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Self-guided Montmartre Walk

Posted by (Nova Scotia, Canada) on

Hi Folks,

I'm in peak planning mode here, so I apologize in advance for what may turn into several questions!

We will be spending a half day or maybe less in Montmartre on a Sunday in October and I've plotted out a walking route. My goal is to try and minimize steep inclines and excessive stairs while also meandering and seeing a good chunk of the area.

Does this achieve that?

Start at Lamarck-Caulaincourt metro station, take Rue de L'aubrevoir to La Maison Rose, continue to Sacre Coeur, explore the Place du Tertre area, then take Rue Lepic to the Van Gogh brothers apartment, then Rue de Abbesses down to Rue de Martyrs, and finally Blvd Clichy to Moulin Rouge.

From there we would take metro 2 then 4 from Blanche station to a baking class at Cook'n with Class.

Our plan would be to start early in the morning, maybe 8:30/9, and take our time stopping along the way and seeing what we find. We love little shops, cafes, people watching etc.

I find it hard to understand the elevation changes here; will this be mostly flat or downhill vs consistently uphill? Any areas I'm missing?

I appreciate your insight!

Thank you,

PQ

Posted by
2699 posts

hey hey theplanningqueen
couple sites you can check out:
gpsmycity.com/ montmartre walking tour (self guided)
guruwalk.com/ best free walking tours in montmartre
discoverwalks.com
click paris, click free tours, click montmartre free walking tour
solosophie.com/ montmartre walking tour: self guided walk of the 18th
can't help you with the elevation, know it was downhill when we left. took a taxi from the 14th arr to sacre couer and roamed around place du tertre, bought my small framed portrait for a souvenir, stopped at la maison rose "the pink house" for french onion soup & baguettes (was my favorite for the soup) the to the "i love you wall" (le mur de je t'aime)
one of my favorite areas that i have to go to when i'm in paris. hope this helps, have fun and enjoy
aloha

Posted by
2842 posts

You are right to start at the highest Metronstation. That’s what we did. Sacre Coeur is at an elevation of 430 feet, Paris is 115 feet. Not really much of a difference. Both my wife and DIL have walking challenges and were not overlybstressed.

I wouod consider taking the funicular down from the church saving quite a few stairs

Posted by
9303 posts

Our favorite Montmartre walk which has the advantage of gradual slopes is Lamarck Caulaincourt metro -- and then instead of climbing the stairs, go right up to Caulaincourt then turn right and walk a couple of blocks, cross over and walk up Junot. This street has an interesting villa and if their gate is open you can walk in and view the homes -- or jsut take a peek through the gate, Junot has a number of really interesting buildings. As you near the top of the slope there is the famous statue of the mean walking through the wall -- good photo op, then at that point you can continue up to the hideous Place du Tertre, or go down the hill to the vineyard and turn right onto one of the prettiest streets in Paris which takes you to the back of Sacre Coeur. Nice park where we have picnicked on the left. Or you can cross the street to the playground at the top of the hill and walk through the playground which brings you to a pretty path behind houses and gardens to the Vineyard.

Posted by
301 posts

Thanks all! Looks like I'm on the right track to start at that station and work our way down!

Six weeks to go!

PQ

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