Montmartre, Paris ... Off the Tourist Track
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Published 2012-03-31
I've already made a video that shows the touristy parts of Montmartre, such as Sacré-Cœur basilica and the artists' square (place du Tertre). You can find that on my channel, or there's a link to it at the end of this video. This considerably longer video explores just about everything except those touristy areas. Of course, all of Montmartre (and all of Paris) attracts tourists, but the density of tourists declines by at least a factor of 100 once you are off the beaten track.
There is a great deal to see in Montmartre, and this video cannot do it proper justice in 38 minutes. It's much more interesting to walk through this neighborhood than it is to see a video about it. However, I've tried to capture as much of a reasonable cross-section of Montmartre as I could, for those who don't or won't have the opportunity to see it in person.
The video shows places like the rue Lepic, avenue Junot, place Dalida, rue Cortot, rue Saint Vincent, rue des Trois Frères, rue des Abbesses, rue Caulaincourt, rue Lamarck, the Suzanne Buisson garden, the two main cemeteries on the butte, assorted stairways, other gardens, and points of interest (such as several shooting locations from the movies "Amélie" and "Ronin"), and so on.
If this videos seems quiet, that's because Montmartre is a lot quieter than the rest of Paris, since the twisty little streets discourage through traffic.
Index:
00:00 Montmartre, Paris - Off the Tourist Track
00:09 Lepic Street (rue Lepic)
03:06 Moulin de la Galette
05:35 Marcel Aymé Place (place Marcel Aymé)
06:34 Dalida Place (place Dalida)
08:09 Suzanne Buisson Park (parc Suzanne Buisson)
09:16 Junot Avenue (avenue Junot)
09:36 Leandre Villa (Villa Léandre)
11:01 Saint Vincent Cemetery (cimetière Saint Vincent)
11:39 Montmartre Cemetery (cimetière de Montmartre)
14:36 Caulaincourt Street (rue Caulaincourt)
16:03 Joël Le Tac Park (parc Joël Le Tac / parc Constantin Pecqueur)
17:51 Abreuvoir Street (rue de l'Abreuvoir)
18:27 Cortot Street (rue Cortot)
20:10 Lapin Agile
20:20 Clos de Montmartre (vineyard)
20:40 Saint Vincent Street (rue Saint Vincent)
21:34 Mont-Cenis Street (rue du Mont-Cenis)
21:52 Chevalier de la Barre Street (rue du Chevalier de la Barre)
22:22 Carmel de Montmartre
23:35 Bleustein-Blanchet Park (parc Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet)
25:00 Lamarck Street (rue Lamarck) and Lamark-Caulaincourt
25:51 Trois Frères Street (rue des Trois Frères)
26:03 Ravignan Street (rue Ravignan)
28:14 Gabrielle Street (rue Gabrielle)
29:20 Montmartre Funicular (Funiculaire de Montmartre)
29:39 Foyatier Street (rue Foyatier)
29:53 Abbesses Alley (passage des Abbesses)
30:09 Abbesses Garden (jardin des Abbesses)
31:36 Abbesses Place (place des Abbesses)
32:04 Jean Rictus Square and "I Love You" wall (square Jean Rictus et mur des "Je t'aime")
32:28 Abbesses Métro
32:34 Church of Saint John of Montmartre (Église St. Jean de Mont martre)
33:06 Abbesses Street (rue des Abbesses)
34:10 Charles Dullin Place (place Charles Dullin)
36:20 Utrillo Street (rue Maurice Utrillo)
Principal photography for this video was carried out in March, 2012.
All Comments (21)
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65 years ago I lived behind the Moulin Rouge and went up the Rue Lepic to school. This video certainly brought back memories !
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Montmartre is the sort of place where you walk down four different streets and yet mysteriously pass the same corner three times, without ever figuring out why. But it's great fun!
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My daughter and I stayed here, walked these same streets, last October. We stayed in a charming apt. on Rue Custine and I took a picture of my daughter at that quaint flower shoppe. I even got cough medicine at the pharmacy you show. Oh, thank you! This video is wonderful, sending it to my daughter. Can't wait to return to lovely Montmartre. I collected many chestnuts from Montmartre Cemetery and have them in a bowl under a painting of a Montmartre cafe in my home in Atlanta.
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You give us the feeling as if we are with you. Thank you for this pleasure.
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Thank you for posting this! Handheld or not, the camera work is excellent, and I started to get a feel for what Montmartre is like, something I'll never be able to do in person. For a half-hour, I was out of my drab apartment and wandering streets of Paris! Merci beaucoup!
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Very nice video. Anyone who has been to Paris and misses it will enjoy this video stroll.
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Thank you so much for sharing this. Very well done. I went there when I was eighteen, which was like seventeen years ago, and it's still a memory I return to often. Every time I think about wandering the streets of Monmartre I get a natural high. This video amplified that effect so, thank you. I also like that you didn't put any music, the background noise made me feel like I was there. Cheers!
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Awesome video for retiree who may never return to Paris. Thank you (somebody) for the subtitles. It really helps the hearing impaired!
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Ah la rue ravignan , la rue lepic , les abesses .....que de souvenirs en des lieux exigus mais o combien chargés du caractere unique de ce quartier ! un peu loin des vertes prairies de mon enfance mais tellement inscrits a jamais dans mon coeur .....MERCI pour ce joli reportage !
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Ah memories! My wife, me,14month old and ~4yr old we're on our two week trip of of a lifetime to Paris and the Loire River Valley in mid-May of 1999. We rented an apartment in the 11th Arrondissement and "did" Paris, pushing our kids all over in our double stroller. We ascended the funicular up to Sacre-Coeur on a beautiful day. Such views, the best of Paris (besides the Eiffel Tower). Could hardly believe we were there! Many human statues that were a dramatic challenge (somewhat scary)to our very young children were working hard not moving at the entrance to the Basilica. We did walk through the adjacent commercialized artist square to experience the energy and atmosphere of what it may have been like back in its heyday. We then walked all the down the steep street to the right passing the famous pink restaurant on the right-hand side corner. Finally spilling out next to the originally restored Metro station across from the iconic windmill lit Moulin Rouge.. The square was full of German tour buses whose passengers were there for the "cultural" assets of the area. Our kids were way too young and sleepy to notice. That was twenty years ago. Glad we were able to visit then and not now. We enjoyed perfect weather the entire two weeks! Thanks Paris, you were a perfect unreal fantasy come to life!
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Bonjour, I never get tired of viewing and reviewing ALL your wonderful Parisian videos. They are the most effective way of rapidly bring back good memories from my three trips in this lovable city. Thank you very much and, please, don't stop...
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this is one of Paris' best! I visited Paris in 2011 and stayed at a hotel very near Montmartre and I instantly fell in love with this lovely place. Love it a million times!Thanks for uploading.
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We stayed at hotel Roma at the top of Rue Coulincourt our 1st holiday without our parents I was 17. We explored montmartre extensively, still my favourite part of Paris. The year after I was 18 I went on my own and stayed at Tim hotel Montmartre Lovely to see X
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Soy de Buenos Aires, Argentina, y quería felicitarte y agradecerte por este magnífico video. Sinceramente, está muy bien filmado y con buen gusto. Me ha permitido recordar momentos felices durante mi paso por ese bello barrio, Montmartre. Muy linda también la toma final (con las siluetas a contraluz y las nubes pasando...) Muchas gracias y felicitaciones.
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Super фильм, безшумный, без сопровождения, без навязывания маршрута. Просто погулять по улочкам Парижа! Класс, Super!!!!
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Beautifully done! Paris is often described as being a series of small villages, and no part is more "villagey" than Montmartre, especially the area covered in this video. Years ago I had good friends who lived in this part of Montmartre, and as a result I was able to get acquainted with the area and its bistros, cafes and bars, all without a tourist in sight (the gods be praised). Again, terrific job.
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Merci.I lived there for 15 years ,it brought me back
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Un Paris bien moins bruyant ,agréable,merci pour le film💐💐🙋💐💐🦉
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Brilliant video of Montmartre spent a lot of time here in my youth and really miss it.Sadly not as young as I once was and have not been back for quite a few years.This brought back lots of good memorys for me so thanks for posting.
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Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Whenever I miss Paris I watch the video and feel as if I am there:) This is a magnificent artistic video.
