Montmartre - the quartier
Montmartre is a beautiful and vibrant village within Paris city and a perfect location for your holiday. It has been made
famous in many films and works of art with its staircases up the hill, its windmills, its winding cobbled streets, its pretty
cafés, its cabarets, its artists’ studios and its authentic village life. Click for a map of Montmartre and its main
attractions.
Montmartre is a beautiful and vibrant village within Paris city and a perfect location for your holiday. It has been made
famous in many films and works of art with its staircases up the hill, its windmills, its winding cobbled streets, its pretty
cafés, its cabarets, its artists’ studios and its authentic village life. Click for a map of Montmartre and its main
attractions.
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Montmartre is also home to the only city-centre vineyard in Paris!
If you’re here during September, check out the dates for the vendanges – grape-
picking – and go along! It’s a tiny vineyard so the grapes are picked in one day.
All are welcome and there’s usually a tasting of the previous year’s wine.
The Montmartre Wine Festival is held over the first weekend in October, where
the local wine, Le Clos Montmartre, flows freely! (All the profits from sales go to
local charities.)
If you’re here during September, check out the dates for the vendanges – grape-
picking – and go along! It’s a tiny vineyard so the grapes are picked in one day.
All are welcome and there’s usually a tasting of the previous year’s wine.
The Montmartre Wine Festival is held over the first weekend in October, where
the local wine, Le Clos Montmartre, flows freely! (All the profits from sales go to
local charities.)
Montmartre cemetery is down the road from the apartment and is a fascinating
place to explore.
It's the final resting place for, among others: painter and sculptor Edgar Degas,
composer Hector Berlioz, film-maker François Truffaut, physicist Jean-Bernard
Foucault, Russian ballet dancer Nijinski, cabaret dancer La Goulue (Louise Weber
– often painted by Toulouse Lautrec), and writer Stendhal (Henri Beyle).
Ask at the gate lodge for a free map with some of the most famous graves marked
for you.
place to explore.
It's the final resting place for, among others: painter and sculptor Edgar Degas,
composer Hector Berlioz, film-maker François Truffaut, physicist Jean-Bernard
Foucault, Russian ballet dancer Nijinski, cabaret dancer La Goulue (Louise Weber
– often painted by Toulouse Lautrec), and writer Stendhal (Henri Beyle).
Ask at the gate lodge for a free map with some of the most famous graves marked
for you.
Your Paris vacation home is just a two-minute walk from
the Place du Tertre and the Sacré Coeur Basilica
(which you can see from the balcony).
The apartment is situated on the quieter end of the rue
Lepic. So while you’re just minutes from all the sights of
Montmartre, you’re away from the noise of the crowds.
the Place du Tertre and the Sacré Coeur Basilica
(which you can see from the balcony).
The apartment is situated on the quieter end of the rue
Lepic. So while you’re just minutes from all the sights of
Montmartre, you’re away from the noise of the crowds.
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It’s also an area of Paris that has attracted film-makers for decades: remember
Truffaut’s scenes of chases on the famous steps?
Just last April, scenes from Oscar-nominated La Môme (La Vie en Rose in English)
about the life of Edith Piaf, were shot right outside the front door of the apartment
building – for the space of a week, the area was populated by actors in 1940s'
costumes driving gorgeous old Pontiacs!
Truffaut’s scenes of chases on the famous steps?
Just last April, scenes from Oscar-nominated La Môme (La Vie en Rose in English)
about the life of Edith Piaf, were shot right outside the front door of the apartment
building – for the space of a week, the area was populated by actors in 1940s'
costumes driving gorgeous old Pontiacs!
While Montmartre is a major draw for tourists, it is also home to thousands of Parisians,
many of whom have been Montmartrois for generations. The quartier is home to the
famous Sacré Coeur Basilica, the Place du Tertre artists’
square, the Moulin Rouge and the café made famous in
the recent film Amélie.
many of whom have been Montmartrois for generations. The quartier is home to the
famous Sacré Coeur Basilica, the Place du Tertre artists’
square, the Moulin Rouge and the café made famous in
the recent film Amélie.
This quartier is where painters such as Picasso, Van Gogh, Renoir, Modigliani
and Degas lived and worked.
and Degas lived and worked.
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Montmartre is renowned for its café life – and by café, we don’t mean just coffee.
A café is also a bar – and a great place to sit and sip un express or a glass of wine
and watch the world go by. People-watching is a national sport in France – it’s not
just encouraged, it’s practically mandatory!
A café is also a bar – and a great place to sit and sip un express or a glass of wine
and watch the world go by. People-watching is a national sport in France – it’s not
just encouraged, it’s practically mandatory!
