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Invisible Paris walks are a series of self-guided tours to the city that grew from the Invisible Paris blog. Organised according to themes, they take you parts of the city you may not normally explore.
Visitors to Paris rarely venture out of the main tourist zones, and city locals often find themselves following familiar routines. Exploring new areas can sometimes be complicated, simply because you are not sure where to go or what to look for. With this in mind, I created three walking tours in three rarely visited parts of the city, with instructions on both what to see and how not to get lost!
The Walks
The three walks are the following:
- New Walk: Concrete Paris
This walk, created in association with Pocket Guide, explores early 20th century architecture in the 16th arrondissement, but is also a trip across two villages that stood just outside of Paris until the middle of the 19th century; Auteuil and Passy....
- Walk 1: From Saint Rita To Saint Lazare. A Trip Into The Female Experience Of The City
Wandering through the middle ages up to the modern day, this walk shows how women have managed to survive and find their place in a city dominated by men. The chosen area is rich with images and anecdotes on the female condition, mixing art, religion...
- Walk 3: Street Art - The Paris Cityscape As An Open-air Gallery
Paris is home to some of the most important and influential artists working in the genre, and this walk shows you where you'll find their creations on the streets of Menilmontant and Belleville. A street art walking tour is not...
- Invader Launches Flashinvaders App
Having built his career around the pixellation of 1970s 8-bit video games it was inevitable that the Paris based street artist Invader would release his own game. Using mobile phone technology Invader has created the 'FlashInvaders' app, a reality...
- London Street Art Walking Tours
The 'Hookedblog Street Art Walking Tour' offers Londoners and tourists alike the opportunity to see another side of the East End of London. Join our experienced tour guide as we journey the streets of Old Street, Shoreditch and the Brick Lane...
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Invisible Paris walks are a series of self-guided tours to the city that grew from the Invisible Paris blog. Organised according to themes, they take you parts of the city you may not normally explore.
Visitors to Paris rarely venture out of the main tourist zones, and city locals often find themselves following familiar routines. Exploring new areas can sometimes be complicated, simply because you are not sure where to go or what to look for. With this in mind, I created three walking tours in three rarely visited parts of the city, with instructions on both what to see and how not to get lost!
The Walks
The three walks are the following:
- From Saint Rita to Saint Lazare. A trip into the female experience of the city: Wandering through the middle ages up to the modern day, this walk shows how women have managed to survive and find their place in a city dominated by men.
- Contemporary Architecture: a walk that takes you away from the city's dominant neo-classical model to areas - on both sides of the river - where an interesting and varied selection of buildings has been allowed to develop.
- Street Art - The Paris Cityscape as an Open-Air Gallery: where you'll find the best creations on the streets of Menilmontant and Belleville.
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- New Walk: Concrete Paris
This walk, created in association with Pocket Guide, explores early 20th century architecture in the 16th arrondissement, but is also a trip across two villages that stood just outside of Paris until the middle of the 19th century; Auteuil and Passy....
- Walk 1: From Saint Rita To Saint Lazare. A Trip Into The Female Experience Of The City
Wandering through the middle ages up to the modern day, this walk shows how women have managed to survive and find their place in a city dominated by men. The chosen area is rich with images and anecdotes on the female condition, mixing art, religion...
- Walk 3: Street Art - The Paris Cityscape As An Open-air Gallery
Paris is home to some of the most important and influential artists working in the genre, and this walk shows you where you'll find their creations on the streets of Menilmontant and Belleville. A street art walking tour is not...
- Invader Launches Flashinvaders App
Having built his career around the pixellation of 1970s 8-bit video games it was inevitable that the Paris based street artist Invader would release his own game. Using mobile phone technology Invader has created the 'FlashInvaders' app, a reality...
- London Street Art Walking Tours
The 'Hookedblog Street Art Walking Tour' offers Londoners and tourists alike the opportunity to see another side of the East End of London. Join our experienced tour guide as we journey the streets of Old Street, Shoreditch and the Brick Lane...