36 min
25 min
2 · 4 · 5 · 7 · RER B · RER D · RER E
46.9 / km²
3
12
5,291
−10% vs city
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Mixed after dark
The canal and Republique end is fine at night. The blocks around Gare du Nord, Gare de l'Est and north towards Barbes are the part to plan around - take the metro to the door rather than walking it late.
Staying in Gare du Nord & Canal (10th)
The canal Saint-Martin is the reason to be here. Its banks are restaurants and cafes, the streets alongside close to traffic on Saturday afternoons and all day Sunday, and the stretch down to Republique carries the overflow of the 11th's bar scene at two-thirds of the Marais room rate. If you have already done the museums on a previous trip, this is a good place to spend a week.
The other half of the arrondissement is Gare du Nord and Gare de l'Est, 250 metres apart, and the blocks between and north of them are the reason the 10th has the reputation it has. It is not dangerous in the daytime and it is genuinely convenient - the Eurostar on foot, RER B to Charles de Gaulle in about 25 minutes - but the streets are grim, the hotels sell nothing but proximity, and it is not where you want to be walking at 01:00 with a wheeled bag.
So the district splits on which end you book. Anything between the canal and Republique is a fair recommendation. Anything within three streets of the two stations is a trade: you are buying the train, and paying for it in the walk home.
What works
- The canal banks go car-free on Saturday afternoons and all day Sunday
- Room rates run roughly a third under the Marais for the same standard
- RER B from Gare du Nord reaches Charles de Gaulle in about 25 minutes
- The Eurostar terminal is inside the district, on foot with luggage
What does not
- The blocks between Gare du Nord and Gare de l'Est are grim after dark
- Thirty-six minutes on foot to Notre-Dame, so you are on the metro daily
- Station-side hotels sell proximity to the trains and nothing else
- Nothing on the standard sightseeing list is inside the arrondissement
The 10th arrondissement (namely the areas bordering the 18th and 19th arrondissements) and the southeastern portion of the "périphérique" have also gained a reputation for being sketchy.The 10th arrondissement of Paris centres on the Canal Saint Martin and the restaurants and cafés which line its banks.