Where to stay · Boutique hostel · € · 18e · Montmartre & Pigalle
Caulaincourt Montmartre
Set by the Lamarck-Caulaincourt steps on the quiet north flank of the butte, with a terrace that looks out over Montmartre's staircases rather than its crowds. French breakfast included.
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The north-side approach via Lamarck-Caulaincourt skips the tour buses entirely — the side locals use.
Getting there
- Lamarck Caulaincourt12220 m · 4 min walk
- Abbesses12600 m · 11 min walk
- Guy-Môquet13680 m · 13 min walk
Walks that pass nearby
- Painters' Viewsstop 7 of 7 · 420 m
Renoir at Bal du moulin de la Galette
Renoir's 1876 painting of a Sunday-afternoon dance at the open-air ballroom of the Moulin de la Galette — dappled light, blue-and-white checked tablecloths, dancers, cake. The site, on Rue Cortot, is now part of the Musée de Montmartre; the actual ballroom courtyard survives.
Buy a museum ticket — it includes the Jardins Renoir (the gardens behind the museum, where the ballroom's courtyard was). Renoir lived in this exact building 1876–1877 while painting the work. The original is at the Musée d'Orsay.
- Montmartre Heightsstop 4 of 6 · 480 m
Le Bateau-Lavoir
A ramshackle wooden tenement where Picasso painted Les Demoiselles d'Avignon in 1907. The original burned in 1970; the rebuilt block on Place Émile-Goudeau still hosts artist studios.
On Place Émile-Goudeau, marked with a small plaque. The square itself, with its single Wallace fountain and benches, is the prettiest spot on the climb to Place du Tertre. Take the stepped Rue Ravignan up.
- Cinemas That Survivedstop 3 of 6 · 500 m
Studio 28
10 Rue Tholozé, opened 1928 — the first ciné d'art-et-d'essai ("art-and-experiment cinema") in the world. Buñuel and Cocteau both consulted on the décor; the bar has Cocteau-designed light fittings and chairs. Premiered Buñuel and Dalí's L'Âge d'Or in 1930 to a riot.
The bar (open before films) is the secret — Cocteau's painted murals and original 1928 lamp shades. Have a drink in the courtyard garden behind, then sit in the velvet-seated single auditorium. Programming leans art-house and repertory; sometimes the film is in original-version English with French subtitles.
- Belle Époque Parisstop 6 of 6 · 640 m
Métro Abbesses entrance
Hector Guimard's 1900 cast-iron entrance. One of only two édicules with the original glass canopy still in place — the rest of his entrances had their roofs removed for being "too modern." The deepest station in the métro at 36 m.
Tap your ticket and ride the spiral staircase down rather than the lift — the walls are painted with murals on the way. Coming back up, take the lift; that's 174 steps the hard way. The other surviving original Guimard édicule is at Porte Dauphine.
Within a few minutes' walk
- Hôtel Particulier MontmartreGarden-mansion hotel€€€ · 3 minA private mansion on Avenue Junot with five suites, each handed to a different artist, set around one of the largest private gardens in Paris. No panorama; the feeling is of having slipped behind Montmartre's walls.
- Arkose MontmartreBouldering gym€ · 7 minA bouldering gym below Montmartre with ropeless walls graded for first-timers as well as regulars, plus a bar and yard for when your forearms give out.
- Hôtel des Arts MontmartreMontmartre boutique€€ · 8 minA family-run boutique on rue Tholozé, the street that climbs to the Moulin de la Galette, a few minutes below Sacré-Cœur. No grand view; the reward is the address and the upkeep at a fair price.
- Hôtel Bonséjour MontmartreBudget hotel€ · 8 minA plain, well-kept budget house on the cobbled rue Burq below Abbesses, several of its rooms opening onto small iron balconies over the street. No frills, strong value, a quiet address inside a busy quarter.
- Studio 28Historic cinema with garden bar€ · 8 minOpened in 1928 as the first cinema built for the avant-garde — Buñuel's L'Âge d'Or provoked a riot here in 1930. Chandeliers designed by Cocteau hang in the 170-seat hall, and a back garden runs as a bar.
- Terrass'' HôtelRooftop-bar hotel€€€ · 8 minA Montmartre hotel whose seventh-floor bar, Le Terrass'', lays out the Eiffel Tower and most of the southern skyline. The rooms below are comfortable rather than remarkable; the roof is the reason to come.
The district · 18e
Montmartre & Pigalle — The butteSacré-Cœur and the artists' square up top; the back-streets of Abbesses and Lamarck below; Pigalle's neon and the Saint-Ouen flea market at the edge. Steep, photogenic, and busiest where the tour groups cluster.
Best for: View-chasers and night-owls who'll climb for it; pick the quieter north side.
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