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Batignolles | A Walk Through a Paris Neighborhood Locals Love (17th Arr.)

Batignolles doesn’t announce itself. It reveals itself — one street, one façade, one park path at a time. Batignolles feels like a small Parisian village tucked inside the city — calm, leafy, and quietly confident. We begin near Brochant metro, walking south along Rue Brochant before turning onto Rue Truffaut, a street that immediately sets the tone with refined façades and neighborhood shops. From there, the walk flows naturally toward Square des Batignolles, a landscaped park with winding paths, water features, and a gentle sense of enclosure that feels far removed from the city’s scale. After passing through the park, we continue along Rue des Batignolles, the neighborhood’s social spine—lively but never loud—lined with bakeries, markets, cafés, and finely detailed residential buildings. Along the way, the architecture tells the story: late-19th-century Parisian façades, elegant balconies, curved corners, and decorative stonework that reflects Batignolles’ development during the same period as Haussmann’s expansion — but with a more intimate, neighborhood scale. You’ll notice wrought-iron railings, sculpted window surrounds, subtle Art Nouveau influences, and the everyday beauty of buildings designed to be lived in, not admired from afar. This is not a postcard version of Paris. It’s the Paris people choose to live in. No plan. No rush. Just walking. #Batignolles #Paris17 #ParisWalk