Free tour

Essential Montmartre

4.77

Good(215)

Paris

Duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes

Languages: English and Italian

Guru: Kristen

PRO

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Registered on 6 October 2022

Hello! I'm Christian (Kristen). I'm a proactive pensioner, involved in many cultural and social projects here in Paris. I'm a history buff, with a strong interest in European and French history. I've lived for several years in Paris - at a short walking distance from Montmartre. I've lived in six European countries and visited all of them. I speak fluently English, as I'm British educated. I am a Norwegian-born Italian.

Free reservation and cancellation

Pay-what-you-want tour, no set price, reservation and cancellation are free

Tour description

The midday tour will start from the Blanche square, and snake its way through the Montmartre streets and alleyways to highlight its history and its association with the impressionist painters.

Tours will not be cancelled, even if only one person books.

The idea is to show the essential Montmartre in a nut shell. So showing the mainly the upper parts of Montmartre. This is an ideal tour for people short of time.

While gradually walking up to the summit of the Montmartre hill, I'll be showing the best cafes with views, the locations of the famous artist's ateliers, interesting architectural features of the 'village' part of Montmartre, and other more recent artistic curiosities of 20th century Montmartre.
To save time, we'll not be entering the two Montmartre museums or the churches. But passing in front of them, I'll give a short presentation about each of them.
This tour will give you a good experience and feel of what Montmartre is all about, so you can claim to have visited this famous neighborhood.
The tour will also give you advice on what else to see, especially the interior of various buildings of touristic interest. So join me on this tour!
Some of the stops are,

'I love you' mural
Old Abbey herbal garden
Renoir studio
Picasso studio
A traditional windmill
Amélie filming location
St. Pierre church (outside)
Tertre square ('village' square)
Sacre coeur church (outside) - end of tour

This is a good introductory tour of Montmartre, with over 20 stops in under two hours.

This is what you would call a ‘whirlwind’ tour of Montmartre, so any place that inspires curiosity, can be explored more in depth after the tour. Which conveniently ends a short walking distance to Montmartre’s central square.

The maximum size of the touring group will be twelve persons, but usually it will be between two to six persons, as large groups can be an unsatisfying experience for the individual walker.

Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).

In addition, after the tour I can send to you a PDF copy of my book ‘Cheap Paris restaurants’ free of charge. Send me a mail after the tour, and I’ll send it to you.

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

Blanche, 75018 Paris, France

Outside of the metro Place Blanche (I’ll be holding a blue folder & brown grey rucksack, standing beside the newspaper stand). Opposite the number 78 of Boulevard de Clichy, on the central pedestrian walkway.

Outside visit

Saint-Jean de Montmartre

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

Outside visit

Le Mur des Je t’aime

Briefly present Abbesse metro station and Love Wall mural.

Outside visit

Jardin des Abbesses

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

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).