Parks & Gardens
Parks & GardensCité du Figuier
Popincourt
Push through the black gate between 104 and 106 Rue Oberkampf and suddenly you're in a cobblestoned village that time forgot. Colorful former metalwork workshops, lush fig trees, and that famous turquoise house with carved elephants make this secret alley feel worlds away from the city's bustle.
Hidden alley
Cobblestones
Colorful workshops
Lush greenery
Tips
🏘️"had stepped back in time to a small village in the south of France"
🐘spot the turquoise house with carved elephant frieze from the 1900 World Fair
🌿look for the fig tree that gives this place its name
Cité du Figuier
Popincourt
Parks & GardensParks & GardensPush through the black gate between 104 and 106 Rue Oberkampf and suddenly you're in a cobblestoned village that time forgot. Colorful former metalwork workshops, lush fig trees, and that famous turquoise house with carved elephants make this secret alley feel worlds away from the city's bustle.
Hidden alley
Cobblestones
Colorful workshops
Lush greenery
Tips
🏘️"had stepped back in time to a small village in the south of France"
🐘spot the turquoise house with carved elephant frieze from the 1900 World Fair
🌿look for the fig tree that gives this place its name