ArrowCapet or Irish: We are staying in hotel at Place de Clichy, Metro Line 13 and want to go to Basilique St. Denis. Do we stay on Line 13 to the end and get off for the church, or is it the stop before the end? If so, what is the name of the stop. Is Sunday a good day to go, and is there a market nearby?? Thanks for any answers.
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You stop at Saint Denis Basilique, turn left at the metro exit.
There is a FABULOUS market on Sunday (the oldest ? and biggest of Ile de France), True mix of people from different ethnic origins and the food and things they buy.
I also like to go on a Sat afternoon and see the weddings at town hall (next to Basilique).
Population is very colorful and exotic and do not fall in the stereotype that they are %26quot;dangerous%26quot;.
Saint Denis before supper time is really fine and also fine most of the time unless you run out of luck.
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Bonjour Mimiccr,
Be careful when boarding the métro no.13 is it one of the rare case where the line spit in two directions. In your case for going to the Basilique you need to take the train with the sign St-Denis Université and NOT the one Asnières-Gennevilliers.
Your stop is one before the last one and is called Basilique Saint-Denis (hotel de ville).
Since the Basilique is still a church, logically on Sunday there might be some religious mass that might limit your visit. If a all possible I would pick a Saturday or any day of the week outside of the working rush hours, of course.
Bonne visite, it is one of my favorite place, yet for some reason a lot of tourists don%26#39;t go.
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Apologies to Irish: I went back and re-read your post and now I understand. You said %26quot;Get off one stop before the end of the line at Basilique St. Denis.%26quot; I took that to mean the end of the line was the Basilique and I was to get off one stop before that. Now I understand. The end of the line is University St. Denis; correct? And you get off one stop before, at the Basilique, correct? Sorry for the senior moment.
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mimiccr: It does open a little later on Sunday, at Noon, but when they built the new visitors entrance and video area, they separated the main part of the nave, about to the transcept, by an iron fence, so people can worship, while those of us who just come to see the crypt, etc., can do so. Regular services are finished by the time the visitor%26#39;s section opens at noon. If you enter through the main door, you will be in the section of the nave that is separate from the crypt, so you can enter and worship (for free), without having to deal with the toursists. The new visitor%26#39;s center and entrance is to the right of the facade. In the event there is a special service going on, they will close the crypt to visitors, but otherwise, it is open every Sunday from noon %26#39;til 1730h during the winter, and 1830h in the summer.
Everyone else gave you all the info you need, so I shall say no more. Have fun.
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Thank you ArrowCapet. I think our plan is to leave the hotel after breakfast, say around 9-ish, and hop on Line 13 and go see the market first, maybe grab a quick bite for lunch and then go into the Basilique. We will have museum passes, which I think entitles us to free entry. Thanks again for all the info.
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