Montmartre
Guide
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FreeWalkAllow 1.5–2.5 hoursPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A steep hill of cobbled lanes, stairways and small squares, with painters at their easels on the Place du Tertre, a little vineyard and the last two windmills of the old village.
A brief history
A village outside the city until 1860, its cheap rents drew Picasso, Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec around 1900.
Tips
- Best time
- Morning, before the day-trippers
- Cost
- Free; the funicular takes a metro ticket
- Allow
- 1.5–2.5 hours
- Free days
- Always free
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Good to know
- Area
- Montmartre and the north: The hill and its basilica, with Pigalle below and the big stations nearby: one of the cheaper places to stay, with plenty of hostels.
- Access
- Not step-free (stairs)
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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