Cheap hotels in Montmartre

EuroCheapo's Guide to Cheap Hotels in Paris

Neighborhood Description

Overlooking Paris, Montmartre's winding streets have inspired generations of starving artists and bohemians. That charm now co-exists with a theme park of the original village, centered on the Place du Tertre, complete with postcard touts, tourist-ready restaurants and bars, and "artists" offering to sketch your portrait or sell you their lurid oil paintings.

Happily, other parts of Montmartre still resemble country hamlets, replete with ivy-clad cottages and cobbled squares. Take a walk along the lovely rue des Saules to see the tiny vineyard and the legendary restaurant-cabaret Au Lapin Agile, the headquarters of the arty crowd circa 1900, where Picasso paid for a meal with one of the Harlequin paintings. Place des Abbesses has a picturesque square and leads onto the rue des Abbesses and its lively eating and drinking scene. To get the best out of Montmartre, be prepared to do a lot of walking.