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GARE DU NORD
Gare du Nord |
Being in the city-centre, Gare du Nord is well connected for exploring
the rest of the city, and this is always well worth taking to account
when you are comparing Eurostar fares and timetables with flights.
As a major national and international station, Gare du Nord has
all the facilities you expect in a major airport, including currency
exchange, internet access, and a range of car hire operators. Gare
Du Nord is also an impressive piece of Neoclassical Architecture.
It provides easy connections onto the Paris Metro network, and a
good range of bus connections. The Regional RER network (lines B
and D) also passes through Gare du Nord. |
GARE DE L’EST
The Gare de l'Est provides the only witness left from the first
generation of railway buildings. The square in front of the station
was occupied between the XIIIth and the XVIIIth century by the Saint-Laurent
Fair or Carnival, mentioned by an inscription situated in the left
wing corner pavilion. The original building, now the western wing,
was built between 1847-1850 by François-Alexandre Duquesney
with the help of the engineer Pierre Cabanel de Sermet, and served
the line Paris-Strasbourg, functioning since 1844. Its name was
changed from Gare de Strasbourg to Gare de l'Est in 1854. Today,
trains leave from here for eastern France, Germany, Switzerland
and Austria. |
CANAL ST-MARTIN
St-Martin Arco de Triumfo |
Not far from the Gare du Nord and the Gare de l'Est, is the Canal
St Martin which crosses the 10th arrondissement, and which will
allow you to go on walks alongside the barges. The canal was built
in 1825 as a shortcut for river traffic on the Seine, and it also
served as a defence against the upstarts eastern arrondissements.
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