hellokittie

Merci! PS I love parks and dining in a restaurant in the park sounds like fun.

AnthonyGA

The park itself is very cool, with a 20-story different in elevation between its highest and lowest points, a very tall waterfall, a grotto, a lagoon, natural and artificial rocks, a mountain with tunnels, a temple of love, a high bridge and a low bridge, and other unique features.

I've never been to the relais des buttes, though, so I can't comment on that.

hellokittie

Anthony, do you know if its in a really dangerous neighborhood and if its in walking distance of la villette.

tuscanlifeedit

Don't mean to sound rude; this is a legitimate question: is anything in walking distance to La Villete???

clairobscur

his park is probably my preffered park in Paris, but I've no clue about the restaurant.

The neighborhood isn't unsafe or dangerous.

Af for it being within walking distance of "La Villette", it's diffult to answer since people have widely different views of what "within walking distance" means. In my opinion, it is. It should take less than half an hour to go from one to the other

By the way, I also like the park at La Villette (mainly because it's actually divided in many very different areas, not all of them easy to find,like the bamboo grove, the mist garden, etc.. so it offers a lot of variety) though it's extremely different.

ParisEscapes

Park Chamont des Buttes and Park La Villette are both worth a visit. Very different from parks in the US.

Faux

The Parc des Buttes Chaumont is a lovely park. We visited on a Tuesday afternoon and there were lots of people with young children or walking their dogs. Both the park and the area around it were safe at that hour. I dont know what the area is like at night but I have heard that it is fine. Make sure you enter the park from the uphill side, as it would be a steep walk up otherwise. I think we entered from the Place Armand Garrel on the northern side.

Michael

If you go on a Sunday, take the métro to the Place des Fêtes and pick up a picnic at the market on the square-bread, pâté or other cold cuts, cheese, fruit.

tondalaya

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AnthonyGA

Yes, the park is within walking distance of La Villette, and the neighborhood is safe. It takes about ten minutes to walk from the park to La Villette, or <i>vice versa</i>.

Art_Vandelay

Ten minutes, ten minutes... Jogging maybe, and still! Factor in a good 20-30 mn walk, depending on your shape and the actual entrance point of the parc de la Villette you are targeting.

hellokittie

THanks so much for all the info. We plan to take the canal ride to Villette which I have visited before and thought we would walk to chsmont buttes; 30 min. is fine/

clairobscur

I'm going to mention that the actual name is &quot;parc des Buttes Chaumont&quot;. You apparently got this reversed &quot;Chamont des buttes&quot; from google's poor translation tool.

I mention it in case you would ask directions or something and people would look at you confused.

Guenmai

I love that park. I used to stay at a friend's apartment/house which was walking distance from the park and we used to go there quite often. It's very peaceful and my favorite park in Paris. Happy Travels!