Montmartre & Pigalle free walking tour

What will we visit on this tour?

• Meeting point:

  Pl. Pigalle, 75018 Paris, France

  Pl. Pigalle, 75018 Paris, France

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  Outside of the middle Pigalle métro station exit (middle métro station exit - I’ll be holding a blue folder & brown grey rucksack. Right opposite the Bouillon and the McDonalds restaurants, on the traffic island).

• 1
  Outside visit

  Place Pigalle

  Introduction to tour. Description surrounding places and entertainment venues.

• 2
  Outside visit

  Boulevard de Clichy

  Present Pigalle area and now it all started as a commercial and entertainment area.

• 3
  Outside visit

  Restaurant Le Chat Noir

  Tell history of the Chat noir cabaret theatre.

  Show 22 more stops

• 4
  Outside visit

  Moulin Rouge

  Tell history of the Moulin Rouge cabaret theatre.

• 5
  Outside visit

  Cafe des Deux Moulins

  Present one filming location of ‘Amalia’s fantastic adventures in Montmartre’ , Oscar winning film from 2002.

• 6
  Outside visit

  54 Rue Lepic

  Apartment where Vincent Van Gogh lived and worked for a year and a half.

• 7
  Outside visit

  Rue Véron

  7, Rue Veron showing a Tito & Mulk mural honouring COVID pandemic victims

• 8
  Outside visit

  Saint-Jean de Montmartre

  Presentation of Saint Jean modernistic church at corner of Place Abbesse.

• 9
  Outside visit

  Le Mur des Je t’aime

  Briefly present Abbesse metro station and Love Wall mural.

• 10
  Outside visit

  Jardin des Abbesses

  Replica of herbal garden of now demolished Monastery. Introduce Association of Old Montmartre.

• 11
  Outside visit

  12 Rue Ravignan

  Cafe Le Relais de la Butte, first view over Paris

• 12
  Outside visit

  Le Bateau-Lavoir

  Place where there was a co-operative of artists, first abode of Pablo Picasso.

• 13
  Outside visit

  75018 Rue d'Orchampt

  House of Dalida , 1980s pop singer.

• 14
  Outside visit

  83 Rue Lepic

  Galette windmill, first windmill

• 15
  Outside visit

  Le Passe-Muraille

  Statue of book hero stuck in the wall.

• 16
  Outside visit

  Imp. Girardon

  Presentation of second windmill, Butte fin, In a small park. Show statue of St. Denis.

• 17
  Outside visit

  Bust of Dalida

  View over Montmartre, Sacré Coeur.

• 18
  Outside visit

  La Maison Rose

  House of Maurice Utrillo, painter.

• 19
  Outside visit

  Montmartre vineyard

  Presentation of only vineyard left in Montmartre.

• 20
  Outside visit

  Musée de Montmartre

  Presentation museum and studio of August Renoir.

• 21
  Outside visit

  Chateau d'Eau de Montmartre

  View over North side of Paris, iconic souvenir photo with lamp post.

• 22
  Outside visit

  Place du Tertre

  Beautiful square, been there since the 12 th century. Despite being covered by restaurant tables and hordes of tourists, it’s still worth to see.

• 23
  Outside visit

  Salvador Dali museum

  Presentation museum , other views south side Paris.

• 24
  Outside visit

  Eglise Saint-Pierre de Montmartre

  Second last stop of tour. The founding of the church with its associated Monastery was fundamental in creating the Montmartre village in the 12th century.

• 25
  Outside visit

  Basilica of the Sacré Cœur

  End of tour, the Basilica will be presented, together with details on how to catch metro, see the best views and answering questions.