Quartiers

Just as Paris has a culture of its own, every quartier in the city is unique in character. From the picturesque Marais and the Quartier Latin with charming boutiques and its seductive bakeries to Montparnasse bustling with restaurants and cafés, there is a neighborhood for everyone. Here we look at a few particularly striking Parisian neighborhoods, with the addition of Lille, a city about an hour north of Paris, which (along with Genoa in Italy) has been named the European capital of culture for the year 2004.