Montmartre: Guided tour to Sacré-Coeur

Highlights

• Plunge in the past when Montmartre was the capital of impressionist art
• Visit the Basilika Sacre-Coeur - the biggest church in Paris
• Discover amazing stories behind the great builduings and landscape
• Enjoy the best view on Paris you can find
• We conceived the easiest way to climb up with only one short range of stairs

Description

Discover the amazing atmosphere in the legendary red light district Pigalle, the artists's quarter on the hill of Montmartre and visit the overwhelming Basilica Sacré-Cœur. Finally, enjoy a 180 degrée view over the city of Paris including the Eiffel Tower.

You start at the famous cabaret Moulin Rouge, its long and interesting story and connections with artists and writers.

From here, the guide will bring you up to the hill of Montmartre on the footsteps of impressionist painters like Manet, Renoir or Van Gogh, the great Picasso and writers like Emile Zola.

We will visit the Basilica Sacré-Cœur, Paris' biggest church, having a guided tour inside the building, and we'll enjoy a breathtaking view all over Paris - including the Eiffel Tower - during the sunset. You will discover small hidden streets with their cobblestones telling many surprising anecdotes.

You will visit the last still existing windmills on the hill, a vineyard created by artists and still producing wine and a completely pink restaurant that became so because of a drunk artist. Furthermore, you will see the painters on the famous square Place du Tertre and finally you can enjoy a drink or a meal in one of the many typical French restaurants on the highest spot in Paris.

The tour will end at Place du Tertre. After you can visit the many small shops in the heart of Montmartre or enjoy a drink or a meal in one of the many brasseries and cafés on the top of the hill. To get back to the city you can use the open stairs or the cog railway leading to the metro station Anvers.