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Paris: Montmartre, Marais, Saint-Germain
Paris, Île-de-France, FR · 5 stops · 15 km (9.4 mi) · about 57 min driving · 11 spoken stories
For art lovers and café sitters, this drive connects painters' Paris from Sacré-Cœur through Montmartre's studios and Place du Tertre, then down to the Marais and its best lunch stop, finishing at the Musée d'Orsay. About an hour, 9 miles.
Photo: Des Racines et des Ailes, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
From Sacré-Cœur, Montmartre to Musée d'Orsay, Paris
The stops
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Place du Tertre
The Place du Tertre is a square in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. Only a few streets away from the Basilica of the Sacré Cœur and the Lapin Agile cabaret, it is near the summit of the city's elevated Montmartre quarter.
“We're at the top of Paris now.”
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Bateau-Lavoir
The Bateau-Lavoir is the nickname of a building in the Montmartre district of the 18th arrondissement of Paris that is famous in art history as the residence and meeting place for a group of outstanding early 20th-century artists such as Pablo Picasso, men of letters, theatre people, and art dealers.
“Just below Place du Tertre, at number thirteen Rue Ravignan on Place Emile Goudeau, stands the Bateau-Lavoir.”
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Rue des Rosiers
The Rue des Rosiers, which means "street of the rosebushes," is a street in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. It begins at the Rue Malher and proceeds northwest across the Rue Pavée, Rue Ferdinand Duval, Rue des Écouffes, and Rue des Hospitalières Saint-Gervais before it ends at the Rue Vieille du Temple.
“Rue des Rosiers means street of the rosebushes, named for roses that grew along the city wall back in the twelve hundreds.”
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Place des Vosges
The Place des Vosges, originally the Place Royale, is the oldest planned square in Paris, just before the Place Dauphine. It is located in the Marais district, and it straddles the dividing-line between the 3rd and 4th arrondissements.
“Place des Vosges is the oldest planned square in Paris, built by Henry the Fourth between sixteen oh five and sixteen twelve and originally called Place Royale.”
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Café de Flore
lunchThé Café de Flore is one of the oldest coffeehouses in Paris, known for its emblematic shopfront and celebrated for its famous clientele, which in the past included influential writers, philosophers, and members of Parisian high society (tout-Paris).
“Here's the Cafe de Flore, on the corner of Boulevard Saint-Germain and Rue Saint-Benoit, one of the oldest coffeehouses in Paris.”
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