Butte-aux-Cailles – 13th Arrondissement
One of the most varied districts of the Left Bank, the 13th Arrondissement of Paris combines village-like streets, multicultural food, monumental street art and some of the city’s most ambitious contemporary architecture. From Butte-aux-Cailles and the Asian Quarter to the modern neighbourhood around Bibliothèque François Mitterrand, the arrondissement reveals a very different side of Paris from the historic centre.
Explore Butte-aux-Cailles for its smaller streets, restaurants, cafés, bars and neighbourhood atmosphere, then continue towards the Asian Quarter around Avenue de Choisy and Avenue d’Ivry for restaurants, supermarkets, bakeries and specialist food shops representing several Asian cuisines and communities.
The 13th is also one of Paris’s strongest areas for street art, with large-scale murals transforming buildings throughout the arrondissement. Closer to the Seine, the landscape changes again around Bibliothèque François Mitterrand and Paris Rive Gauche, where contemporary architecture, cultural venues and redeveloped industrial spaces create one of the most modern urban environments in Paris.
Explore the 13th Arrondissement with TLC Paris to discover food, street art, contemporary architecture, cafés, restaurants and neighbourhood Paris across one of the city’s most diverse districts.
Asian Quarter
Avenue de Choisy
Bibliothèque François Mitterrand
Street Art Murals
Paris Rive Gauche
Seine Riverbanks
