The Montmartre - maybe the city's best-known area. At any time of year - it doesn't matter which weather conditions there are - crowded by tourists. Many artists lived and worked there, but best known is Montmartre as the red light and amusement district.

Countless bars, cabarets and clubs cover the hill. On the place in front of Sacré Cœur church, you always find people from all over the world. If you look around besides these streets with open eyes, you will recognise that Montmartre has kept some of its rural character - the village wasn't joint to Paris before the 1860's.

Our tour starts on the stairs that lead from the tube station BLANCHE to surface. On the right hand is the famous cabaret Moulin Rouge. But first we go the Boulevard de Clichy a few yards westwards. When we look into a little side street, we discover the Montmartre cemetery, where many prominent persons are buried. At the entrance an employee gives us a map.

After a short walk, we leave the cemetery behind and cross it on the bridge leading over it. We take the first street on the right, which leads us to the Rue des Abbesses. In this place, we are crossing our tour in the footsteps of the impressionists, the Rue Lepic, but we are going straightforward. Looking left into rue Tholozé, we see the Moulin de la Galette again.

Finally, we arrive at the Place des Abbesses. Those who want to might leave our way here and descend to the lowest tube station of the entire system (30 m), ABBESSES. People of good condition follow the signs leading you to Place du Tertre, the place with most of the tourists and the place with the highest density of painters in Paris.

After having had a sandwich here, we pass the less crowded backside of Montmartre through little alleys. At last, we arrive at Sacré Cœur church, the church from whose stairs you can enjoy one of the most beautiful perspectives of Paris - if there is clear weather.

Our last stage starts at the Funiculaire who brings us down to buy some souvenirs in the various gift shops. Pushed forward by the masses, our tour ends at the BARBES ROCHECHOUART tube station, where we enter the Metro again. Those who still have some money should return in the evening to go to the Moulin Rouge on their own.