La Villette
The science museum, the mirrored sphere, the red follies and Nouvel's concert hall.
- 1 day
- 4 stops
Day 1
Starts from Gare du Nord · 5h 45m at the sights, 36m travelling · 6.1 km
Areas: La Villette, 19th arrondissement
- Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie — Europe's largest science museum, with the mirrored Géode beside it (2h)
- Parc de la Villette — The largest park in Paris, scattered with bright red follies (1h)
- Philharmonie de Paris — Jean Nouvel's concert hall, clad in a flock of aluminium birds (1h 30m)
- Parc des Buttes Chaumont — Cliffs, a lake and a temple on a crag, built on an old quarry (1h 15m)