Stylish and rich Montreuil is an eastern suburb of Paris, just Bois de Vincennes.
Historically this was a place of industry and agriculture, and many homes in this up-and-coming area are set in converted warehouses and mills. It’s a neighborhood where you can rummage through the flea market for vintage treasures and go back in time at the old walled peach orchards. Later at night, you will party with some of the most stylish people in Paris. And the City of Lights is at your fingertips on the Métro lines 1,3 and 9, as well as Line A of the RER commuter train. All Paris is within reach, but for convenience, we'll talk about cultural sights and icons just minutes from Montreuil. Discover the best things to do in Montreuil.
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1. Puces de Montreuil
On Avenue du Professeur André Lemierre every Saturday and Monday there’s one of the scruffiest but most lovable flea markets in the city. Almost everything on sale is second-hand, so if you’re into bric-a-brac, vintage clothes and anything retro scour these stalls for a bargain or two.
And being in Montreuil it’s also off the beaten track so you won’t be jostling with tourists. As you rummage through, you'll come across antique cutlery, art deco ceramics, old bicycle parts, pre-war furs, and all the different ways and endings.
2. Château de Vincennes
A burly medieval presence in the Vincennes district to the south, this castle hoves into view at 52 meters. When it was completed in the 1300s the keep was the tallest fortified building in Europe and was the seat of French Royal power before Versailles.
Two kings, Philippe III and his successor Philippe IV were married on the property, while in the 14th and 15th centuries three French monarchs and the English King Henry V died at Vincennes.
Later it became an ill-famed prison, incarcerating Fouquet, Mirabeau, the Marquis de Sade, and Diderot. You can come in to tour the sky-scraping upper floors of the keep, the Royal Chapel and investigating Charles V’s 14th-century study.
3. Murs à Pêches
Between the 1600 and 1900s, a third of Montreuil’s area was decked with orchards and patches that supplied Paris with fresh fruit. Not only that, these plantations helped cultivate new varieties of peaches, cherries, and strawberries.
It's a resourceful business, covering the garden with local plaster walls as heat materials at night.
Later it became easier to ship the fruit in from farms outside Paris, but many of these maze-like Murs à Pêches (Peach Walls) has been restored, especially in the Saint-Antoine area where there are 40 hectares of walled gardens. You can check in with Montreuil’s tourist office for a guided tour.
4. Bois de Vincennes
You may be shocked by the sheer size of this park just south of the Montreuil district. This is the largest park in Paris, accounting for 1/10 of the total area of the city. Like Bois de Boulogne in western Paris, it was reserved for royal hunting grounds before being landscaped by Napoleon III in the mid-19th century.
There are many hundreds of hectares of flowing greens space and woodland, but also many smaller flower gardens and venues: In the park’s confines are the Paris Velodrome, the Hippodrome, the Paris Zoo and even an urban farm with goats, cows, and sheep.
5. Parc Floral de Paris
This park on the northern edge of the Bois de Vincennes is one of the city’s four official botanical gardens. The flower park came together in the early 1960s, coinciding with the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, explaining the loose theme of Japan.
The showpiece is the glorious Vallée des Fleurs, which is updated with a colorful new theme every year. In the spring, there is a tulip show and an autumn competition for dahlias. Add to that an exciting program of cultural events such as the Paris Jazz Festival, the Festival Classique au Vert and the Pestacles.
Any other time you can bring children for a joyous day at the cool adventure playground, mini-golf course, and miniature train.
6. Musée de l’Histoire de l’Immigration
Whether you enter the museum or not, you have to come to see the Palais de la Porte Dorée on the fringes of the Bois de Vincennes. It has an official historical site, an art deco palace built for the Colonial Exhibition in 1931.
In portico, there is a huge bas-relief on the floor, showing wooden ships and strange animals. The inner galleries explore 200 years of emigration to France and keep track of the barriers faced and the achievements of migrants since the early 20th century.
Ever since the building opened there has been a tropical aquarium in the basement, which has colorful fish, turtles, and caimans.
7. La Montreuilloise Brewery
Founded in 2014, La Montreuilloise Brewery is part of the revolution of craft beer sweeping France. Using organic and environmentally-friendly methods this brewery beside the Murs à Pêches makes blonde, brown, amber and special seasonal beers.
Bottles are stored in more and more trendy bars around Montreuil and are easily discovered for their fashion labels. If you are a Paris resident or in town for more than a few days, you can go to a workshop. You’ll actually be able to make your own beer, which will then be bottled 13 days later.
8. Coulée Verte René-Dumont
From Montreuil’s Robespierre Métro station it’s only a ten-minute walk to the eastern terminus of this innovative urban project that opened in 1993.
Also known as the Promenade Plantée, this park follows the course of the old Vincennes Railway, traversing the same old viaducts and transforming them with trees, bushes, sculptures, and flowerbeds.
The end result is that you can walk from near Montreuil to Opéra Bastille in District 12 without having to step out of this green oasis. There are a couple of playgrounds for young ones, and every now and then you can descend from the elevated promenade into one of the gardens below.
9. Père Lachaise Cemetery
In the 20th Arrondissement just west of Montreuil is the final resting place of many world-changing personalities.
You can download a map of the plots at the cemetery or can pick one up from local shops. The roll-call of figures is remarkable: From French history and culture, there are writers like Balzac and Proust, painters such as Delacroix and Ingres, and the beloved singer Édith Piaf.
Many visitors come to see the small tomb of singer Jim Morrison, as well as the monument decorated by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. And though you may not recognize all of the names, many of the plots have sensational mausoleums and tomb carvings.
10. Palais Garnier
Take the Métro Line 3 to what is possibly the most famous opera house in the world. Palais Garnier was built in a lavish eclectic style, prevailing during the rule of Napoleon III in the 19th century.
Most of the concerts here are for the Paris Opera ballet, but naturally, this is the victory you can make in the end. You’ll need to stay up to date with the listings and book as early as possible long before your holiday.
But if you’re out of luck getting tickets you can be blown away by the opulence of the auditorium and Grand Foyer on a self-guided visit during the day.
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