How walkable is Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Saint-Germain-des-Prés has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is one of 13 neighbourhoods tied as the most walkable of the 20 ranked in Paris, which scores 99 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
10,023 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. The nearest grocery is about a minute away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
Groceries
- MONOPRIX DRAGON, 2 min
- Franprix, 2 min
Restaurants & bars
- La Société, 1 min
- Silencio Des Près, 1 min
Shopping
- Inédit, 1 min
- Fabrice, 1 min
Coffee
- Café de Flore, 1 min
- Cafe Louise, 2 min
Banks
- Société Générale, 2 min
- Milleis Banque Privée Saint-Germain Solférino, 2 min
Parks
- Square Roger-Stéphane, 7 min
- Promenade Jean-Jacques Sempé, 8 min
Schools
- Українська школа Святого Володимира Великого в Парижі, 3 min
- School News Saint-Thomas Daquin, 4 min
Books & libraries
- Delpire and Co, 1 min
- L'Ecume des Pages, 2 min
Culture & entertainment
- Chez Papa Jazz Club, 2 min
- Musée Eugène Delacroix, 2 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris at 48.8544, 2.3337. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 139 street intersections per km², and blocks average 73 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 400 m around the centre of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris. Rings mark 200 m and 400 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Paris
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Latin Quarter | 900 m | 100 |
| Quartier des Halles | 1.2 km | 100 |
| Montparnasse | 1.3 km | 100 |
| Quartier de la Place-Vendôme | 1.4 km | 99 |
| Le Marais | 2.1 km | 100 |
| 9th arrondissement | 2.4 km | 100 |
| Quartier Pigalle | 3.1 km | 100 |
| Butte-aux-Cailles | 3.2 km | 99 |
See all 20 neighbourhoods of Paris ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris
Is Saint-Germain-des-Prés walkable?
Yes. Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Saint-Germain-des-Prés more walkable than the rest of Paris?
Saint-Germain-des-Prés is about as walkable as Paris as a whole: it scores 100, against 99 for the 5 km around Paris's centre. It is one of 13 neighbourhoods tied as the most walkable of the 20 ranked in Paris on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Paris?
Of the 20 Paris neighbourhoods on How Walkable, 13 tie as the most walkable, each scoring 100: the Latin Quarter, Quartier des Halles, Le Marais and 10 others.
How is the walkability score of Saint-Germain-des-Prés calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Saint-Germain-des-Prés it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 400 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.
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