Montmartre, Paris ... Off the Tourist Track

This is a look at the hilly Montmartre area of Paris, with emphasis on the parts of the butte that are off the well-worn tourist track.

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.