Paris Chinatown
Top activities things to do in chinatown paris the french call them quartier chinois.
Paris chinatown. Paris has several asian neighborhoods french. I always follow by looking inside the restaurant and verify if it is busy with customers. Many shops are closed on sundays the large restaurants close about 3 00 pm to about 4 00 pm for rest time. Quartiers asiatiques the largest being located in the 13th arrondissement 13th district.
The two parisian chinatown quarters are the gritty belleville in the 20th arrondissement and les olympiades the largest chinatown in all of europe in the 13th arrondissement. Even mcdonald s is decked out à la chinoise in the 13th arrondissement famous for its chinese restaurants and shops time out paris. Many cities in europe have a chinatown. London has a small chinatown in soho for example but paris actually has not one but two chinatown districts or quartier chinois.
Chinatown paris is bounded roughly by avenue de choisy avenue d ivry and boulevard masséna and includes the les olympiades complex. The quartier asiatique asian quarter also called triangle de choisy or petite asie is the largest commercial and cultural center for the asian community of paris it is located in the southeast of the 13th arrondissement in an area that contains many high rise apartment buildings. The first parisian chinatown is located in the 20th arrondissement in a neighborhood known as belleville. The chinatown style is traditional a basic restaurant however the success is the taste of the food.
Despite its status as a chinatown the neighborhood also contains significant vietnamese laotian and. It is the lesser known and visited of the two particularly amongst the tourist crowds.