Montsouris: the English park and the campus of nations
An English-style park, Le Corbusier's two student pavilions, and the artists' mews behind. This is a Claude-drafted route awaiting the editor's walk.

1. Cité internationale universitaire de Paris
Step off the RER and start across the boulevard, on the campus. Walk the lawn in front of the *Maison internationale* — it's a 1930s student city of national-pavilion buildings, each country in its own architecture, all open to wander.

2. Pavillon Suisse & Pavillon du Brésil
Le Corbusier's two contributions stand close together on the campus — the Swiss pavilion (1931–33) on its pilotis, the Brazil pavilion (1959) in bright primary panels. You can usually walk into the Swiss lobby; the curving mural wall is the thing to see.

3. Parc Montsouris — the lake
Cross to the park and head for the water. It was laid out in the 1860s as one of Haussmann's English-style parks — rolling lawns, not parterres. The lake has the resident ducks and, on a clear morning, the whole thing to yourself.

4. The meteorological tower & the Mire du Sud
Near the park's southern side stands a slim meteorological tower, and tucked in the lawns is the *Mire du Sud* — a 1736 marker on the old Paris meridian. Two odd survivors most walkers stroll straight past.

5. Villa Seurat
A short dead-end *villa* — a private mews — off rue de la Tombe-Issoire, lined with 1920s artists' studios. Henry Miller wrote *Tropic of Cancer* at number 18; Dalí and Soutine kept studios here too. Quiet, residential, worth the small detour.

6. Rue des Artistes & the Réservoir de Montsouris
Climb the stepped, leafy rue des Artistes toward Glacière. Behind the wall to your west sits the great covered Montsouris reservoir, still supplying the city. The Métro at Glacière (M6) takes you back from here.

Montsouris: the English park and the campus of nations