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Canal Saint-Martin
A trail worth the early start · Paris, France
Photo: DiscoA340 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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The experience
A 4.6 km canal ordered by Napoleon in 1802 and opened in 1825 to bring drinking water into Paris, dropping through nine locks between the Bassin de la Villette and the Seine. Nearly half its length — 2,069 metres — was covered over in the mid-19th century between Rue du Faubourg du Temple and Bastille, so the open, iron-bridged stretch through the 10th is where all the canal life happens.
The classic linear Paris evening: quai stones, a picnic, and boats climbing the locks beside you.
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Where it is
Paris, France · Canal Saint-Martin (10e). Coordinates from the listing we sourced it from.
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