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MONTPARNASSE CEMETERY :
To continue your discovery of the district, we recommend a visit to the Montparnasse cemetery. Located just a few hundred meters from Rue de la Gaîté, this impressive cemetery covers almost 20 hectares in the heart of the 14th arrondissement. From the top of the Tour Montparnasse, you can appreciate the sheer size of this Parisian cemetery.
RUE DE LA GAIÉTÉ :
Just a stone's throw from the Gare Montparnasse, you'll find this lively little street. As its name suggests, this street was intended to brighten up the sometimes gloomy daily lives of Parisians, and although it was just a dirt track in the 18th century, it developed particularly rapidly in the 19th century. At that time, the street was located on the outskirts of the city, bounded by the Enceinte des Fermiers Généraux. As a result, many drinking establishments, bistros and other cafés set up shop on this street, avoiding the taxes imposed on merchants offering their wares inside the city walls. Gradually, the street became more specialized, with more and more cabarets, balls and guinguettes, before theaters began to appear at the end of the 19th century.
Some theaters from this era are still standing today, such as the Théâtre Bobino. The vocation of the rue de la Gaîté remains intact today, as the street is nicknamed "the rue des théâtres". With 6 different theaters in a street less than 300 metres long, it's easy to see why this nickname was coined.
FONDATION CARTIER POUR L'ART CONTEMPORAIN :
As you walk down boulevard Raspail, you'll come face to face with the broad façade of this building designed by architect Jean Nouvel. It's impossible to pass by without noticing the large glass panels, half hidden behind lush green vegetation. The building itself is bordered by a garden designed by Lothar Baumgarten, featuring a multitude of plant species. Take the time to visit this island of greenery lost in an urban landscape. The building's contemporary aesthetic plays on the transparency and reflection of its volumes and walls, reminiscent of some of the works housed by the Fondation Cartier.
PARIS CATACOMBS :
On Place Denfert-Rochereau, you'll find the famous Paris catacombs. Built in Paris in the late 18th century, they contain the bones of Parisians originally buried in the Cimetière des Innocents (in the Halles district). The Catacombs of Paris are an extremely popular tourist attraction, and certainly always have been. The visit will delight thrill-seekers, who can scare the bejesus out of themselves in this winding labyrinth 20 meters underground (the equivalent of a 5-storey building!), which contains the remains of over 6 million Parisians. The romantic-macabre staging will seduce the least fearful of the curious when they decipher the alexandrine that adorns the entrance to the ossuary: "Stop, this is the empire of death". The tour covers just 2 kilometers, but the total surface area of the catacombs is extremely impressive: over 11,000 m²! The average visit lasts between 30 and 45 minutes, depending on the speed of your steps, and you'll be able to access the catacombs and the exhibitions that are sometimes installed there for just 8 euros full price.
PARIS OBSERVATORY :
A little further along the boulevard Arago, which extends from the Place Denfert-Rochereau, you can see the dome of the Paris Observatory. This building is the oldest observatory in the world, having been founded in 1667 under Louis XIV. Its primary purpose was to enable the Sun King's academic astronomers to work together under the same roof, and to equip the observatory with good instruments for more accurate navigational charts.
The building you'll see today is period, designed as a citadel of science, with a sober main building comprising a square tower and two large domes (the sky map dome and the meridian dome), both housing astronomical telescopes, including the famous Lunette Arago, named after François Arago, the Observatory's director in 1846.

** METRO **
- Montparnasse Bienvenue, lines 6, 12 and 13
- Edgar Quinet, line 6
** BUS **
- Gare Montparnasse, lines 58, 91 and 92
** AIRPORTS **
- CDG (Charles de Gaulle ~1h): Take RER B to Denfert Rochereau, then metro line 6 to Edgar Quinet.
- Orly (~1h): Take the Orlybus to Denfert Rochereau, then RER B to Châtelet-Les-Halles, then metro line 6 to Edgar Quinet.