60 min
40 min
1 · 2 · 3 · 13 · 14 · RER C
21.5 / km²
3
19
5,127
−9% vs city
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Staying in Batignolles & Ternes (17th)
Batignolles is the reason to look at the 17th. It has a square, a covered market, a park built over the old rail yards and a strip of bistros that price for the people who live above them. It is what visitors mean when they say they want a neighbourhood rather than a hotel district, and rooms cost roughly half the 8th, which starts one street to the south.
The rest of the arrondissement is two other places. Ternes and Monceau, in the south-west, are an extension of the 8th: handsome, expensive, and closed at the weekend. The Epinettes, at the eastern end, has more in common with the 18th next door - cheaper, rougher at the edges, and good for food if you are not precious about the street.
What none of it has is a sight. There is no museum and no monument in the 17th, and Notre-Dame is an hour away on foot, so a first visit spends its whole day on metro 2 or 13. What it does have is Porte Maillot, where the Charles de Gaulle and Beauvais coaches stop, which is worth an hour to anyone flying at dawn.
What works
- Batignolles has a market, a park and bistros at resident prices
- Rooms cost about half the 8th, which begins one street south
- Airport coaches from Charles de Gaulle and Beauvais stop at Porte Maillot
- Line 2, 13 and now 14 all reach the centre in about twenty minutes
What does not
- An hour on foot to Notre-Dame
- No museum and no monument in the entire arrondissement
- The Ternes and Monceau end is offices and shuts at the weekend
- The Epinettes end is rough around the edges, in Wikivoyage's own words
There are no major sights to see or museums to visit, just amazing Haussmannian architecture, countless restaurants, and that quintessential Parisian atmosphere you always imagined.Finally, the Épinettes neighbourhood, at the eastern end, is more "rough around the edges" and has quite a lot in common with the neighbouring 18th arrondissement, but still offers a plethora of ethnic cuisines, cheap stores, and excellent bars.