross the D35bis. Then turn right into Rue Jules Jacquin. The street turns right and becomes Rue Formagne. Go straight ahead and, at the traffic lights, continue along Rue Formagne.
At the next traffic lights, cross Avenue Jean Lolive in two stages. Opposite, slightly to the right, follow a pedestrian path between two buildings. Continue straight ahead to the edge of the Canal de l'Ourcq.
(8) Turn left and walk along the canal on your right. Pass by the Magasins Généraux and continue along the canal.
(9) At the corner of a building with an external spiral staircase, continue straight ahead along the canal (to return to Pantin Church, follow the alternative route described in the practical information section). Pass successively under a metal road bridge, a footbridge for cyclists and the Pont de la Mairie (be careful, narrow passage).
Note the old Pantin mills on the opposite bank. Then pass successively under the tram bridge, the Boulevard Périphérique bridge (caution: narrow passage) and the Boulevard Sérurier bridge. Enter the Parc de la Villette, pass under the Zénith and reach a footbridge over the canal.
(10) Pass under the footbridge and continue along the canal (for alternative routes allowing you to explore the park, see the practical information). Just before asecond footbridge, turn left and follow a wide path towards the Grande Halle and Metro 5. Walk along the Grande Halle on your left. At the end, continue straight ahead, pass the ticket office and you will immediately find the Porte de Pantin metro station on your left (E).
To return home:
- Metro - Line 5.
- Tram - Line T3b. Follow Avenue Jean Jaurès on the left for approximately 250 metres.
- Bus - Lines 75, 151.
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