PR1 an island in the middle of a river

Collection : TOP 25 ET SÉRIE BLEUE

Scale : 1:25 000

13.90€

190 PARIS CHANTILLY FONTAINEBLEAU

118 PARIS CHARTRES PNR DE LA HAUTE VALLÉE DE CHEVREUSE

108 PARIS ROUEN BEAUVAIS PNR DU VEXIN FRANÇAIS

109 PARIS COMPIÈGNE PNR OISE-PAYS DE FRANCE

D75-95 ÎLE-DE-FRANCE OUEST

Collection : CARTES DÉPARTEMENTALES IGN

Collection : CARTES DÉPARTEMENTALES IGN

Scale : 1:150 000

5.90€

NR08 CENTRE-VAL DE LOIRE

Collection : CARTES RÉGIONALES IGN

Collection : CARTES RÉGIONALES IGN

Collection : CARTES RÉGIONALES IGN

Scale : 1:250 000

6.80€

801 FRANCE NORD OUEST

Collection : CARTES NATIONALES IGN

Collection : DÉCOUVERTE DES PAYS DU MONDE IGN

Scale : 1:2 500 000

7.00€

Description

The splendid Saint-Denis basilica is the starting point for your walking itinerary heading towards the Seine and Ile-Saint-Denis. This island, this town, is doted with a magnificent park bordered by the two arms of the Seine. The itinerary also includes the redeveloped banks of the town Epinay-sur-Seine and will allow you to discover the different aspects of the river loop, its landscape, and a neverending source of inspiration for the impressionists. Enjoy also its architectural features and havens of nature.

Technical Information

Walking

Difficulty

Easy

Duration

3h (1d)

Dist.

11 km

Altimetric profile

Starting point

1 Rue de la République , 93200 Saint-Denis

Lat : 48.9359Lng : 2.35767

Steps

stage 1

From place Victor Hugo in front of the Basilica in Saint-Denis, turn left towards rue du Cygne. RV possible at the Tourist Office. Continue on towards rue des Boucheries. Turn right onto rue de la Boulangerie.

21 Rue de l'Europe 93800 Saint-denis

11 Rue Gabriel Péri 93200 Saint-denis

Stage 2

2) Take rue Gabriel Péri slightly to your left, pass in front of the Musée d'art et d'histoire (n°22bis) and continue on until Porte de Paris. Turn right towards boulevard Anatole France Careful, boulevard crossing. Take the second street on the right called Bobby Sands until rue du 4 Septembre. Cross place Parmentier. Continue slightly to the left towards rue Raspail. Turn left to reach Quai du Square.

1 Quai du Square 93200 Saint-denis

Stage 3

Go straight along Quai du Square and Quai du Port.

61 Boulevard Marcel Sembat 93200 Saint-denis

Stage 4

Turn left towards the foootbridge via the steps. From place de la Gare keep to the left heading towards rue du Port and cross over the Seine using the Pont de l’Île Saint-Denis (bridge). Go straight on via rue Méchin.

3 Rue Mechin 93450 L'ile-saint-denis

Stage 5

Turn right onto rue de Verdun. Cross Place de la Libération. Turn left heading towards rue Armand and Paul Fumouze. Keep to the right and follow Quai du Saule Fleuri. Go straight on to Promenade des Impressionnistes.

59 Quai de la Marine 93450 L'ile-saint-denis

Stage 6

Take promenade des Impressionnistes, go in to the Parc Départemental de l'Ile Saint Denis. Cross through it to exit onto Quai de la Marine, exit n°2.

80 Avenue du Pont d'Epinay 93450 L'ile-saint-denis

Stage 7

Turn right heading towards Avenue du Pont d'Epinay and continue on Avenue du 18 Juin 1940 until rue de l’Église. Access RER Epinay station via rue Gabriel Péri on the left.

104 Rue de l'Église 93800 Epinay-sur-seine

Stage 8

Turn right onto rue de l’Église and right again onto rue du Mont. Take rue Mulot on the left and left again onto rue Monribot. Go straight on towards rue de Paris and right again onto rue du Maréchal Maison. Take the road opposite on the left called rue de l'Abreuvoir to reach rue Claire via your left. Turn left onto rue de la Terrasse and then right onto rue Quetigny.

9 Rue Guynemer 93800 Epinay-sur-seine

Stage 9

Go in to Parc des Beatus and cross it via the right to exit at Chemin de halage. Continue straight along the banks of the Seine until the lock.

18 Quai de Seine 93200 Saint-denis

Stage 10

Follow the new cycling and pedestrian track until the bridge, the tramway crossings, lines T 1 and T 8, and RER station. Take rue Auguste Delaune on the left, cross Boulevard Jules Guesde, careful here, take rue de la République on the right to reach Place Victor Hugo and the Tourist Office.

Points of interest

Basilica Saint-Denis

The Basilica of Saint Denis (French: Basilique royale de Saint-Denis, or simply Basilique Saint-Denis) is a large medieval abbey church in the city of Saint-Denis, now a northern suburb of Paris. The building is of unique importance historically and architecturally as its choir, completed in 1144, shows the first use of all of the elements of Gothic architecture. The site originated as a Gallo-Roman cemetery in late Roman times. The archeological remains still lie beneath the cathedral; the people buried there seem to have had a faith that was a mix of Christian and pre-Christian beliefs and practices.Around 475 St. Genevieve purchased some land and built Saint-Denys de la Chapelle. In 636 on the orders of Dagobert I the relics of Saint Denis, a patron saint of France, were reinterred in the basilica. The relics of St-Denis, which had been transferred to the parish church of the town in 1795, were brought back again to the abbey in 1819. The basilica became a place of pilgrimage and the burial place of the French Kings with nearly every king from the 10th to the 18th centuries being buried there, as well as many from previous centuries. (It was not used for the coronations of kings, that function being reserved for the Cathedral of Reims; however, French Queens were commonly crowned there.) "Saint-Denis" soon became the abbey church of a growing monastic complex. In the 12th century the Abbot Suger rebuilt portions of the abbey church using innovative structural and decorative features. In doing so, he is said to have created the first truly Gothic building.[3] The basilica's 13th-century nave is the prototype for the Rayonnant Gothic style, and provided an architectural model for many medieval cathedrals and abbeys of northern France, Germany, England and a great many other countries. The abbey church became a cathedral in 1966 and is the seat of the Bishop of Saint-Denis. Although known as the "Basilica of St Denis", the cathedral has not been granted the title of Minor Basilica by the Vatican. From : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/basilica_of_st_denis