Châtelet-Les Halles: history and sights
Served by: RER A, B and D.
Did you know?
The largest underground station in the world, a maze of corridors linking three RER lines and four metro lines beneath the former Les Halles market, Zola's 'belly of Paris'.
Anecdote
Just above ground, the Canopée des Halles shelters a rooftop garden, and the nearby Bourse de Commerce, a former grain exchange, now houses François Pinault's contemporary art collection.
Around Châtelet-Les Halles
- Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection, 400 m away — A circular 18th-century former grain exchange, converted into a contemporary art museum for the François Pinault collection.
- Jardin Nelson-Mandela, 170 m away — A large contemporary garden laid out on the roof of the Forum des Halles, with pergolas and water features.
- Tour Saint-Jacques, 450 m away — A Flamboyant Gothic remnant from the 16th century, the sole survivor of a church destroyed during the Revolution and the historic starting point of the Camino de Santiago.