While I’m off exploring California, Anne of Prêt à Voyager takes you on a mini virtual tour of the 9th arrondissement. Largely overlooked by Paris visitors until very recently, this is one of the neighborhoods I’ve enjoyed discovering most within the last year. Here, Anne shares a few of her favorites in the rue des Martyrs section of South Pigalle. Thanks, Anne!
The 9th arrondissements is one of those areas of Paris I never visited until I moved there. But somehow I managed to impress my French friends by being in an area that was up and coming. I think the thing I like most about it is that there is nothing touristy that would force you to set foot in the 9th. Well, I suppose technically the Opera Garnier is in the 9th, but that’s not part of “my” 9th. The other bonus is that the 9th is very central. Where I live, I’m lucky to have 5 metro lines – the 12, 2, 7, 8 & 9 – I can hop on to get anywhere in the city easily. (Note: this also means that you have no excuse to not come here wherever you’re staying). Rue des Martyrs is what…
