Montmartre
The 130-meter hill in the 18th where Picasso, Renoir, and Van Gogh once worked, now crowned by the white dome of Sacré-Cœur.
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The Belle Époque artist colony left traces you can still walk: the Bateau-Lavoir studios where Picasso worked, the Moulin Rouge (founded 1889), birthplace of the French cancan, and place du Tertre, where painters still sketch tourists for money.
What to look for
- Clos Montmartre, a working vineyard on the slope that yields about 500 litres of wine a year
- Rue Foyatier's 222 steps, climbing beside the funicular
- Le mur des je t'aime (2000) — a tiled wall spelling 'I love you' in 250 languages
Ride the funicular from place Saint-Pierre to skip the climb to the basilica.
Montmartre is one of 33 sights worth the detour in Paris, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Paris pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Paris
- Eiffel TowerThe 300-metre iron tower Parisian artists petitioned against before it was even finished.
- Louvre MuseumThe world's most-visited museum lives inside a 12th-century fortress that became a royal palace.
- Notre-Dame de ParisThe spire fell on live TV in April 2019; since December 2024 you can walk back inside.
- Musée d'OrsayVan Gogh and Monet hung inside a Beaux-Arts station built for the Paris–Orléans railway.
- Champs-ÉlyséesA single 1.9-km straight line runs from the Concorde obelisk to the Arc de Triomphe — Paris's ceremonial spine on the Axe historique.
- Place de la BastilleThe prison that lit a revolution is gone — and the mob that stormed it on 14 July 1789 came for gunpowder, not the seven forgotten men inside.