Paris: 20th Arrondissement

[Algierstwin]

Whats it like?

I've booked to stay there with my other half but now shes read somewhere that its a 'troubled area' with poor transport links. .

Have i made a mistake?

 

[baboon2004]

No offence, but that did make me chuckle a bit. It's absolutely fine - in fact, a lovely area of Paris that I almost lived in. There might have been a few bad things that happened there once, but 'inner' Paris is generally pretty damn safe. Maybe a couple of areas of the north-east are slightly dodgy, but the 20th is lovely.

No mistake at all.

 

[baboon2004]

http://www.eurostar4agents.com/images/metro_map_big.gif

As for transport - look at the above link, and the last few stations on the east of line 3 (the olive colour) are in the 20th (Gallieni etc). Plus Pere Lachaise (beautiful cemetery and the resting place of Jim Morrison and numerous illustrious Frenchpeople) will be very nearby - well worth a visit.