The 18th arrondissement contains one of Paris’s most famous and celebrated neighborhoods: Montmarte. On a steep hill overlooking the city, this is the district of artists and cabarets, street music and peep shows, traditional restaurants and hazy cafes–and the basilica of Sacre Coeur standing above it all.
18e Arrondissement
Shining white upon the Butte de Montmartre, the Basilique du Sacre-Coeur is another recognized symbol of Paris and its history. The esplanade in front provides a wonderful vista of Paris below
(1996/2003/2020)
The famed Moulin Rouge where the cancan became famous (2011)
The tiny rustic cabaret Au Lapin Agile is still popular for tourists to crowd into to have a drink and hear old traditional French song (2011)
Among the many cafes in Montmartre that became famous in the time of artists and writers, Le Consulat is perhaps one of the most well known (2020)
Montmartre’s famous Place du Tertre is traditionally where artists, or caricaturists hopeful for a sale, spend their days (2020/1996)
A Montmartre tribute to the famous chanteuses, Edith Piaf and Dalida (2020)
It seems no matter where you go in Montmartre, you are either walking up or down a hill, in some cases quite steep ones…
(2020)
A classic Parisian cafe expres