Parc des Buttes Chaumont
The Parc des Buttes
Chaumont, in the North-East of Paris, not often visited by tourists, is the most
spectacular in town.
It
was converted by Haussmann from an old quarry where the Emperor’s enemies used
to meet.
On top of the
second-highest hill in Paris, it has a lake with an island in the middle 300
feet high, reached by a suspension bridge.
There’s a tiny temple on top, with a view of half
Paris and the side of the Sacré-Coeur.
Down the surrounding hills run cascades and
waterfalls. It’s well away from the centre of town, so the people you meet there
are guaranteed real Parisians.
