• A steep hillside park, with stairs and sloping paths between levels, so plan the climb with small kids or a stroller
• Toilets and drinking fountains on site, but no baby-changing table, so bring a changing mat
• Four entrances, on Rue des Couronnes, Rue Piat, Rue Julien-Lacroix and Rue Jouye-Rouve, so you can start at the top or the bottom

Parc de Belleville covers a steep hillside, with the Willy Ronis belvedere at the top looking out over the rooftops of Paris. A cascading fountain over 100 meters long runs down the slope between stairs, pergolas and terraced lawns.

Kids head for the playground, the ping-pong tables and the foosball table, and can spot the small vineyard, replanted in 1992 where monks once made wine.