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Stroll in the heart of Montmartre: Tours of Parisian districts
Montmartre district - Paris
Public rates
Group tour : 8,50 €/adult - 6,50 €/child (-18years) - 6,00 €/pupil
1 tour guide for 15/20 ppl.
School rate valid for booking of 2 consecutive visits for 1 hour.
Private tour (individuals) : 215,00 €/gp + 9,00 €/adult - 6,50 €/child (-18years)
1 dedicated tour guide.
Description
Guided tour Montmartre district
Your guided tour will start near the all white Sacre-Cœur, a recently constructed basilica (1914), the curious and eclectic neighbour of the Saint Peter of Montmartre Church, who oddly enough, is its opposite: one of the oldest in Paris (1147), purely Roman and discreet. You will then continue your visit by going to the Place du Tertre, the centre of the village and the haunt of caricaturists, and onwards to the Place Jean-Baptiste Clement, author of the famous “Temps des Cerises” (“The Time of Cherries”). You will go back down through the Espace Salvador Dali, which retains more than 300 productions of the artist and then you will pass by the vineyard of the Clos du Montmartre, until the cabaret of the Lapin Agile, that symbolises the bohemianism that was present here at the beginning of the 20th century.
Added to the city of Paris in 1860, Montmartre is an erstwhile village. From the sacred hill in ancient times, to the area of celebration and fascination that it has been since the 18th century, the "butte" (hillock) is a not to be missed area in Paris. Home to many artists (Toulouse Lautrec, Van Gogh, Picasso), it is a mecca not only of culture and religion (Basilica of the Sacre-Cœur), but also of wine (Clos Montmartre). If you need a delightful break from the relentless noise of the French capital’s traffic, enjoy wandering in the pedestrian streets, loose yourself in its many stairways, and listen to a concert, near the Place du Tertre.
Informations Montmartre district
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Quartier Montmartre 75018 Paris |
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Cloakroom
Restaurant
Parking
Taxi stand
Bar
Disabled access
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At the exit of metro station Abbesses.
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