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Montmartre, Paris — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Montmartre is a hill in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, 130 m high, with the white dome of the Sacré-Cœur at its summit.
About Montmartre
Where to stay in Montmartre
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
Montmartre splits by height: the summit streets around the Sacré-Cœur, and the flatter ground toward place de Clichy where the nightclub side of the district sits. The climb decides much. Anyone here for the Musée Gustave Moreau, the Musée de la Vie romantique or Dalí Paris will want the museum streets rather than the basilica approach, because the two ends of Montmartre keep different hours.
Paris carries the rest, a short way beyond the 18th arrondissement.
About Montmartre
What are the main landmarks in Montmartre?
Churches come first. The white dome of the Sacré-Cœur takes the summit, and Saint-Jean-de-Montmartre, the Église de la Sainte-Trinité and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette carry the district's other church names. Museums follow: the Musée Gustave Moreau, the Musée de la Vie romantique, Dalí Paris and the Fondation Dosne-Thiers.
Green space arrives in threes, the square Carpeaux, the square des Epinettes and the square Leon Serpollet, with the belvédère Anouk Aimée and the Maison Eymonaud named among the rest.
What is the history of Montmartre?
The hill named the district. Montmartre's standing rests on its artistic history, and the museums that carry it, the Musée Gustave Moreau, the Musée de la Vie romantique and the Fondation Dosne-Thiers, hold that account inside the 18th arrondissement. The same slope is known as a nightclub district.
Both reputations belong to the Right Bank, the side of Paris Montmartre sits on, along with churches such as Saint-Jean-de-Montmartre and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette.
Where is Montmartre?
Montmartre rises 130 m over the northern 18th arrondissement, a hill on the Right Bank that hands its name to the district around it.
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Updated September 2026