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Montmartre Tour of Scandal and Art

4.9

( 28 reviews )

$6.99

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Explore Montmartre on a short self-guided walk through charming cobbled streets, artists’ squares, and hilltop views in Paris’s most bohemian neighborhood.

Highlights


  • Hear the true story behind the Moulin Rouge's giant elephant and its fearless cancan queen

  • Step inside the Bateau Lavoir, where Picasso painted the work that launched Cubism

  • Find a wall where I love you is written in two hundred fifty languages

  • Uncover the donkey tail hoax that fooled the entire Paris art world

  • Climb to Sacré Coeur Basilica and see one of the world's largest mosaics up close

Preview Stop

The Wall of Love
00:00 / 01:04
If you are a hardcore romantic like me, you’ll love this wall that says ""I love you"" three hundred and eleven times, in two hundred and fifty languages. The story of how it got here is unexpectedly moving. About thirty years ago, a Parisian musician and collector named Frédéric Baron started a project. He wanted to gather the words ""I love you"" in every language he could find. He began by asking his brother. Then his neighbours. Then he started knocking on the doors of embassies, linguistic institutes, and cultural centres across Paris. He wrote letters. He stopped strangers. Over the years, he collected more than a thousand versions of the phrase, in languages ranging from Navajo to Inuit to Bambara to Esperanto. A calligrapher named Claire Kito then selected the most visually striking scripts and inscribed them onto six hundred and twelve enamelled lava tiles, arranged across forty square metres of wall. Do you see those red splashes between the words? They represent pieces of a broken heart, symbolising a fragmented humanity that the wall is trying to put back together. Follow the map, which will take you to a square where modern art began.
About this activity 



Free Cancellation 

  • Cancel up to 2 hours in advance for a full refund 

Valid 365 days 

  • Tour is valid for 1 year and can be used multiple times 

Language Options  

  • English | French | German | Spanish | Italian | Dutch | Polish | Russian | Portuguese

Duration  

  • 1 hour and 30 minutes

Starting point


Moulin Rouge - Google Maps

Itinerary
Moulin Rouge
Discover the wild birth of Paris most legendary cabaret, complete with a giant elephant and a flatulist headliner.
Abbesses Metro Station
Marvel at a relocated Art Nouveau Metro entrance and the church that nearly got demolished before it was built.
The Wall of "I love you"
Find the wall where I love you is written three hundred times in two hundred fifty languages.
Le Bateau-Lavoir
Step into the humble building where Picasso painted Cubism into existence and changed art forever.
Le Moulin de la Galette
Spot the historic windmill that inspired Renoir and Van Gogh and once hid a gruesome wartime legend.
Dali Museum Paris
Explore France's largest Dalí collection and learn how a collector turned friendship into hundreds of bronze sculptures.
Place Du Tertre
Wander the highest square in Paris where painters have worked under strict rules for centuries.
Eglise Saint-Pierre de Montmartre
Step inside Paris second oldest church and hear the legend of a saint who carried his own head.
Chevalier de La Barre
Learn the disturbing true story of a teenager executed for refusing to remove his hat.
Square Louise Michel
Stand on the spot where a revolution began and a schoolteacher led the Paris Commune uprising.
Sacre-ceour Basilica
Climb to the gleaming white basilica built as a political statement and admire its vast golden mosaic inside.
Musee de Montmartre
Visit the artists house where Renoir painted masterpieces and Suzanne Valadon built her own career.
La Maison Rose
See the photogenic pink restaurant tied to a tragic love triangle that shaped Picasso's Blue Period.
Place Dalida
Touch the bronze bust of a beloved French singer whose dazzling career hid a private heartbreak.
Au Lapin Agile
Discover the cabaret where a donkey's tail painted a hoax masterpiece that fooled the Paris art world.
Vigne du Clos Montmartre
End at Paris last working vineyard, saved by locals who outwitted a property developer.

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Walk through Montmartre with a local guide narrating the hill's wildest stories, from Picasso's Cubist breakthrough to a donkey that fooled the Paris art world. Discover scandal, art, and revolution on every cobbled street.
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