Montmartre was still countryside with working windmills and vineyards when it was folded into Paris in 1860, and it has never fully let go of that village feeling. Climb the hill for the white domes of Sacré-Cœur, then get lost in the streets behind it, where painters once set up easels and a handful still do.
- The funicular up the hill costs one standard metro ticket and beats the steps
- Place du Tertre fills with portrait artists by mid-morning — go early or late to actually see it
- Paris's last working vineyard, Clos Montmartre, sits a few streets from the basilica
- Hours
- Basilica 6:00–22:30 daily, dome climb 8:30–20:00
- Price
- Basilica free, dome climb €7
- Tip
- Skip the crowded main staircase and enter via Rue Foyatier for a quieter climb.
Nearby
- P Place du Tertre · square
- M Moulin Rouge · cabaret
- M Musée de Montmartre · museum