Our flat is inside the North border of Paris, Porte de Clignancourt (on the North-South axis of Metro Line #4). Here you are at the gates of Montmartre and in the immediate vicinity of the famous Saint-Ouen Flea market.
 
* * WALK * * 
 
The Saint-Ouen flea markets are a mere 10 mns walk : vintage clothing, gorgeous classic and contemporary furniture as well as your usual bric-a-brac...
 
The narrow cobblestone streets of Montmartre are 13 mns away, add another 5 for the Sacré-Coeur Basilique. Moulin Rouge, Place du Tertre, the vineyards, Dali museum, the funicular are only a stone throw away
+ rock music venues Elysées Montmartre, Boule Noire and Trianon.
 
Local life : at tube station Porte de Clignancourt (5-6 mns) supermarket opened daily + a market (Tuesday, Friday, Sunday mornings) is a little further up (fruit, veg, meat, fish, cheese…). Rue du Poteau holds awarded food shops ! 
 

 
*  BY TUBE  * 
 
Line 4 (5 mns from flat, 0,2 miles) direct for stations:
- Gare du Nord et Gare de l’Est - under 10 mns
- Châtelet: Centre Georges Pompidou, Louvre, Notre-Dame and Marais area - under 15 mns
- St Germain des Prés 20 mns
- Gare Montparnasse 25 mns
 
Ligne 12 (Station Jules Joffrin 0,6 miles) direct for tations:
- Abbesses and Pigalle for Montmartre under 5 mns
- Gare Saint-Lazarre 10 mns: trains for Normandie seaside + department store 'Printemps' and 'Galeries Lafayette'
- Concorde 12 mns : entrance for 'Jardin des Tuileries' leading to Louvre, + Musée de l’Orangerie et Jeu de Paume
- Solférino for Musée d’Orsay 15 mns
 
* * BY BIKE * * 
3 velibs stations nearby
 
 
* * OUTSIDE PARIS * * 

 
City of Saint-Denis: Basilica of St Denis, the "royal necropolis of France", started 12th century.
 
Chateau de Versailles: which includes the Grand Trianon and Domain of Marie-Antoinette. Close by is King Louis XIV's (the 14th) vegetable garden called Potager du Roi, established way back in 1678 and amazingly still producing delicious veggies. Around 40 mns from Paris
 
Vallée de Chevreuse: Would you like to visit little villages in a huge national park with many bushwalking tracks? Or a day of cafe, restaurant and farm hopping to sample the local produce - a real treat for foodies. Family-run farm which specialises in tastings of their production. Around 40 mns from Paris
 
Auvers-Sur-Oise: Before you visit the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, spend a day in the village of Auvers-sur-Oise where you'll learn all about impressionist paintings, and in particular, Vincent van Gogh.  This is also Vincent's final resting ground. Around 60 minute