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A 90-Minute Walk in Montmartre
The walk begins at the base of the sandstone
butte (hill), where old theatres and dance halls,
once frequented and depicted by painters from
Renoir to Picasso, have now been taken over
by trendy bars. It continues steeply uphill to
the original village, along streets which still
retain the atmosphere caught by artists like
Van Gogh, before winding downhill to end at
Place Blanche. For more on the main sights of
Montmartre and Sacré-Coeur, see pages 222–31. Montmartre seen from a distance
apartment building, and No. 25
is where Vincent Van Gogh and
his brother Theo lived in 1886 Lamarck
3. The famous Chat Noir 4, Caulaincourt
Montmartre’s most renowned R U E C A U L A I N C O U R T
artistic cabaret in the 1890s, AV ENUE JUNOT
flourished at No. 12. At the end p
of the street begins the wide RUE S DEREURE o
tree-lined Avenue Trudaine. A V E N UE JUNOT RUE DE i RUE SAINT VINCENT
SQUARE
Take Rue Lallier on the left to S. BUISSON L’ABREUVOIR
Boule vard de Rochechouart. a u y
Continue east. No. 84 is the first RUE LEP IC d s RUE CORTOT
f
address of the Chat Noir and r
St-Jean l’Evangéliste, detail 9 No. 80 was the Grand Trianon R D'ORCHAMPT w t
5, Paris’s oldest-surviving g RUE DURANTIN e PLACE DU
Place Pigalle to cinema, from the early TERTRE Sacré
Rue Ravignan 1890s. It is now a Coeur
The walk starts at the lively Place theatre. Further q RUE GABRIELLE
Pigalle 1 and follows Rue along, No. 72 is the RUE DURANTIN SQUARE
LOUISE
Frochot to the Rue Victor Massé. original front of RUE DES ABBESSES RUE DES TROIS FRERES MICHEL
At the corner is the ornate Montmartre’s first RUE LEPIC Abbesses
SQUARE
entrance to an exclusive private great cancan R U E V E R O N WILLETTE
street bordered by late 19th- dance hall, 9 8
century chalets 2. Opposite, the Elysée- RUE Y LE TAC
at No. 27 Rue Victor Massé, is Montmartre 6. h RUE COUSTOU 0 RUE D’ORSEL
an ornate mid-19th-century Following a fire, it is Blanche RU E G E RM A IN P ILON RUE D’ORSEL PLACE RUE DE STEINKERQUE
currently closed. B O U L E V A R D C DULLIN7
Tips for Walkers Turn left onto Rue du RUE HOUDON RUE DES MARTYRS DANCOURT RUE 5 6
Steinkerque, which leads to D E C L I C H Y
Starting point: Place Pigalle. Sacré-Coeur gardens, and then Pigalle Anvers
Length: 2.3 km (1.4 miles). The left into Rue d’Orsel, which leads 1 B L V D D E R O C H E C H O U A R T SQUARE
walk goes up some very steep to the leafy square, Place Charles D’ANVERS
streets to the top; if you do not Dullin, where the small early
feel like the climb, consider 19th-century Théâtre de l’Atelier
taking the Montmartrobus, 7 stands. Continue up the hill 2 RUE LALLIER AVENUE TRUDAINE
which covers most of the walk on Rue des Trois Frères and turn RUE VICTOR MASSE
and starts at Place Pigalle. left on Rue Yvonne le Tac, which 4
Getting there: The nearest Metro 3
RUE BOCHART DE SARON
is Pigalle; buses that take you leads to Place des Abbesses 8.
there are Nos. 30, 54 and 67. This is one of the most pleasant
Stopping off points: There are and liveliest squares in the area.
many cafés and shops in Rue It has conserved its entire
Lepic and the Rue des Abbesses. canopied Art Nouveau Metro
Le Saint Jean (16 Place des entrance by Hector Guimard.
Abbesses) remains a locals’ haunt Opposite is St-Jean l’Evangéliste
and serves well-priced brasserie 9, an unusual brick and mosaic
food. For shade and a rest, Place Art Nouveau church. To the
Jean-Baptiste Clément and right of the church a flight of
Square S Buisson at Avenue Junot steep steps leads to the tiny
are charming public squares. Rue André Antoine, where
the Pointillist painter Georges Rue André Antoine 0

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