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The Normandy coast of the June 1944 landings, with Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc and the American Cemetery.
4 Sights
Montmartre
The hilltop village of artists, with the white domes of Sacré-Cœur, steep lanes, vineyards and a view over the city.
- Open
- Always; the basilica every day
- Price
- Free; paid to climb the basilica's dome
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Montmartre, 75018 ParisDirections
- Getting There
- Anvers or Abbesses station (Metro lines 2 and 12), then the steps or the funicular.
Why Go
Picasso, Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec lived and worked on this hill, and painters still set up their easels on the Place du Tertre. At its top, the basilica of Sacré-Cœur, finished in 1914, looks out over the whole of Paris.
Walk down its quieter back streets past the last vineyard in Paris and the old windmills.
Tips
- Beware of people tying bracelets on your wrist at the foot of the steps; walk on.
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