Planning a visit to Paris?
Spend a great time in Chinatown and in the 13th district!

Our school is located at the heart of Chinatown so if you fancy eating Asian food, learning Chinese or buying products from China you’re at the right place! But everything is not about Asia : the district offers a large variety of activities as well as nice places to relax…

What to visit? By Laetitia
In addition to Chinatown you can visit a new reorganized neighbourhood called Paris Rive Gauche. Lively during the day, many young students spend time in the large university campus. Moreover a great library is located there, the National Library of France: it’s always good to be cultivated, isn’t it?
But if you want to relax with a movie, head to the MK2 cinema. You want a coffee or a treat after the film? Well, a Starbucks Coffee is not far from there. For manga fans, a Manga Coffee V2 offers mangas, drinks, computers and video games. For those who love sports, go to the National Sports Museum: you will find exhibitions of works of art as well as sports equipments. Finally, if you have the soul of an artist (or even if you don’t!) try on Les Frigos, a cultural place where you can see many graffiti painted by street artists.

Yummy food in Chinatown By Islem
If you are hungry and want to eat something in the 13^th district of Paris there are many different restaurants you can eat in! Well if you are like me and looooove eating fast food you can find many Mc Donald’s, KFC, Quick or Pizza Hut… But if you prefer eating food from different cultures you are in a very good place to travel all around the world: you can find Italian restaurants to eat good pastas or pizzas you can go to The Cesar, it’s very tasty!
If you are interested in Asian food this district is a paradise!!! My favourite one is the restaurant right in front of our school.  It is called Le Bœuf Grillé,  it’s delicious if you love meat and barbecues! You can eat Korean, Indian and French food as well!

Cinemas and theatres By Yann
If you enjoy going to the theatre you can go to the Theatre 13 which offers different kinds of shows almost every night.  If you prefer movies there are also lots of cinemas at Les Gobelins – at least 3 around the square, the most famous being the UGC Gobelins. They are low cost by the way. You can also go to the Escurial which broadcasts old but very good movies.

Fancy some sports?! By Béhange
If you like sports and you like having fun I suggest you to go to Stade Charléty, a multi-use stadium. During the school holidays the stadium is open especially for the kids who can't afford to go on holiday. There are lots of activities for the kids.
There are also lots of sports teams such as football, volleyball, handball and basketball. Since 2010 the Charléty Stadium has been the official stadium of the Parisian rugby team, Le Stade Français.

Let’s go shopping! By Sébastien
For the ones who like shopping in big malls (or watching some block buster movies) you won’t be disappointed by the most famous place in the district, Place d'Italie! The main neighbourhood of the 13th district of Paris is full of things to do. The big mall, which is called Italie 2, offers more than one hundred shops, such as Adidas, Le Printemps, Foot Locker, Zara, La Fnac, Sephora and many more... All shoppers will be delighted to spend some money there!  

To learn more about our neighbourhood visit the town hall website