| The Parc de la Villette is accessible from M° Porte-de-la-Villette, at the northern end by avenue Corentin-Cariou and the Cité des Sciences; from the Canal de l'Ourcq's quai de la Marne to the west; or from M° Porte-de-Pantin, on avenue Jean-Jaurès, at the southern entrance by the Cité de la Musique. There's an information centre at the southern entrance, which should help you get your bearings. The park's key attraction is the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, one of the world's finest science museums. High-tech film experiences are on offer at the Cinaxe and at the Géode, and you can squeeze through the Argonaute submarine beached between the Cité and the Canal de l'Ourcq. Rock concerts are staged at the inflatable Zénith venue, and there's live music at Trabendo in one of the park's bright red follies. On sticky summer nights you can join the crowds lounging on the acres of grass known as "prairies" for a movie in the open air (part of the Festival du Cinéma en Plein Air). At the Cité de la Musique you can hear the latest experimental compositions, or visit the superb music museum. Plays are performed in the nineteenth-century Théâtre Paris-Villette, dwarfed between the western half of the Cité de la Musique and the elegant old iron-framed beef market hall, the Grande Halle, venue for large-scale art and trade shows. You'll find all the park's films, exhibitions, concerts and plays detailed in Pariscope. Additional draws for children include the dragon slide of recycled drums and pipes; gardens of "mirrors", "mists", "winds and dunes" and "islands"; other areas with trampolines, sounds, bamboos and vines; and a "prairie" where a giant bicycle appears half buried in the ground.
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