The covered passages in three hours

The route, stop by stop

1. 1
   Galerie Véro-Dodat

   Opened in 1826 by two pork butchers, Véro and Dodat, with a floor of diagonal black and white tiles that makes the short passage look longer than it is.

   15 min here Walk here →
2. 2
   Galerie Vivienne

   The most elegant of the passages, opened in 1823, with mosaic floors and a glass roof over a rotunda. Legrand Filles et Fils sells wine at its far end.

   25 min here Walk here →
3. 3
   Passage Choiseul

   A long, plainer passage of 1829, where the novelist Louis-Ferdinand Céline grew up above his mother's lace shop.

   15 min here Walk here →
4. 4
   Passage des Panoramas

   One of the oldest, from 1799, named after two panorama rotundas that stood at its entrance. Stamp dealers, engravers and some of the best small restaurants in the area.

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5. 5
   Passage Jouffroy

   Across the boulevard, a passage of iron and glass from the 1840s, heated from under its floor. The Musée Grévin's waxworks open onto it, and so does a shop of dolls' houses.

   20 min here Walk here →
6. 6
   Passage Verdeau

   The quietest of the three in a row, with old cameras, postcards and secondhand books under a herringbone glass roof.

   15 min here Walk here →