# Visit Paris 18th arrondissement (75018) — full content (llms-full.txt)

> Your guide to the 75018, the artists' hill of Paris: the Basilica of the Sacré-Cœur and the Butte Montmartre, Place du Tertre and its painters, the village streets of the Abbesses and Rue Lepic, the Montmartre vineyard and the Moulin Rouge at the foot of the hill. Book your stay, check the weather and plan your visit.

This is the extended machine-readable guide: full details for every place page, plus hotels. Pages are in English; the home page also exists in French, German, Spanish and Japanese.

## Place guides — full details

### Barbès & the Goutte d'Or
- URL: https://visitparis18.com/barbes/
- Type: Neighbourhood & markets
- Address: Boulevard Barbès / Rue de la Goutte-d'Or, 75018 Paris
- Admission: Open access · free
- Access: Métro Barbès–Rochechouart (2, 4) or Château Rouge (4)

The vibrant, multicultural east of the 18th arrondissement — the bustling Marché Barbès under the elevated metro, the fabric houses of the Marché Saint-Pierre below the Butte, and a soundtrack of African, North African and world cuisines.

Nearby: The Marché Saint-Pierre fabric market and the southern slope of the Butte Montmartre are a few minutes away.

### Basilique du Sacré-Cœur
- URL: https://visitparis18.com/sacrecoeur/
- Type: Basilica (1914)
- Address: 35 Rue du Chevalier de la Barre, 75018 Paris
- Opening hours: Daily 6:30 AM–10:30 PM
- Admission: Free to enter · dome ~€7
- Access: Métro Anvers (2) then the funicular, or Abbesses (12) — a short climb to the summit
- Tickets (GetYourGuide): https://www.getyourguide.com/sacre-coeur-basilica-l3245/
- Official site: https://www.sacre-coeur-montmartre.com/en/

Crowning the summit of Montmartre, the white travertine Basilique du Sacré-Cœur was completed in 1914. Free to enter, it holds one of the largest mosaics of Christ in the world; climb the dome for the best panorama over all of Paris.

Nearby: Place du Tertre, the Musée de Montmartre and the Clos Montmartre vineyard are all a few minutes away on the Butte.

### Clos Montmartre
- URL: https://visitparis18.com/closmontmartre/
- Type: Vineyard
- Address: Rue des Saules / Rue Saint-Vincent, 75018 Paris
- Admission: View from the street · free
- Access: Métro Lamarck–Caulaincourt (12) — a short walk uphill

The last working vineyard in Paris, planted on the northern slope of the Butte at the corner of Rue des Saules and Rue Saint-Vincent. Its small harvest is celebrated each October at the Fête des Vendanges de Montmartre.

Nearby: The Musée de Montmartre overlooks the vineyard; the Cabaret Au Lapin Agile stands just opposite.

### Moulin Rouge
- URL: https://visitparis18.com/moulinrouge/
- Type: Cabaret (1889)
- Address: 82 Boulevard de Clichy, 75018 Paris
- Admission: Show · tickets required
- Access: Métro Blanche (2) — directly opposite the cabaret on Place Blanche
- Tickets (GetYourGuide): https://www.getyourguide.com/moulin-rouge-l2604/
- Official site: https://www.moulinrouge.fr/?lang=en

The world's most famous cabaret at the foot of the hill on Place Blanche, home of the French cancan since 1889. Its red windmill is a symbol of Belle Époque Paris; book ahead for the evening Féerie revue with its troupe of Doris Girls.

Nearby: Pigalle, the Café des Deux Moulins on Rue Lepic and the climb to the Abbesses are all nearby.

### Moulin de la Galette
- URL: https://visitparis18.com/moulindelagalette/
- Type: Windmill
- Address: 83 Rue Lepic, 75018 Paris
- Admission: View from the street · free
- Access: Métro Abbesses (12) or Lamarck–Caulaincourt (12) — up Rue Lepic

The most famous of Montmartre's surviving windmills, immortalised by Renoir in his Bal du moulin de la Galette. Once an open-air dance hall above the village, it survives today as a romantic landmark on the heights of Rue Lepic.

Nearby: The Clos Montmartre vineyard, the Musée de Montmartre and Place du Tertre are all a short walk away.

### Musée de Montmartre & gardens
- URL: https://visitparis18.com/museedemontmartre/
- Type: Museum
- Address: 12 Rue Cortot, 75018 Paris
- Opening hours: Daily 10:00 AM–7:00 PM
- Admission: Paid · from ~€15
- Access: Métro Lamarck–Caulaincourt (12) or Abbesses (12) — a short walk up Rue Cortot
- Tickets (GetYourGuide): https://www.getyourguide.com/musee-de-montmartre-l28015/
- Official site: https://museedemontmartre.fr/en/

The history of the hill in its oldest house, with the Renoir gardens and a view over the Clos Montmartre vineyard. Once a studio for Renoir, Suzanne Valadon and Maurice Utrillo, it gathers paintings, posters and memories of bohemian Montmartre.

Nearby: The Clos Montmartre vineyard is just below the gardens; Place du Tertre and the Sacré-Cœur are a few minutes away.

### Pigalle & the Moulin Rouge
- URL: https://visitparis18.com/pigalle/
- Type: Neighbourhood
- Address: Place Pigalle / Boulevard de Clichy, 75018 Paris
- Admission: Open access · free
- Access: Métro Pigalle (2, 12) or Blanche (2) — on Boulevard de Clichy

At the foot of the hill, the red windmill of the Moulin Rouge and the neon of Pigalle — birthplace of the French cancan and of Belle Époque Paris by night. Now a lively quarter of cabarets, music shops and late-night bars (SoPi, South Pigalle).

Nearby: The Moulin Rouge stands on Place Blanche; the Abbesses and the climb to the Sacré-Cœur begin just behind.

### Place des Abbesses
- URL: https://visitparis18.com/abbesses/
- Type: Square & neighbourhood
- Address: Place des Abbesses, 75018 Paris
- Admission: Open access · free
- Access: Métro Abbesses (12) — opening directly onto the square

The village heart of the hill: the Abbesses gather around one of the last original Guimard Art Nouveau metro entrances, with café-lined Rue des Abbesses and the steep, cinematic Rue Lepic climbing towards the windmills.

Nearby: The Wall of Love (Le Mur des je t'aime), Rue Lepic and the Moulin de la Galette are all a short walk away.

### Place du Tertre
- URL: https://visitparis18.com/placedutertre/
- Type: Public square
- Address: Place du Tertre, 75018 Paris
- Admission: Open access · free
- Access: Métro Abbesses (12) or Anvers (2) — a few minutes' walk up the hill

The little square behind the Sacré-Cœur where painters still set up their easels — the historic heart of artists' Montmartre, once home to Picasso and Utrillo. Loveliest early in the morning before the crowds.

Nearby: The Sacré-Cœur, the Espace Dalí and the Musée de Montmartre are all a few steps away.

### Vineyard & windmills of Montmartre
- URL: https://visitparis18.com/vignemoulins/
- Type: Vineyard & windmills
- Address: Rue des Saules / Rue Lepic, 75018 Paris
- Admission: View from the street · free
- Access: Métro Lamarck–Caulaincourt (12) or Abbesses (12) — a few minutes' walk

The last working vineyard in Paris — the Clos Montmartre on the corner of Rue des Saules — and the surviving windmills, the Moulin de la Galette and Moulin Radet on Rue Lepic, recall the days when Montmartre was a rural village of vines and mills above the city.

Nearby: The Musée de Montmartre overlooks the vineyard, and Place du Tertre is a short walk uphill.

## Hotels in the 18th
- Hôtel Bonséjour Montmartre — https://visitparis18.com/bonsejourmontmartre/: Authentic budget 1-star hotel on cobbled Rue Burq, a few minutes from the Sacré-Cœur, the Abbesses and the Moulin Rouge.
- Hôtel Particulier Montmartre — https://visitparis18.com/particuliermontmartre/: Secret five-star mansion with five artist-designed suites and the largest private hotel garden in Paris.
- Hôtel Regyn's Montmartre — https://visitparis18.com/regynsmontmartre/: Friendly 2-star hotel right on Place des Abbesses, with 22 renovated rooms steps from the Sacré-Cœur and the heart of Montmartre village.
- Hôtel des Arts Montmartre — https://visitparis18.com/hoteldesarts/: Family-run three-star hotel just off Rue Lepic, with a fitness room and hammam in central Montmartre.
- Le Relais Montmartre — https://visitparis18.com/relaismontmartre/: Cosy four-star boutique hotel on a quiet street, steps from the Abbesses and the Butte Montmartre.
- Terrass Hôtel — https://visitparis18.com/terrasshotel/: Iconic 1911 four-star hotel with a rooftop bar and breakfast terrace facing the Eiffel Tower.

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