Workshops, courtyards and urban energy
Bastille and La Roquette
Between Place de la Bastille and Rue de la Roquette, the area mixes craft courtyards, small venues, cafés and residential streets. Side passages provide useful detours.
Landmarks to locate
- Port de l'Arsenal
- Cour Damoye
- Rue de Lappe
- Square Gardette
Street names and landmark names keep their local names for use on maps.
Start by the water, then turn into the streets
Port de l’Arsenal opens the outing beside the water. Cross Place de la Bastille towards Cour Damoye and the Roquette streets. The changing atmosphere offers more than a visit confined to the large square.
Respect courtyard access
Courtyards and passages can have hours or private uses. Respect signs on site. A variation towards Square Gardette takes you away from Bastille’s busier streets.
Choose the visits you want to include
Walking options connected to these places
- Paris gardens and green walks — A green route from central Paris towards the east, linking a historic garden, raised promenade and broader landscape.
- Paths through eastern Paris — A crossing from the 12th towards the 20th district, linking a market, planted promenade, former village and viewpoint.
- Paris at the markets’ pace — A morning route to observe everyday Paris through markets and shopping streets.
- From the Coulée verte to Bercy — Follow the planted promenade from Viaduc des Arts towards Parc de Bercy, between raised gardens, workshops and traces of the former wine district.
These links share places explicitly recorded in our data. They do not establish proximity or a fully accessible route.
English translation prepared on from the French source record dated 2026-10-06. Translation does not constitute a fresh factual verification. French version.