40 min
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4 · 6 · 13 · RER B
11.7 / km²
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12
2,804
−19% vs city
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Staying in Montparnasse & Denfert (14th)
The 14th is the practical one. Denfert-Rochereau has RER B for Charles de Gaulle in one direction and the Orlybus to Orly from the same square, which no other district offers, and Gare Montparnasse for the TGV west is a few minutes north. If your trip involves trains or an early flight, this is the arrondissement that saves you an hour.
It is also where the catacombs are - six million people stacked in tunnels, and the one queue in Paris worth booking a slot for in advance. Boulevard du Montparnasse still has the big brasseries the 1920s made famous, La Coupole and Le Dome among them, which are large, expensive and coasting on the reputation. Rue Daguerre, two streets south, is where you should actually eat: a proper market street with a market on it.
The rest is residential, which shows in the rate - roughly half the 6th, twenty minutes' walk north. The northern edge around the station is 1970s concrete and the tower, and it is not a nice five minutes with a suitcase. Forty minutes on foot to Notre-Dame, so the metro is the daily habit.
What works
- RER B and the Orlybus both leave from Denfert-Rochereau
- Rue Daguerre is a real market street with real prices
- Rooms cost about half the 6th, a twenty-minute walk north
- The catacombs and the Parc Montsouris are inside the district
What does not
- Forty minutes on foot to Notre-Dame
- The Montparnasse end is 1970s concrete around the tower
- The famous brasseries are big, expensive and coasting
- Beyond the catacombs there is nothing here on a sightseeing list
Although largely residential, the 14th arrondissement is best known for its northeastern quartier Montparnasse, for the Paris Catacombs and the Parc Montsouris.