Best Paris-Belleville, Père Lachaise holiday apartments

A holiday apartment in the 20th arrondissement, a stone’s throw from Père Lachaise

A vacation rental in Paris in the 20th district, by choosing for example a vacation apartment towards Père-Lachaise, will allow you to make beautiful walks in the most mythical cemetery of Paris. With its 44 hectares of shady avenues, romantic alleys, winding streets, forests, statues, the Père Lachaise cemetery, particularly pleasant in summer and autumn, is the largest green space in the capital. Walking through it is a real history book unfolding before our eyes, where each grave is a reflection of the fashion and concerns of the time. You will appreciate the variety of tombs where many illustrious people are buried: Frédéric Chopin, Honoré de Balzac, Molière and La Fontaine, Colette or even Simone Signoret and Yves Montand… For a long time, the tomb that contains the unfortunate love affairs of Heloise and Abelard under a neo-gothic mausoleum was the favourite visit of walkers, until the tomb of the legendary Jim Morrisson, singer of the Doors, became in its turn an unmissable place of worship, covered with fan graffiti.

Holiday rentals in the 20th arrondissement, in the heart of popular and cosmopolitan Paris

Thanks to a holiday rental in Paris in the 20th arrondissement, you will fall under the spell of Belleville and its former hamlet Ménilmontant, which still retain the memory of their dual past, rural and working class. The guest rooms in Belleville will allow you to enjoy the alleys of this old village which descend the slopes with an authentic charm. There are numerous antique shops and bistros. Behind the carriage gates are discreetly hidden garden-cities sometimes housing artists’ studios which open their doors to the public once a year. The population of Belleville today is one of the most diverse and cosmopolitan in Paris, and the district, very popular with students for its attractive prices, is lively day and night. At 72, rue de Belleville, a plaque claims that it was “on these steps and in the greatest destitution that Edith Piaf was born”, enough to keep the legend alive. A museum is dedicated to her a little further on, in the 11th arrondissement. If you feel like something unusual, don’t miss, during your holiday rental in Paris in the 20th arrondissement, a visit to the Jardin Naturel, located at the very end of Rue de la Réunion, wild and refreshing. Nearly 200 plant species grow there freely, without pesticides. A pond covered with water lilies is home to a host of insects, dragonflies and frogs. It is also a paradise for birds, robins and others. A secret place but nevertheless a must since Jean-Jacques Rousseau already liked to wander in its heights. Next to the 20th arrondissement you can enjoy a holiday rental in Paris 11 where the Bastille district is very lively. The bed and breakfast in Paris 12 will bring you to the Parc de Bercy side, while a holiday apartment in Paris 19 will be ideally located near the Buttes Chaumont.