Montmartre Self Guided Tour of Scandal and Art

A donkey once painted a canvas with its tail and fooled the entire Paris art world. A teenager was executed here for refusing to remove his hat. A gunshot in a café started the grief that helped launch a movement in modern art. This is Montmartre, and these are the stories the postcards never tell you. Walk the hill with local guide Léo narrating every step on this self guided audio tour, from the birth of the Moulin Rouge to the wall where I love you is written in two hundred fifty languages, the studio where Picasso painted Cubism into being, and the gleaming dome of Sacré Coeur Basilica. The tour runs at your own pace using GPS triggered narration on your phone, so you can pause for coffee, take photos, or linger as long as you like. Over 20,000 travelers have used your self guided tours, and the tour comes with a full refund guarantee.

1. 1

   Moulin Rouge

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   Discover the wild birth of Paris most legendary cabaret, complete with a giant elephant and a flatulist headliner.

2. 2

   Abbesses Metro Station

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   Marvel at a relocated Art Nouveau Metro entrance and the church that nearly got demolished before it was built.

3. 3

   Stop 3

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   Find the wall where I love you is written three hundred times in two hundred fifty languages.

4. 4

   Stop 4

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   Step into the humble building where Picasso painted Cubism into existence and changed art forever.

5. 5

   Stop 5

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   Spot the historic windmill that inspired Renoir and Van Gogh and once hid a gruesome wartime legend.

6. 6

   Dali Museum Paris

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   Explore France's largest Dalí collection and learn how a collector turned friendship into hundreds of bronze sculptures.

7. 7

   Place Du Tertre

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   Wander the highest square in Paris where painters have worked under strict rules for centuries.

8. 8

   Eglise Saint-Pierre de Montmartre

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   Step inside Paris second oldest church and hear the legend of a saint who carried his own head.

9. 9

   Chevalier de La Barre

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   Learn the disturbing true story of a teenager executed for refusing to remove his hat.

10. 10

    Square Louise Michel

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    Stand on the spot where a revolution began and a schoolteacher led the Paris Commune uprising.

11. 11

    Basilique Du Sacre-Coeur De Montmartre

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    Climb to the gleaming white basilica built as a political statement and admire its vast golden mosaic inside.

12. 12

    Musee de Montmartre

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    Visit the artists house where Renoir painted masterpieces and Suzanne Valadon built her own career.

13. 13

    Stop 13

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    See the photogenic pink restaurant tied to a tragic love triangle that shaped Picasso's Blue Period.

14. 14

    Place Dalida

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    Touch the bronze bust of a beloved French singer whose dazzling career hid a private heartbreak.

15. 15

    Au Lapin Agile

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    Discover the cabaret where a donkey's tail painted a hoax masterpiece that fooled the Paris art world.

16. 16

    Vigne du Clos Montmartre

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    End at Paris last working vineyard, saved by locals who outwitted a property developer.

• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.